How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in New Mexico?

Start with the funders already giving to education in New Mexico, currently Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, United Negro College Fund Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Mexico from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in New Mexico?

Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc gives the most to education organizations in New Mexico, $176M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in New Mexico?

$686M reached 424 education organizations in New Mexico, from 1,086 funders. 14% 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 · Education

Who funds education in New Mexico

Most of it comes from outside New Mexico: only 14% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$686M

granted

424

organizations

14%

from in-state

The short version

1,086 funders gave $686M to 424 education organizations in New Mexico across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
14% of that came from funders also based in New Mexico; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in New Mexico is Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, at $176M.
The education organization drawing the most is The Armand Hammer United World College of the Amer, at $151M.

Largest funders of education in New Mexico

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

1Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc$176M 2National Philanthropic Trust$67M 3United Negro College Fund Inc$52M 4Tides Foundation$27M 5WK Kellogg Foundation$27M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$18M 7National Education Association of the United States$14M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$10M 9Santa Fe Community Foundation$7M 10Albuquerque Community Foundation$7M

Education organizations in New Mexico that draw the most

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

414 other education organizations$253M

The Armand Hammer United World College of the Amer$151M University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$63M Aigc Scholars$52M Native Forward Scholars Fund$29M Navajo Technical University$19M Academy for the Love of Learning Inc$18M

How to find education funders in New Mexico

1
Start with the funders already active in New Mexico
The funders giving the most to education in New Mexico are Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, United Negro College Fund Inc. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
86% of education money in New Mexico comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Mexico.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in New Mexico?: Start with the funders already giving to education in New Mexico, currently Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, United Negro College Fund Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Mexico from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in New Mexico?: Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc gives the most to education organizations in New Mexico, $176M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in New Mexico?: $686M reached 424 education organizations in New Mexico, from 1,086 funders. 14% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.