· Private foundation
The Capitol Ford Charitable Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Santa Fe Children's Museum | $15,000 |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation | $10,000 |
| Santa Fe Animal Shelter | $5,000 |
| Lensic Performing Arts | $5,000 |
| Rotary Club of Santa Fe | $3,500 |
| Cooking With Kids | $2,500 |
| Santa Fe Watershed Association | $1,500 |
| Rotary Club of Santa del Sur | $1,500 |
| Arbor Day Foundation | $1,000 |
| St Michaels High School | $750 |
| Sons of American Legion | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EVESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY6× · 2018–2024 · $29k · revenue +337%
THE FOOD DEPOT3× · 2019–2022 · $12k · revenue +51%- NANATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION3× · 2019–2025 · $2k · revenue +93%
Funded once
- LPLENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +66%
- BGBoys & Girls Clubone grant, 2020 · $5k
- SESAINT ELIZABETH SHELTER CORPORATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +105%
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.
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.
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…
Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.
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 &…
Santa fe international literary festival (sfilf, or the festival) was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in new mexico in 2023. the mission of sfilf is to connect writers, readers, and thinkers from around the world and close to home…
Santa fe playhouse creates community on stage and off by holding space for unexpected conversations through intriguing and vital programming. we create community by: -connecting artists with audiences through theatre. this includes: new…
Educate the public on forest conservation issues in New Mexico
The improvement of santa fe's economy through collaborative creativity in art, crafts, industry, and science.
Santa fe pro musica brings together outstanding musicians to inspire and educate audiences of all ages through the performance of great music.
The santa fe chamber of commerce's mission is to strengthen the local economy and serve as the voice of business in community affairs.
To advocate for farmers, ranchers and other land-based producers; provide equitable access to fresh, local food; own and operate a year-round venue for the santa fe farmers' market; and manage programs to help sustain a profitable,…
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…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 39 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Rotary Club of Santa Fe ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD DEPOT ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT ELIZABETH SHELTER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds COOKING WITH KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA FE INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MOVING ARTS ESPANOLA INCORPORATED ↗
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: Santa Fe Community Foundation · Livingry Foundation · Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation · Brindle Foundation · Jm Lazarus Foundation · The Frost Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · Thornburg Foundation · Pnm Tnmp Foundation · Battelle Memorial Institute · C & I Roybal Charitable Foundation · Anchorum St Vincent
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Capitol Ford Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Capitol Ford Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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