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12 funders with a record of paying for “locomotive”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION INC — staybolts for sp 1744
Largest: $30,000 to BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — "fast tracks" to employment: locomotive engineer & conductor basic training program scholarship fund
Wm Keck FoundationLos Angeles, CA
1 matching grant · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.4M to GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — to investigate terrestrial locomotion in vertebrates
Community Services for ChildrenAllentown, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $28,500 · through 2024Largest: $16,000 to THE LEARNING LOCOMOTION INC — continuous quality improvement award
Largest: $1,000 to ENGINE 557 RESTORATION COMPANY — to provide support for the restoration to operation of ex-alaska railroad steam locomotive #557
National Railway Historical SocietyMoorestown, NJCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to OLD DOMINION CHAPTER NRHS — the chapter's goal to have the 1943 davenport locomotive in running condition
Liberty Historic RailwayBerkeley Heights, NJCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,200 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to THE SHORE LINE TROLLEY MUSEUM — restoration of 2ft gauge battery mining locomotive
Largest: $490,000 to UE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND — green locomotives project
Largest: $259,000 to Conservation Society of California — electric train locomotive
Petoskey-Harbor Springs AreaPetoskey, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $87,872 · through 2024Largest: $87,872 to HARBOR SPRINGS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — shay locomotive restoration, bringing history to life campaign, hs historical corridor, ephraim shay innovation museum artesian well exhibit
Largest: $50,000 to CUYAHOGA VALLEY SCENIC RAILROAD — grant 24-31 leading the way locomotive fleet campaign
Largest: $100,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — an integrative computational account of language and locomotion
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →