New Mexico · Private foundation
The Rawson Family 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.
- $570k
- Granted FY2023
- 20
- Grants FY2023
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
64% of The Rawson Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Rawson Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $570k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $27,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Rawson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 20 | $570k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $418k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Returning Home Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Mesilla Valley Christian School | $69,368 | 4 | 1% |
| Desert Springs Christian Academy | $59,513 | 3 | 7% |
| Rooted Church | $57,000 | 4 | n/a |
| College Heights Kindergarten Inc | $47,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Grace Covenant Church | $43,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University Presbyterian Church | $39,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Crossroads Community Church | $31,570 | 2 | n/a |
| Amistad Family Services Inc | $23,050 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Returning Home Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Mesilla Valley Christian School | $69,368 | 4 | 1% |
| Desert Springs Christian Academy | $59,513 | 3 | 7% |
| Rooted Church | $57,000 | 4 | n/a |
| College Heights Kindergarten Inc | $47,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Grace Covenant Church | $43,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University Presbyterian Church | $39,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Crossroads Community Church | $31,570 | 2 | n/a |
| Amistad Family Services Inc | $23,050 | 2 | n/a |
| The Call | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Casa de Peregrinos | $19,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $16,926 | 6 | 0% |
| Oak Grove Classical Academy | $13,587 | 1 | 0% |
| Bible Studies by Mail | $7,650 | 6 | 2% |
| Mosaic Church of Las Cruces | $7,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Pca Reformed University Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Chapel International | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($825k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rawson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Rawson Family Foundation
- How much does The Rawson Family Foundation give?
- The Rawson Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $569,759 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Rawson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Philanthropy (32%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Rawson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lone Tree Inc ($135k), Returning Home Inc ($70k), Mesilla Valley Christian School ($69k).
- Does The Rawson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rawson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Rawson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Rawson Family Foundation based?
- The Rawson Family Foundation is based in NM.
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