New Mexico · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in New Mexico

Imperigo has identified 255 funders that made 1,863 grants totaling $90.2M to 220 arts & culture organizations in New Mexico, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in New Mexico

Total granted $90.2M
Funders 255
Grants 1,863
Organizations funded 220

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Florence Dibell Bartlett
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.5M
2. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Endowment Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $838K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.9M
3. Albuquerque Community Foundation
123 grants to 53 organizations · largest $532K · through 2024 · 13.4% of their giving
$3.8M
4. Santa Fe Community Foundation
148 grants to 59 organizations · largest $151K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$3.9M
5. Wheelwright Museum Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $679K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
6. New Mexico Humanities Council
61 grants to 29 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024 · 41.9% of their giving
$670K
7. Montaner Charitable Tr Uw Cb Funk Dtd 6-14-16
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $51K · through 2025 · 28.6% of their giving
$571K
8. Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau
25 grants to 16 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 34.3% of their giving
$488K
9. New Mexico Community Trust
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $323K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$1.1M
10. Rotary Club of Santa Fe Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $156K · through 2023 · 50.2% of their giving
$250K
11. War Eagles Air Museum Endowment Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$249K
12. New Mexico Multi-Cultural Foundation Inc
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $31K · through 2024 · 39.2% of their giving
$194K
13. Rocky Mountain Ham Radio Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $182K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$182K
14. Delta Dental Plan of New Mexico Inc
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$301K
15. New Mexico Community Foundation
24 grants to 11 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$703K
16. Life Center Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025 · 62.8% of their giving
$113K
17. Helen Greene Blumenschein Trust C/O Adams Brown Trust Solutions
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$100K
18. Vintage Albuquerque Fine Wine & Art Auction
8 grants to 7 organizations · largest $20K · through 2020 · 59.3% of their giving
$66K
19. Community Foundation of Northern Colorado
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$758K
20. Guilds of the Santa Fe Opera Inc Group Return
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$41K
21. The Taos Community Foundation Inc
24 grants to 9 organizations · largest $23K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$250K
22. Jewish Community Foundation of NM
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$106K
23. Nusenda Foundation
16 grants to 12 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$126K
24. Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 15.0% of their giving
$28K
25. The Council for Canadian American Relations Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $37K · through 2025 · 2.1% of their giving
$179K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in New Mexico, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 11 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in New Mexico. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in New Mexico, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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