New Mexico · Nonprofit
NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT
NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT (New Mexico) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,745,617 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($1,657,787). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What New Mexico Association of Soil and Water Conservat does
Mission
To facilitate conservation of natural resources in new mexico by providing opportunities and quality support to local conservation districts through representation and leadership.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nm dept of agriculture technical services provider (farm bill) program. Program provides technical service personnel to work with nrcs employees to implement farm bill programs for conservation of natural resources in new mexico.
$1,398,843 spent$1,398,843 earned by the program48% of program spendingEmergency watershed protection - this is accomplished through a services agreement with the new mexico department of finance and administration. The purpose of the agreement is to implement conservation activities or lands impacted by the hermits peak/calf canyon fires and floods.
$1,145,301 spent$1,145,301 earned by the program40% of program spendingOther program services:nrcs soil and water conservation $227,694water management/conservation training $25,162us forest service expenses $83,062national fish and wildlife foundation $6,348nrcs conservation $3,879other program expenses $1,735total other program expenses: $347,878
$347,878 spent$431,297 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,892,022.
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 $1.6M to $949k (−41%).
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: 2018 97% · 2019 91% · 2020 88% · 2021 90% · 2022 87% · 2023 85% · 2024 91% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Debbie Hughes
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $122k → $63k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $541k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Association of Conservation Districts). These are real filings, and they are not money NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT raised.
From the IRS filings of NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT’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
NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 89% — 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.
Where its funders are
NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT's revenue fell 34% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17.4M on record.
- Department of the Interior$14.6M
- Department of Agriculture$2.7M
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 NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT: 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 NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT?
- NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT (New Mexico) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,745,617 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($1,657,787). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,745,617 in grants to NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,657,787 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVAT 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 4 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