New Mexico · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Religion in New Mexico

Imperigo has identified 86 funders that made 488 grants totaling $87.9M to 69 religion organizations in New Mexico, with a median grant of $19K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Religion Funding in New Mexico

Total granted $87.9M
Funders 86
Grants 488
Organizations funded 69

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
53 grants to 14 organizations · largest $5.6M · through 2024
$34.2M
2. United Way of Lea County Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $104K · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$467K
3. Greater Houston Community Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$7.9M
4. The Mandala Center Incorporated
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$200K
5. Impact Investing Charitable Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024
$4.0M
6. Illuminations Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2025 · 1.1% of their giving
$2.7M
7. Thrive in Southern New Mexico
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$109K
8. United Way of Chaves County
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$53K
9. New Mexico Affordable Housing Charitable Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2021 · 4.8% of their giving
$65K
10. Albuquerque Community Foundation
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024
$268K
11. New Mexico Community Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $204K · through 2022
$204K
12. Gordon Christian Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2019
$400K
13. Jewish Community Foundation of NM
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$51K
14. The Taos Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2024
$101K
15. The New Horizons Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $147K · through 2024
$267K
16. Nusenda Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $8K · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$32K
17. Tyndale House Ministries
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $31K · through 2024
$92K
18. Central Kentucky Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2023
$36K
19. Project42
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2024
$43K
20. doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2020
$66K
21. The Corps Network
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $68K · through 2023
$77K
22. Justice Outside
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024
$40K
23. Santa Fe Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024
$90K
24. The Signatry Charitable Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $291K · through 2024
$291K
25. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024
$185K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to religion 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 religion 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 religion funding in New Mexico, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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