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INNOVATE ABQ INC

INNOVATE ABQ INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $136,953 to it, the largest being CNM INGENUITY INC ($136,953). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$197k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$137k
Net assets
$0
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Innovate Abq Inc does

Mission

Innovate Abq Inc. Is a public/private partnership under the leadership of the university of new mexico for the development of an innovation district located synergistically between the university of new mexico and downtown albuquerque, new mexico. The project includes planning for and development of a core site in downtown albuquerque within a larger surrounding research and high-technology business district that will serve as a catalyst for a new innovation economy in new mexico. The vision for Innovate Abq Inc. Is the creation of an integrated, highly connected technology community that will foster innovation, technological advancement, and entrepreneurial activity. The community may include compatible research and commercial labs, science and technology companies, educational programs, business services, support services, commercial and retail businesses, residential living spaces, and a business incubator.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Program

To develop an innovation district in albuquerque, new mexico.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

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 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($449k) Net assets 100 ($8.1M)2018 Revenue 54 ($839k) Expenses 189 ($849k) Net assets 100 ($8.1M)2019 Revenue 19 ($294k) Expenses 197 ($886k) Net assets 93 ($7.5M)2020 Revenue 13 ($197k) Expenses 90 ($403k) Net assets 0 ($0)
2017201820192020
Revenue (13)Expenses (90)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $7.6M to $0 (−100%).

$8.1M
$8.2M
$7.6M
$0
2017201820192020
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 60% · 2019 18%. 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 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.1M
’17
−$10k
’18
−$593k
’19
−$206k
’20
1.6
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.

2017201820192020
Listed15161514
Joined·+3+1+6
No longer listed·227
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17k → $39k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
total
Cnm Ingenuity Incunclassified
$137k
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of INNOVATE ABQ 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 INNOVATE ABQ INC's grant income comes from New Mexico funders.

NM

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

’17
’18
’19
New Mexico out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding INNOVATE ABQ INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.

Federal$1.0M
grants $1.0Mcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Commerce$1.0M

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.

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In New Mexico

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
79%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 7 related entities

  • University of New Mexico · exempt
  • Lobo Energy Incorporated · exempt
  • Stcunm · exempt
  • University of New Mexico Medical Group · exempt
  • Unm Sandoval Regional Medical Center Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds INNOVATE ABQ INC?
INNOVATE ABQ INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $136,953 to it, the largest being CNM INGENUITY INC ($136,953). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INNOVATE ABQ INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $136,953 in grants to INNOVATE ABQ INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INNOVATE ABQ INC?
CNM INGENUITY INC is the largest funder on record, with $136,953 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INNOVATE ABQ INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), 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