Colorado · Nonprofit
TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION
TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $102 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($102). 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
- $299k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $102
- Net assets
- $83k
What Train Collectors Association Rocky Mountain Division does
Mission
To promote the model train hobby and train history in the rocky mountain region through displays, educational shows and youth clubs. . 1. Train collectors displays and educational shows. The Train Collectors Association Rocky Mountain Division (rocky mountain train collectors) schedules annual as well as other public gatherings and opportunities for its members to show and share exhibits and demonstrations of toy trains. These public gatherings focus on opportunities for people to learn about trains and pertinent and relevant lessons from their history. . 2. Education and preservation of train history and culture. The rocky mountain train collectors members possess model and toy trains, artifacts, and other items of historical and cultural value and interest. The organization assists where possible and provide opportunities for members to preserve, restore, and utilize such possessions for the benefit and learning of the general public. The organization also organizes a lending library
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Holding of three auctions for members, two swap meets for the public, and hosting a banquet for members.
$302,183 spent$290,584 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $302,183.
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. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $69k to $94k (+37%).
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. 1 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $14 → $43.
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 TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION’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 TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION'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. $102 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.
Organizations like TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION: 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 TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION?
- TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $102 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($102). 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 TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $102 in grants to TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $102 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2021–2024), 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