New Mexico · Private foundation
Some Serious Business
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.
- $4k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,390
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $39k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Some Serious Business funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $3k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $7k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $11k | 85% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $831 | 60% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $3k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $3k | 88% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $3k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Youth Project | $9,645 | 6 | 6% |
| The Operating System Inc | $600 | 2 | 1% |
| New Mexico Fund for Women and Girls | $408 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwest New Mexico Arts Council | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Pueblo de Abiquiu Library and Cultural Center | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Women Make Movies Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Tewa Women United | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $80 | 1 | 0% |
| Amigos de la Sevilleta | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico Voices for Children | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Youth Project | $9,645 | 6 | 6% |
| The Operating System Inc | $600 | 2 | 1% |
| New Mexico Fund for Women and Girls | $408 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwest New Mexico Arts Council | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Pueblo de Abiquiu Library and Cultural Center | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Women Make Movies Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Tewa Women United | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $80 | 1 | 0% |
| Amigos de la Sevilleta | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico Voices for Children | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Organizing Project | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| Somos Un Pueblo Unido | $20 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Some Serious Business supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Some Serious Business
- How much does Some Serious Business give?
- Some Serious Business reported 4 grants totaling $3,677 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Some Serious Business fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Youth Development (31%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are Some Serious Business's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northern Youth Project ($10k), The Operating System Inc ($600), New Mexico Fund for Women and Girls ($408).
- Does Some Serious Business fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Some Serious Business 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 Some Serious Business?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Fe Community Foundation, Con Alma Health Foundation Inc, New Mexico Community Foundation.
- Where is Some Serious Business based?
- Some Serious Business is based in NM.
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