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ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS

EIN 53-6000125 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$70,167,327
Expenses 2024
$68,311,159

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
1000
Street
425 3RD ST SW STE 1000

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KEITH CREEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHRYN M FARMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE HINRICHS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACY ROBINSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALAN SHAW

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 9/15/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM VENA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM O'LEARY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK GEORGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • IAN N JEFFERIES

    PRESIDENT, CEO

    Total calculated
    $2,776,996
    From this org
    $2,688,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,773
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,451,976
    Bonus
    $1,053,000
    Other
    $183,247
    Deferred
    $33,416
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61,459
    Filer's total
    $2,783,098

  • PAUL R HEDRICK

    SVP-FIN, ADMIN & CFO

    Total calculated
    $683,758
    From this org
    $610,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,972
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $440,596
    Bonus
    $163,249
    Other
    $6,941
    Deferred
    $28,119
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,768
    Filer's total
    $689,673

  • EDWARD A KENDALL JR

    CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $355,817
    From this org
    $295,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,796
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,864
    Bonus
    $38,220
    Other
    $937
    Deferred
    $17,640
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,865
    Filer's total
    $359,526

  • KATHRYN D KIRMAYER

    SVP-LAW & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $822,708
    From this org
    $760,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,930
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $523,607
    Bonus
    $190,998
    Other
    $46,173
    Deferred
    $32,687
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,345
    Filer's total
    $828,810

  • MICHAEL J RUSH

    SVP-SAFETY & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $641,348
    From this org
    $603,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,812
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $432,438
    Bonus
    $157,150
    Other
    $13,948
    Deferred
    $33,817
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,949
    Filer's total
    $643,302

  • KRISTIN A SMITH

    SVP-COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $596,363
    From this org
    $513,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,553
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $373,362
    Bonus
    $138,117
    Other
    $2,331
    Deferred
    $43,017
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,259
    Filer's total
    $602,086

  • ADRIAN ARNAKIS

    SVP-GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $736,552
    From this org
    $675,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,074
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $493,039
    Bonus
    $180,728
    Other
    $1,711
    Deferred
    $29,543
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,641
    Filer's total
    $742,662

  • RAND GHAYAD

    SVP-POLICY & ECONOMICS

    Total calculated
    $478,285
    From this org
    $411,415
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,870
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,511
    Bonus
    $117,300
    Other
    $604
    Deferred
    $25,697
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,203
    Filer's total
    $483,315

  • STEPHEN GORDON

    ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $387,853
    From this org
    $362,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,985
    Bonus
    $58,240
    Other
    $3,029
    Deferred
    $25,599
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,916
    Filer's total
    $391,769

  • JOHN MILLER

    ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $443,928
    From this org
    $367,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,588
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,123
    Bonus
    $60,320
    Other
    $4,897
    Deferred
    $27,856
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,237
    Filer's total
    $447,433

  • WILLIAM C THOMPSON

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $467,599
    From this org
    $385,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,719
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,414
    Bonus
    $58,704
    Other
    $31,762
    Deferred
    $45,179
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,624
    Filer's total
    $469,683

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $70,167,327
    Expenses
    $68,311,159
    Contributions
    $156,978
    Grants paid
    $1,933,604
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $77,003,356
    Expenses
    $68,097,791
    Contributions
    $4,057,064
    Grants paid
    $1,734,007
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $59,775,689
    Expenses
    $59,833,146
    Contributions
    $159,812
    Grants paid
    $1,507,338

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,732,394
    Expenses
    $52,758,559
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,256,585

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,770,301
    Expenses
    $53,882,878
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,043,896

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,265,129
    Expenses
    $54,076,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,280,217

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $53,334,570
    Expenses
    $52,646,556
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,158,660

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,566,547
    Expenses
    $54,643,395
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,964,746

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,631,023
    Expenses
    $58,144,314
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,518,641

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,759,591
    Expenses
    $61,313,178
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,979,295

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,044,161
    Expenses
    $61,546,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,768,081

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,044,161
    Expenses
    $61,546,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,768,081

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $57,512,810
    Expenses
    $56,701,553
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,191,920

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC

    C · RESEARCH & TESTING · DE · 100% owned · share of income $37,841,784 · share of assets $81,180,070 · controlled entity

  • RAILINC CORPORATION

    C · IT & SVCS · DE · 100% owned · share of income $92,053,998 · share of assets $75,171,586 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.