New Mexico · Private foundation
Enchanted Life 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.
- $41k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Enchanted Life Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $31k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $45k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $52k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $41k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $45k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $49k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $44k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $46k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seton Hill University | $108,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Casa de Peregrinos | $67,908 | 6 | 2% |
| New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| El Caldito Soup Kitchen | $19,153 | 2 | 5% |
| La Casa Inc | $18,560 | 2 | 0% |
| La Semilla Food Center | $16,935 | 4 | 1% |
| Literacy Link - Leamos | $13,100 | 4 | 10% |
| The Wellness Coalition | $13,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Asombro Institute for Science Education | $12,956 | 3 | 1% |
| Play Sharity Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seton Hill University | $108,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Casa de Peregrinos | $67,908 | 6 | 2% |
| New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| El Caldito Soup Kitchen | $19,153 | 2 | 5% |
| La Casa Inc | $18,560 | 2 | 0% |
| La Semilla Food Center | $16,935 | 4 | 1% |
| Literacy Link - Leamos | $13,100 | 4 | 10% |
| The Wellness Coalition | $13,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Asombro Institute for Science Education | $12,956 | 3 | 1% |
| Play Sharity Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| St Matthias School | $8,170 | 3 | n/a |
| Jardin de Los Ninos Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Commons-Center for Food Security & Sustainability | $5,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Marian Woods Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Children's Reading Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Community Foundation of Lincoln County | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Las Cruces Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels New Mexico | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| El Refugio | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Philanthropy Southwest | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Border Servant Corps Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| La Union Helping Hands | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of Small Foundations | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Enchanted Life 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico · The Stocker Foundation · United Way of Southwest Nm Inc · Con Alma Health Foundation Inc · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Save The Children Federation Inc · Greater Horizons · The Fliesbach Family Foundation · El Paso Community Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · New Mexico Community Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Enchanted Life Foundation
- How much does Enchanted Life Foundation give?
- Enchanted Life Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $40,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Enchanted Life Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Food & Nutrition (27%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Enchanted Life Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Seton Hill University ($108k), Casa de Peregrinos ($68k), New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc ($38k).
- Does Enchanted Life Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Enchanted Life 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 Enchanted Life Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico, The Stocker Foundation, United Way of Southwest Nm Inc.
- Where is Enchanted Life Foundation based?
- Enchanted Life Foundation is based in NM.
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