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Nonprofit · EIN 31-1791057

RAIL VOLUTION

Tax-exempt · SAINT PAUL, MN 55114

Financials

$1.4M$1.5M2023$1.7M$1.6M2024$1.8M$1.6M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of RAIL VOLUTION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$1,758,475$1,568,956$189,519$1,079,669$27,285$1,052,384
December 31, 2024990$1,672,806$1,560,298$112,508$936,056$73,191$862,865
December 31, 2023990$1,416,217$1,489,026-$72,809$970,584$220,227$750,357
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$826,835
of which government grants
$347,209
Program service revenue
$909,927
Investment income
$14,663
Other revenue
$7,050

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$273,856
Other salaries and wages
$366,841
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$751,313
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$47,348
Occupancy
$24,842
Travel
$65,582
Depreciation
$6,748
Program services (functional)
$1,341,869
Management and general (functional)
$215,705
Fundraising (functional)
$11,382

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$936,056
Total assets, end of year
$1,079,669
Total liabilities, end of year
$27,285
Net assets, end of year
$1,052,384
Land, buildings and equipment
$16,590
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,052,384
Gross receipts
$1,758,475
Employees
6
Volunteers
95
Year formed
2001
State of legal domicile
MN

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
KATHLEEN KAMMY HORNECEO
Officer
40$257,703$16,153
DIANA MENDESPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
TIFFANY GUNTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ADELEE LE GRANDSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
EARL BLUMENAUERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSEPH HORIYEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KELLY BETTERIDGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NADINE LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAUL SKOUTELASTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
CAROLYN FLOWERSVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DORVAL CARTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CAROLYN GANOTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BETH HOLBROOKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JENNIFER PYNEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 17 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
KATHLEEN KAMMY HORNECEO
Officer
40$160,636$9,184
SARAH RUDOLFASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$131,652$12,684
GRACE CRUNICANINTERIM CEO AND DIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
20$20,000$0
DIANA MENDESPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
TIFFANY GUNTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ADELEE LE GRANDSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
EARL BLUMENAUERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSEPH HORIYEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KELLY BETTERIDGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NADINE LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAUL SKOUTELASTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
CAROLYN FLOWERSVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DORVAL CARTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TAIWO JAIYEOBADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
FLORA CASTILLODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DANIEL NISSENBAUMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SCOT SPENCERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 15 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
TAMAR SHAPIROCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Officer
40$211,800$6,623
SARAH RUDOLFASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$108,487$33,933
DIANA MENDESPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
FLORA CASTILLOVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
TAIWO JAIYEOBATREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
TIFFANY GUNTERSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
ADELEE LE GRANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DANIEL NISSENBAUMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
EARL BLUMENAUERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GRACE CRUNICANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JOSEPH HORIYEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KELLY BETTERIDGEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
NADINE LEEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAUL SKOUTELASDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
SCOT SPENCERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
2550 UNIVERSITY AVE W STE 200N, SAINT PAUL, MN 55114-1052
In care of
% DANIEL BARTHOLOMAY
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
KATHLEEN HORNE, 2550 UNIVERSITY AVE W 200N, ST PAUL, MN 55114
Signed the 990
KATHLEEN HORNE, CEO
Phone
(612) 458-5611
Return prepared by
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP

Mission

TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR THE MOVEMENT TO BUILD LIVABLE COMMUNITIES WITH TRANSIT BY INSPIRING PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES AND REGIONS TO MAKE BETTER TRANSIT AND LAND USE DECISIONS. WE DO THIS BY PARTNERING, EQUIPPING AND CONNECTING PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS AT ALL LEVELS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • CONFERENCE:FROM TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD) TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES (TOC), THE ANNUAL MPACT TRANSIT + COMMUNITY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BUILT AROUND TRANSIT AND MULTIMODAL INVESTMENTS, FROM THE MODES THEMSELVES TO ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND URBAN DESIGN, FROM HOUSING TO BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, AS WELL AS THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH, SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY, ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY
    Expenses $953,942 · revenue $735,927
  • MPACT:LAB IS A PLACE-BASED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF LOCAL, CROSS-SECTOR STAKEHOLDER COALITIONS WORKING TO INTEGRATE TRANSIT, LAND USE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SINCE 2021, WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING REGIONAL LEARNING COHORTS OF A DOZEN PEOPLE, TOGETHER WITH EXPERTS, NOW KNOWN AS MOVE ROUNDTABLES. THE MOVE PROGRAM STARTED AS A FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO OFFER THIS OPTION TO INDIVIDUAL REGIONS/CITIES, BUT WE ALSO ENTERED INTO FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH TWO DIFFERENT NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, EACH OF WHICH UNDERWRITE THE COSTS OF CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION FOR MOBILITY-RELATED EFFORTS LOCALLY. IN ADDITION TO THESE PROGRAMS, WE OFFER THE OPTION FOR LOCAL COHORTS TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE TOGETHER AS A "DELEGATION." THESE DELEGATIONS RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT (MEETING SPACE, FACILITATION, EXTRA MEETINGS) FROM US DURING THE CONFERENCE
    Expenses $185,750 · revenue $174,000
  • MPACT:OUTREACHMPACT'S OUTREACH PROGRAM INCLUDES ACTIVITY ENGAGED IN BY STAFF WITH THE GOALS OF 1) BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR WORK, OR THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM OUR WORK; 2) PROVIDING EDUCATION IN THE SPACE OF BUILDING TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES, AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE; AND3) INCREASING GENERAL AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY OF MPACT AMONG TRANSIT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE.
    Expenses $85,148
  • MPACT:VOICESMPACT:VOICES HOSTS YEAR-ROUND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES VIA PODCASTS, WEBINARS, BLOG POSTS, VIDEOS AND OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA ON OUR WEBSITE. OUR MOST REGULAR FORMAT IS THE PODCAST, WHICH WE HOST MONTHLY PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT WITH AN OUTSIDE HOST WHO HOSTS AND EDITS THE PODCASTS FOR US (THOUGH WE DETERMINE THE CONTENT, SPEAKERS, AND THEMES). THE PODCASTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE BOTH TO OUR AUDIENCE AND TO OUR PODCAST HOST'S AUDIENCE. IN ADDITION, WE REGULARLY WRITE AND SHARE BLOG POSTS ON TOPICS RELATED TO OUR PROGRAMS, AND WE OCCASIONALLY HOST WEBINARS. WE ALSO PRODUCE AND SHARE VIDEOS, LARGELY FROM OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE. THESE PRODUCTS PODCASTS, BLOGS, WEBINARS AND VIDEOS IN TURN ARE SHARED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND VIA OUR E-NEWS. WE ALSO CREATE ORIGINAL SHORT VIDEOS (OFTEN REELS) FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND FEATURE PROFILES OF PEOPLE IN OUR NETWORK, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF OUR NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE AND BOARD. THE INTENT OF ALL THESE EFFORTS IS TO SHOWCASE ASPECTS OF BUILDING LIVABLE COMMUNITIES AROUND TRANSIT, KEEP OUR WIDER NETWORK INFORMED AND BUILD OUR AUDIENCE.MPACT: INNOVATORSTHE MPACT INNOVATORS PROGRAM PROVIDES AND FACILITATES A NATIONAL NETWORKING GROUP WELCOMING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INDUSTRY LEADERS AND THINKERS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES NETWORKING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, CULTIVATES INNOVATIVE NEW APPROACHES AND HELPS DEVELOP NEW LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY. PARTICIPANTS PROVIDE INPUT TO MPACT REGARDING WAYS TO FURTHER SUPPORT EMERGING PROFESSIONALS AT AND BEYOND THE CONFERENCE. AT THE MPACT TRANSIT + COMMUNITY CONFERENCE, THE INNOVATORS ORGANIZE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ATTENDEES NEW TO THE INDUSTRY, WHILE ALSO OPEN TO ALL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES. CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE IDEA EXCHANGES, WELLNESS ACTIVITIES, WALKING TOURS AND THE MPACT PK SLAM (POWERED BY PECHAKUCHA). INNOVATORS SUPPORT THE MPACT NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE BY PROVIDING INPUT ON THE NEEDS, CONCERNS, AND WORK OF NEW PROFESSIONALS, TAKING ON HOT TOPICS, AND TESTING OUT NEW SESSION AND CONFERENCE FORMATS.
    Expenses $117,029

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
31-1791057
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2001
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,079,669
Income (IRS master file)
$1,758,475

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$1,758,475$1,568,956$1,079,669XML
990December 2024$1,672,806$1,560,298$936,056XML
990December 2023$1,416,217$1,489,026$970,584XML
990December 2022$1,324,473$1,519,696$898,260IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 31-1791057).

Questions about RAIL VOLUTION

What is the EIN of RAIL VOLUTION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of RAIL VOLUTION is 31-1791057.
Is RAIL VOLUTION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2001.
Are donations to RAIL VOLUTION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does RAIL VOLUTION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of RAIL VOLUTION due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did RAIL VOLUTION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of RAIL VOLUTION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names KATHLEEN HORNE.
Who are the officers and directors of RAIL VOLUTION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $257,703 (KATHLEEN KAMMY HORNE, CEO).
How much revenue does RAIL VOLUTION have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,758,475, expenses of $1,568,956 and total assets of $1,079,669 at year end.

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