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New Mexico Humanities Council
The NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL (nmhc) supports and conducts innovative and imaginative programs throughout the state that lead to a greater understanding of, and motivate interest in, the richness of our human experience and heritage. We inspire in both residents and visitors an appreciation for the rich diversity of land, people, and…
- $221k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $180k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,254
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 57
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations New Mexico Humanities Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPublic BenefitInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $180k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $123k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $61k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $652k | 49% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $91k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $491k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $86k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $96k | 55% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Arts & Culture$1.3MEducation$285kEnvironment$48kEmployment$43kInternational$40kCivil Rights$37kHuman Services$33kPhilanthropy$31kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basement Films Inc | $68,653 | 8 | 32% |
| 516 Arts | $67,350 | 4 | 3% |
| Silver City Museum Society Corporation | $60,519 | 5 | 18% |
| National Institute of Flamenco | $57,000 | 5 | 1% |
| University of New Mexico | $56,648 | 3 | n/a |
| Afromundo | $53,210 | 3 | 19% |
| Indigenousways Incorporated | $52,500 | 3 | 11% |
| Center | $50,407 | 4 | 5% |
| New Mexico Association of Museums Inc | $36,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Keshet Dance Company | $36,185 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basement Films Inc | $68,653 | 8 | 32% |
| 516 Arts | $67,350 | 4 | 3% |
| Silver City Museum Society Corporation | $60,519 | 5 | 18% |
| National Institute of Flamenco | $57,000 | 5 | 1% |
| University of New Mexico | $56,648 | 3 | n/a |
| Afromundo | $53,210 | 3 | 19% |
| Indigenousways Incorporated | $52,500 | 3 | 11% |
| Center | $50,407 | 4 | 5% |
| New Mexico Association of Museums Inc | $36,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Keshet Dance Company | $36,185 | 3 | 1% |
| New Mexico State University | $35,029 | 2 | n/a |
| Society of the Muse of the Southwest | $35,019 | 4 | 7% |
| Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | $32,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $32,487 | 3 | 0% |
| Gila Community Foundation | $31,071 | 3 | 4% |
| Japanese American Citizens League New Mexico Chapter | $29,707 | 4 | 8% |
| Gila Resources Information Project | $28,812 | 4 | 5% |
| Children's Reading Alliance | $28,515 | 2 | 20% |
| Millicent Rogers Museum Inc | $28,029 | 1 | 5% |
| New Mexico Black Leadership Council | $27,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Renesan Institute for Lifelong Learning | $27,500 | 2 | 13% |
| Little Globe Inc | $27,500 | 2 | 3% |
| National New Deal Preservation Association | $25,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Southwest Indian Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leopold Writing Program | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers | $23,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Indian Pueblo Cultural Center | $22,498 | 2 | 0% |
| University of New Mexico - Health Science Center | $21,581 | 2 | n/a |
| Global Santa Fe | $20,700 | 2 | 3% |
| Embudo Valley Library and Community Center | $20,350 | 2 | 7% |
| Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Hour | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Sol Arts | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico Advocates for the Arts Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Historic Santa Fe Foundation Inc | $19,674 | 2 | 4% |
| Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project | $19,466 | 2 | 10% |
| New Mexico Highlands University | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Seminars Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Sciart Santa Fe | $17,950 | 3 | n/a |
| Albuquerque Oasis | $17,500 | 2 | 2% |
| El Morro Area Arts Council | $17,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Manzano Mountain Art Council | $17,250 | 2 | 13% |
| Virus Theater | $15,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Gathering of Nations Limited | $15,593 | 1 | n/a |
| East Mountain Historical Society | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zuni Youth Enrichment Project | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Eastern New Mexico University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Sisters Kitchen | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Santa Fe Art Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bernalillo Community Museum | $14,958 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenwood Community Library | $14,882 | 1 | n/a |
| Dellsly Group | $14,830 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of the American Military Family and Learning Center | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Mexico In Depth Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Site Santa Fe | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for International Studies | $13,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Galluparts Inc | $13,150 | 2 | 4% |
| Juntos Art Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Filmmakers Collaborative | $9,925 | 1 | 2% |
| Institute for Tolerance Studies | $9,574 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest New Mexico Arts Culture and Tourism | $8,800 | 1 | 2% |
| Taos Center for the Arts | $8,052 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pueblo de Abiquiu Library and Cultural Center | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Atomic Museum Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family YMCA | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| La Plazita Institute | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Avokado Artists Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 14% |
| City of Carlsbad | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Santa Fe | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| El Valle Community Center | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bernalillo County New Mexico | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shuter Library of Angel Fire | $7,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Santa Fe Children's Museum Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Farmington Museum Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Farmington Public Library Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 7% |
| The Couse Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Through the Flower Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Los Alamos Historical Society Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Roswell | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Moving Arts Espanola Incorporated | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| El Rito Library | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| El Rancho de Las Golondrinas Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Route 66 the Road Ahead Initiative Nfp | $7,236 | 1 | 4% |
| Axle Projects Inc | $7,067 | 1 | n/a |
| Carrizozo Music Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Language Conservancy Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nahalat Shalom Inc | $6,816 | 1 | n/a |
| Lore of the Land | $6,310 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Nm University | $6,105 | 1 | n/a |
| Luna County Historical Society Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Global One To One | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| El Rito Public Library | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taos Art Museum | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of El Valle de Anton Chico Library | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico Jewish Historical Society | $5,737 | 1 | n/a |
| Cinefemme | $5,500 | 1 | 3% |
| School for Advanced Research | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Archaeological Conservancy | $5,188 | 1 | 0% |
| Corrales Historical Society | $5,134 | 1 | 6% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
New Mexico Humanities Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 57.
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.
Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation IncNM62.6× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Pnm Tnmp Foundation · Con Alma Health Foundation Inc · Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation · New Mexico Community Foundation · Gale Family Foundation · The Taos Community Foundation Inc · The Frost Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · Western States Arts Federation
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.
About New Mexico Humanities Council
- How much does New Mexico Humanities Council give?
- New Mexico Humanities Council reported 13 itemized grants totaling $179,805, out of $220,762 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does New Mexico Humanities Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (67%), Education (15%), Environment (3%).
- Who are New Mexico Humanities Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Basement Films Inc ($69k), 516 Arts ($67k), Silver City Museum Society Corporation ($61k).
- Does New Mexico Humanities Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as New Mexico Humanities Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Albuquerque Community Foundation.
- Where is New Mexico Humanities Council based?
- New Mexico Humanities Council is based in NM.
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