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EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC

EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $959,606 to it, the largest being PALOHEIMO FOUNDATION (CURTIN-PALOHEIMO T RUST) ($673,798). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.0M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$960k
Net assets
$23M
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What El Rancho de Las Golondrinas Inc does

Mission

To preserve the legacy of the land and the cultural traditions of new mexico.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. El rancho de las golondrinas, inc. (the organization) is a living history museum located on 500 acres in a rural farming valley just south of santa fe, new mexico. The museum, dedicated to the history, heritage and culture of the 18th and 19th century new mexico, opened in 1972. Original colonial buildings on the site date from the early 1700s. In addition, historic buildings from other parts of northern new mexico have been reconstructed at las golondrinas. Villagers clothed in the styles of the times show how life was lived on the frontier in early new mexico. Special festivals and weekend events offer visitors an in-depth look into the celebrations, music, dance and many other aspects of life in the spanish, mexican and territorial periods of the southwest. In 2022, the museum was listed on the new mexico state register of historic places and national register of historic places by the u.s. Department of the interior.

    $2,084,967 spent$494,397 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,084,967.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($22M)2018 Revenue 75 ($1.4M) Expenses 117 ($1.7M) Net assets 87 ($19M)2019 Revenue 102 ($1.9M) Expenses 105 ($1.5M) Net assets 94 ($20M)2020 Revenue 86 ($1.6M) Expenses 83 ($1.2M) Net assets 98 ($21M)2021 Revenue 176 ($3.3M) Expenses 98 ($1.4M) Net assets 105 ($23M)2022 Revenue 78 ($1.5M) Expenses 128 ($1.8M) Net assets 97 ($21M)2023 Revenue 131 ($2.4M) Expenses 138 ($1.9M) Net assets 104 ($22M)2024 Revenue 105 ($2.0M) Expenses 157 ($2.2M) Net assets 106 ($23M)
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Revenue (105)Expenses (157)Net assets (106)Peer revenue range

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 $22M to $19M (−13%).

$22M
$19M
$20M
$21M
$23M
$21M
$22M
$23M
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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
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 5% · 2019 2% · 2020 4% · 2021 21% · 2022 5% · 2023 1% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

37% of EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$460k
’17
−$255k
’18
$427k
’19
$442k
’20
$1.9M
’21
−$348k
’22
$507k
’23
−$255k
’24
3.5
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

Ryan A Salmon Cfa

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed2018211923222222
Joined·+4+3+1+5+9+3+0
No longer listed·60311030
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $253k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS 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.

How concentrated its funding is

EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

70%
largest funder
85%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 55% · 2019 77% · 2020 44% · 2021 52% · 2022 63% · 2023 87% — 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.

How long its funders stay

67% of EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 7 states in all.

NH
NY
MA
IN
CA
DE
NM

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

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New Mexico out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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

Against its field

EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−13% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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In New Mexico

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 11%Fundraising 5%

Governance

21
board members
95%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

48%

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 EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC?
EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $959,606 to it, the largest being PALOHEIMO FOUNDATION (CURTIN-PALOHEIMO T RUST) ($673,798). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $959,606 in grants to EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS INC?
PALOHEIMO FOUNDATION (CURTIN-PALOHEIMO T RUST) is the largest funder on record, with $673,798 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS 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 11 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