Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation
Santa Fe, NM · EIN 88-0905185. Reported 72 grants totalling $689,392 to 71 recipients across tax years 2024. 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. Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation 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 $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $42,892. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage Impact Foundation | New Yori, NY | $42,892 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Community Trust | Albuquerque, NM | $28,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creative Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Neon Museum | Las Vegas, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dallas Art Therapy | Richardson, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Discovery Children's Museum | Las Vegas, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Forest Forward | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indigenousaf (iaf Inc) | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Cultural Arts Center | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Left of Center Art Gallery (loc) | North Las Vegas, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art | Las Vegas, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Obodo Collective | Las Vegas, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redline Contemporary Art Center | Denver, CO | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 516 Arts - Fulcrum Fund | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Access Gallery | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Americans for Indian Opportunity - Native Realities | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cara Mia Theatre | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | Aurora, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleo Parker Robinson Dance | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Business Committee for the Arts | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (dava) | Aurora, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation (5TH Ward Cultural Arts Dist | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Semilla Food Center | Anthony, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Las Vegas Indian Center | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Las Vegas Liberation Foundation - Solidarity Fridge | Henderson, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Foundation - Earthseed Black Arts Alliance | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Foundation - Vital Spaces | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Village | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orange Show Center for Visionary Art | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Poeh Cultural Center | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Row Houses | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Resource Center | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spark Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Su Teatro | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Kitchen Community Center | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Youth Center | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tewa Women United | Santa Cruz, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of New Mexico Foundation (unm Children's Psychiatric Center) | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Working Classroom | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zuni Youth Enrichment Project | Zuni, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denver Art Society | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denver's Art District on Santa Fe | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Film Prize Foundation | Ranchos De Taos, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keres Learning Center | Cochiti Pueblo, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keshet Dance Company | Albuquerque, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museo De Las Amricas | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paseo Project | Taos, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reunity Resources | Santa Fe, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sacred Voices | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teatro Paraguas | Santa Fe, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Think 360 Arts for Learning | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tierra Nueva Counseling Center (southwestern College) | Santa Fe, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Source of Joy Theatricals Inc Dba Broadway in the Hood | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Axle Projects | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of the World | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colectiva | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| House of Shine | Grapevine, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indigenous Ways | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moving Arts Espaola | Velarde, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nevada School for the Arts | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Mexico School for the Arts Art Institute | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parallel Studios Inc (currents) | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peasco Theater - Mas Comunidad | Peasco, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teatro Paraguas - Artwalk Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queen Bee Music Association - Portal Fest | Santa Fe, NM | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kinfolk House | Fort Worth, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts Connect Houston | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opera Southwest | Albuquerque, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
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.
- Percentage Impact Foundation
MATCHING AND VOLUNTEER GRANTS. - New Mexico Community Trust
GENERAL SUPPORT OF EXEMPT MISSION AND PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 40 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.
Where its money goes
37% 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2022-2024). 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: 2600 Camino Entrada, Santa Fe, NM, 87507. 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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