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Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation at a glance

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Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$689k
Granted FY2024still arriving
72
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $169k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $520k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$54k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PERCENTAGE IMPACT FOUNDATION$42,892
NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST$25,000
THE NEON MUSEUM$20,000
CREATIVE SANTA FE$20,000
LATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER$15,000
MARJORIE BARRICK MUSEUM OF ART$15,000
INDIGENOUSAF (IAF INC)$15,000
DALLAS ART THERAPY$15,000
OBODO COLLECTIVE$15,000
LEFT OF CENTER ART GALLERY (LOC)$15,000
DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$15,000
FOREST FORWARD$15,000
REDLINE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER$12,500
LAS VEGAS INDIAN CENTER$10,000
TEWA WOMEN UNITED$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $5k → 11%LAS VEGAS INDIAN CENTER: $10k → 13%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 12%TEWA WOMEN UNITED: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 94% of Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 37% of the giving stays in NM; by stated purpose, 0%.

Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its field

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.

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Casa Dolores Co Claudia Mclaughlin
Arts & Culture
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Cala Alliance

CelebracinArtstica de lasAmricas(CALA)Alliancecollaborates with artists and arts organizations to nurture artistic talent, focusing onartistsfrom the Latin American diaspora.Through innovative artist residencies, commissions, community…

Arts & Culture
3
Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona

The Arts Foundation mission is to advance artistic expression, civic participation, and equitable economic growth of our diverse community by supporting, promoting, and advocating for arts and culture in our region.

Arts & Culture
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Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
5
Luminaria

Luminaria delivers a contemporary arts program that includes a festival of international stature; supports downtown and the urban core; and brings attention to San Antonios multi-arts culture.

Arts & Culture
6
Cortez Center Inc Dba Cortez Cultural Center

The mission of the Cortez Cultural Center is to provide programs that enrich the lives of our community and its visitors by increasing cultural awareness, promoting the arts, and educating about the area's history, diversity and natural…

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7
Taos Center for the Arts

The Taos Center for the Arts draws on its history as a dynamic leader for arts collaboration and partnership. Originally established by a group of working artists in 1953 and situated in the heart of Taos, the TCA serves and engages…

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8
El Museo Cultural De Santa Fe Inc

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 &…

Arts & Culture
9
516 Arts

516 ARTS is a non-collecting contemporary art museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico that celebrates thought-provoking art in the here and now. At the core of its mission, 516 ARTS seeks to connect contemporary artists and diverse audiences.…

Arts & Culture
10
Movimiento De Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana De San Jose Incorporated

MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana is an inclusive contemporary arts space grounded in the Chicano/Latino experience that incubates new visual, literary and performance art in order to engage people in civic dialogue and…

Arts & Culture
11
The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
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The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Latino Cultural Arts Center; the most unlike its peers is Kinfolk House. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

42 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. 42 of the 71 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
9/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PERCENTAGE IMPACT FOUNDATION: $42,892 · OtherPERCENTAGE IMPACT FOUNDATIONNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST: $28,000 · OtherNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUSTMARJORIE BARRICK MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 · OtherINDIGENOUSAF (IAF INC): $15,000 · OtherOBODO COLLECTIVE: $15,000 · OtherREDLINE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER: $12,500 · Other+30 more: $232,500 · Other+30 moreTHE NEON MUSEUM: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEON MUSEUMCREATIVE SANTA FE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE SANTA FELATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER: $15,000 · Arts & CultureLATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTERLEFT OF CENTER ART GALLERY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureLEFT OF CENTER ART GALLERYDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUMCOLORADO BUSINESS COMMITTEE FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSU TEATRO INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureProject Row Houses: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Orange Show Foundation: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCARA MIA THEATRE CO: $10,000 · Arts & CultureACCESS GALLERY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDOWNTOWN AURORA VISUAL ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $71,000 · Arts & Culture+13 moreLAS VEGAS INDIAN CENTERINC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTEWA WOMEN UNITED: $10,000 · Human ServicesSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $5,000 · Human ServicesDallas Art Therapy: $15,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $10,000 · HealthZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROJECT: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentKeshet Dance Company: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentFOREST FORWARD: $15,000 · Community ImprovementLA SEMILLA FOOD CENTER: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$360,892Arts & Culture$226,000Human Services$35,000Health$25,000Youth Development$17,500Community Improvement$15,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST: $28,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NEON MUSEUM: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCREATIVE SANTA FE: $20,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetLATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLEFT OF CENTER ART GALLERY: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetDallas Art Therapy: $15,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFOREST FORWARD: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLA SEMILLA FOOD CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLORADO BUSINESS COMMITTEE FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLAS VEGAS INDIAN CENTERINC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEWA WOMEN UNITED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSU TEATRO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetProject Row Houses: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Orange Show Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWORKING CLASSROOM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOPPORTUNITY VILLAGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARA MIA THEATRE CO: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetACCESS GALLERY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN AURORA VISUAL ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Paseo Project Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDENVER ART SOCIETY: $7,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTEATRO PARAGUAS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMUSEO DE LAS AMERICAS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSACRED VOICES: $7,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetREUNITY RESOURCES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDenvers Art District on Santa Fe: $7,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHINK 360 ARTS FOR LEARNING: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKeshet Dance Company: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE SANTA FE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHOUSE OF SHINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - ARTS INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity of the World Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetMOVING ARTS ESPANOLA INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKinfolk House: $1,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetOpera Southwest: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Santa Fe Community Fo…Rose Community Founda…Bonfils-Stanton Found…The Denver FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Marshall L and Perrin…The Andrew W Mellon F…RedlineNational Association …Colorado Gives Founda…Communities Foundatio…Latino Community Foun…
Santa Fe Community FoundationNM24.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Fe Community Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Bonfils-Stanton Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Redline · National Association of Latino Arts and Culture · Colorado Gives Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Meow Wolf Philanthropic Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 71 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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