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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in New Mexico, currently Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc, Carroll Petrie Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the environment 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 environment in New Mexico?

$27M reached 64 environment organizations in New Mexico, from 236 funders. 22% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in New Mexico

Most of it comes from outside New Mexico: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$27M

granted

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

236 funders gave $27M to 64 environment organizations in New Mexico across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in New Mexico; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in New Mexico is Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc, at $2M.
The environment organization drawing the most is New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, at $5M.

Largest funders of environment in New Mexico

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

1Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc$2M 2Carroll Petrie Foundation$1M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 4The Schmidt Family Foundation$1M 5Santa Fe Community Foundation$980k 6WK Kellogg Foundation$979k 7Western Conservation Foundation$854k 8National Forest Foundation$782k 9Climateworks Foundation$750k 10Tides Foundation$738k

Environment organizations in New Mexico that draw the most

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

54 other environment organizations$7M

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance$5M 2030 Inc$3M Earth Care International$2M Quivira Coalition Inc$2M Rio Grande Return$2M New Mexico Environmental Law Center$2M New Energy Economy Inc$2M Santa Fe Conservation Trust$1M Reunity Resources$858k

How to find environment funders in New Mexico

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Start with the funders already active in New Mexico
The funders giving the most to environment in New Mexico are Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc, Carroll Petrie Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
78% of environment money in New Mexico comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Mexico.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in New Mexico?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in New Mexico, currently Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc, Carroll Petrie Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Mexico from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in New Mexico?: Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc gives the most to environment organizations in New Mexico, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in New Mexico?: $27M reached 64 environment organizations in New Mexico, from 236 funders. 22% 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.

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The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

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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.