· Private foundation
The Cardinal Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| UNM LOBO CLUB | $2,000 |
| RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $1,000 |
| STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $750 |
| ARCA | $500 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW MEXICO | $500 |
| ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION | $500 |
| JOY JUNCTION | $500 |
| PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS | $500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION | $300 |
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 (FY19–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ULUNM LOBO CLUB8× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +94%
- AMALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INCORPORATED7× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +77%
- SOSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW MEXICO INC5× · 2019–2024 · $10k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- MTMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +45%
- TTTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +52%
- BSBOY SCOUTS TROOP 409one grant, 2017 · $800
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 alumni association is a vital partner in the continued excellence of the university of new mexico through the significant engagement of alumni. the alumni association's mission is to serve as a bridge between alumni and the university…
Strengthening new mexico by educating and connecting diverse leaders through experiential learning programs and activities.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Presbyterian exists to ensure all of the patients, members and communities we serve can achieve their best health.
Create powerful engagements and partnerships that lead to increased philanthropy, investment, innovation, and support for the university of new mexico.
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
Our mission is to inspire excellence in education and learning in northern new mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy.
Roseman university of health sciences advances the health and wellness of the communities we serve by educating current and future generations of health professionals, conducting research and providing patient care. we actively pursue…
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
Albuquerque academy is a non-denominational, coeducational, independent day school.
Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 38 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 UNM LOBO CLUB ↗
- Who funds ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW MEXICO INC ↗
- Who funds Creighton University ↗
- Who funds Rio Grande Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARCA ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL HUMANE ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO INC ↗
- Who funds CUIDANDO LOS NIOS INC ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE NEW MEXICO ↗
- Who funds NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS FOR WOMEN ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S GRIEF CENTER OF NM ↗
- Who funds Rehoboth Christian School Assoc ↗
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: Albuquerque Community Foundation · Pnm Tnmp Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · King-Carpenter Foundation · Merrion Family Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · JF Maddox Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Cardinal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cardinal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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