Trains In The Valley takes very seriously its responsibility to be transparent and accountable. Our goal is to model the best practices used by other similar not for nonprofit community organizations. We firmly believe that with transparency comes trust.
With that thought in mind, we are pleased to provide additional details about the structure of our organization and its finances.
Organizational Status
Trains In The Valley launched on April 12, 2016.
We are currently conducting business as an unincorporated nonprofit association.
We have not incorporate as a nonprofit corporation with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or applied for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code tax code. We intend to do so at some point in the future.
We have obtained an Employer Identification Number (EIN) from the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of establishing a bank account with Florence Bank, 85 Main St, Florence, MA 01062.
We have registered our association with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division. Our Charity Registration Form and Annual Filing(s) can be viewed by searching for “Trains In The Valley” on the Attorney General’s Charities Document Search web page.
The Pioneer Valley Regional Ventures Center, Inc., a tax-exempt Section 501(c)(3) organization, has agreed to act as an interim fiscal sponsor for Trains In The Valley. Fiscal sponsorship is an agreement through which an organization without tax-exempt status — but which could qualify for it — partners with an existing tax-exempt organization in order to receive donations and grants.
The Trains In The Valley website — which is published under the domain name trainsinthevalley.org — is managed using the WordPress.com platform.
Financial Reports
Fiscal year reports
FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020
All reports have been saved as PDF files.
Please contact us if you have any questions about the financial statements presented above.
Use of funds (in FY2022)
In 2022 we used our funds for the follow purposes:
Advertising & promotion
- Facebook ads
Information technology
- Domain name registration (annual)
- Software for managing content (Adobe Lightroom & Adobe Acrobat Pro)
- Website hosting
Office Expenses
- Holiday wreaths for the station platform in Northampton
- MuckRock usage fees (for managing our FOIA requests)
- PayPal transaction fees (for credit card donations)
- Printing costs (timetables for local distribution)
- Registration fee (annual) with the Mass AG Public Charities Division
Website stats (2023)
Users | 71,691
Pageviews | 194,541
Most viewed pages (top 10) | views
#1 – Live rail cams | 25,345
#2 – Trains to the Big E | 20,257
#3 – Homepage | 19,425
#4 – Amtrak Vermonter | 17,383
#5 – Vermonter Extension to Montreal | 10,953
#6 – Valley Flyer | 7,911
#7 – Freight Railroads | 7,842
#8 – East-West Rail in Massachusetts | 7,331
#9 – Springfield Union Station | 6,147
#10 – Northampton station | 5,657
Acquisition channels | users (% of users)
Organic Search | 45,725 (64%)
Direct | 12,467 (17%)
Social | 7,184 (10%)
Referral | 6,315 (9%)
Source: Google Analytics
Page last updated: January 2, 2024
Page last reviewed: November 9, 2021