New Mexico · Nonprofit
LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO
LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO (New Mexico) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,401 to it, the largest being HEALY FOUNDATION NM MD & FL 058704-000 ($151,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $279k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Leadership New Mexico does
Mission
Strengthening new mexico by educating and connecting diverse leaders through experiential learning programs and activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Local government leadership program: in partnership with the new mexico municipal league and the new mexico association of counties, the local government leadership program equips public officials at every level with the knowledge, connections, and practical skills to serve their communities with vision and impact. Open to municipal, county, and state officials, school board members, the national guard, and regional councils of government, the program offers dynamic, real-world learning that helps participants navigate the complex challenges of local governance. Through engaging sessions, participants explore innovative solutions, build meaningful relationships, and strengthen collaboration across new mexico. It's about empowering leaders to create positive, lasting change where it matters most - right at home. The program consists of two 2-1/2 day program session. The curriculum is modeled after the Leadership New Mexico core program and offers an opportunity to explore critical issues facing new mexico and participate in skill-building workshops.
$616,807 spent$850,365 earned by the program58% of program spendingCore program: this is a 10-month, statewide leadership experience for established leaders committed to serving new mexico with integrity, curiosity, and purpose. This flagship program brings together senior leaders who recognize that effective leadership in new mexico requires perspective, humility, and collaboration. Through experiential learning, candid dialogue, and direct exposure to critical issues, participants gain a deeper understanding of the systems, regions, and communities that shape our state. Participants travel across new mexico, gaining firsthand insight into regional priorities, cultural perspectives, and economic realities. Each session is anchored in a key statewide issue and is designed to move beyond theory, focusing on systems thinking, trust-building, and leading with clarity and responsibility. The result is a trusted network of leaders prepared to collaborate across sectors and lead the state forward.
$89,985 spent$216,150 earned by the program8% of program spendingConnect new mexico: this is a 5-month, statewide leadership experience for emerging professionals who are ready to grow as leaders and deepen their understanding of new mexico and their role in shaping its future. The program moves beyond leadership theory to focus on self-awareness, leadership growth, and civic understanding. Participants engage in experiential learning, candid dialogue, and direct exposure to the systems, communities, and decisions that shape the state. Through immersive, place- based sessions across new mexico, participants learn firsthand from leaders in government, business, education, healthcare, and the nonprofit sector. Along the way, they build meaningful relationships with peers who share a commitment to service, integrity, and impact.
$41,937 spent$58,050 earned by the program4% of program spendingThe Leadership New Mexico alumni program was launched in september 2001. In the twenty-five core programs, eighteen local government leadership programs, and thirteen connect new mexico programs, more than 1,800 participants from 88 communities have explored and experienced the issues facing our state. In addition to the alumni program, other program activities and expenses are included in this area.
$320,684 spent$139,601 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,069,413.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.4M to $2.3M (+62%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Rob Nelson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $1k → $95k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO’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
LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 49% · 2020 72% · 2021 100% · 2022 79% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“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
71% of LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
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
LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k 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.
Against its field
LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO
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.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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 LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO: 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 LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO?
- LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO (New Mexico) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,401 to it, the largest being HEALY FOUNDATION NM MD & FL 058704-000 ($151,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $279,401 in grants to LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO?
- HEALY FOUNDATION NM MD & FL 058704-000 is the largest funder on record, with $151,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO 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 2017–2025), 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