How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in New Mexico?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in New Mexico, currently Burnett Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Mexico from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in New Mexico?

$100M reached 216 arts and culture organizations in New Mexico, from 598 funders. 25% came from funders also based in New Mexico.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · New Mexico · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in New Mexico

Most of it comes from outside New Mexico: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$100M

granted

216

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

598 funders gave $100M to 216 arts and culture organizations in New Mexico across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in New Mexico; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in New Mexico is Burnett Foundation, at $25M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, at $30M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in New Mexico

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in New Mexico, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Burnett Foundation$25M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 3Museum of New Mexico Foundation$5M 4Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$4M 5Florence Dibell Bartlett$3M 6Wyncote Foundation$3M 7Albuquerque Community Foundation$3M 8WK Kellogg Foundation$3M 9Fidelity Foundation$2M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M

Arts and culture organizations in New Mexico that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$30M

206 other arts and culture organizations$28M

The Santa Fe Opera$14M Museum of New Mexico Foundation$7M Center of Southwest Culture Inc$5M

How to find arts and culture funders in New Mexico

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Start with the funders already active in New Mexico
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in New Mexico are Burnett Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Museum of New Mexico Foundation. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
75% of arts and culture money in New Mexico comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Mexico.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in New Mexico?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in New Mexico, currently Burnett Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Mexico from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in New Mexico?: Burnett Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in New Mexico, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in New Mexico?: $100M reached 216 arts and culture organizations in New Mexico, from 598 funders. 25% came from funders also based in New Mexico.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.