Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Operation Lifesaver Inc ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $70M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $20M
What Association of American Railroads does
Mission
Aar promotes a safe and efficient north american rail system with principal activities in areas such as standards, operations, safety, security, public affairs and public policy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Strategic research initiatives (sri):the sri program focuses on research that will make rail transportation safer, more efficient, and more reliable. The current sri program includes projects addressing signals, train control, automated operations, track, bridges, and rail car components such as wheels, brakes, and couplers.
Integrated communications campaign:a program of media outreach, public affairs, advertising, and content development that focuses on (1) how the freight rail industry consistently and efficiently delivers economic and environmental benefits to americans, (2) how railroads use modern technology to improve safety and provide public benefits including a safe, fuel efficient way to move goods and connect us to the global economy, and (3) preserving balanced regulation of the freight rail industry.
Preserving balanced regulation:a program to promote the balanced regulatory structure required to allow railroads the opportunity to achieve a reasonable rate of return and to continue their substantial investment in the north american rail network. Such reinvestment is critical if railroads are to be able to address the capacity challenges that increased rail demand for transportation brings.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $28M to $49M (+74%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ian N Jefferies
President, CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Aar Retiree Life Insurance Trust · exempt
- Mxv Learning Institute · exempt
- Railpac · exempt
- Transportation Technology Center Inc · corp_trust
- Railinc Corporation · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS?
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Operation Lifesaver Inc ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS?
- Operation Lifesaver Inc is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing