Funding search · EIN 943246086 · Little River, CA

The Candelaria Fund

Name: The Candelaria Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

71
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

East Broad Top Foundation4 grants · $700,000
Bay Area Electric Railroad Association3 grants · $375,000
Center of Southwest Culture4 grants · $300,000
Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Rr2 grants · $175,000
Nashville Steam Preservation Society2 grants · $150,000
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Rr Commission1 grant · $150,000
Railroaders Memorial Museum2 grants · $150,000
Congress of Country Music1 grant · $100,000
Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation2 grants · $100,000
San Francisco Chronicle Season of Sharing4 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$675,000

2022

$660,000

2023

$815,000

2024

$677,500

2025

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
East Broad Top Foundation · Rock Hill Furnace, PA · 2025
General support
$200,000
East Broad Top Foundation · Rock Hill Furnace, PA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Bay Area Electric Railroad Association · Suisun City, CA · 2023
General support
$200,000
East Broad Top Foundation · Rock Hill Furnace, PA · 2023
General support
$150,000
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Rr Commission · Antonito, CO · 2022
General support
$125,000
Nashville Steam Preservation Society · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support
$100,000
Bay Area Electric Railroad Association · Suisun City, CA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Railroaders Memorial Museum · Altoona, PA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Congress of Country Music · Philadelphia, MS · 2024
General support
$100,000
Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Rr · Alma, ME · 2024
General support
$100,000
Center of Southwest Culture · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$100,000
East Broad Top Foundation · Rock Hill Furnace, PA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Center of Southwest Culture · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
General support
$75,000
Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Rr · Alma, ME · 2025
General support
$75,000
Bay Area Electric Railroad Association · Suisun City, CA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Center of Southwest Culture · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General support
$50,000
Friends of the East Broad Top · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General support
$50,000
Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
$50,000
Railroaders Memorial Museum · Altoona, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$50,000
Center of Southwest Culture · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General support
$35,000
Historic Pullman Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$35,000
Historic Pullman Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$30,000
Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Rr · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General support
$25,000
Nashville Steam Preservation Society · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$25,000
New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General support
$25,000
Railroading Heritage of Midwest America · Inver Grove Heights, MN · 2022
General support
$25,000
San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society · San Bernardino, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum · Alan, ME · 2022
General support
$20,000
San Francisco Chronicle Season of Sharing · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$20,000
New Mexico Heritage Rail · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General support
$20,000
San Francisco Chronicle Season of Sharing · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Tucumcari Main Street · Tucumcari, NM · 2022
General support
$15,000
Nevada Northern Railway Foundation · Ely, NV · 2025
General support
$15,000
Archaeological Conservancy · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General support
$15,000
San Francisco Chronicle Season of Sharing · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$15,000
The Community Foundation of Mendocino County · Ukiah, CA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Archaeological Consevancy · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General support
$15,000
San Francisco Chronicle Season of Sharing · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
The Community Foundation of Mendocino County · Ukiah, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Oakland Museum of California · Oakland, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
The Community Foundation of Mendocino County · Ukiah, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Friends of the Railroad Museum · Strasburg, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Community Foundation of Mendocino County · Ukiah, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Archaeological Consevancy · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General support
$10,000
Indiana University Press · Bloomington, IN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Mendocino County Healthcare Foundation · Fort Bragg, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Colorado Railroad Museum · Golden, CO · 2022
General support
$10,000
John W Barriger Iii National Railroad Library-University of Missouri St L · St Louis, MO · 2022
General support
$5,000
American Red Cross Gold Country Region · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
The Salvation Army Del Oro Division · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
The Salvation Army Golden Gate Division · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
General support
$5,000
American Red Cross Gold Country Region · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Beltrami County Historical Society · Bemidji, MN · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Salvation Army Del Oro Division · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Salvation Army Golden Gate Division · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
American Red Cross Gold Country Region · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
California Budget & Policy Center · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Salvation Army Del Oro Division · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Genera support
$5,000
The Salvation Army Golden State Division · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General support
$5,000
American Red Cross Gold Country Region · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
California Budget & Policy Center · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Durango Railroad Historical Society · Durango, CO · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Salvation Army Del Oro Division · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Salvation Army Golden State Division · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
$2,500
California Budget & Policy Center · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General support
$2,500
California Budget & Policy Center · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Think New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.