New Mexico · Public charity
Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau
As the official destination marketing organization for the city, visit albuquerque is responsible for promoting albuquerque as a competitive and world-class leisure, meeting, convention and sports destination, and enhancing its public image as a dynamic place to live and work. Through the impact of travel, visit albuquerque strengthens…
- $518k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $495k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 28
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $495k | 48% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $534k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $395k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue River Productions | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Institute of Flamenco | $68,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Luna and Luz | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| AMP Concerts | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Adelante Development Center Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Electric Playhouse | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Jim Farms | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Old Town Association | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Orphan Signs | $50,000 | 2 | 23% |
| Flamenco Works Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 9% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue River Productions | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Institute of Flamenco | $68,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Luna and Luz | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| AMP Concerts | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Adelante Development Center Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Electric Playhouse | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Jim Farms | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Old Town Association | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Orphan Signs | $50,000 | 2 | 23% |
| Flamenco Works Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Gathering of Nations Limited | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque | $45,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Fusion | $40,000 | 1 | 6% |
| New Mexico Wine & Grape Growers Association | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Artemis Promotions Inc | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Flyby Provisions | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Casa Flamenca Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Heritage Hotels | $31,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Pueblo Cultural Center | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| National Atomic Museum Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Downtown ABQ Mainstreet Initiative | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Mexico Restaurant Association | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Passport to Pueblo Country | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gujrati Samaj of New Mexico | $25,000 | 1 | 46% |
| New Mexico Trade Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tourabq | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meltdown Studio LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| M'Tucci's Bar Roma | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Pleased to Present Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts Hub | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Kustom Hoppers | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherwood Coffee N' Bread LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mothership Alumni | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke City Repertory Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Tina Archuleta | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cocreations Candle Shop | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nob Hill Mainstreet | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Claycoda | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Art Tours LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Routes Bicycle Tours | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Run Fit | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lapis Room | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Remedy Coffee (Duran Pharmacy) | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upside Goods Co | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wheeles Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| New Nuevo | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Albuquerque Little Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Albuquerque Community Foundation · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Pnm Tnmp Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · Vintage Albuquerque Fine Wine & Art Auction · New Mexico Humanities Council · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau
- How much does Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau give?
- Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau reported 31 itemized grants totaling $495,000, out of $518,349 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 28 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (69%), Community Improvement (9%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Blue River Productions ($75k), National Institute of Flamenco ($68k), Luna and Luz ($60k).
- Does Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albuquerque Community Foundation, Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc, Pnm Tnmp Foundation.
- Where is Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau based?
- Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau is based in NM.
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