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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,397,082
Total expenses
$6,548,201
Contributions and grants received
$1,209,302
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,629,244
Investment income
$136,943
Other revenue
$421,593
Total assets, end of year
$10,753,774
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,241,188
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,512,586
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,865,680
Management and general expenses
$1,477,055
Fundraising expenses
$205,466
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,865,680

Program services were 74.3% 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

    $311,124

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $898,178

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $4,629,244 · related or exempt $4,629,244

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $108,997 · excluded $108,997

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $448,360 · other assets $94,006

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

    securities $439,907 · other assets $74,513

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $8,453 · other assets $19,493

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $27,946 · related or exempt $27,946

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $151,754

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $52,705

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $99,049 · excluded $99,049

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $426,717

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $104,173

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $322,544 · related or exempt $322,544

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $182,895 · program services $106,929 · management and general $62,173 · fundraising $13,793

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,868,273 · program services $1,092,278 · management and general $635,100 · fundraising $140,895

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,093 · program services $31,412 · management and general $16,930 · fundraising $3,751

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $256,392 · program services $154,604 · management and general $83,327 · fundraising $18,461

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $163,963 · program services $98,870 · management and general $53,288 · fundraising $11,805

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $181,870 · management and general $181,870

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $20,297 · management and general $20,297

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $178,927 · program services $143,672 · management and general $30,466 · fundraising $4,789

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $257,234 · program services $231,511 · management and general $18,006 · fundraising $7,717

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $118,773 · management and general $118,773

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,834 · management and general $15,834

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,923 · management and general $9,538 · fundraising $2,385

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,887 · management and general $9,887

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,110,814 · program services $1,055,273 · management and general $55,541

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $106,156 · management and general $106,156

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $741,662 · program services $741,662

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATIONS

    total $455,077 · program services $455,077

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $308,652 · program services $308,652

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUEL AND OIL

    total $238,496 · program services $238,496

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $268,983 · program services $207,244 · management and general $59,869 · fundraising $1,870

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,097,395 · end of year $3,477,877

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $679,273 · end of year $2,814,911

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $470,020 · end of year $254,099

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,100

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $105,877 · end of year $87,584

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $57,082 · end of year $53,307

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

    $13,244,222

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

    $9,376,746

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,349,615 · end of year $3,867,476

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $32,793 · end of year $193,420

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $941,100 · end of year $832,433

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $312,553 · end of year $252,920

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $33,283 · end of year $155,835

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,591,127 · end of year $8,518,866

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $918,992 · end of year $993,720

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SCENIC AND HISTORIC RAILROAD

  • OPERATION OF A SCENIC AND HISTORIC RAILROAD THROUGH A NATIONAL PARK, PASSENGER EXCURSIONS, STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AS A HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION.

    Expenses $4,865,680 · Revenue $4,979,734

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter J Buerling

    PAST CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James E Virost

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Ridings

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexander B Clarke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederick W Clarke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joey Glassco

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel Hartwell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda S Smith Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myron Vernis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russell J Warren

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clarke Van Dyke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina L Kmetko

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Ostrowski

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Kulis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicholas Biggar

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Danford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Biber

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Mahnic

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth Sislak

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathon Galli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Gilbert

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph W Mazur

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $182,895
    From this org
    $182,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,250
    Bonus
    $39,645
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $182,895
  • Greg Domzalski

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $121,769
    From this org
    $121,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Wilson

    COO

    Total calculated
    $127,006
    From this org
    $127,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART 1, LINE 3
THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION REQUIRES REVIEW BY DISINTERESTED PERSONS, USE OF DATA AS TO COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS, AND CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION AND RECORDKEEPING OF THE DECISIONS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT.

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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349312299

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