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THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT (New Mexico) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,134,336 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ($873,201). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$365k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$2.1M
Net assets
$0
8/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 96%
01What it does

What The Richardson Center for Global Engagement does

Mission

The Richardson Center for Global Engagement promotes global peace and dialogue by identifying and working on areas of opportunity for engagement and citizen-diplomacy in countries and communities not usually open to traditional diplomatic channels

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.

Organization dissolved at the end of 2024. See attached articles of dissolution.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).

  1. Political prisoners: in 2024, the center continued its work to negotiate the release of prisoners held captive in various countries.

    $545,141 spentof which $60,031 as grants
    74% of program spending
  2. International peace and dialogue: the center strives for peace and dialogue by identifying and working on areas for engagement and citizen-diplomacy in countries and communities not usually open to traditional diplomatic channels.

    $157,504 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Wildlife: the center continued its partnership with saving the wild. The program rehabilitated bee colonies in kenya, restored elephant water holes in botswana and provided training to rangers and law enforcement agencies in africa as they prosecute poachers and traffickers in wildlife.

    $15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants
    2% of program spending
  4. Final liquidating distribution to trustees of tufts college for "the william b. Richardson scholarship fund",

    $15,595 spentof which $15,595 as grants
    2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $733,240.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($744k) Expenses 100 ($656k) Net assets 100 ($298k)2018 Revenue 98 ($729k) Expenses 147 ($967k) Net assets 20 ($60k)2019 Revenue 223 ($1.7M) Expenses 182 ($1.2M) Net assets 177 ($528k)2020 Revenue 191 ($1.4M) Expenses 142 ($933k) Net assets 341 ($1.0M)2021 Revenue 191 ($1.4M) Expenses 223 ($1.5M) Net assets 327 ($974k)2022 Revenue 87 ($647k) Expenses 169 ($1.1M) Net assets 172 ($513k)2023 Revenue 135 ($1.0M) Expenses 150 ($986k) Net assets 177 ($528k)2024 Revenue 49 ($365k) Expenses 136 ($893k) Net assets 0 ($0)
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Revenue (49)Expenses (136)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $591k to $0 (−100%).

$351k
$129k
$632k
$1.1M
$1.0M
$572k
$591k
$0
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 19% · 2019 62% · 2021 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$88k
’17
−$237k
’18
$467k
’19
$489k
’20
−$42k
’21
−$461k
’22
$15k
’23
−$528k
’24
7.2
months of
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.

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Listed66777665
Joined·+0+2+0+1+0+1+0
No longer listed·0101111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $60k → $565k.

7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT’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 RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

41%
largest funder
76%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 46% · 2019 40% · 2020 62% · 2021 81% · 2022 80% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.

“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

30% of THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 6 states in all.

NY
CA
VA
NM
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New Mexico out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $302k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

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In New Mexico

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NM

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT?
THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT (New Mexico) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,134,336 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ($873,201). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $2,134,336 in grants to THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT?
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $873,201 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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