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Filing year 2024

BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION

Fort Worth, Texas·EIN 26-1635887·NTEE T90 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$3.6M
Total assets
$1.7M
Total expenses
$6.2M
Reported officers
9

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2024. BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION reported 9 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

President & Director
Treasurer
Secretary
Assistant Secretary
Assistant General Tax Counsel
Director
Director
Director
Director

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$6.1M

Itemized grants

920

Median grant

$3k

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETYHELENA, MTCULTURAL$500k
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONDALLAS, TXHEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$500k
NATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUMFORT WORTH, TXCULTURAL$400k
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DCCIVIC$200k
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATIONARLINGTON, TXCULTURAL$200k
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYEVANSTON, ILEDUCATION$150k
NADABURG UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST 81 STUDENT ARCHERYWITTMANN, AZYOUTH$120k
THE FARM FOUNDATION NFPOAK BROOK, ILCIVIC$100k
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FDNFARGO, NDEDUCATION$100k
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYEVANSTON, ILEDUCATION$100k
UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COFORT WORTH, TXHEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$100k
UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COFORT WORTH, TXUNITED WAY/RED CROSS$94k
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONSHAWNEE MISSION, KSEDUCATION$75k
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONSHAWNEE MISSION, KSEDUCATION$58k
TRANSFORM 1012 N MAIN STREETFORT WORTH, TXCIVIC$50k
KANSAS HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONTOPEKA, KSCULTURAL$50k
AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETYALBUQUERQUE, NMEDUCATION$50k
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONDENVER, COEDUCATION$50k
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATIONURBANA, ILEDUCATION$50k
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONFORT WORTH, TXHEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$50k
LIFE POINT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF HASLETHASLET, TXMATCHING GIFTS 1$35k
OMAHA CHILDRENS MUSEUM INCOMAHA, NECULTURAL$30k
AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTH TEXAS REGIONDALLAS, TXHEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$30k
GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAYMINNEAPOLIS, MNUNITED WAY/RED CROSS$30k
UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITYKANSAS CITY, MOUNITED WAY/RED CROSS$30k
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Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$7.9M
$9.8M
2023
$3.6M
$6.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Texas

BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organization in Texas earns a median of $14,224.

25th percentile
$5k
Median
$14,224
75th percentile
$43k
90th percentile
$112k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 4,499 organizations across 4,499 filings (2021 – 2024).

See full Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking pay data for Texas
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What are BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION reported $3.6M in total revenue and $6.2M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.