2019-05-13T12:01:29-05:00 2018-12-31 450250958 EIDE BAILLY LLP 5299 DTC BLVD STE 1000 GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111 990 2018-01-01 846037753 COLORADO RAILROAD HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC COLO 3032794591 PO BOX 10 GOLDEN CO 80401 DONALD TALLMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3032794591 2019-05-10 1 KYLE FRITCH CPA P01313374 3037705700 2019-05-10 50.203.234.82 2019-05-10 08:25:43 MD P 38E7B26ACDED65A6206348105EC66FC115FD0A44 38E7B26ACDED65A6206348105EC66FC115FD0A44 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM DONALD TALLMAN PO BOX 10 GOLDEN CO 80401 3167982 0 X WWW.COLORADORAILROADMUSEUM.ORG X 1964 CO ACQUIRE, PRESERVE, AND EXHIBIT LOCOMOTIVES, CARS, ARTIFACTS AND RECORDS PERTAINING TO CO RAILROADS. 12 12 22 253 0 0 459494 1047966 1567312 1674795 162416 154756 125600 120328 2314822 2997845 0 0 0 0 744652 742291 0 0 149265 1463260 1356136 2207912 2098427 106910 899418 7810073 7993893 667750 452735 7142323 7541158 X THE MISSION OF THE COLORADO RAILROAD HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, INC. IS TO PRESERVE AND CONVEY THE RICH HISTORY OF RAILROADING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH ACQUISITION, RESEARCH, EXHIBITION, AND EDUCATION. 0 0 1332162 1094969 THE MUSEUM REPRESENTS RAILROADING HISTORY IN A HANDS-ON AND THREE DIMENSIONAL FASHION BY PRESERVING AND MAKING ACCESSIBLE IMPORTANT HISTORIC ARTIFACTS, ARTWORK AND DOCUMENTS, AND BY OFFERING OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY. THE MUSEUM HAS SYSTEMATICALLY ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF OVER 100 PIECES OF RAILROAD STOCK, INCLUDING RAIL CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES DATING FROM 1879 TO THE PRESENT. BY SEEKING OUT RECORDS, MAPS, AND OTHER MATERIALS FROM RAILROADS AS THEY CLOSED THEIR OPERATIONS, THE MUSEUM HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST ARCHIVES OF RAILROAD PRINT MATERIALS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS DEDICATED TO THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, AND CATALOGUING OF ARTIFACTS ASSOCIATED WITH RAILROADING, PARTICULARLY THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH COLORADO AND INTERMOUNTAIN RAILROADING. THE MUSEUM'S RESEARCH LIBRARY IS THE SECOND LARGEST OF ITS KIND, AND THE LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF WESTERN RAILROADS AND THEIR LINES. AUTHORS OF ALL GENRES MAY BE FOUND RESEARCHING TIMETABLES, PAYROLL RECORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THEIR PROJECTS. THE MUSEUM LIBRARY IS ALSO HOME TO AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF RAILROAD RELATED ART, SOME OF IT PAINTED BY WORLD-FAMOUS ARTISTS, AND DONATED TO THE MUSEUM BY DEDICATED COLLECTORS. THIS COLLECTION IS SOMETIMES LOANED TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS. SINCE 1961 THE MUSEUM HAS PUBLISHED OVER 50 SCHOLARLY BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON THE RAILROADS OF COLORADO AND THE WEST THAT ARE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BY HISTORIANS. THE COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM HAS BEEN RANKED AMONG THE TOP 25 DENVER AREA ATTRACTIONS BY DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL AND AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN PAID ATTRACTIONS BY VISIT DENVER.THE COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM HAS A ROBUST RESTORATION PROGRAM, OVERSEEN BY OUR CHIEF MECHANICAL OFFICER / CURATOR OF ROLLING STOCK AND HIS BAND OF SKILLED VOLUNTEERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE FORMER RAILROAD EMPLOYEES AND MECHANICS. THE IMPORTANCE OF RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR ROLLING STOCK CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. BY ENSURING THAT OUR VISITORS ARE ABLE TO VIEW AND SOMETIMES RIDE ON CARS THAT HAVE BEEN PAINSTAKINGLY RESTORED, WE ARE ABLE TO BRING HISTORY TO LIFE AND TO TEACH OUR GUESTS ABOUT A TRANSFORMATIONAL PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY. OUR DOCENTS ARE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT IT WAS TO TRAVEL BY RAIL IF ONE "HAD MEANS, OR IF ONE WERE TRAVELING IN THIRD CLASS, IF ONE WERE A RAILROAD EMPLOYEE, OR EVEN IF ONE HAD HOPPED ON A FREIGHT CAR WITH OTHER HOBOS. TOUR HOSTS CAN ADDRESS THE WAYS IN WHICH RAILROADS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DYNAMIC ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN WEST, AND WHICH INDIVIDUALS SPEARHEADED THAT GROWTH.IN 2018, WORK CONTINUED ON OUR OLDEST ARTIFACT, THE B-8 PASSENGER CAR. BRINGING THE B-8 BACK TO HER FORMER GLORY FOLLOWING HER ERSTWHILE USE AS A CHICKEN HOUSE HAS BEEN A LABOR OF INFINITE LOVE AND LOTS OF DEDICATED EFFORT. WIELDING DENTAL TOOLS TO PICK PAINT FROM THE GRAIN OF THE ORIGINAL MAHOGANY PANELING, AND SEARCHING ANTIQUE SHOPS FOR LIGHT FIXTURES AND FURNITURE, OUR CREW HAS MADE STEADY PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLETION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF HIGH CLASS RAIL TRAVEL IN THE 1880S.THE B-8 NOW CARRIES THE MUSEUM'S FIRST CLASS POLAR EXPRESS PASSENGERS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH WORK THAT RESTORATION ENTAILED!ONE OF THE MORE UNIQUE CARS IN OUR COLLECTION IS THE UINTAH NO. 50, WHICH IS UNDERGOING ITS OWN MAGICAL TRANSFORMATION IN OUR ROUNDHOUSE. THE COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM IS ONE OF ONLY THREE MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE UINTAH RAILWAY EQUIPMENT, AND THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE A COMBINATION BAGGAGE AND PASSENGER CAR. THE TINY UINTAH RAILWAY WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY MINE AND HAUL GILSONITE, WHICH IS A PETROLEUM-BASED ORE STILL USED IN OVER 160 PRODUCTS. THE NO. 50, A FORMER PULLMAN CAR, HAS BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS IN HER LIFE ON THE RAILS, AND IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF OUR TEAM'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL. THIS HAS MEANT SCOURING THE INTERNET AND RAILROAD COLLECTIONS FOR THE PERFECT GAS LAMPS FOR THE SALON, AND GETTING THEM RE-CHROMED SO THEY SHINE LIKE THEY ONCE DID AND IT MEANT MAKING SURE THAT THE NEW SEATS ARE AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN GET TO THE ORIGINAL ONES. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH FOR FABRIC, AND COMMISSIONING SPECIALLY MADE SEAT SPRINGS, AS WELL AS MATCHING THE INTRICATE CARVINGS ON THE SEAT SIDES. AND FINALLY, IN THE COMING YEAR OR SO, THE MUSEUM ANTICIPATES THE RETURN OF THE RGS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE NO. 20. THE RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN NO. 20 IS ARGUABLY THE MOST POPULAR LOCOMOTIVE EVER OWNED BY THE RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN RAILROAD (RGS). BUILT IN 1899 BY THE SCHENECTADY LOCOMOTIVE WORKS TO HAUL FREIGHT, PASSENGERS AND GOLD FROM CRIPPLE CREEK AND VICTOR, COLORADO TO THE FRONT RANGE. FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS, NO. 20 CHUGGED UP AND DOWN PHANTOM CANYON, UNTIL THE FLOOD OF JULY, 1912 WASHED AWAY MUCH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND BROUGHT A HALT TO F&CC OPERATIONS. NO. 20 BECAME A STAR WHEN, IN 1949, IT WAS CAST IN THE MOVIE A TICKET TO TOMAHAWK, PRODUCED BY 20TH CENTURY FOX. THIS FICTIONAL FILM WAS A WESTERN COMEDY ABOUT THE TOMAHAWK & WESTERN RAILROAD AND CO-STARED DAN DAILY AND ANNE BAXTER. MARILYN MONROE HAD ONE OF HER FIRST BIG PARTS AS A DANCING GIRL IN THIS MOVIE. IN 1951, THE RGS WENT BANKRUPT AND NO. 20 WAS RETIRED. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAILROAD CLUB PURCHASED NO. 20 FOR $2,400 AND MOVED IT TO ROBERT RICHARDSON'S NARROW GAUGE MOTEL IN ALAMOSA. ONCE RICHARDSON OPENED THE COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM IN GOLDEN, COLORADO, NO. 20 WAS MOVED TO THE NEW LOCATION. THE CLUB SPENT CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY OVER THE YEARS TO KEEP IT IN TOP-NOTCH COSMETIC SHAPE, RESULTING IN ITS PLACEMENT ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 2000. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAILROAD CLUB DONATED THE NO. 20 TO THE MUSEUM IN 2006. SINCE THEN, THE NO. 20 HAS BEEN UNDERGOING EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS IN STRASBURG, PA. WE ANTICIPATE HER RETURN TO GOLDEN, COLORADO TO BE SOMETIME IN LATE 2018, AND FINAL RESTORATION TO BE COMPLETED IN THE COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM ROUNDHOUSE IN 2019, DOVETAILING WITH OUR 60 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS. 329564 683654 STARTING IN NOVEMBER OF 2014 AND THROUGH THE WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON EACH YEAR, THE STORY OF "THE POLAR EXPRESS" IS RE-CREATED SO VISITORS CAN BE IMMERSED IN THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND INTRIGUE OF THE CLASSIC CHILDREN'S TALE. 1661726 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 0 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CO X BONNIE PRATER 3032794591 17155 W 44TH AVENUE GOLDEN CO 80403 AL BLOUNT PRESIDENT 25.00 X X 0 0 0 JIM BARTON VICE PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 LARRY DORSEY SECRETARY 20.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID HENSARLING TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL DAVIS TRUSTEE 10.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM HENDERSON TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE PARKER TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM S ROBIE TRUSTEE 6.00 X 0 0 0 ROY JOHNSON TRUSTEE 5.00 X 0 0 0 LINDSEY ASHBY TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON MCGEE TRUSTEE 35.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN OLSON TRUSTEE 40.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD TALLMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 85490 0 0 85490 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 326866 721100 51003 1047966 SPECIAL EXHIBITS 712110 1085466 1085466 ADMISSIONS 712110 575374 575374 13955 13955 1674795 154756 154756 16500 0 16500 16500 16500 273965 170137 103828 103828 2997845 1778623 0 171256 85490 42745 17098 25647 609738 419731 83186 106821 2875 2444 431 44188 33141 7070 3977 24689 24689 9444 4524 4920 36625 3379 33246 84954 48261 32325 4368 71901 35951 35950 100513 92559 7954 6590 6590 80 80 19758 19758 137168 123451 13717 50434 45200 5234 POLAR EXPRESS EXPENSES 329564 329564 THOMAS EVENT EXPENSE 303103 303103 EQUIPMENT EXPENSES 119864 118389 1475 MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT 17620 17620 43829 34994 5303 3532 2098427 1661726 287436 149265 496879 940718 82881 97933 166902 98743 104827 3726322 1695994 2082035 2030328 5049535 4653185 7810073 7993893 92750 152735 500000 300000 75000 667750 452735 X 6702027 6832322 340296 0 100000 708836 7142323 7541158 7810073 7993893 X 899418 -284898 -48490 -167195 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 445041 766430 553390 459494 1047966 3272321 1623140 1772435 1960981 1852114 1948760 9157430 2068181 2538865 2514371 2311608 2996726 12429751 25175 32000 18940 16169 22829 115113 0 25175 32000 18940 16169 22829 115113 12314638 156034 157557 171518 179316 171256 835681 156034 157557 171518 179316 171256 835681 2224215 2696422 2685889 2490924 3167982 13265432 0.92830 0.92330 0.06300 0.06760 X X X X 0 4473256 -127150 236255 4109851 4079995 486192 92931 4473256 3771205 310870 2080 4079995 3776132 47534 52461 3771205 3600978 298600 123446 3776132 0.97520 0.02480 0 0 758215 758215 2734810 1533023 1201787 233297 162971 70326 2030328 X 2728218 -284898 15271 -269627 2997845 0 2997845 2113698 15271 15271 2098427 0 2098427 PART III, LINE 1A: THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS, WHICH WERE ACQUIRED THROUGH PURCHASES AND CONTRIBUTIONS, ARE NOT RECOGNIZED AS ASSETS IN THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE RECORDED AS DECREASES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ITEMS ARE ACQUIRED, OR AS TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS IF THE ASSETS USED TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS ARE RESTRICTED BY DONORS. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS ARE MADE UP OF ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, AND ART OBJECTS THAT ARE HELD FOR EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC, AND CURATORIAL PURPOSES. EACH OF THE ITEMS IS CATALOGED, PRESERVED, AND CARED FOR, AND ACTIVITIES VERIFYING THEIR EXISTENCE AND ASSESSING THEIR CONDITION ARE PERFORMED CONTINUOUSLY. THE COLLECTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A POLICY THAT REQUIRES PROCEEDS FROM THEIR SALES TO BE USED TO ACQUIRE OTHER ITEMS FOR COLLECTIONS. CONTRIBUTED COLLECTION ITEMS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PROCEEDS FROM DEACCESSIONS OR INSURANCE RECOVERIES ARE REFLECTED AS INCREASES IN THE APPROPRIATE NET ASSET CLASSES. PART III, LINE 4: PART III, LINE 4 - THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS ARE MADE UP OF ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, SCIENTIFIC SPECIMENS, AND ART OBJECTS THAT ARE HELD FOR EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC, AND CURATORIAL PURPOSES. PART V, LINE 4: THE MUSEUM'S ENDOWMENT WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE DISCRETIONARY OPERATING INCOME AND FUNDING FOR THE RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COLLECTION ITEMS. THE ENDOWMENT INCLUDES DONOR-RESTRICTED FUNDS AND UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS DESIGNATED FOR ENDOWMENT BY THE MUSEUM'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. PART X, LINE 2: THE MUSEUM IS ORGANIZED AS A COLORADO NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(A) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3), QUALIFIES FOR THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION UNDER SECTION 170(B)(1)(A)(VIII), AND HAS BEEN DETERMINED NOT TO BE A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER SECTION 509(A)(2). THE MUSEUM IS REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY FILE A RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX (FORM 990) WITH THE IRS. IN ADDITION, THE MUSEUM IS SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX ON NET INCOME THAT IS DERIVED FROM BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE UNRELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE. THE MUSEUM HAS DETERMINED IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX AND HAS NOT FILED AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION BUSINESS INCOME TAX RETURN (FORM 990-T) WITH THE IRS. X SOFTWARE 1 29026 X TRACK & EQUIPMENT 3 21977 0 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 BOARD MEMBERS LINDSEY ASHBY AND DAVE ROPCHAN HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTEES WITH THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PERFORMS AN INITIAL REVIEW OF THE 990 DRAFT AND THEN REVIEWS THE FINAL COMPLETED 990 WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL TRUSTEES AND EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A STATEMENT ANNUALLY DISCLOSING WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO INFLUENCE A DECISION THAT MAY RESULT IN PERSONAL GAIN OR GAIN FOR A RELATED PARTY AS A RESULT OF THE BUSINESS DEALINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION. DISCLOSURE OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP IN AN ENTITY WITH WHICH THE ORGANIZATION DOES BUSINESS IS ALSO A REQUIRED DISCLOSURE. TRUSTEES AND EMPLOYEES MUST IMMEDIATELY DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO AN OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION SO THAT SAFEGUARDS CAN BE ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT ALL PARTIES. IF CONFLICTS ARE DETERMINED, THE PERSON WITH THE CONFLICT MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE MEETING/DECISION AND WILL REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON THE MATTER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BUDGET COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL ANALYSIS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION PACKAGE BASED ON EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE. THE ANALYSIS IS BASED ON COMPARABLE DATA FROM OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DENVER METRO AREA AS WELL AS ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE/BOARD WILL MEET AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO REVIEW THE COMPENSATION AMOUNT FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER EMPLOYEES. THERE ARE NO OTHER OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES IN THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: COLLECTION ITEMS PURCHASED BUT NOT CAPITALIZED -167,195.