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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RAIL VOLUTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,416,217
Total expenses
$1,489,026
Contributions and grants received
$831,243
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$562,080
Investment income
$6,725
Other revenue
$16,169
Total assets, end of year
$970,584
Total liabilities, end of year
$220,227
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$750,357
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,170,819
Management and general expenses
$303,501
Fundraising expenses
$14,706
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,170,819

Program services were 78.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $268,516

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $562,727

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $565

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REGISTRATIO

    total $494,680 · related or exempt $494,680

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TRAINING FEES

    total $59,250 · related or exempt $59,250

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PARTNER REVENUE

    total $8,150 · related or exempt $8,150

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,725 · excluded $6,725

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC REVENUE

    total $16,169 · excluded $16,169

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $16,169

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $218,423 · program services $145,601 · management and general $71,075 · fundraising $1,747

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $401,251 · program services $273,417 · management and general $117,671 · fundraising $10,163

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,140 · program services $15,065 · management and general $6,563 · fundraising $512

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,651 · program services $7,895 · management and general $3,522 · fundraising $234

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,305 · program services $31,005 · management and general $14,369 · fundraising $931

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,089 · management and general $44,089

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,560 · program services $22,065 · management and general $25,138 · fundraising $357

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $83,766 · program services $81,187 · management and general $2,579

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,391 · program services $6,705 · management and general $3,598 · fundraising $88

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,524 · program services $21,320 · management and general $4,938 · fundraising $266

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,504 · program services $8,456 · management and general $3,806 · fundraising $242

  • 17 · Travel

    total $71,334 · program services $69,734 · management and general $1,600

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $468,266 · program services $468,090 · management and general $176

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,950 · program services $4,024 · management and general $1,811 · fundraising $115

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,847 · program services $1,995 · management and general $801 · fundraising $51

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT SERVICES

    total $14,347 · program services $14,247 · management and general $100

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $650 · management and general $650

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $569 · management and general $569

  • 24d · Other expenses: ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPM

    total $459 · program services $13 · management and general $446

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $384,082 · end of year $553,772

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $288,579 · end of year $288,734

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $132,493 · end of year $88,847

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $52,521 · end of year $12,907

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

    $37,978

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

    $16,142

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,274 · end of year $21,836

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $23,311 · end of year $4,488

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,783 · end of year $215,739

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,311 · end of year $4,488

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $823,166 · end of year $750,357

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR THE MOVEMENT TO BUILD LIVABLE COMMUNITIES WITH TRANSIT BY INSPIRING PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES AND REGIONS TO MAKE BETTER TRANSIT AND LAND USE DECISIONS. WE DO THIS BY PARTNERING, EQUIPPING AND CONNECTING PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS AT ALL LEVELS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR THE MOVEMENT TO BUILD LIVABLE COMMUNITIES WITH TRANSIT

  • CONFERENCE:THE MPACT: TRANSIT + COMMUNITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE (UNTIL LATE 2022 KNOWN AS RAIL~VOLUTION) CONVENES PRACTITIONERS FROM AROUND NORTH AMERICA (AND BEYOND) WHO WORK TO CREATE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HEALTHY, ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT, SOCIALLY EQUITABLE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES. IN 2023, WE HOSTED THE CONFERENCE IN-PERSON IN PHOENIX, AZ WITH OVER 1000 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $931,693 · Revenue $494,680

  • MPACT:LABMPACT:LAB IS A PLACE-BASED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF LOCAL, CROSS-SECTOR STAKEHOLDER COALITIONS WORKING TO INTEGRATE TRANSIT, LAND USE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SINCE 2021, WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING REGIONAL LEARNING COHORTS OF A DOZEN PEOPLE, TOGETHER WITH EXPERTS, NOW KNOWS AS MOVE ROUNDTABLES. THE MOVE PROGRAM STARTED AS A FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM AND IN 2022 AND 2023, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO OFFER THIS OPTION TO INDIVIDUAL REGIONS/CITIES, BUT WE ALSO ENTERED INTO FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH TWO DIFFERENT NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, EACH OF WHICH UNDERWRITE THE COSTS OF FOUR ROUNDTABLES. IN ADDITION TO THE ROUNDTABLES, WE OFFER THE OPTION FOR LOCAL COHORTS TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE TOGETHER AS A "DELEGATION" THESE DELEGATIONS RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT (MEETING SPACE, FACILITATION, EXTRA MEETINGS) FROM US DURING THE CONFERENCE. IN 2023, WE ALSO HOSTED AN MPACT:LAB LEARNING AND COLLABORATION SPACE AT THE CONFERENCE, WHICH OFFERED ATTENDEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THE LAB PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATE IN NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING.

    Expenses $189,930 · Revenue $67,400

  • MPACT:VOICESMPACT:VOICES HOSTS YEAR-ROUND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES VIA PODCASTS, WEBINARS, VIDEOS AND OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA ON OUR WEBSITE. OUR MOST REGULAR FORMAT IS THE PODCAST, WHICH WE HOST MONTHLY PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT WITH AN OUSTIDE HOST WHO PRODUCES THE PODCASTS FOR US (THOUGH WE DETERMINE THE CONTENT, SPEAKERS, AND THEMES). THE PODCASTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE BOTH TO OUR AUDIENCE AND TO OUR PODCAST HOST'S AUDIENCE. IN ADDITION, WE HOST WEBINARS AND PRODUCE VIDEOS ENTITLED "VOICES FROM THE FIELD" IN WHICH WE HIGHLIGHT GREAT WORK BEING DONE ON THE GROUND AROUND THE COUNTRY. THERE IS NO REGULAR SCHEDULE FOR THESE TWO TYPES OF MEDIA. INSTEAD, WE DETERMINE WHEN THERE ARE TOPICS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE TIMELY AND THEN PURSUE THE MEANS OF HIGHLIGHTING THEM.

    Expenses $31,404

  • OUTREACH RELATES TO DEVELOPING NEW PROGRAMS FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO UTILIZE IN THE FUTURE.

    Expenses $17,792

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • TAMAR SHAPIRO

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $218,423
    From this org
    $211,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,623
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,354
    Nontaxable benefits
    $269
    Filer's total
    $218,423

  • SARAH RUDOLF

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,420
    From this org
    $108,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,933
    Hours/week
    40

  • DIANA MENDES

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FLORA CASTILLO

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAIWO JAIYEOBA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIFFANY GUNTER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADELEE LE GRAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL NISSENBAUM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EARL BLUMENAUER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRACE CRUNICAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH HORIYE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY BETTERIDGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NADINE LEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL SKOUTELAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOT SPENCER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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
ALL STAFF EXCEPT FOR THE CEO RECEIVED A BONUS INTENDED TO AMELIORATE COST OF LIVING INCREASES.

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
30 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402549349301805

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