Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $245,000 to it, the largest being THE CASEY ALBERT T ONEIL FDN ($245,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $223k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $245k
- Net assets
- $750k
What Milwaukee Road Historical Association does
Mission
Historical association dedicated to the history of the railroad and preservation of select equipment, structures and documents of THE MILWAUKEE ROAD railroad.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, MRHA continued to fulfill its primary purpose by publishing the quarterly magazine, The Milwaukee Railroader. In addition, the MRHA continued to complete the Milwaukee Road Museum and Library Research Center on the grounds of the Illinois Railway Museum. This building provides display space for Milwaukee Road items, photos, books and videos, in addition to research material. This facility is open to the public.
$205,676 spentof which $45,000 as grants$83,943 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $205,676.
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 $674k to $737k (+9%).
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.
39% of MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $40k → $45k.
From the IRS filings of MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION’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
100% of MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
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
MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: 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 MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION?
- MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $245,000 to it, the largest being THE CASEY ALBERT T ONEIL FDN ($245,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $245,000 in grants to MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION?
- THE CASEY ALBERT T ONEIL FDN is the largest funder on record, with $245,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILWAUKEE ROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 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