New Mexico · Private foundation
La Luz Foundation
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.
- $248k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $18,899
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $176,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $142k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations La Luz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $248k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $139k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $6k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $16k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $11k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern New Mexico Soccer Association | $306,000 | 2 | 32% |
| Moving Arts Espanola Incorporated | $31,003 | 2 | 3% |
| United by Friendship Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lensic Performing Arts Center | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Fe Watershed Association | $4,500 | 2 | 1% |
| New Mexico Wildlife Center Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Adaptive Sports Program New Mexico Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
La Luz Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation · The Capitol Ford Charitable Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About La Luz Foundation
- How much does La Luz Foundation give?
- La Luz Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $247,902 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does La Luz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (73%), Arts & Culture (10%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are La Luz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northern New Mexico Soccer Association ($306k), Moving Arts Espanola Incorporated ($31k), United by Friendship Inc ($20k).
- Does La Luz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does La Luz 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 La Luz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation, The Capitol Ford Charitable Foundation, Nusenda Foundation.
- Where is La Luz Foundation based?
- La Luz Foundation is based in NM.
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