MOUNT LOWE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC
EIN 04-3731228 · Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues (S41)
What they do
The Mount Lowe Preservation Societys Mission is to Help Secure, Preserve, Educate, and Share History, Artifacts, Photography and Ephemera About and Regarding Southern California Transportation Including Cars, Busses, Trolleys, and Railroads, and to Write, Display, and Lecture On These Topics for Educational and Public Benefit Purposes.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $87.70 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
Plain answer: A tax form cannot prove that a charity is doing good. It can show how the charity says it spent its money—and point out questions you should ask.
Basic facts we verified
IRS warning checkNo IRS revocation warning appears in this data.
Money report from 2025The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders5 people are listed in the latest report.
You can reach themThey list contact information, so you can ask questions.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $1,071 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
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Financial picture
A plain-language look at the latest Form 990 figures available. These numbers help you ask better questions; they do not, by themselves, rate whether a charity is good or bad.
Where each $100 of expenses went
The first percentage is the spending mix. The second compares that amount with the charity’s revenue.
Has the pattern changed?
Each bar shows the share of annual spending reported for mission work, management, and fundraising.
Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
Mission work means the Form 990 category called program services. These are reported accounting categories—not an independent measurement of results.
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Leadership and board
Names, titles, time, and compensation below are reported by the organization on its Form 990.
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BOBBY MCDEARMONDIRECTOR
JIM BUNTESECRETARY/TREAS
MICHAEL A PATRISPRESIDENT
STEVE CRISEVICE PRESIDENT
TERRY HAMILTONDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2014
- Location
- P O Box 431, San Gabriel, CA 91778
- County
- Los Angeles
- In care of
- Michael A Patris
- Primary officer
- Michael A Patris, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- GRAY SALT & ASSOCIATES LLP
- NTEE classification
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues (S41)
- IRS tax category
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues