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The Encantado Foundation at a glance

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The Encantado 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.

$541k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$157k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$563kEmployment$448kCommunity Improvement$205kPhilanthropy$147kYouth Development$45kScience & Tech$30kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $429k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$367k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cultivating Coders$156,950
NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST$147,250
INNOVATE EDUCATE$125,000
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION$22,250
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$12,500
R4 CREATING$10,000
Stemarts Lab$10,000
APPLIED DYNAMICS INITIATIVE$7,500
DEL NORTE LOV FOUNDATION$5,000
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE$5,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF NEW MEXICO TRAILS$5,000
EL RATON MEDIA WORKS$5,000
NEW MEXICO OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME NETWORK$5,000
True Kids 1$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Software Freedom Conservancy: $5k → 20%R4 CREATING: $10k → 10%Girls Inc of Santa Fe: $5k → 12%Adelante Development: $100k → 14%LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION: $22k → 18%Stemarts Lab: $10k → 18%EL RATON MEDIA WORKS: $5k → 19%CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%R4 CREATING: $5k → 10%Computer Science Alliance: $69k → 12%GIRL SCOUTS OF NEW MEXICO TRAILS: $5k → 14%NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE: $5k → 18%The Paseo Project Inc: $5k → 18%DEL NORTE LOV FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%Breakthrough SF: $5k → 12%NEW MEXICO OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME NETWORK: $5k → 14%Northern NM Community College: $2k → 18%Stem Arts Lab: $5k → 18%N AMN DIGITAL FABRICATION: $198k → 12%Partnership of Research & Education: $5k → 14%True Kids 1: $5k → 18%Santa Fe Comm College Foundation: $91k → 12%EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER: $5k → 14%Stemarts Lab: $5k → 18%EXPLORA: $5k → 14%True Kids 1: $5k → 18%APPLIED DYNAMICS INITIATIVE: $8k → 14%Unm Foundation: $5k → 14%CNM INGENUITY: $200k → 14%Cultivating Coders: $157k → 14%Cultivating Coders: $157k → 14%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.

28%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$406k · 8 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
16

Total granted

$406k
$710k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
-13%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $337k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentScience & TechCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SL
    STEMARTS LAB
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +24%
  • PI
    PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $18k · revenue +13%
  • R
    R4CREATING
    2× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +474%

Funded once

  • CI
    CNM INGENUITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +56%
  • NA
    N AMN DIGITAL FABRICATION
    one grant, 2022 · $198k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k
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
Girls in Stem
Human Services
2
Association of Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists of New Mexico
Science & Tech
3
Leadership New Mexico

Strengthening new mexico by educating and connecting diverse leaders through experiential learning programs and activities.

Arts & Culture
4
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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5
Future Focused Education

Future focused education's mission is to co-create systems of equity to sustain healthier and more prosperous communities for those who need it the most. we envision schools as sites of innovation and opportunity, where young people become…

Education
6
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
7
Nmc Inc

New mexico consortium (nmc) integrates the needs of new mexico's research universities to build liason research between local universities and organizations. nmc builds strategic connections with scientific institutions throughout the…

Education
8
Stem for Development
Education
9
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc

To provide leadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful african american, native american and latinx women and men in engineering and technology, math, and science-based careers.

Civil Rights
10
Community Power New Mexico
Community Improvement
11
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
12
Connecting Stem Kids With the Future Inc
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pnm Tnmp 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

22 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. 22 of the 35 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
8/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CULTIVATING CODERS INC: $313,900 · OtherCULTIVATING CODERS INCN AMN DIGITAL FABRICATION: $198,313 · OtherN AMN DIGITAL FABRICATIONNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST: $147,250 · OtherNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUSTIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSanta Fe Comm College Foundation: $91,000 · OtherSanta Fe Comm College Foundation+13 more: $69,500 · Other+13 moreInnovate-Educate: $125,000 · EducationInnovate-EducateCOMPUTER SCIENCE ALLIANCE: $68,750 · EducationCOMPUTER SCIENCE ALLI…LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION: $22,250 · EducationLOS ALAMOS NATIONAL L…PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $17,500 · EducationPARTNERS IN EDUCATION…R4CREATING: $15,000 · EducationR4CREATINGSTEM Santa Fe: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $15,000 · Education+3 moreCNM INGENUITY INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyCNM INGENUITY I…STEMARTS LAB: $20,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Paseo Project Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTRUE KIDS 1: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA FE INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 · Science & TechPARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$919,963Education$273,500Philanthropy$200,000Arts & Culture$35,000Youth Development$15,000Science & Tech$5,000Community Improvement$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCNM INGENUITY INC: $200,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST: $147,250 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetInnovate-Educate: $125,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCOMPUTER SCIENCE ALLIANCE: $68,750 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetLOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION: $22,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTEMARTS LAB: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $17,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetR4CREATING: $15,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTRUE KIDS 1: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEM Santa Fe: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPNM TNMP FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA FE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNEW MEXICO OUT-OF SCHOOL TIME NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Paseo Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NEW MEXICO TRAILS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEL NORTE LOV FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Los Alamos National L…Santa Fe Community Fo…Nusenda FoundationMarshall L and Perrin…Pnm Tnmp FoundationNew Mexico Community …The Taos Community Fo…Thornburg FoundationAlbuquerque Community…Anchorum St VincentWK Kellogg FoundationBattelle Memorial Ins…
Los Alamos National Laboratory FoundationNM26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Nusenda Foundation · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Pnm Tnmp Foundation · New Mexico Community Trust · The Taos Community Foundation Inc · Thornburg Foundation · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Anchorum St Vincent · WK Kellogg Foundation · Battelle Memorial Institute

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 The Encantado Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Encantado Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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 35 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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