New Mexico · Nonprofit
NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL
NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL (New Mexico) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $330,416 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($280,486). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $330k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What New Mexico Humanities Council does
Mission
The New Mexico Humanities Council (nmhc) supports and conducts innovative and imaginative programs throughout the state that lead to a greater understanding of, and motivate interest in, the richness of our human experience and heritage. We inspire in both residents and visitors an appreciation for the rich diversity of land, people, and ideas, providing the foundation on which to build a better future for us all. We seek out and fund quality humanities programs for presentation to public audiences throughout the state. Through our grants program, we support worthy projects and organizations which deal with topics ranging from local history and culture to international affairs. These programs enrich the cultural lives of the state's citizens. Nmhc conducts speakers bureau and grant programs. Other programs include national history day in new mexico. Finally, nmhc engages in stand-alone initiatives that bring current humanities topics to the public. Bringing the humanities to the public
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Bringing humanities to public audiences throughout new mexico - this includes speakers bureau programs, history day, initiatives and grants.
$744,883 spentof which $220,762 as grants$173,225 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $744,883.
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.
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 $1.5M to $1.0M (−31%).
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: 2017 93% · 2018 86% · 2019 94% · 2020 95% · 2021 84% · 2022 92% · 2023 96% · 2024 68% · 2025 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Miriam Langer
Chair
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 $36k → $7k.
2 of 7 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 NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL’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 HUMANITIES COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 HUMANITIES COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 64% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 HUMANITIES COUNCIL draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Government funding NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.6M on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$8.4M
- Department of the Interior$198k
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 HUMANITIES COUNCIL
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 HUMANITIES COUNCIL: 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 HUMANITIES COUNCIL?
- NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL (New Mexico) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $330,416 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($280,486). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $330,416 in grants to NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL?
- FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS is the largest funder on record, with $280,486 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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