New Mexico · Nonprofit
ADVOCACY INC
ADVOCACY INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $133,000 to it, the largest being NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST ($133,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $814k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $133k
- Net assets
- $353k
What Advocacy Inc does
Mission
To promote the interest of at-risk children in new mexico by providing legal advocacy and other support services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Gal/ya/eaa contract aoc provides attorneys to represent children, youth and young adults in foster care as guardians ad litem, youth attorneys and eligible adult attorneys. These children are the subject of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, and in the custody of the nm children, youth, and families department in the second judicial district of the state of new mexico. Contract attorneys represent the best interest and expressed wishes of the child clients during the judicial process to protect their statutory rights, safety, and help guide a proper course of action. In 2023, Advocacy Inc. Provided 13,338 professional hours of legal representation in 450 cases under this contract. The representation included 434 minor children and 74 eligible adults aging out of the foster care system.
$1,108,646 spent$720,094 earned by the program87% of program spendingMental health contract provides attorneys for mental health advisements under the nm state mental health code to children under the age of 14 who are voluntarily admitted to a residential treatment center. Contract attorneys evaluate and advise children as to their rights and take appropriate actions. In 2023, the organization provided 552 professional hours for 344 legal advisements for children under the age of 14.
$62,688 spent$120,879 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe nm guardianship project is a program that provides direct legal services to low income individuals and families in legal guardianship and adoption of minor children and developmentally disabled adult children in new mexico. The organization also provides information, referral, training, and forms to the public by phone, email, internet, and in their office. Advocacy provides powers of attorney, caregiver's affidavits, and free notary service through their web site and office. In 2023, the organization provided 537 hours to more than 1,500 families in new mexico.
$100,202 spent$72,926 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,271,536.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $532k to $719k (+35%).
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.
0% of ADVOCACY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ADVOCACY INC’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 ADVOCACY INC's grant income comes from New Mexico funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
ADVOCACY INC's revenue fell 25% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ADVOCACY INC
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In New Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 ADVOCACY INC: 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 ADVOCACY INC?
- ADVOCACY INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $133,000 to it, the largest being NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST ($133,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADVOCACY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $133,000 in grants to ADVOCACY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVOCACY INC?
- NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $133,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVOCACY INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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