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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GORAIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,929,094
Total expenses
$1,875,652
Contributions and grants received
$1,822,500
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$106,594
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$448,952
Total liabilities, end of year
$183,448
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$265,504
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,301,157
Management and general expenses
$167,835
Fundraising expenses
$406,660
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,301,157

Program services were 69.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,822,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NETWORKING EVENT

    total $106,594 · related or exempt $106,594

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $579,949 · program services $387,811 · management and general $36,480 · fundraising $155,658

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $573,457 · program services $512,145 · management and general $53,358 · fundraising $7,954

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,556 · program services $13,974 · management and general $1,495 · fundraising $87

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $61,070 · program services $47,140 · management and general $13,930

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $80,573 · program services $58,012 · management and general $12,892 · fundraising $9,669

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,119 · management and general $31,119

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,316 · management and general $4,316

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,492 · program services $15,266 · management and general $1,268 · fundraising $5,958

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $74,462 · program services $58,190 · management and general $5,857 · fundraising $10,415

  • 17 · Travel

    total $76,735 · program services $65,198 · management and general $1,166 · fundraising $10,371

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $203,353 · fundraising $203,353

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,265 · program services $4,114 · management and general $415 · fundraising $736

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,656 · program services $5,359 · management and general $383 · fundraising $1,914

  • 24a · Other expenses: WEBSITE/DATABASE

    total $117,292 · program services $117,292

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN

    total $14,822 · program services $10,666 · management and general $4,156

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTREACH

    total $4,215 · program services $4,215

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,413 · program services $1,649 · management and general $219 · fundraising $545

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $907 · program services $126 · management and general $781

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $186,838 · end of year $272,591

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,733

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $69,523 · end of year $68,176

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $122,362

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $119,752

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,058 · end of year $2,610

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $157,698 · end of year $105,575

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,243 · end of year $71,524

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $167,545 · end of year $111,924

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $212,062 · end of year $265,504

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS AND TO BUILD A STRONGER ECONOMY BY PROMOTING INCREASED USE OF FREIGHT RAIL TRANSPORTATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONTINUED RELIANCE ON AN OVERCROWDED HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

  • GORAIL EDUCATES COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF MOVING FREIGHT BY RAIL AND ASKS THEM TO MAKE CLEAR TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT RAIL POLICY DECISIONS MADE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAVE REAL IMPACTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. GORAIL CONTINUES TO HAVE GREAT SUCCESS CONVEYING ITS MESSAGE ABOUT THE PUBLIC BENEFITS OF FREIGHT RAIL. TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION IN 2023, GORAIL EXPANDED ITS NETWORK OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ACROSS 34 STATES, EDUCATED COALITION PARTNERS ABOUT FREIGHT RAIL POLICY ISSUES, AND LEVERAGED THESE RELATIONSHIPS TO GENERATE A STEADY STREAM OF CONSTITUENT INPUTS, PUBLICATIONS IN LOCAL MEDIA, AND SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTIONS WITH KEY CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS.

    Expenses $1,301,157 · Revenue $106,594

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • RUSSELL MCGURK

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $303,386
    From this org
    $288,081
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,305
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,381
    Bonus
    $37,700
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,990
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,315
    Filer's total
    $303,386

  • IAN JEFFERIES

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SPENCE GLOTZBACH

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARIELLE GIORDANO

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACKIE CORLETTO

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY WHALEN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL SMYTHERS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID WOODRUFF

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BONNIE CARTER

    CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $106,554
    From this org
    $102,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,817
    Hours/week
    40

  • PAUL HEDRICK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL GAYNOR

    ASST. VICE PRESIDENT -FIELD OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $170,112
    From this org
    $158,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,742
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,370
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,745
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,997
    Filer's total
    $170,112

  • EMILY TRAIFOROS

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,008
    From this org
    $100,779
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,229
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
DISCRETIONARY YEAR-END BONUSES: EMPLOYEES LISTED ON PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 1A ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE BONUSES. THEY ARE BASED PRIMARILY ON WORK PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442139349301419

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