New Mexico · Nonprofit
ADOBE IN ACTION
ADOBE IN ACTION (New Mexico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($31). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $31
- Net assets
- $73k
What Adobe in Action does
Mission
We promote earthen building and home ownership through education, field-support and diffusion of knowledge. Owner-builders are supported with the planning and construction of their adobe homes through education. Educational activities include online courses, in-person workshops, a podcast about adobe construction, and a biennial earthbuilding conference. Owner-builder support is also provided through design assistance, building plan consultation, and assistance with building codes and permitting.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Adobe in Action Courses - Adobe in Action's online certificate classes and field workshops focus on new construction and promote the continued qualification of adobe craftspeople through theoretical and practical coursework. To reach a wide range of students, our classes are offered as a blend of online and live instruction and synchronize with ongoing Adobe in Action owner builder projects. A certificate of completion is presented for each class successfully completed. Upon completion of all 8 classes (a total of 24 credits), the student is presented with a final Adobe in Action Certificate in Adobe Construction. We strive to align our classes with existing academic and professional earthbuilding institutions to contribute to a nationally recognized certification in adobe construction. In 2025 we served 202 students in 8 online courses and 10 field workshops / volunteer work days taught by 2 instructors and 3 independent contractors.
$39,459 spent87% of program spendingEarth USA 2024 Earthbuilding Conference - Earth USA is Adobe in Action's biennial, international conference on architecture and construction with earthen materials. The conference was held from September 13 to 15, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It included three days of podium presentations and poster sessions on topics related to the current state of architecture and construction with earthen materials. The 2024 conference was attended by approximately 190 people representing 12 countries. In 2025, Adobe in Action began planning and preparing for Earth USA 2026 which will be taking place in Santa Fe, NM from September 18 to 20, 2026.
$2,881 spent6% of program spendingOwner Builder Support Program - Adobe in Action's Owner Builder Support Program provides ongoing project support to graduates of our online Certificate in Adobe Construction Program during the planning and construction phases of their owner builder projects. Current and past project support has included (but is not limited to) lot selection/purchasing advice, cost estimation for owner-builder projects, design & building plan consultation, code & permit assistance, construction site planning, student-supported adobe brick production, student-supported adobe wall construction, student-supported natural plastering. Graduates of the online certificate program are eligible to apply for support in exchange for an annual fee of $400. In 2025, this program served 4 owner builder projects in New Mexico.
$1,501 spent3% of program spendingMud Talks Podcast - Mud Talks is Adobe in Action's podcast series with experts from the field on a variety of new construction and adobe preservation topics. In 2025 we released 7 episodes. Our Mud Talks podcast series has received a total of 16,281 downloads since Episode 1 was launched in 2018.
$1,529 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,370.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $50k to $63k (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
9% of ADOBE IN ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Kurt Gardella
Executive Director and Instructor
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ADOBE IN ACTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ADOBE IN ACTION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ADOBE IN ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like ADOBE IN ACTION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ADOBE IN ACTION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADOBE IN ACTION?
- ADOBE IN ACTION (New Mexico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $31 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($31). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ADOBE IN ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $31 in grants to ADOBE IN ACTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADOBE IN ACTION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $31 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADOBE IN ACTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing