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← CITIZENS FOR MODERN TRANSIT

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CITIZENS FOR MODERN TRANSIT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,273,304
Total expenses
$1,122,343
Contributions and grants received
$989,567
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$121,100
Investment income
$147,921
Other revenue
$14,716
Total assets, end of year
$4,450,783
Total liabilities, end of year
$421,767
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,029,016
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$895,922
Management and general expenses
$219,297
Fundraising expenses
$7,124
Program service expenses (Part III)
$895,922

Program services were 79.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $149,533

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $740,750

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $99,284

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT WORK

    total $121,100 · related or exempt $121,100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $114,410 · excluded $114,410

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $868,950

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $835,439

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $33,511

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $33,511 · excluded $33,511

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $14,716 · excluded $14,716

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,716

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $202,732 · program services $139,885 · management and general $60,819 · fundraising $2,028

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $150,299 · program services $110,606 · management and general $38,269 · fundraising $1,424

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,742 · program services $22,723 · management and general $5,743 · fundraising $276

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,299 · program services $18,284 · management and general $5,764 · fundraising $251

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,820 · management and general $1,820

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $63,391 · management and general $63,391

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $11,000 · program services $11,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,222 · management and general $17,222

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $246,792 · program services $246,792

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $32,325 · program services $27,520 · management and general $1,660 · fundraising $3,145

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $53,064 · program services $42,645 · management and general $10,419

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,975 · program services $24,100 · management and general $7,875

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,716 · program services $3,716

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,200 · management and general $2,200

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,201 · program services $905 · management and general $296

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,126 · program services $10,647 · management and general $3,479

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL VIDEO AND T

    total $192,228 · program services $192,228

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND BEVERAGE

    total $43,769 · program services $43,769

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,341 · program services $1,102 · management and general $239

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $101 · management and general $101

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $354,937 · end of year $308,883

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $135,237 · end of year $241,852

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $70,316 · end of year $110,118

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,162 · end of year $25,156

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,229,586 · end of year $3,488,059

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $350 · end of year $16,169

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $283,078 · end of year $260,546

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,059 · end of year $106,326

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $27,651 · end of year $37,868

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $300,289 · end of year $277,573

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,683,817 · end of year $4,023,966

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,850 · end of year $5,050

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CITIZENS FOR MODERN TRANSIT (CMT) IS THE REGION'S TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985 TO HELP BRING LIGHT RAIL TO ST. LOUIS AND WORKS TO DEVELOP, SUPPORT AND ENHANCE PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES TO ENSURE SAFE, CONVENIENT AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO THE REGION'S INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

  • VARIOUS PROGRAMS PROVIDE INFORMATION, CONDUCT RESEARCH & PROMOTE PUBLIC TRANSIT ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ABOUT MODERN TRANSPORTATION AND MASS TRANSIT. CONDUCT FEASIBILITY STUDIES, AS NEEDED. LEAD TRANSIT TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM IN THE REGION, RIDERSHIP PROGRAMMING, COMMUNITY EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS.

    Expenses $895,922 · Revenue $121,100

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dandre Braddix

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Robert Blaine

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Nancy E Cross

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sheila Holm

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ellie Glenn Harmon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brandon Flinn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Hart Nelson

    PAST-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Charlie Hinderliter

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Adella D Jones

    AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Taulby Roach

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ryan Arnold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Aaron Burnett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tim Brinker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cynthia Crim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Raullo Eanes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Joel Fuoss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Catina Howard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Patrick Judge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sal Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Travis Pfeiffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Marc Scheessele

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Aj Soll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Laura Stock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Leonard Toenjes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rose Windmiller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Larry Katzenstein

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kimberly Cella

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $198,755
    From this org
    $182,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,102
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,653
    Filer's total
    $198,755

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2024
Filed
1 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640939349301209

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