New Mexico · Nonprofit
Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra
Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra (New Mexico) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $436,000 to it, the largest being Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe NM ($415,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $511k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $436k
- Net assets
- $504k
What Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra does
Mission
To support and perpetuate the significant and the historic cultural tradition of the Burning of Zozobra event and to raise funds and distribute them in the community by supporting the youth of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Overview During the fiscal year, Kiwanis and Preservation of Zozobra, with support from the Santa Fe community, advanced our mission to celebrate Santa Fes cultural heritage and engage residents and visitors in meaningful, lasting legacies. Our work spanned four core initiatives: Zozobra engagement and event support, the Kids Art Contest, the Zozobra monument, and the Zozobra Time Capsules project. Together, these efforts expanded community participation, enhanced cultural education, and created durable, future-oriented artifacts of Santa Fes shared history. Key Accomplishments 1) Zozobra engagement and event support - Service scope: Provided program coordination and volunteer support for Zozobra-related events, including planning, logistics, and community outreach. - Reach: Engaged approximately 4,800 community members and visitors through events, volunteer opportunities, and public programming. - Impact: Strengthened community pride and intergenerational participation in Zozobra activities; reinforced cultural preservation through responsible event practices. 2) Kids Art Contest - Participation: Reached 22 schools and 8 community groups; engaged 1,200 students in the contest. -…
$38,780 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $38,780.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra’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
Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra 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
97% 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 Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra.
“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
97% of Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra's grant income comes from New Mexico funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra: 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 Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra?
- Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra (New Mexico) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $436,000 to it, the largest being Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe NM ($415,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $436,000 in grants to Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra.
- Who is the largest funder of Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra?
- Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe NM is the largest funder on record, with $415,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Preservation of the Burning of Zozobra 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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