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GORAIL

EIN 35-2226505 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2025
$2,257,288
Expenses 2025
$2,236,775

Program services were 71.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
C99
Classification
3000
Street
425 3RD ST SW STE 930

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS AND TO BUILD A STRONGER ECONOMY BY PROMOTING INCREASED USE OF FREIGHT RAIL TRANSPORTATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONTINUED RELIANCE ON AN OVERCROWDED HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

  • GORAIL EDUCATES COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF MOVING FREIGHT BY RAIL AND ASKS THEM TO MAKE CLEAR TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT RAIL POLICY DECISIONS MADE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAVE REAL IMPACTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. GORAIL CONTINUES TO HAVE GREAT SUCCESS CONVEYING ITS MESSAGE ABOUT THE PUBLIC BENEFITS OF FREIGHT RAIL.IN 2025, GORAIL CONTINUED GROWING ITS NETWORK OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS NATIONWIDE, AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING ITS GRASSROOTS NETWORK, DEEPENING ENGAGEMENT WITH COALITION PARTNERS ON FREIGHT RAIL POLICY ISSUES, AND LEVERAGING THESE RELATIONSHIPS TO GENERATE A STEADY STREAM OF CONSTITUENT INPUT, LOCAL MEDIA COVERAGE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

    Expenses $1,597,891 · Revenue $86,985

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • RUSSELL MCGURK

    PRESIDENT (1/1/25-6/30/25)

    Total calculated
    $272,499
    From this org
    $258,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,377
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,118
    Bonus
    $30,004
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,144
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,233
    Filer's total
    $272,499

  • MICHAEL GAYNOR

    PRESIDENT (7/1/25-12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $258,559
    From this org
    $249,279
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,280
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,279
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,678
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,602
    Filer's total
    $258,559

  • IAN JEFFERIES

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SPENCE GLOTZBACH

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD MARRS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY WHALEN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL SMYTHERS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREA NIETHOLD

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARRY LLOYD

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BONNIE CARTER

    SECRETARY/DIR FINANCE ADMIN DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $132,667
    From this org
    $127,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,733
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZABETH CANTWELL

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $148,769
    From this org
    $139,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,722
    Hours/week
    40

  • PAUL HEDRICK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTIE SAMMON

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,761
    From this org
    $100,310
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,451
    Hours/week
    40

  • BRETT SEBASTIAN

    NATIONAL FIELD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,946
    From this org
    $110,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,517
    Hours/week
    40

  • EMILY TRAIFOROS

    STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,137
    From this org
    $109,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,801
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,257,288
    Expenses
    $2,236,775
    Contributions
    $2,169,349
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,066,985
    Expenses
    $1,969,465
    Contributions
    $1,951,174
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,929,094
    Expenses
    $1,875,652
    Contributions
    $1,822,500
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,905,364
    Expenses
    $1,709,055
    Contributions
    $1,867,174
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $1,824,136
    Expenses
    $1,786,666
    Assets (EOY)
    $177,793

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,537,661
    Expenses
    $1,716,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $140,055

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,850,372
    Expenses
    $2,156,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $260,886

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,974,653
    Expenses
    $1,985,715
    Assets (EOY)
    $548,062

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,985,337
    Expenses
    $1,948,081
    Assets (EOY)
    $544,617

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,730,268
    Expenses
    $1,820,787
    Assets (EOY)
    $467,067

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,832,631
    Expenses
    $1,762,716
    Assets (EOY)
    $552,903

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,748,888
    Expenses
    $1,701,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $509,495

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,657,078
    Expenses
    $1,747,505
    Assets (EOY)
    $484,436

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,202,747
    Assets (EOY)
    $567,295

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2007

Tax period
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007
Principal officer
William C Gibb
Mailing address
901 N Pitt Street Ste 315Alexandria VA 22314
Doing business as
GO21

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.