· Private foundation
Christopher Foundation for the Arts
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What you funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GIRLS INC | $100 |
| MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO | $100 |
| MERCERSBURG ACADEMY | $100 |
| GEORGIA OKEEFE MUSEUM | $100 |
| NM CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS | $100 |
| ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK | $100 |
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.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 96% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
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.
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.
11 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
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
- GIGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA FE INC7× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +189%
- TSTHE SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL INC3× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +123%
- SFSANTA FE PLAYHOUSE2× · 2017–2022 · $1k · revenue +422%
Funded once
- SCSANTA CLARA INDIAN PUEBLOone grant, 2018 · $2k
- NSNATABUA SCHOOLone grant, 2018 · $1k
- AFANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVALgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +94%
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.
Santa fe international literary festival (sfilf, or the festival) was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in new mexico in 2023. the mission of sfilf is to connect writers, readers, and thinkers from around the world and close to home…
The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…
The american film institute ("afi") is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.
The mission of nif is to preserve and promote flamenco's artistry, history, and culture by presenting the finest flamenco in the world and by educating the american family in this art form while emphasizing the positive influence of art on…
Sfai is an independent arts organization forging critical inquiry and cultural exchange among artists, creative practitioners, and the broader community. we support and amplify dynamic artistic practices that engage complex social issues,…
Bringing people together to broaden the understanding and celebrate the power of independent film through cinema and the Sedona experience.
To further the operatic art form by presenting ensemble performances of the highest quality in a varied repertoire of new as well as rarely performed and standard works, to ensure excellence of opera's future through its apprentice…
The historic lensic - santa fe's performing arts center - enriches lives by bringing diverse art and people together. through its accessible and affordable programming, the lensic presents and supports locl and national artists and serves…
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…
Mission is to promote, present and preserve hispanic arts & culture of nm. showcasing, encourging & supporting participation of hispanics in local arts economy; and presenting creative & cultural richness of our heritage, including arts &…
The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Fe Playhouse and the most unlike its peers is The Art Students League of New York Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
13 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 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.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
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.
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA FE INC ↗
- Who funds THE SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds Chelsea Film Festival Inc ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS OF SANTA FE INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds ANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds The Art Students League Of New York Inc ↗
- Who funds NEURO-ACUPUNCTURE INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds CASEY CARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Santa Fe Community Foundation · Pnm Tnmp Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Christopher Foundation for the Arts 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.
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.