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ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY

ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY (Alaska) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,269 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($75,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$142k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$200k
Net assets
$229k
4/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 34%
01What it does

What Engine 557 Restoration Company does

Mission

The Engine 557 Restoration Company's mission is to restore, operate, conserve, and display former Alaska Railroad steam locomotive number 557 for the education and enjoyment of Alaskan residents and visitors.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Assess, repair, and refurbish parts of steam locomotive #557; reassemble locomotive parts onto locomotive; equip shop with necessary tools, equipment, and technical documents to accomplish restoration. Between four and 10 volunteers work on the locomotive, four days each week. The work will result in a restored and fully operational steam locomotive. Substantial in-kind contributions of services and facilities support this program service.

    $163,977 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Operations. Preparing planning documents, obtaining permissions, and doing preliminary work to develop infrastructure to support locomotive operations which are projected to begin in 2026.

    $187 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Education. Public education and outreach is provided via presentations to community groups, social media, and Engine House tours. This was done by volunteers and no expenses were incurred.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $164,164.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($127k) Expenses 100 ($146k) Net assets 100 ($134k)2021 Revenue 150 ($191k) Expenses 131 ($191k) Net assets 147 ($198k)2022 Revenue 106 ($135k) Expenses 119 ($173k) Net assets 167 ($224k)2023 Revenue 135 ($172k) Expenses 163 ($238k) Net assets 176 ($237k)2024 Revenue 110 ($139k) Expenses 154 ($224k) Net assets 160 ($215k)2025 Revenue 111 ($142k) Expenses 130 ($190k) Net assets 171 ($229k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (111)Expenses (130)Net assets (171)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $134k to $198k (+47%).

$134k
$198k
$225k
$238k
$219k
$233k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$19k
’20
$170
’21
−$38k
’22
−$66k
’23
−$85k
’24
−$49k
’25
12
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed888101010
Joined·+0+0+2+0+3
No longer listed·00003
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $15k → $25k.

2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY’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

ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

41% 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 ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY.

37%
largest funder
73%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 48% · 2022 78% · 2023 72% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

How long its funders stay

50% of ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

64% of ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY's grant income comes from Alaska funders.

AK
CT
NE
KS
TX

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

’17
’20
’21
’22
’23
Alaska out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $76k 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

Against its field

ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−34% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve12.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY

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 Alaska

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY?
ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY (Alaska) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,269 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($75,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $200,269 in grants to ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY?
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alaska. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 10 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