Illinois · Nonprofit
GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC
GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $31k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $399k
What Galesburg Railroad Museum Inc does
Mission
To preserve, display and educate the public on the rich heritage of Railroad History in Galesburg and the surrounding areas with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our program services are the following: tours of the train cars detailing their history and tours of the museum building with all the many artifacts to look at and learn from. We also sell souvenirs with the museum. We have a commemorative walkway of bricks which were purchased and helped us to building our building. The selling of bricks is still ongoing.
$0 spent0% of program spendingSouvenir, bricks and railroad days expenses
$6,918 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,918.
The organization over time
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Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $417k to $402k (−3%).
How it's funded, over time
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20% of GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Stanley Haas
Board Member Membership Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM 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.
Where its funders are
GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
72%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC?
- GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC?
- BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GALESBURG RAILROAD MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2022–2025), 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