Oklahoma Railway Museum Limited
Oklahoma Railway Museum Limited
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About this organization
Mission
The Oklahoma Railway Museum’s mission is to provide an educational experience showing how railroading shaped Oklahoma and the nation. The goals are as follows: · Continue to expand and maintain an Oklahoma rail transportation museum· Provide an exciting, educational experience about rail transportation: our past, present, and future· Provide an experience of preservation and restoration· Operate a working railway system· Create partnerships with people, communities and organizations. Background It is important to secure and preserve for posterity the disappearing artifacts, equipment, and structures of our railway heritage. The Oklahoma Railway Museum will preserve this history while teaching us how the railroads affected our lives. In addition to the physical preservation of the rail lines, equipment, and artifacts, the museum will tell the stories of the people whose lives were changed by the railroads. At ORM’s incorporation and still today our goals are: to operate exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes. To preserve the memories and images of railroading through education by; holding educational programs emphasizing all aspects of railroading; establishing and maintaining a library to preserve and make available to the membership and the public any and all kinds of written, visual, and aural materials related to all aspects of railroading; establishing and maintaining a museum for the purpose of preserving and operating any and all types of railroad equipment and memorabilia for the enjoyment and education of the membership and the public; and establishing and maintaining any other activity in furtherance of this educational purpose. To foster stimulating group discussion and the exchange of knowledge concerning railroading by sponsoring tours, trips, and excursions, and by publishing a newsletter and other publications.
About
The organization maintains a museum that informs visitors of the history of the railroad. The organization publishes a monthly newsletter giving information on railway topics.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's mission is outlined in the filing as being “The purpose of the oklahoma railway museum is to providean educational experience of railroads and how they shaped oklahoma and the nation.”.
When outlining its responsibilities, they were referred to as: “The purpose of the oklahoma railway museum is to providean educational experience of railroads and how they shaped oklahoma and the nation.”.
- The state in which the non-profit operates has been officially reported as OK.
- As per the non-profit's form for 2019, they have 2 employees on their payroll.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is $77,088.
- The CEO compensation scheme within the organization is not based on a review and endorsement by an impartial party.
- The organization has 11 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1987.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $18,925 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
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