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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.

$221k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $179,805, the rows itemized in this filing. The $220,762 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,957 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $165k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AFROMUNDO$18,254
EL MORROW ARTS COUNCIL$17,250
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY$15,029
GEORGIA O'KEEFE MUSEUM$15,000
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO$15,000
THE LEOPOLD WRITING PROGRAM$15,000
INDIGENOUS WAYS$15,000
INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER$14,998
BASEMENT FILMS INC$14,980
CENTER$14,407
SOCIETY OF THE MUSE (SOMOS)$10,019
TAOS CENTER FOR THE ARTS$8,052
CONGREGATION NAHALAT SHALOM$6,816
02The need
03

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 (FY20–20, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LA PLAZITA INSTITUTE: $8k → 14%EL VALLE COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 23%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 39 repeat orgs$651k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
60

Total granted

$1.3M
$619k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+50%

Still filing today

72%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentInternationalYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • BF
    BASEMENT FILMS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $69k · revenue +232% · 32% of their budget
  • NI
    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO
    5× · 2020–2025 · $57k · revenue +145%
  • A
    AFROMUNDO
    3× · 2023–2025 · $53k · revenue +326%

Funded once

  • MR
    MILLICENT ROGERS MUSEUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue +44%
  • SI
    SOUTHWEST INDIAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • FB
    FORT BAYARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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.

04Its 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.

1
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
2
The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico
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3
Casa Dolores Co Claudia Mclaughlin
Arts & Culture
4
Santa Fe Botanical Garden

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…

Environment
5
The Spanish Colonial Arts Society

The mission of the spanish colonial arts society is to preserve the cultural heritage of hispanic new mexico and its living traditions.

Arts & Culture
6
Museo De Las Americas

The Museo De Las Americas is dedicated to educating our community through collecting preserving interpreting and exhibiting the diverse arts and cultures of the Americas from ancient to contemporary through innovative exhibitions and…

Arts & Culture
7
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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8
Recursos de Santa Fe

Shows the culture of the American southwest

Arts & Culture
9
Lensic Performing Arts Center

The historic lensic - santa fe's performing arts center - enriches lives by bringing diverse art and people together. through its accessible and affordable programming, the lensic presents and supports locl and national artists and serves…

Philanthropy
10
Nm Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts

As part of the network of national chapters, the new mexico committee of the national museum of women in the arts enhances the mission of the national museum of women in the arts bringing recognition to the achievements of women artists by…

Philanthropy
11
Museo Eduardo Carrillo
Arts & Culture
12
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

To respect and support the traditions and creative expressions of the native american peoples, and to present exhibitions and other public programs relating to them; to collect and document contemporary expressions of the navajo people…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of New Mexico Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation. 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

67 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. 67 of the 102 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/67
Grantees still filing
51/67
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO: $56,648 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICOOTHERS UNDER 5000: $56,291 · OtherOTHERS UNDER 5000NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS INC: $36,400 · OtherNEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY: $35,029 · OtherSociety of the Muse of the Southwest: $35,019 · OtherJAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE NEW MEXICO CHAPTER: $29,707 · Other+49 more: $625,101 · Other+49 moreBASEMENT FILMS INC: $68,653 · Arts & CultureBASEMENT FILMS INC516 Arts: $67,350 · Arts & Culture516 ArtsSILVER CITY MUSEUM SOCIETY CORPORATION: $60,519 · Arts & CultureSILVER CITY MUSEUM SOCIETY CORPORATIONNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO: $57,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCOAFROMUNDO: $53,210 · Arts & CultureAFROMUNDOINDIGENOUSWAYS INCORPORATED: $52,500 · Arts & CultureINDIGENOUSWAYS INCORPORATEDCENTER: $50,407 · Arts & CultureCENTERGEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM: $32,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $32,487 · Arts & CultureMILLICENT ROGERS MUSEUM INC: $28,029 · Arts & CultureLittle Globe Inc: $27,500 · Arts & Culture+24 more: $258,209 · Arts & Culture+24 moreCHILDREN'S READING ALLIANCE: $28,515 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S HOUR: $20,000 · EducationSANTA FE ART INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · EducationSHUTER LIBRARY OF ANGEL FIRE: $7,500 · EducationEl Rito Public Library: $6,000 · EducationKeshet Dance Company: $36,185 · Youth DevelopmentZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROJECT: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentGILA RESOURCES INFORMATION PROJECT: $28,812 · EnvironmentMesa Prieta Petroglyph Project: $19,466 · EnvironmentGLOBAL SANTA FE: $20,700 · InternationalCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $13,500 · InternationalGILA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $31,071 · Philanthropy
Other$874,195Arts & Culture$788,364Education$77,015Youth Development$51,185Environment$48,278International$34,200Philanthropy$31,071

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 budgetBASEMENT FILMS INC: $68,653 over 8y, 32% of budget516 Arts: $67,350 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetSILVER CITY MUSEUM SOCIETY CORPORATION: $60,519 over 5y, 18% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO: $57,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAFROMUNDO: $53,210 over 3y, 19% of budgetINDIGENOUSWAYS INCORPORATED: $52,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetCENTER: $50,407 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetKeshet Dance Company: $36,185 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSociety of the Muse of the Southwest: $35,019 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetGEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM: $32,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $32,487 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGILA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $31,071 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE NEW MEXICO CHAPTER: $29,707 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetGILA RESOURCES INFORMATION PROJECT: $28,812 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S READING ALLIANCE: $28,515 over 2y, 20% of budgetMILLICENT ROGERS MUSEUM INC: $28,029 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetNEW MEXICO BLACK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $27,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRENESAN INSTITUTE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING: $27,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetLittle Globe Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetINDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER: $22,498 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL SANTA FE: $20,700 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetEMBUDO VALLEY LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,350 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOUR: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetNEW MEXICO ADVOCATES FOR THE ARTS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetHistoric Santa Fe Foundation Inc: $19,674 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetMesa Prieta Petroglyph Project: $19,466 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetSOUTHWEST SEMINARS INC: $18,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetALBUQUERQUE OASIS: $17,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMANZANO MOUNTAIN ART COUNCIL: $17,250 over 2y, 13% of budgetZUNI YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROJECT: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHREE SISTERS KITCHEN: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSANTA FE ART INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNew Mexico In Depth Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSITE SANTA FE: $14,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $13,500 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetGALLUPARTS INC: $13,150 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetFILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE: $9,925 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO ARTS CULTURE AND TOURISM: $8,800 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS OF SANTA FE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Family YMCA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAVOKADO ARTISTS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetSHUTER LIBRARY OF ANGEL FIRE: $7,500 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetRoswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetTHE COUSE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHROUGH THE FLOWER CORPORATION: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLOS ALAMOS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

Marshall L and Perrin…Santa Fe Community Fo…Albuquerque Community…Pnm Tnmp FoundationCon Alma Health Found…Los Alamos National L…New Mexico Community …Gale Family FoundationThe Taos Community Fo…The Frost FoundationNusenda FoundationWestern States Arts F…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization New Mexico Humanities Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New Mexico Humanities Council. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%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
    17report 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.

    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 102 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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