· Private foundation
Hankins 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $510k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET | $200,000 |
| THE SANTA FE OPERA | $200,000 |
| ASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST | $60,000 |
| NM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS | $50,000 |
| THE LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | $30,000 |
| THE MAY CENTER FOR LEARNING | $20,000 |
| MOVING ARTS ESPANOLA | $10,000 |
| THE FOOD DEPOT | $10,000 |
| SANTA FE RECOVERY CENTER | $10,000 |
| A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME | $10,000 |
| THE MOUNTAIN CENTER | $10,000 |
| ST BEDE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $5,000 |
| THE SKY CENTER | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SANTA FE OPERA3× · 2023–2025 · $600k · revenue +13%
- ASASPEN SANTA FE BALLET3× · 2023–2025 · $600k · revenue +23%
- ADASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST3× · 2023–2025 · $180k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- MIMANDELA INTERNATIONAL MAGNET SCHOOLone grant, 2023 · $100k
- FSFIRST SERVE-NM INCone grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +15%
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.
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.
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…
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 &…
Santa fe pro musica brings together outstanding musicians to inspire and educate audiences of all ages through the performance of great music.
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…
Through a variety of media created by emerging and established artists, the center for contemporary arts of santa fe, inc. (center) presents the arts of our time as vital elements in the cultural dialogue in santa fe and throughout new…
Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.
Artsmart is dedicated to the urgent need for school children in santa fe to receive art education and art supplies in addition, artsmart is providing art education to children ages 8 through 18. this program provides opportunities for self…
Provide educational and residential opportunities for native american children in grades 7-12.
Enhance the cultural arts community through dance performance company and dance academy.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE SANTA FE OPERA ↗
- Who funds ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST ↗
- Who funds LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE MAY CENTER FOR LEARNING ↗
- Who funds FIRST SERVE-NM INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE RECOVERY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE MOUNTAIN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME ↗
- Who funds MOVING ARTS ESPANOLA INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD DEPOT ↗
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: Santa Fe Community Foundation · The Melville Hankins Family Foundation Inc · The Abeles Foundation · Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation · The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W Farris Foundation · The Frost Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hankins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hankins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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