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Santa Fe private foundations

There are 169private foundations in the greater Santa Femetro area. Combined, these Santa Fe metro private foundationsemploy 40 people, earn more than $72 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Santa Fe

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
169
$71,577,816
Corporate foundations
6
$28,781,281
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Sizes of private foundations in Santa Fe

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
105
$250k to $1M
18
$1M to $5M
7
$5M to $25M
3
$25M to $100M
0
$100M+
0
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Directory of private foundations in Santa Fe

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Thornburg Foundation

The Thornburg Foundation is a private foundation located in Santa Fe, NM. It made 145 grants last year and its grantees include Common Cause Education Fund. It is supported by Garrett Thornburg.
Revenue
$12.6m
Assets
$141.6m
Employees
5
EIN
85-0457010
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lannan Foundation

The Lannan Foundation is a private foundation located in Santa Fe, NM that made $13,380,724 in annual grants last year. Grantees include Center For Economic Research & Social.
Revenue
$6.7m
Assets
$115.1m
Employees
8
EIN
36-6062451
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Carroll Petrie Foundation

The Carroll Petrie Foundation funds education, conservation, and animal welfare programs, granting 124 awards last year and operating from Santa Fe, NM.
Revenue
$22.1m
Assets
$306.7m
Employees
7
EIN
13-3912203
IRS type
501(c)(3)

McCune Charitable Foundation

We are dedicated to enriching the health, education, environment, cultural, and spiritual life of New Mexicans. The Foundation memorializes its benefactors through proactive grantmaking that seeks to foster positive social change.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$91.8m
Employees
4
EIN
85-0429439
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brindle Foundation

The Brindle Foundation is a private foundation that provides general operating support, general support, and general program support. It made grants last year to organizations such as La Familia Medical Center. It is located in Sante Fe, NM.
Revenue
$4.8m
Assets
$31.6m
Employees
1
EIN
03-0466957
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jonathan and Kathleen Altman Fndtn

Jonathan and Kathleen Altman Fndtn is a Santa Fe, NM family foundation that funds diverse projects and made 55 grants last year.
Revenue
$4.1m
Assets
$29.5m
Employees
0
EIN
85-0470898
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Eugene V and Clare E Thaw Charitable Trust

The Eugene V and Clare E Thaw Charitable Trust is a Santa Fe, NM-based foundation that mostly funds general support, towards renovation of the hall of northwest coast indians, to transform a former college campus into a center for the visual arts.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$80.8m
Employees
1
EIN
13-3081491
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Frost Foundation

The Frost Foundation operated exclusively for educational, charitable and religious purposes. The Frost Foundation was named in honor of Edwin Ambrose Frost and Virginia Chapelle Frost.
Revenue
$1.7m
Assets
$31.2m
Employees
2
EIN
72-0520342
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Con Alma Health Foundation

The Con Alma Health Foundation is a Santa Fe-based private foundation funding healthcare initiatives, recognizing grantees like the New Mexico Foundation.
Revenue
$1.7m
Assets
$32.7m
Employees
4
EIN
85-0484396
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Encantado Foundation

Encantado Foundation funds nonprofits in STEM workforce and technology ecosystem. Private foundation located in Santa Fe, made six grants last year.
Revenue
$952.4k
Assets
$358.3k
Employees
1
EIN
86-3422348
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Giving Well Foundation

Private foundation in NM funding general causes, medical expenses, Ukrainian relief, Mongolian hospitals; made 13 grants including Link Hands For Hope.
Revenue
$14.4k
Assets
$14.3m
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-3192223
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Simon Charitable Foundation

The Simon Charitable Foundation is a private foundation located in Santa Fe, NM that awards scholarships and maintains supportive programs with direct and continuing interaction to enable simon scholars. The foundation made seven grants last year.
Revenue
$1.3m
Assets
$1.3m
Employees
5
EIN
27-3309123
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Smiles From Drew

Smiles From Drew is a private foundation in Santa Fe, NM that was founded in 2016.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
81-2268854
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Foundation To Promote Higher Education

Foundation To Promote Higher Education is a private foundation in Santa Fe, NM that was founded in 2017.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
81-5143136
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Chess Association of the Deaf

American Chess Association of the Deaf is a private foundation in Santa Fe, NM that was founded in 2021.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
85-4394193
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Santa Fe Institute for Mediumship and Spiritual Studies

Santa Fe Institute for Mediumship and Spiritual Studies is a private foundation in Santa Fe, NM that was founded in 2022.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
85-2234559
IRS type
501(c)(3)

THRIVE Community School Foundation

The THRIVE Community School Foundation is a private foundation located in Santa Fe, NM that primarily funds classrooms, with grantees including Thrive Community Charter School. Last year, the foundation made one grant.
Revenue
$418.4k
Assets
$57.6k
Employees
0
EIN
88-2759623
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of the Nambe Badlands

Friends of the Nambe Badlands is a private foundation in Santa Fe, NM that was founded in 2021.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
86-3287951
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Santa Fe Boys Educational Foundation

The Santa Fe Boys Educational Foundation fosters understanding of boys at risk through research, mentoring, and dialogues on developmental challenges and gender differences.
Revenue
$117.6k
Assets
$18.6k
Employees
0
EIN
46-4028030
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Center for Land Grant Studies

The Center for Land Grant Studies researches and distributes books and materials about land and water rights issues of traditional communities in New Mexico.
Revenue
$203
Assets
$15.0k
Employees
N/A
EIN
85-0257068
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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