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New Mexico Community Foundation

Santa Fe, NM · EIN 85-0311210. Reported 301 grants totalling $11.0M to 188 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

188organizations funded
$20,000median reported grant
$11.0Mgranted, 2021-2024
42%of grantees funded again the next year
5%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For New Mexico Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
  2. How spread out its giving is. 188 distinct organizations, with 5% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 42% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $45,000; the smallest was $5,360 and the largest $573,208. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
45 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
121 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
71 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
28 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
33 grants
$250,000 Or More
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncWestfield, NY$573,208112023
New Mexico Community FoundationSanta Fe, NM$313,000542024
New Mexico Immigrant Law CenterAlbuquerque, NM$288,232442024
El Calvario United Methodist ChurchLas Cruces, NM$270,000222024
Conservation LegacyDurango, CO$265,000442024
Los Alamos National Laboratory FoundationEspanola, NM$265,000112024
Regents of New Mexico State ULas Cruces, NM$257,675542024
Santa Clara PuebloEspanola, NM$255,000442024
Jicarilla Apache NationDulce, NM$254,740442024
Pueblo of San FelipeSan Felipe Pueblo, NM$245,000332024
Enlace ComunitarioAlbuquerque, NM$233,006332023
Earth Care InternationalSanta Fe, NM$225,000332024
Indigenous Life WaysGallup, NM$225,000332024
Southwest Organizing ProjectAlbuquerque, NM$225,000332024
Trees Water and PeopleFort Collins, CO$225,000332024
Animal Protection of New Mexico IncAlbuquerque, NM$224,212442024
Ole Education FundAlbuquerque, NM$222,994222024
Pueblo of PojoaqueSanta Fe, NM$210,000332024
Americans for Indian Opportunity (aio)Albuquerque, NM$200,000222024
Santa Fe School for the ArtsSanta Fe, NM$178,533332024
Albuquerque Community FoundationAlbuquerque, NM$159,311112023
Colores UnitedDeming, NM$150,648222022
Somos Un Pueblo UnidoSanta Fe, NM$148,744222024
Santa Fe Dreamers ProjectSanta Fe, NM$145,500222024
Savila CollaborativeAlbuquerque, NM$145,000222024
New Mexico Voices for ChildrenAlbuquerque, NM$140,000112024
Yee Haolnii DooFlagstaff, AZ$140,000222024
Indian Pueblo Cultural CenterAlbuquerque, NM$126,797332023
Laguna Rainbow CorporationCASA Blanca, NM$125,408332024
Las Cumbres Community Services IncEspanola, NM$120,000222024
Nm Comunidades En Accion Y De FeLas Cruces, NM$107,994222024
Arca FoundationAlbuquerque, NM$106,784332024
New Mexico Community CapitalAlbuquerque, NM$102,500112023
Native Women Lead IncAlbuquerque, NM$100,000112024
Peace Lutheran Church Evangelical IncLas Cruces, NM$100,000222024
Laguna Community FoundationLaguna, NM$91,596222022
University of Texas at El PasEl Paso, TX$91,100332023
Ngage New MexicoLas Cruces, NM$90,000112024
Reading QuestSanta Fe, NM$90,000222023
Southwest Womens Law CenterAlbuquerque, NM$90,000112024
Picuris PuebloPenasco, NM$89,904222022
University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM$86,600332023
Childrens Cancer Fund of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM$85,014442024
Center for Civic PolicyAlbuquerque, NM$82,994222024
New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty IncAlbuquerque, NM$82,994222024
Battered Families Services IncGallup, NM$75,678222023
Nonprofit Legal Services of Utah IncSalt Lake City, UT$75,000112022
Pueblo De CochitiCochiti Pueblo, NM$70,500222022
Cultivating CodersAlbuquerque, NM$65,000222024
National Indian Youth CouncilAlbuquerque, NM$65,000222024
Embudo Valley Library and Community CenterDixon, NM$61,758432024
Naca-Inspired Schools NetworkAlbuquerque, NM$60,000112021
Self Help IncLos Alamos, NM$58,002332023
Guidance Center of Lea County IncHobbs, NM$53,676332023
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center IncAlbuquerque, NM$50,015112024
Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of Santa FeAlbuquerque, NM$50,000112022
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico TerritoryLas Cruces, NM$46,999222024
Future Focused EducationAlbuquerque, NM$45,000112023
Help-New Mexico IncAlbuquerque, NM$45,000112023
RedinetEspanola, NM$44,720112022
El Refugio IncSilver City, NM$44,331332023
Santa Fe Community FoundationSanta Fe, NM$42,200222022
El Centro De Igualdad Y DerechosAlbuquerque, NM$41,497112024
College and Career PlazaSanta Fe, NM$40,000222023
New Mexico Conference of ChurchesAlbuquerque, NM$40,000112021
Ojo Sarco Community Center and LibraryOjo Sarco, NM$39,000442024
Friends of El Valle De Anton Chico LibraryAnton Chico, NM$35,540112022
La Plaza De Encuentro Gathering PlaceAlbuquerque, NM$35,480112023
Americans for Indian OpportunAlbuquerque, NM$35,000112021
Center of Southwest Culture IncAlbuquerque, NM$35,000222023
Guadalupe Community Development CorporationSanta Rosa, NM$35,000112022
Lutheran Social Service of ColoradoDenver, CO$35,000112021
Pueblo of TesuqueSanta Fe, NM$35,000222022
Alta Mira Specialized Family Services IncAlbuquerque, NM$34,122332024
Institute of American Indian Arts TrustSanta Fe, NM$34,052222022
True Kids 1Taos, NM$33,000112022
IndigenouswaysSanta Fe, NM$30,000112021
National Dance Institute New Mexico IncSanta Fe, NM$30,000332024
New Mexico Community Development Loan FundAlbuquerque, NM$30,000112021
Pueblo of JemezJemez Pueblo, NM$30,000222022
Santo Domingo PuebloSanta Domingo, NM$30,000222022
Taos Pueblo FoundationTaos, NM$30,000222022
Village of CoronaCorona, NM$30,000112024
St Edwards UniversityAustin, TX$28,000332024
Wildearth GuardiansSanta Fe, NM$26,345222022
501CPAAlbuquerque, NM$25,000112022
American National Red CrossWashington, DC$25,000112021
Farm to Table IncSanta Fe, NM$25,000112023
Health Equity Alliance for Lgbtq New MexicansAlbuquerque, NM$25,000112023
Healthy Native Communities Partnership IncShiprock, NM$25,000112023
Humanitarian Outreach for Migrant Emotional HealthRichardson, TX$25,000112024
La Semilla Food CenterAnthony, NM$25,000112023
New Mexico Black Leadership CouncilAlbuquerque, NM$25,000112023
New Mexico Caregivers CoalitionBernalillo, NM$25,000112023
United Voices for Newcomer RightsAlbuquerque, NM$25,000112022
Institute of American Indian & Alaska Native Culture & ArtsSanta Fe, NM$23,881222024
New Mexico Fund for Women & GirlsSanta Fe, NM$22,000222023
Southern New Mexico ProjectSunland Park, NM$22,000222022
Southbend United Methodist ChurchGainesville, GA$20,700332024
Collective MedicineTuba City, AZ$20,000112021
Deming Silver LiningsDeming, NM$20,000222023
End of Life Options New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM$20,000222024
Fort Defiance Housing CorporationAlbuquerque, NM$20,000112021
Mescalero Apache TribeMescalero, NM$20,000222022
National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project IncAlbuquerque, NM$20,000112021
Native American Community Academy FoundationAlbuquerque, NM$20,000112021
Pueblo of ZuniZia Pueblo, NM$20,000212022
US-Mexico Border Philanthropy PartnershipSan Diego, CA$20,000112024
Supporting People in NeedSilver City, NM$17,000222023
Truchas Services Center IncTruchas, NM$17,000222022
Vital SpacesSanta Fe, NM$15,500112023
Boys & Girls Club of Otero CoAlamogordo, NM$15,000112021
Mother Nature CenterSanta Fe, NM$15,000112022
Quivira Coalition IncSanta Fe, NM$15,000112022
Rocky Mountain Youth CorpsTaos, NM$15,000112022
Reunity ResourcesSanta Fe, NM$15,000112022
The Taos Community Foundation IncTaos, NM$15,000112021
Working America Education FundWashington, DC$15,000112022
Economic Council Helping Others IncFarmington, NM$14,500112021
Northwest New Mexico First Born ProgramFarmington, NM$14,139112022
Youth HeartlineTaos, NM$14,000222022
University of Nevada - RenoReno, NV$13,600222022
Women With Wings FoundationSacramento, CA$12,000112023
United States Association for UnhcrWashington, DC$10,500112022
Alianza Agri-Cultura De TaosTaos, NM$10,000112021
Carlsbad LifehouseCarlsbad, NM$10,000112021
Catholic Charities Gallup IncGallup, NM$10,000112022
Clovis Economic Development CorporationClovis, NM$10,000112024
Dine Introspective IncShiprock, NM$10,000112022
Eastern New Mexico UniversityPortales, NM$10,000112024
Embudo Valley Tutoring AssociationDixon, NM$10,000112022
First Serve - Nm IncSanta Fe, NM$10,000112023
Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico IncClovis, NM$10,000112024
Free Flow Nm IncSanta Fe, NM$10,000112024
Gainesville High School Dugout Club IncGainesville, GA$10,000112024
Indigenous Rights CenterAlbuquerque, NM$10,000112021
La CASA IncLas Cruces, NM$10,000112022
Little Castle Learning & Development Center IncArtesia, NM$10,000112022
Littlewater ChapterCrownpoint, NM$10,000112021
Mandys Special FarmAlbuquerque, NM$10,000112022
Mental Health Resources IncClovis, NM$10,000112022
Navajo Nation Bar AssociationWindow Rock, AZ$10,000112022
Not Forgotten Outreach IncTaos, NM$10,000112023
Nambe PuebloSanta Fe, NM$10,000112022
Ohkay OwingehOhkay Owingeh, NM$10,000112022
Pueblo of AcomaAcoma Pueblo, NM$10,000112022
Pueblo of IsletaIsleta, NM$10,000112022
Pueblo of LagunaLaguna Pueblo, NM$10,000112022
Pueblo of San IldefonsoSanta Fe, NM$10,000112022
Pueblo of SandiaBernalillo, NM$10,000112022
Pueblo of Santa AnaSanta Ana Puebl, NM$10,000112022
San Martin De Porres Soup KitchenEspanola, NM$10,000112022
Spirit of HidalgoLordsburg, NM$10,000112023
Talpa Community Center Association IncRnch De Taos, NM$10,000112024
The Community Foundation of Southern New MexicoLas Cruces, NM$10,000112021
The Community PantryGallup, NM$10,000112023
The National Center for Frontier CommunitiesSilver City, NM$10,000112021
University of Nevada-Reno FoundationReno, NV$10,000112023
Valencia Shelter for Victims of Domestic ViolenceLos Lunas, NM$10,000112021
Villa Therese Catholic ClinicSanta Fe, NM$10,000112021
Ysleta Del Sur PuebloEl Paso, NM$10,000112022
Zuni Youth Enrichment ProjectZuni, NM$10,000112022
Avenues Early Childhood Services IncorporatedGallup, NM$9,577112023
Chabad of Las Cruces IncLas Cruces, NM$9,500112021
Chabad of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM$9,500112021
The Voter Participation CenterWashington, DC$9,000112024
Cruces CreativesLas Cruces, NM$8,470112022
Ground Game FundManchaca, TX$8,000112024
St Vincent De Paul Society Archdiocese of Santa FeAlbuquerque, NM$7,903112023
Global Give a Book IncAlbuquerque, NM$7,500112024
Video VolunteersNew York, NY$7,500112022
WorldwomenworkSanta Fe, NM$7,500112021
YouthworksSanta Fe, NM$7,012112021
Nourishing NationCarrizozo, NM$7,000112024
Southwest Grassfed Livestock AllianceSanta Fe, NM$6,944112021
Equal Access to Justice IncAlbuquerque, NM$6,767112024
Kitchen Angels IncSanta Fe, NM$6,000112021
Kwh Law Center for Social Justice and ChangeAlbuquerque, NM$6,000112021
Reforma the National Association to Promote Library and InformationLas Cruces, NM$6,000112024
New Mexico Environmental Law CenterAlbuquerque, NM$5,750112021
Abrazos Community Healing CenterSanta Fe, NM$5,500112024
Esperanza Shelter IncSanta Fe, NM$5,500112021
Grassroots Leadership IncAustin, TX$5,500112021
Partners in Education Foundation for the Santa Fe Public SchoolsSanta Fe, NM$5,500112021
Southern Poverty Law Center IncMontgomery, AL$5,500112021
Womens International Study CenterSanta Fe, NM$5,500112022
Cancer Services of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM$5,464112023
B Nai Shalom HavurahTaos, NM$5,360112022

70 of 188 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 132 of 188 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Human Services
29 orgs
Education
15 orgs
Community Improvement
11 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
10 orgs
Arts & Culture
8 orgs
Civil Rights
8 orgs
Food & Nutrition
7 orgs
Religion
6 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202180$2,171,569$20,000
202288$2,242,183$11,315
202370$3,553,592$28,075
202463$3,023,626$30,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

85% of its giving went to organizations in New Mexico. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

New Mexico
$9.3M
New York
$581K
Colorado
$525K
Arizona
$170K
Texas
$158K
Utah
$75K
District of Columbia
$60K
California
$32K

Down to the city

Albuquerque, NM
$3.6M
Santa Fe, NM
$1.8M
Las Cruces, NM
$917K
Espanola, NM
$695K
Westfield, NY
$573K
Gallup, NM
$330K

Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one

14 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 33 grants totalling $2,163,380 to New Mexico Community Foundation. That is 19% of the 72 funders we can see giving to it. Those 14 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.

7 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.

What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.

FoundationStateReportedGrantsYearsLast
Charles Stewart Mott FoundationMichigan$537,500432024
Walton Family Foundation IncArkansas$500,000222023
Annie E Casey Foundation IncMaryland$441,000742024
Wend II IncArkansas$300,000212021
Democracy Fund IncDistrict of Columbia$200,000222024
Carroll Petrie FoundationNew Mexico$75,000112023
PatagoniaorgCalifornia$60,000442024
Idm FoundationMichigan$45,000332024
Prairiefire FoundationIllinois$3,000112024
Lannan FoundationNew Mexico$600332023

The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 14.

A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.

Every foundation in the table above files Form 990-PF, which reports every grant it made and asks outright whether it funds only organizations it picks. That answer is what puts it on this list; no other form asks the question. The grants this organization reports making are on Form 990 Schedule I, which only requires listing recipients paid more than $5,000. Two different populations, so the money in and the money out on this page are not two halves of one figure and must not be added or compared.

Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund70 shared recipientsSanta Fe Community Foundation61 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc55 shared recipientsAlbuquerque Community Foundation53 shared recipientsCon Alma Health Foundation Inc51 shared recipientsMarshall L and Perrine D Mccune50 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New Mexico.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from New Mexico Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 70 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 10 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 8 Calle Medico, Santa Fe, NM, 87505.

EIN 85-0311210 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded.

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