· Private foundation
The Onota Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of The Onota Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Bank Of America Charitable Gift Fd, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Onota Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $80k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k4 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $64k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GARTH NEWEL MUSIC CENTER | $26,750 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | $13,375 |
| SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET INSTITUTE | $13,375 |
| NEW MEXICO CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING | $10,000 |
| PARTNERS IN EDUCATION | $9,250 |
| MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| FARM TO TABLE | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 89% of its 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2019, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GNGARTH NEWEL MUSIC CENTER FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2019 · $79k · revenue +34%
- SFSANTA FE FARMERS MARKET INSTITUTE3× · 2017–2019 · $39k · revenue +45%
- PIPARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS3× · 2017–2019 · $26k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- SFSANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDENone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -2%
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.
To respect and support the traditions and creative expressions of the native american peoples, and to present exhibitions and other public programs relating to them; to collect and document contemporary expressions of the navajo people…
The santa fe conservation trust partners with our community to keep northern new mexico's living lands and people flourishing together. we protect culturally and environmentally significant landscapes, ignite people's passion for nature…
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 &…
The new mexico humanities council (nmhc) supports and conducts innovative and imaginative programs throughout the state that lead to a greater understanding of, and motivate interest in, the richness of our human experience and heritage.…
To preserve the legacy of the land and the cultural traditions of new mexico.
As part of the network of national chapters, the new mexico committee of the national museum of women in the arts enhances the mission of the national museum of women in the arts bringing recognition to the achievements of women artists by…
To ensure that government is accountable to the voters and taxpayers.
The Museo De Las Americas is dedicated to educating our community through collecting preserving interpreting and exhibiting the diverse arts and cultures of the Americas from ancient to contemporary through innovative exhibitions and…
The mission of the new mexico rural electric cooperatives (nmrec) is to advance protect and advocate member interests.
To provide leadership, build partnerships and enable the innovation necessary to reestablish local food and energy production, strengthen educational systems and establish placemaking in our communities while promoting northeastern new…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 14 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 BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD ↗
- Who funds GARTH NEWEL MUSIC CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds FARM TO TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW MEXICO CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds NEW MEXICO WILDLIFE 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 · Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Onota Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Onota Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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