· Private foundation
The Melville Hankins Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2022 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 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- $10k–50k8 grants · $186k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $570k
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SANTA FE OPERA | $300,000 |
| ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET | $220,000 |
| MANDELA INTERNATIONAL MAGNET SCHOOL PTA | $140,000 |
| ASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST | $60,000 |
| NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS | $50,000 |
| SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDENS | $50,000 |
| SANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER | $50,000 |
| THE HORSE SHELTER | $40,000 |
| FIRST SERVE NEW MEXICO | $30,500 |
| LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | $30,000 |
| ESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| KINDRID SPIRITS ANIMAL SANCTUARY | $20,000 |
| PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $20,000 |
| THE COMING HOME CONNECTION | $10,000 |
| THE MOUNTAIN CENTER | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–22, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 9% of The Melville Hankins Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 74% of the giving stays in NM; by stated purpose, 70%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SANTA FE OPERA6× · 2017–2022 · $2.1M · revenue +84%
- ADASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST6× · 2017–2022 · $460k · revenue +166%
- SFSANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC6× · 2017–2022 · $300k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- NMNEW MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSone grant, 2019 · $50k
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.
Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.
Santa fe pro musica brings together outstanding musicians to inspire and educate audiences of all ages through the performance of great music.
Provide educational and residential opportunities for native american children in grades 7-12.
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…
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 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…
The santa fe institute is a transdisciplinary research community that expands the boundaries of scientific understanding. its aim is to discover, comprehend, and communicate the common fundamental principles in complex physical,…
The mission of nif is to preserve and promote flamenco's artistry, history, and culture by presenting the finest flamenco in the world and by educating the american family in this art form while emphasizing the positive influence of art on…
Performance Santa Fe (PSF) was dedicated to support performing arts by bringing world-class performing artists to Santa Fe and provided excellent arts education to the youth in the community.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 23 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 THE SANTA FE OPERA ↗
- Who funds ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE HORSE SHELTER ↗
- Who funds LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds ESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - ARTS INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR BOOSTER ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds FIRST SERVE-NM INC ↗
- Who funds KINDRED SPIRITS ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds COMING HOME CONNECTION ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE MOUNTAIN CENTER INC ↗
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 · The Frost Foundation · Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation · The Allene & Jerome Lapides Foundation · Jm Lazarus Foundation · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Hankins Foundation · Livingry Foundation · The Abeles Foundation · Carroll Petrie Foundation · Thornburg Foundation · The Mark and Suzanne Vollette Cft
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Melville Hankins Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Melville Hankins Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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