How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in New Mexico?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in New Mexico, currently WK Kellogg Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, New Venture Fund. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy 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 civil rights and advocacy in New Mexico?

$44M reached 29 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Mexico, from 184 funders. 9% 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 · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in New Mexico

Most of it comes from outside New Mexico: only 9% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. New Mexico's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$44M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

184 funders gave $44M to 29 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Mexico across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
9% of that came from funders also based in New Mexico; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in New Mexico is WK Kellogg Foundation, at $4M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is The Ole Education Fund, at $9M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in New Mexico

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

1WK Kellogg Foundation$4M 2Marguerite Casey Foundation$2M 3New Venture Fund$2M 4Alliance for Early Success Fka$2M 5National Redistricting Action Fund$2M 6Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$1M 7Equis Institute$1M 8Hopewell Fund$1M 9United States Energy Foundation$1M 10Grove Action Fund$1M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Mexico that draw the most

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

The Ole Education Fund$9M Southwest Organizing Project$6M New Mexico Voices for Children$6M Center for Civic Action$6M Somos Un Pueblo Unido$5M

19 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$4M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in New Mexico

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Start with the funders already active in New Mexico
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in New Mexico are WK Kellogg Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, New Venture Fund. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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
91% of civil rights and advocacy money in New Mexico comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Mexico.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in New Mexico?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in New Mexico, currently WK Kellogg Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, New Venture Fund. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Mexico from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in New Mexico?: WK Kellogg Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Mexico, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in New Mexico?: $44M reached 29 civil rights and advocacy organizations in New Mexico, from 184 funders. 9% 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.