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

Start with the funders already giving to science in New Mexico, currently Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, McKinnon Family Foundation. 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?

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to science organizations in New Mexico, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in New Mexico?

$13M reached 10 science organizations in New Mexico, from 48 funders. 1% 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

Funding is concentrated: Santa Fe Institute alone draws 94% of every science grant dollar in New Mexico. Most of it comes from outside New Mexico: only 1% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$13M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

48 funders gave $13M to 10 science organizations in New Mexico across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
1% 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 Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, at $6M.
The science organization drawing the most is Santa Fe Institute, at $12M.

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.

1Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 3McKinnon Family Foundation$2M 4Robert Galvin Foundation$550k 5Northwestern University$466k 6National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$305k 7The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$303k 8Georgetown University$216k 9The Peanut Research Foundation$157k 10J Craig Venter Institute$129k

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$12M

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 Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, McKinnon Family Foundation. 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
99% 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 Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, McKinnon Family Foundation. 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?: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc gives the most to science organizations in New Mexico, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in New Mexico?: $13M reached 10 science organizations in New Mexico, from 48 funders. 1% 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.