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Bethlehem Foundation of New Mexico at a glance

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Bethlehem Foundation of New Mexico

Its FY2024 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 FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$87kEducation$71kReligion$67kArts & Culture$43kHousing & Shelter$13kInternational$13kYouth Development$12kHealth$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$112k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLD YOU SUPPORT SERVICES$6,000
JOURNEY AUTHENTICALLY$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $3k → 17%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $13k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
NM
NC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$263k · 11 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
16

Total granted

$263k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+68%

Still filing today

36%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthReligionYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST
    3× · 2018–2021 · $61k · revenue +40%
  • GD
    GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $7k · revenue +46%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2018–2023 · $5k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +38%
  • BI
    BSF INTERNATIONAL LLCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +48%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +74%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Disabilityin

The organization is the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide. together with the world's leading brands, disability:in drives progress on disability inclusion through initiatives, tools, and expertise that…

Community Improvement
2
The International Legal Foundation Ltd

The ilf's mission is to make justice a reality for poor people by fighting to guarantee high-quality legal representation for everyone arrested or detained. around the world, we provide criminal defense services and build sustainable,…

International
3
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
4
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
5
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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6
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
7
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
International Committee of the Red Cross

The international committee of the red cross (switzerland)(icrc) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and of violence…

International
10
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
11
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
12
Human Rights Watch Inc

Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Healing Hands of Joy. 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

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GATHERING PLACE: $55,000 · OtherTHE GATHERING PLACENOONDAY MINISTRY: $42,500 · OtherNOONDAY MINISTRYGRACE CHURCH CHICAGO: $39,000 · OtherGRACE CHURCH CHICAGOALL SOULS CHURCH OF BOULDER: $15,833 · OtherALL SOULS CHURCH OF BOULDER+9 more: $31,250 · Other+9 moreUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST: $61,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHW…Hold You Support Services: $6,000 · EducationHold You Support Service…TIYYA FOUNDATION INC: $4,250 · EducationTIYYA FOUNDATION INCTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MIN…Healing Hands of Joy: $5,000 · Human ServicesHealing Hands…No One Left Behind: $3,500 · Human ServicesNo One Left B…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE…INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL…YOUNG LIFE: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentNew Life Centers of Chicagoland: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $7,000 · HealthJACK'S BASKET: $500 · HealthBSF INTERNATIONAL LLC: $5,000 · ReligionBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $2,000 · ReligionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$183,583Education$71,250Human Services$38,500Youth Development$12,000Health$7,500Religion$7,000International$5,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST: $61,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHold You Support Services: $6,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBSF INTERNATIONAL LLC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Hands of Joy: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTIYYA FOUNDATION INC: $4,250 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Life Centers of Chicagoland: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACK'S BASKET: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

Natl Christian Charit…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bethlehem Foundation of New Mexico funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bethlehem Foundation of New Mexico. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Bethlehem Foundation of New Mexico?

    Find your warmest path to Bethlehem Foundation of New Mexico through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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