New Mexico · Nonprofit
Public Charter Schools of New Mexico
Public Charter Schools of New Mexico (New Mexico) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $587,500 to it, the largest being DANIELS FUND ($550,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $588k
- Net assets
- $128k
What Public Charter Schools of New Mexico does
Mission
The organizations mission is to lead and support public charter school quality growth and autonomy in new mexico. The organizations vision is to drive transformation in education to benefit the diverse needs of students families and new mexico communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Grant Administration and Business Services: The organization expanded its services during the year to include grant administration of a Federal Charter School grant. The organization developed the rubric to evaluate subgrantees and train application reviewers. Once awarded the organization provides business financial training to the schools and reviews reimbursement requests for flow-through funds for allowability and alignment with the grant. The purpose of this program is to improve charter school operational capacity and support accountability and compliance for public funding.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Training and development services: the organization provides both member and non-member charter schools with support services in the form of classes webinars regional training seminars evaluation analysis and professional development. The organization has 84 member charter schools the organization works at increasing student academic achievement by serving charter schools and advocating for them. The organization is an important source of technical support and professional development for charter school teachers administrators and governing board members. Program service accomplishments: the organization offered statutorily required governing board training for 80 charter schools. In addition the organization was able to hold an in-person legislative recap session which was attended by 55 schools. The organization held its largest in-person annual conference in its history which included members of 75 schools and 48 education-related entities.
$759,359 spentof which $270,556 as grants$280,642 earned by the program81% of program spendingGrant administration and business services: the organization applied to administer and was awarded the charter schools program grant from the us department of education. In addition to developing a rubric for evaluating subgrantee applicants the organization provides support to grow the number of charter schools and enrolled students by working directly with communities partners and charter founding and existing governance councils. The organization hired 2 new staff to administer the grant review scoring train charter leaders review expense reports and process reimbursements to subgrantees.
$183,836 spent$183,836 earned by the program19% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $943,195.
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 2022 to 2023, from $280k to $416k (+48%).
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 11% · 2022 49% · 2023 47% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of Public Charter Schools of New Mexico’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Matthew Pahl
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $150k → $306k.
From the IRS filings of Public Charter Schools of 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
Public Charter Schools of New Mexico leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 98% — 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
Public Charter Schools of New Mexico draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 2 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
Public Charter Schools of New Mexico has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Public Charter Schools of New Mexico receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31.9M on record.
- Department of Education$31.9M
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 Public Charter Schools of 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
77% 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 Public Charter Schools of 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 Public Charter Schools of New Mexico?
- Public Charter Schools of New Mexico (New Mexico) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $587,500 to it, the largest being DANIELS FUND ($550,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Public Charter Schools of New Mexico have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $587,500 in grants to Public Charter Schools of New Mexico, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Public Charter Schools of New Mexico?
- DANIELS FUND is the largest funder on record, with $550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Public Charter Schools of 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 2 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