New Mexico · Private foundation
El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $26k
- Granted FY2021
- 8
- Grants FY2021
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Nature Conservancy, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $26k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Total assets, FY2021
- $831k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 8 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $31k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $40k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $51k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Food Depot | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society Inc | $39,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Kitchen Angels Inc | $23,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Christmas Unlimited Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Earth School Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Santa Fe Botanical Garden | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Food Depot | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society Inc | $39,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Kitchen Angels Inc | $23,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Christmas Unlimited Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Earth School Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Santa Fe Botanical Garden | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wheelchair Sports Federation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation
- How much does El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation give?
- El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $26,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (37%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Food Depot ($45k), Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society Inc ($40k), Kitchen Angels Inc ($23k).
- Does El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation based?
- El Deseo Foundation El Deseo Foundation is based in NM.
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