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Rail Heritage Trust

EIN 46-4327372 · files IRS 990-PF

Given, as filed$1.7m2020–2025 · 121 grants
2020: $325.0k · 22 grants20202021: $350.0k · 22 grants2021$350.0k2022: $250.0k · 21 grants20222023: $250.0k · 18 grants20232024: $250.0k · 18 grants20242025: $250.0k · 20 grants2025$250.0k
Grantees0funded more than once, matching gifts aside
Assets, year endnot on file
Board and officers1on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Cause not on file$1.7m

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 121 grants · $1.7m

Who it funds most

0 of its 0 grantees were funded in more than one year.

Rail Heritage Trust's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

First Option BankTrustee

Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2024, filing 202522169349100912

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2020: $325.0k · 22 grants20202021: $350.0k · 22 grants2021$350.0k2022: $250.0k · 21 grants20222023: $250.0k · 18 grants20232024: $250.0k · 18 grants20242025: $250.0k · 20 grants2025$250.0k
Its returns6 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2025IRS 990-PF202641959349100614IRS batch file
2024IRS 990-PF202522169349100912IRS batch file
2023IRS 990-PF202442019349100409IRS batch file
2022IRS 990-PF202322549349100712IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202202369349100320IRS batch file
2020IRS 990-PF202102189349100110IRS batch file

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Rail Heritage Trust made 121 grants across 2020–2025, totalling $1.7m as filed.

Grants
121
Total, as filed
$1.7m
Years
2020–2025
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
NASHVILLE STEAM PRESERVATION SOCIETY2$85.0k
RAILROADING HERITAGE OF MIDWEST AMERICA INC3$66.0k
COLEBROOKDALE RAILROAD PRESERVATION TRUST3$55.0k
OREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION3$55.0k
WESTERN MARYLAND SCENIC RAILROAD DEVELOP CORP1$50.0k
FRIENDS OF SP 4449 INC3$47.0k
UNITED RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NJ INC3$44.5k
NASHVILLE STEAM PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION2$44.0k
ABILENE SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION3$40.0k
FORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC3$40.0k
TENNESSEE VALLEY RAILROAD MUSEUM INC2$40.0k
PACIFIC RAILROAD PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED2$39.5k
ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY1$36.0k
ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM3$36.0k
KENTUCKY RAILWAY MUSEUM INC2$35.0k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
202022$325.0k
202122$350.0k
202221$250.0k
202318$250.0k
202418$250.0k
202520$250.0k

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-464327372. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

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