Oregon · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF OR&N 197
FRIENDS OF OR&N 197 (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,744 to it, the largest being UP IN SMOKE FOUNDATION ($6,744). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $104k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $68k
What Friends of OR&N 197 does
Mission
Restoration and operation of vintage steam locomotive
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Restoration to operating condition of the OR&N steam locomotive (built 1905) was begun in 2023, using both contract and volunteer labor.
$42,729 spent97% of program spendingNew website development
$1,176 spent3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,905.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.
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 FRIENDS OF OR&N 197’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF OR&N 197’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
FRIENDS OF OR&N 197 draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FRIENDS OF OR&N 197 runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like FRIENDS OF OR&N 197
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
4%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF OR&N 197: 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 FRIENDS OF OR&N 197?
- FRIENDS OF OR&N 197 (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,744 to it, the largest being UP IN SMOKE FOUNDATION ($6,744). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF OR&N 197 have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,744 in grants to FRIENDS OF OR&N 197.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF OR&N 197?
- UP IN SMOKE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,744 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF OR&N 197 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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