La Liga
Sante Fe, NM · EIN 85-4207429. Reported 192 grants totalling $3,427,261 to 127 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. La Liga did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $125 and the largest $110,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Se Asia Foundation | Edmonds, WA | $253,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Mexico School of the Arts | Sante Fe, NM | $209,738 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| CASA First Judicial District | Sante Fe, NM | $195,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mesilla Valley CASA | Las Cruces, NM | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wnmu Foundation | Silver City, NM | $128,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Exodus Ensemble | Santa Fe, NM | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Growing Up New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $118,300 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Communities in Schools New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cooking With the Kids | Sante Fe, NM | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Santa Fe Prep | Sante Fe, NM | $105,138 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Collins Lake Autism Center | Cleveland, NM | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Communities in Schools of New Mexico | Sante Fe, NM | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Celebrate Planet Earth | Sante Fe, NM | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Uwc-USA | Montezuma, NM | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Collective Medicine | Tuba City, AZ | $83,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Collective Medicine | Tuba City, NM | $74,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Reunity Resources | Sante Fe, NM | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Madrona Village School | Seattle, WA | $59,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rainier Scholars | Seattle, WA | $55,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Creative Startups | Santa Fe, NM | $53,475 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Global Santa Fe | Sante Fe, NM | $52,740 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools of Nm | Santa Fe, NM | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Vicent Hospital Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Western New Mexico University Foundation | Silver City, NM | $51,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Serendpt Srl | Giudecca, Venezia | $49,999 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Santa Fee | Sante Fe, NM | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Blessingway | Embudo, NM | $44,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Patrick School | Tacoma, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA for Children Mesilla Valley CASA | Las Cruces, NM | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $32,656 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vital Spaces | Santa Fe, NM | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Fe Community College | Santa Fe, NM | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Santa Fe Dreamers Project | Santa Fe, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Link Hands for Humanity | Santa Fe, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kithchen | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Scaramouche Sailing Trust | Horsey, London | $19,793 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Moonbee Alliance | Santa Fe, NM | $19,532 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cancer Foundation for New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $19,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mountain Center | Tesuque, NM | $17,940 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ndi New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prsbyterian Healthcare Foundation | Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Resolve | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Witter Brynner Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Southern California Wolf Scholarhip | Los Angeles, CA | $13,962 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe Watershed Association | Santa Fe, NM | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic School | Farmington, NM | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The School for Advanced Research | Santa Fe, NM | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Mexico Dance Coalition | Santa Fe, AZ | $10,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aauw Tech Trek Nm | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Acequia Madre House | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough Santa Fe | Sante Fe, NM | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA First Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| David Eccles School of Business | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fractures Atlas | Sante Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Realize Impact | Bainbridge Island, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The New Mexico Litercy Institute | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| UC Santa Cruz Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whole Woman's Health Alliance | Charlottesville, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swaia | Sante Fe, NM | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (swaia) | Santa Fe, NM | $7,714 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hudson Kaiser | Santa Fe, NM | $7,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls Inc | Sante Fe, NM | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Unm Guilliermo Scholarship | Albuquerque, NM | $6,932 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International House | New York, NY | $6,578 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jesse Arviso | Los Angeles, CA | $6,060 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Biomimicry for Social Innovation | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Elias Martinez | Guadalupita, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ellianna Martinez | Guadalupita, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hearing Speech and Deaf Center | Tacoma, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hearing Speech & Deaf Center | Tacoma, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Women's Health Coalition (iwhc) | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mountain Kids | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nonabah Sam | Tsaile, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sebastian M Perez | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Thomas the Apostle Catholic | Albuquerque, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shiprock Steet Medicine | Cortez, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tewa Women United | Santa Cruz, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lobo Cancer Challenge | Albuquerque, NM | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Response Crisis Center | Stony Brook, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dancing Earth | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Delta Arts District | Clarksdale, MS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emiarte Flamenco Academy | Sante Fe, NM | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Recursos De Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Fe Community Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Andrews Episcopal Church | Aberdeen, WA | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 5P-Society | Lakewood, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dine College | Tsaile, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Site Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carolyn Stenerson | Santa Fe, NM | $1,650 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Immanuel Baptist Church | Hoquiam, WA | $1,630 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arc of Grays Harbor | Aberdeen, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toys for Tots | Fort Payne, AL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union Gospel Mission of Gh | Aberdeen, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hoquiam Food & Clothing Bank | Hoquiam, WA | $1,155 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cef of Pacific Harbors Chapter | Aberdeen, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cru | Orlando, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fresh Arts | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greer Mount | Santa Fe, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Railyard Park Conservancy | Santa Fe, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uw Som Karen Kasonic | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Indigenous Collective | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Witter Bynner Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Road Artisans | Chumayo, NM | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maria F Erivies | Santa Fe, NM | $719 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Assistance Dogs of the West | Santa Fe, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ballet Taos | Toas, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centerstage Theatre | Federal Way, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Santa Fe, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marici | North Hollywood, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Piper's Angels | Jupiter, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest Organizing Project | Albuquerque, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Michael Parish | Olympia, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Consciousness Alliance | Sedona, AZ | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Community Services | Seattle, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Bay Agency for Children | Oakland, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gonzaga University | Spokane, WA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Olympia & Puget Sound Restoration | Bainbridge Island, WA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leavenworth Summer Theater | Leavenworth, WA | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thurston County Food Bank | Olympia, WA | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
37 of 127 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 35%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Communities in Schools New Mexico
UNRESTRICTED GIFT FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - Communities in Schools of New Mexico
UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - Western New Mexico University Foundation
Unrestricted operational support $500; Ewalt Early Childhood Scholarship $500; Early Childhood Challenge $50,000 - Serendpt Srl
Supporting the creation of startups that will produce high quality jobs in the historic city of Venice. - Collective Medicine
Unrestricted operational support $36,000 Trailer Purchase $11,700 - Creative Startups
Exodus Ensemble $31,000 Gala Deep Dive Challenge $10,000; Ivanov Showing $3,000; Unrestricted support $600
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 88 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | $498,126 | $2,450 |
| 2022 | 40 | $536,511 | $7,125 |
| 2023 | 46 | $689,431 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $861,353 | $20,000 |
| 2025 | 31 | $841,840 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
77% of its giving went to organizations in New Mexico. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Mexico.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from La Liga's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 518 Old Santa Fe Trail Pmb 286, Sante Fe, NM, 87505. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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