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RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC
RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $111 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($111). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $518k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $111
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Railway and Locomotive Historical Societyinc does
Mission
To collect, interpret, preserve and disseminate information relating to railroad history. The society maintains archives at a prominent museum and publishes "journal of railroad history" twice annually.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
"journal of railroad history" was published twice in 2024. Members receive the book as a membership benefit. Some copies are sold. Back issues are available for sale to members and others. A small amount of advertising revenue is derived from organizations promoting railroad historical services and media.
The railway & locomotive historical society is proud to sponsor scholarships to promote the study, at a professional academic level, of railroad history and operations. Both advanced undergraduates (3rd and 4th year) and graduate students may apply. Scholarship applicants must be enrolled, at an accredited college/university in a degree-seeking program in the 2024-2025 academic year. The program is open to students majoring in history, transportation/transportation logistics, or other majors where the student's work has a demonstrated connection to railroad operations, engineering, or history
$51,395 spent47% of program spendingThe society has an awards program that researches distinguished railroad publications (books, articles, photography) and senior achievement in the field of railroad history. An honorarium of 250 is associated with these awards.
$52,181 spent48% of program spendingOther.
$5,503 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $109,079.
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.
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 $2.2M to $2.6M (+22%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $27 → $26.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC’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 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
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 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC: 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 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC?
- RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $111 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($111). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $111 in grants to RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $111 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 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