Public Charity

TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION

Based in STRASBURG, PA, TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $1.4M in revenue, $1.3M in expenses, $7.4M in total assets for fiscal year 2025.

EIN: 237318578 STRASBURG, PA Recreation & Sports NTEE: N Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.4M
Total Expenses$1.3M
Total Assets$7.4M
Grant Records0
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION OF AND TO PRESERVE AN IMORTANT SEGMENT OF HISTORY - TINPLATE TOY TRAINS - THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, FELLOWSHIP, ESTABLISHMENT OF COLLECTING STANDARDS, AND TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND ENJOYMENT OF COLLECTING AND OPERATING TOY, MODEL, AND SCALE TRAINS

Where $100 goes at Train Collectors Association

How Train Collectors Association divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$46 Programs the work itself
$54 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $46 for programs

$36
The tca incurred operating costs to maintain and expand the museum's displays and collections of tinplate toy trains
77% of program spending
$10
The tca created and distributed publications to over 25,000 members in twenty divisions in the us and internationally
22% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 25,000 members
<$1
The tca operates a library for the education and preserving the history of tinplate train collecting
1% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT Allan Szirony
DIRECTOR Andrew C Hibell
DIRECTOR Butch Walb
DIRECTOR Charlie Easton
TREASURER Craig Kasmin
DIRECTOR Darin Grant

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.4M $1.3M $7.4M
2024 $1.4M $1.4M $7.4M
2023 $1.4M $1.3M $7.2M
2022 $1.5M $1.3M $7.0M
2021 $1.2M $1.2M $7.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.2M to $1.4M (+13%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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