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BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,364 to it, the largest being The HOENES FOUNDATION Inc ($26,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$181k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$61k
Net assets
$1.1M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society Inc does

Mission

To educate the public about hte history of the b&o railroad by preserving and disemminating company records and the recollection of individuals as collected

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Publications: publish four issues of the sentinel, a magazine devoted to the history of the b&o railroad. Publish a calendar for distribution to sustaining members.

    $35,754 spent
    42% of program spending
  2. Archives: manitain an archive of over 50,000 original engineering drawings, books, and other publications pertaining to the b&o railroad. Add new material to the archives as it becomes available.

    $33,103 spent$240 earned by the program
    39% of program spending
  3. Special events: sponsor a convention and two mini conventions. Events feature tours of former railroad property, lectures, and presentations on topics centered around the b&o railroad.

    $16,160 spent$14,440 earned by the program
    19% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,017.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($94k) Expenses 100 ($63k) Net assets 100 ($732k)2022 Revenue 213 ($201k) Expenses 146 ($92k) Net assets 122 ($895k)2024 Revenue 201 ($189k) Expenses 153 ($97k) Net assets 138 ($1.0M)2025 Revenue 192 ($181k) Expenses 162 ($103k) Net assets 149 ($1.1M)
2021202220242025
Revenue (192)Expenses (162)Net assets (149)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $733k to $895k (+22%).

$733k
$895k
$1.0M
$1.1M
2021202220242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$31k
’21
$109k
’22
$92k
’24
$79k
’25
37
months of
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.

2021202220242025
Listed11111111
Joined·+2·+2
No longer listed·2·2
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $104 → $5k.

3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC’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.

How concentrated its funding is

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

58% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.

42%
largest funder
99%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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

58% of BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC'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. Of the $26k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state.

GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

968
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,364 to it, the largest being The HOENES FOUNDATION Inc ($26,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $61,364 in grants to BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
The HOENES FOUNDATION Inc is the largest funder on record, with $26,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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