North Carolina · Nonprofit
Rutherford Railroad Development Corp
Rutherford Railroad Development Corp (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $286,016 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HENDERSON COUNTY INC ($286,016). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $286k
- Net assets
- $293k
What Rutherford Railroad Development Corp does
Mission
The purpose of the corporation is to acquire,preserve,maintain, and manage former railroad rights of way for interim public recreational trail use to ensure their availability for future rail service reactivation. To promote public health and wellness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Protect the Rails for Trails by: *Engage townships connected to the Trail to participat *Protect Encroachment of Trail Property *Establish educational programs about the environment, history, and recreational benefits of trails *Provide a safe environment for trail use
$32,474 spent$64,765 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $32,474.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $26k to $293k (+1010%).
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.
100% of Rutherford Railroad Development Corp’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Doug Barrick
Chairman
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.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Rutherford Railroad Development Corp’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 Rutherford Railroad Development Corp's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $286k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
Rutherford Railroad Development Corp holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Rutherford Railroad Development Corp
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
40% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Rutherford Railroad Development Corp: 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 Rutherford Railroad Development Corp?
- Rutherford Railroad Development Corp (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $286,016 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HENDERSON COUNTY INC ($286,016). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Rutherford Railroad Development Corp have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $286,016 in grants to Rutherford Railroad Development Corp.
- Who is the largest funder of Rutherford Railroad Development Corp?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HENDERSON COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $286,016 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Rutherford Railroad Development Corp find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2023–2024), 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