Public Charity

NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM

NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM, of SNOQUALMIE, WA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $2.6M in revenue, $2.2M in expenses, $13.7M in total assets. 16 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $273K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 916054975 SNOQUALMIE, WA Historical Societies & Historic Preservation NTEE: A82 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.6M
Total Expenses$2.2M
Total Assets$13.7M
Grant Records16
Funding Total$273K
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM IS TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE AN OUTSTANDING RAILWAY MUSEUM THAT PROVIDES THE PUBLIC A PLACE TO EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT OF A WORKING RAILROAD AND TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RAILROADS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF WASHINGTON STATE AND ENVRONS.

Where $100 goes at Northwest Railway Museum

How Northwest Railway Museum divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$28
Other program services offered by the Northwest Railway Museum include operation of the Snoqualmie depot, an 1890-built train station listed on the national register of historic places an…
33% of program spending
$25
Interpretive railway
30% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 61,000 visitors
$23
Collection care
28% 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 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Cole Van Gerpen
SECRETARY David Olix
DIRECTOR Dennis Snook
PRESIDENT John Mess
TREASURER Jon Beveridge
DIRECTOR Larry Costich

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$118,072 9 grants
Arts & Culture
$117,710 4 grants
Human & Social Services
$22,500 1 grant
Health & Medicine
$15,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $2.6M $2.2M $13.7M
2023 $2.6M $2.3M $13.2M
2022 $2.4M $1.7M $12.9M
2021 $2.2M $1.5M $12.5M
2020 $1.3M $1.2M $11.9M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.3M to $2.6M (+98%), with total assets most recently reported at $13.7M.

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

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