Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
US MEXICO FOUNDATION
US MEXICO FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,104 to it, the largest being THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $274k
- Net assets
- $754k
What US Mexico Foundation does
Mission
To promote binational understanding and collaboration through educational programs that look to educate and empower mexican youth in the areas of: stem, english language learning, and civic engagement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
North capital forum: the north capital forum is an annual 3-day event, hosted by he US Mexico Foundation, that focuses on understanding north america's main challenges and creating mutually beneficial solutions. The event welcomes, on average, more than 700 participants and consists of around 23 panels and more than 100 speakers. Key generators of proposals presented their ideas and recommendations to strengthen its integration. The event seeks to advance the north american way. The north american way embodies a perspective that is both individual and collective, while also taking a comprehensive approach towards innocation, efficiency, economic advancement, and social accountability. This outlook is founded on collaboration and is deeply rooted in cultural and familial connections, regional principles, shared history, and customs.
$1,224,301 spent51% of program spendingThe us mexico 360 public diplomacy initiative: from the US Mexico Foundation, provides the opportunity for us and mexican leaders from businesses, think tanks and other research institutions, schools and universities, and ngos to meet counterparts on a professional educational exchange in mexico and the us participants represent a diverse set of institutions, and many aspects of the us-mexico policy, including politics and government, economics and trade, energy, education, media and communications, and research. The program gives a 360-defree vie of us- mexico relations, current affairs, and a glimpse into mexican and american culture.
$329,433 spent14% of program spendingConvocation: this is an educational program where experts and former ambassadors and legislators from the united states to mexico and from mexico to the united states convene yearly to discuss the future of the bilateral relationship. The main takeaways from the first discussion were published in an informative and educational document. Title convocation: a vision for a stronger us-mexico partnership. The first convocation report has been visibly presented to educate bilateral stakeholders and interest groups in both countries.
$110,510 spent5% of program spending200s internship program: this is an educational program that seeks to promote north american leaders by facilitating internship opportunities to young professionals from mexico in washington dc. Participants experience a professional, cultural and academic 3-month experience in the dc area. Ally-shoring initiative: the "ally-shoring initiative" is a usmf-led task force of american and mexican stakeholders with investments on both sides of the border, eager to support and help futher us-mexico economic collaboration. Among them are prologis, grupo prodensa, arca continental, and 3m. The program seeks to offer a unique framework through which the us and mexico can build on more than 30 years of tightly woven co-production and trade, but with an eye towards the future. The two nations can expand their collaboration, enhancing bi-national efforts to create and manufacture transformational exports that support advanced manufacturing r&d, smart borders, and the joint development of us and mexican workforce skills to meet the evolving markets of the 21st century. An ally-shoring framework further supports and enhances the goals of the usmca. The US Mexico Foundation (usmf) focuses its…
$746,108 spentof which $41,908 as grants31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,410,352.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.6M to $653k (−60%).
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 63% · 2018 98% · 2019 11% · 2020 9% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of US MEXICO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Emilio Cadena
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $90k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 US MEXICO FOUNDATION’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
US MEXICO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
38% 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 US MEXICO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 50% · 2021 67% · 2022 73% · 2023 44% — 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 US MEXICO FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 25% 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
US MEXICO FOUNDATION draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k 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
US MEXICO FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like US MEXICO FOUNDATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 US MEXICO FOUNDATION: 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 US MEXICO FOUNDATION?
- US MEXICO FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,104 to it, the largest being THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US MEXICO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $274,104 in grants to US MEXICO FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US MEXICO FOUNDATION?
- THE VIRGINIA WELLINGTON CABOT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US MEXICO FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 8 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