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Albert I Pierce Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4k
Granted FY2021
3
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172021.

Environment$42kEducation$34kScience & Tech$22kHuman Services$21kArts & Culture$13kHealth$3kPhilanthropy$1kHousing & Shelter$500Other$0
02FY2021 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EXPLORA$2,500
NATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION$1,000
UPTOWN GARDEN CLUB$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER - EL PAS: $1k → 21%SUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE: $500 → 4%EXPLORA: $11k → 14%MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE: $5k → 19%MAGDALENA MUNIPAL SCHOOLS: $250 → 25%ARKANSAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC: $10k → 14%RUN FOR THE WALL: $500 → 12%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $520 → 14%MAINE ASSOC OF ENVIRON EDUCATION: $3k → 7%NM MUSUEM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $10k → 14%SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC: $10k → 14%EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE: $4k → 14%PROJECT LEARNING TREE: $20k → 14%EXPLORA: $3k → 14%NM MUSUEM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $2k → 14%EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE: $2k → 14%NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE: $22k → 14%NM DREAM CENTER: $4k → 14%NM DREAM CENTER: $3k → 14%NATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%NATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%UNM FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%NEW MEXICO BIOPARK SOCIETY: $150 → 14%THE COUNCIL OF ALBUQUERQUE GARDEN C: $5k → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $11k → 14%UPTOWN GARDEN CLUB: $500 → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $1k → 14%SARANAM LLC: $500 → 14%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$71k · 7 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2021, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
18

Total granted

$71k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+32%

Still filing today

43%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHealthHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SF
    SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue -16%
  • ES
    EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $18k · revenue +169%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF
    2× · 2017–2018 · $12k

Funded once

  • NM
    NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE
    one grant, 2017 · $22k
  • PL
    PROJECT LEARNING TREE
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • PT
    PNM TNMP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -60%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Nmc Inc

New mexico consortium (nmc) integrates the needs of new mexico's research universities to build liason research between local universities and organizations. nmc builds strategic connections with scientific institutions throughout the…

Education
2
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

3
Leadership New Mexico

Strengthening new mexico by educating and connecting diverse leaders through experiential learning programs and activities.

Arts & Culture
4
University of New Mexico Alumni Association

The alumni association is a vital partner in the continued excellence of the university of new mexico through the significant engagement of alumni. the alumni association's mission is to serve as a bridge between alumni and the university…

Education
5
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
6
Association of Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists of New Mexico
Science & Tech
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation

Our mission is to inspire excellence in education and learning in northern new mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy.

Education
9
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The society is a multidisciplinary professional medical organization dedicated to improving human health by advancing nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy.

Health
10
Alliance for Sustainable Energy Llc

The mission of the alliance for sustainable energy llc (alliance) is to operate the u.s. department of energy's national renewable energy laboratory to advance the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation,…

Science & Tech
11
Nm Building Education Foundation
12
Santa Fe Botanical Garden

The santa fe botanical garden celebrates, cultivates and conserves the rich botanical heritage and biodiversity of our region. in partnership with nature, we demonstrate our commitment through education, science, conservation, community…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Inc and the most unlike its peers is Pnm Tnmp Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE — $22,000 · OtherNATIONAL MUSEUM OF NUCLEAR SCIENCEPROJECT LEARNING TREE — $20,000 · OtherPROJECT LEARNING TREEPNM TNMP FOUNDATION — $15,000 · OtherPNM TNMP FOUNDATIONRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF — $12,001 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OFNM MUSUEM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $11,500 · OtherNM MUSUEM OF NATURAL HISTORYNM DREAM CENTER — $7,060 · OtherNM DREAM CENTER+7 more — $7,270 · Other+7 moreSUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC — $20,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE FORESTR…COUNCIL OF ALBUQUERQUE GARDEN CLUBS — $4,815 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL OF ALBUQUER…ARKANSAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 · EnvironmentARKANSAS FORESTRY A…EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC — $18,237 · Arts & CultureEXPLORA SCIENCE CEN…MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE — $5,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC FROM ANGEL FI…NATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $2,570 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ATOMIC MUS…UMC FOUNDATION — $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $520 · HealthSUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE — $500 · EducationNEW MEXICO SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOC — $442 · EducationRUN FOR THE WALL — $500 · Public BenefitSARANAM LLC — $500 · Housing & ShelterNEW MEXICO BIOPARK SOCIETY INC — $150 · Animals
Other$94,831Environment$26,315Arts & Culture$25,807Health$1,520Education$942Public Benefit$500Housing & Shelter$500Animals$150

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC — $18,237 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPNM TNMP FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE — $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOUNCIL OF ALBUQUERQUE GARDEN CLUBS — $4,815 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $2,570 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARKANSAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUMC FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUN FOR THE WALL — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSARANAM LLC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MEXICO SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOC — $442 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNEW MEXICO BIOPARK SOCIETY INC — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Nusenda FoundationNM13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nusenda Foundation · Albuquerque Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Albert I Pierce Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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