New Mexico · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC
FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,007 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($74,250). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $739k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $242k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Inc does
Mission
Friends of the cumbres and toltec scenic railroad inc. Is dedicated to the historic preservation, restoration and interpretation of the cumbres and toltec scenic railroad as a living museum. The friends envision another century of narrow gauge steam railroading with the cumbres and toltec scenic railroad being widely recognized as one of the world's premier "living" museums for historic, steam railroad operation, preservation and interpretation and industrial heritage. The friends also envisions the railroad to be the world's best and most popular tourist steam railroad experience. Responsibility for and leadership of the historic preservation and museum functions of the cumbres and toltec scenic railroad will rest with the friends, to be known and respected internationally as the best non-profit, historic railway preservation and museum organization in the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Interpretation and restoration - many thousands of people were benefited by the interpretation of the organizations historic property. This is done through the newsletter to libraries and members, and through walking tours guiding visitors through the railyard. Restoration benefits the historic museum collection and it is estimated that close to 100,000 people visit the railyard properties each year. The major portion of the expenses were for various materials to preserve and restore the historic equipment and properties. The friends have approximately 200 volunteers from a membership base of over 1,900 worldwide that contribute approximately 20,000 hours annually in volunteer time. These volunteers work on the railroad's historical assets, serve as docents onboard the trains, help fundraise, and work in the organization's photo collection, archives, and library. The hours worked by our volunteers would translate into approximately 500,000 annually in labor if the friends had to pay for these services.
$429,014 spentof which $20,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $429,014.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.6M to $2.1M (+30%).
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.
83% of FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Don Stewart
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $100 → $35k.
7 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD 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
FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% 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
64% 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 FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 87% · 2019 98% · 2020 41% · 2021 56% · 2022 48% · 2023 88% — diversifying over time.
“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
40% of FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
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 FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD 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 $87k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New Mexico, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $242k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC
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 New Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,007 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($74,250). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $242,007 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $74,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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