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Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (New Mexico) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,687,106 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ($2,090,926). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$370k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$2.7M
Net assets
$327k
5/6 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute does

Mission

To provide support for SIPI students and their native communities above and beyond SIPI's academic function.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provide support to SIPI students and their native communities above and beyond SIPI's academic function

    $233,526 spentof which $283,234 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $233,526.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($418k) Expenses 100 ($473k) Net assets 100 ($42k)2018 Revenue 110 ($459k) Expenses 118 ($556k) Net assets 924 ($387k)2019 Revenue 60 ($253k) Expenses 96 ($454k) Net assets 444 ($186k)2020 Revenue 51 ($213k) Expenses 40 ($187k) Net assets 507 ($212k)2021 Revenue 76 ($317k) Expenses 67 ($315k) Net assets 511 ($214k)2022 Revenue 87 ($363k) Expenses 69 ($324k) Net assets 603 ($252k)2023 Revenue 88 ($370k) Expenses 63 ($299k) Net assets 781 ($327k)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (88)Expenses (63)Net assets (781)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $95k to $406k (+330%).

$95k
$406k
$188k
$213k
$214k
$257k
$331k
2017201820192020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 61% · 2018 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$55k
’17
−$97k
’18
−$201k
’19
$26k
’20
$2k
’21
$38k
’22
$71k
’23
13
months of
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.

Board chair

Adam J Begaye

Chairman

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed108911111010
Joined·+3+5+2+3+0+0
No longer listed·540310
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $382k → $255k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Seva Foundationunclassified
$30k
Nusenda Foundationunclassified
$12k
funders
4
2
2
2
4
2
4
4
2

1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute’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.

How concentrated its funding is

Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.

78%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 75% · 2019 79% · 2020 83% · 2021 79% · 2022 90% · 2023 68% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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

Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 5 states in all.

WI
CA
CO
VA
NM

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New Mexico out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59k 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.

Federal$2.4M
grants $861kcontracts $1.5M
17
18
19
21
22
23
24
25
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$1.5M
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration$762k
  • Department of Agriculture$99k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

NM

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Questions and answers

Who funds Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute?
Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (New Mexico) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,687,106 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ($2,090,926). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,687,106 in grants to Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute?
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,090,926 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 6 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