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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LOST RAILWAY MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$180,870
Total expenses
$160,458
Contributions and grants received
$175,948
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$4,922
Total assets, end of year
$1,261,956
Total liabilities, end of year
$74,345
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,187,611
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$126,887
Management and general expenses
$25,971
Fundraising expenses
$7,600
Program service expenses (Part III)
$126,887

Program services were 79.1% 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

    $175,948

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,300

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,300

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,300 · excluded $4,300

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,126

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,504

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $622 · excluded $622

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $70,000 · program services $52,500 · management and general $17,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,538 · program services $10,538

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,912 · program services $2,738 · management and general $587 · fundraising $587

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,000 · program services $9,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,885 · program services $5,296 · management and general $589

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,306 · program services $23,675 · management and general $2,631

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,272 · program services $5,645 · management and general $627

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $7,783 · program services $7,783

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXHIBIT EXPENSE

    total $6,891 · program services $6,891

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $6,409 · fundraising $6,409

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $4,029 · program services $2,821 · management and general $604 · fundraising $604

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $433 · management and general $433

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $61,827 · end of year $33,564

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,901 · end of year $3,405

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,864

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

    $1,388,970

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

    $165,847

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,203,316 · end of year $1,223,123

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,498

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $99,167 · end of year $74,167

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $180 · end of year $178

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,167,199 · end of year $1,187,611

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DEMONSTRATE THE VITAL ROLE RAILROADS AND INTERURBAN RAILWAY SYSTEM PLAYED IN THE GROWTH OF GRASS LAKE AREA AS WELL AS MICHIGAN BY DISPLAYING AN ACTUAL ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAIL CAR AND RELATED ARTIFACTS.

  • DISPLAY INTERURBAN RAIL CARS AND OTHER HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY SYSTEM THAT USED TO BE THE PRIMARY MODE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

    Expenses $126,887

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paula Autry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Cuddie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Makulski

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Osmond

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Richards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Rudolph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Stormont

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Willis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Willis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202511629349301046

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