New Mexico · Nonprofit
THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY
THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY (New Mexico) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $603,576 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA ($275,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $419k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $604k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What The Commons-Center for Food Security & Sustainability does
Mission
Our mission is to meet the immediate needs of grant county residents who face food insecurity and strive to build community around the concepts of food justice, local self-sufficiency and sustainability.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Alimento para el nino: this program provides both emergency food for children who face food insecurity tobring home over weekends and programming to teach grant county youthabout gardening, nutrition and the larger food system.
$168,880 spent59% of program spendingRooted program - common garden and youth employment. The garden provides supplemental fresh food for our food pantry recipients in addition to providing an educational space for community members to learn about backyard gardening. Our staff and volunteers provide gardening workshops and resources for community use. A youth conservation corps program offers youth employment and training opportunities.
$47,482 spent17% of program spendingFood pantry: this program consolidates efforts to bring food security to grant county, nm. The commons operates a food dsitribution program for the needy throgh four food patnries: silver city food pantry, the mining district mobile food pantry, gila mobile food pantry, and the hachita food pantry. During fy 24 over 400,000 lbs of food were provided to approximately 475 housholds. Voluneers from local communities spent 4,320 hours worked at the pantries.
$40,608 spent14% of program spendingCommunity kitchen: -- provides community - every month we host a free dinner for community members to join in on! This is a great way to share in community and have a home-style meal. Our dinners are prepared and served by volunteers and staff in our commercial kitchen.-- community and college cooking classes - the commons hosts cooking classes and food preservation workshops for community member to join! These classes are either zero cost or have a small fee to cover supplies. The goal of these classes and workshops is for participants learn food safety, culinary basics, explore recipes, and techniques together with a culinary guide. -- entrepreneurship - the commons is creating a space for local culinary entrepreneurs who are just beginning their business to practice and further develop their skills.
$20,830 spent7% of program spendingThe volunteer center - an online platform that connects volunteers to organizations in grant county. If you are a non-profit, agency or organization that uses volunteers, it is a simple tool to recruit, retain and manage your volunteers. If you're a volunteer looking for ways to help, you can use this platform to find places that interest you. Whether you're looking to give back, meet like-minded neighbors, or simply be part of something meaningful, volunteering in grant county offers a chance to connect deeply with your community.
$6,163 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $283,963.
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 $905k to $1.0M (+11%).
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 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 5% · 2022 5% · 2023 1% · 2024 3% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Iris Nolasco
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $30k → $84k.
6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY’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
THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 73% · 2021 50% · 2022 43% · 2023 42% — 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
50% of THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
81% of THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $117k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from New Mexico funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $487k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY?
- THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY (New Mexico) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $603,576 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA ($275,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $603,576 in grants to THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA is the largest funder on record, with $275,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COMMONS-CENTER FOR FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY 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 10 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