New Mexico · Nonprofit
STEM Santa Fe
STEM Santa Fe (New Mexico) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $753,262 to it, the largest being SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($234,461). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $486k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $753k
- Net assets
- $956k
What STEM Santa Fe does
Mission
STEM Santa Fe advocates for, develops and provides STEM programming, mentoring and resources for all youth, especially underrepresented groups in STEM, to realize their potential and expand their opportunities in a dynamic world. STEM Santa Fe envisions a world filled with analytical citizens exploring complex issues for the betterment of society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
STEM CirclesIn 2024, STEM Santa Fe delivered a series of week-long STEM camps for students in grades 712, designed to inspire curiosity and broaden awareness of future education and career pathways. Camps highlighted applied STEM themes such as Aviation at the Jet Center, 3D Design and Printing at the Higher Education Center, and Kinesiology & Exercise Science at Santa Fe Community College. Each camp immersed students in hands-on exploration, connecting them with role models and mentors to demonstrate how STEM is applied in real-world contexts. In partnership with the Santa Fe Creative Coding Initiative, STEM Santa Fe also sponsored the Shiprock Mobile Studio, a digital storytelling and media lab that gave students the opportunity to explore creative technology while integrating cultural perspectives. These experiences encouraged participants to envision themselves in STEM fields, building confidence and motivation for continued learning. In total, STEM Circles served 70 students and delivered 1,300 direct contact hours.
$71,055 spent$80,964 earned by the program28% of program spendingSTEM Girls ProgramSTEM Santa Fe operates year-long initiatives that introduce girls and non-binary students to pathways in science, technology, engineering, and math. The flagship program, STEM Pathways for Girls (SPFG), supports students in grades 58 with mentorship, role models, and project-based learning. In October 2024, the program launched with a full-day STEM conference featuring a keynote address and interactive workshops led by women STEM professionals, offering students firsthand exposure to diverse careers and academic pathways. The program continued with seven monthly two-hour workshops, each designed to build applied skills, strengthen teamwork, and deepen curiosity in STEM. STEM Santa Fe also sponsored Summer Physics Camps, a two-week intensive camp where students explored core concepts of physics, engineering, bioengineering, chemistry, computer programming, and cybersecurity. Through these experiences, participants developed critical problem-solving abilities, expanded technical knowledge, and built connections with peers and mentors. This year, the STEM Girls program reached 280 students and delivered 1,500 contact hours.
$63,444 spent$41,604 earned by the program25% of program spendingSTEAM Champions and Community OutreachIn 2024, STEM Santa Fe intensified its long-standing focus on bringing high-quality STEM education to underserved and underrepresented communities. Through workshops, classes, and community events, the program strengthened outreach to Indigenous families and expanded access for younger students. Collaborations included delivering Everyone Can Code and Everyone Can Create curricula from the Santa Fe Creative Coding Initiative in multiple schools, in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Fe/Del Norte and other local education organizations. These partnerships ensured culturally responsive and accessible programming, empowering students to see themselves as creators, innovators, and problem-solvers. By removing barriers to participation and bringing high-quality experiences into community spaces, STEM Santa Fe increased visibility of STEM pathways across a wide demographic. This year, the STEAM Champions and Outreach program reached 2,900 students and delivered 8,500 contact hours.
$63,244 spent25% of program spendingOther Programs
$56,371 spent22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,114.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $407k to $715k (+76%).
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 8% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of STEM Santa Fe’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $8k → $204k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 STEM Santa Fe’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
STEM Santa Fe leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 STEM Santa Fe.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 98% · 2019 37% · 2020 66% · 2021 33% · 2022 46% · 2023 37% — 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
83% of STEM Santa Fe's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
62% of STEM Santa Fe's grant income comes from New Mexico funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $279k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
STEM Santa Fe runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STEM Santa Fe
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
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 STEM Santa Fe: 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 STEM Santa Fe?
- STEM Santa Fe (New Mexico) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $753,262 to it, the largest being SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($234,461). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEM Santa Fe have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $753,262 in grants to STEM Santa Fe, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STEM Santa Fe?
- SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $234,461 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEM Santa Fe 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 16 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