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

Start with the funders already giving to science in New Mexico, currently William H Miller III Foundation Inc, McKinnon Family Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Mexico from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in New Mexico?

William H Miller III Foundation Inc gives the most to science organizations in New Mexico, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in New Mexico?

$52M reached 36 science organizations in New Mexico, from 163 funders. 2% 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 · Science

Who funds science in New Mexico

Most of it comes from outside New Mexico: only 2% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Santa Fe Institute alone draws 71% of every science grant dollar in New Mexico.

$52M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

163 funders gave $52M to 36 science organizations in New Mexico across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
2% of that came from funders also based in New Mexico; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in New Mexico is William H Miller III Foundation Inc, at $8M.
The science organization drawing the most is Santa Fe Institute, at $37M.

Largest funders of science in New Mexico

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

1William H Miller III Foundation Inc$8M 2McKinnon Family Foundation$6M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 5Lilly Endowment Inc$3M 6James J Pallotta Charitable Trust$3M 7James S McDonnell Foundation$1M 8WK Kellogg Foundation$1M 9Robert Galvin Foundation$1M 10Jack Kent Cooke Foundation$1M

Science organizations in New Mexico that draw the most

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

Santa Fe Institute$37M American Indian Science and Engineering Society$7M Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Inc$3M

How to find science funders in New Mexico

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Start with the funders already active in New Mexico
The funders giving the most to science in New Mexico are William H Miller III Foundation Inc, McKinnon Family Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
98% of science money in New Mexico comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in New Mexico.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in New Mexico?: Start with the funders already giving to science in New Mexico, currently William H Miller III Foundation Inc, McKinnon Family Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into New Mexico from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in New Mexico?: William H Miller III Foundation Inc gives the most to science organizations in New Mexico, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in New Mexico?: $52M reached 36 science organizations in New Mexico, from 163 funders. 2% 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.