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US nonprofit · EIN 954731336 · Pasadena, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 954731336) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

LOS Angles Railroad Heritage Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$25k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$52k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$188k
year to 31 December 2024
Net assets
$188k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
6.7y av
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
Activity
A50
Arts, culture and humanities
How am I connected?

LOS Angles Railroad Heritage Foundation's network

10 people4 organisationsi10 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Deke KeasbeyTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Ellie TropeCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
George HigginsBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Martin WillhiteBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Michael CisnerosBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Orlo ElfesPresident2020
6 yrs
Robert De PietroBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Stephen J Skahen (also filed as Stephen Skahen)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Walter Lester (also filed as Walt Lester)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Wendell MortimerBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Elrond LawrenceExecutive Dir.2019
Jared NigroCOOsince 2020
Josef LesserEx-CEO2020

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Wendell MortimerBoard Member25$0
Deke KeasbeyTreasurer20$0
Orlo ElfesPresident10$0
Robert De PietroBoard Member16$0
Martin WillhiteBoard Member2$0
Stephen SkahenBoard Member28$0
Walter LesterBoard Member2$0
Michael CisnerosBoard Member14$0
Ellie TropeSecretary20$0
George HigginsBoard Member10$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Los Angles Railroad Heritage Foundation
EIN
954731336
Address
Po Box 60007, Pasadena, CA, 91116-6007
State
California
Activity (NTEE)
A50 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 October 1999
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsStephen J Skahen
≥8years on the filingsWalter Lester
≥8years on the filingsWendell Mortimer
≥6years on the filingsDeke Keasbey

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$188k
Net assets or fund balances
$188k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$25k$52kDeficit $26k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.