STEM grants for nonprofits in New Mexico
49 private foundations reported 87 STEM grants to organizations in New Mexico on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $12.6M in all. 11 of them are based in New Mexico.
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Foundations that fund STEM in New Mexico
20 of the 49: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of STEM grants to New Mexico organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Gave $7.7M in 2024
Xcel Energy Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2024- Boys & Girls Clubs of Chaves & Lincoln Counties, Ruidoso - STEM career pathways$10,000
- Midway Youth and Family Developmental Center Inc, Dexter - STEM career pathways$9,000
- Inspired by Science, Carlsbad - STEM career pathways$8,000
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe - General support$198
- African Wild Dog Conservancy, Silver City - General support$127
- Laas - Los Alamos Academy of Sciences, Los Alamos - General support$39
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Gave $156.2M in 2024
Fidelity Foundation
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Central New Mexico Community College Foundation Inc, Albuquerque - Technology & equipment$500,000
- Homewise Inc, Albuquerque - Technology & equipment$400,000
- Dreamspring, Albuquerque - Technology & equipment$230,000
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Gave $89M in 2024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe - To support development of the arch platform for virtual collaboration of academic communities$535,120
- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe - To support a workshop on research disciplines engagement with ai$45,200
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PY Foundation
Artesia, NM · latest return: tax year 2024- Artesia Public Schools, Artesia - Science Curriculum Enhancement$211,820
- Inspired By Science, Carlsbad - Summer Science Camp$14,850
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Gave $49.3M in 2024
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- American Indian Science Engineering Society (AISES), Albuquerque - Support for research and programming to recruit and retain STEM professionals$100,000
- American Indian Science Engineering Society (AISES), Albuquerque - Support for research and programming to recruit and retain STEM professionals$50,000
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Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe - Using emergent engineering for integrating complex systems to achieve an equitable society$303,056
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The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc
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Carina Initiatives Inc
Torrance, CA · latest return: tax year 2023- Campersand Co, Albuquerque - General operating support$37,500
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Xq Institute
Oakland, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Santa Fe Indian School Inc, Santa Fe - Support pilot mastery-based math badging system in bie-funded high schools.$930
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Encantado Sandia Foundation
Albuquerque, NM · latest return: tax year 2024- New Mexico Community Trust, Albuquerque - The sole purpose of the Grant program is to support nonprofit effortsto strengthen the STEM workforce…$147,250
- Innovate Educate, Santa Fe - The sole purpose of the Grant program is to support nonprofit effortsto strengthen the STEM workforce…$125,000
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, Espanola - The sole purpose of the Grant program is to support nonprofit effortsto strengthen the STEM workforce…$22,250
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Gave $1.4M in 2024
The Electric Company Charitable Foundation
El Paso, TX · latest return: tax year 2024- New Mexico State University Foundation Inc, Las Cruces - Environmental Stewardship- funding to host an App Design Challenge focused on environmental stewardship…$26,250
- Dr Karen M Trujillo Memorial Foundation, Las Cruces - Education - Scholarship support focused on helping to training STEM teachers.$25,000
- New Mexico State University Foundation Inc, Las Cruces - Education - Young Women in Computing (YWiC),provides free computer science camps for K-12 students, focusing…$7,500
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Broadcom Foundation
Wilmington, DE · latest return: tax year 2025- American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Albuquerque - Fair Sponsorship/Broadcom Coding with Commitment$5,500
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque - Fair Sponsorship/Broadcom Coding with Commitment$2,500
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William H Miller III Foundation Inc
West Palm Beach, FL · latest return: tax year 2025- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe - General support$7,724,125
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Gave $3.6M in 2025
McKinnon Family Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe - Dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles of complex adaptive systems, including…$500,000
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Wicklow Foundation
Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe - The contribution of $185,000 is intended for the Santa Fe Institute$185,000
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Robert W Galvin Foundation
Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe - Public charity$150,000
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Gave $3.4M in 2024
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2024- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque - Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neural Diversity: From Stem Cells to Circuits. Principal Investigator…$75,000
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Amateur Radio Digital Communications
San Diego, CA · latest return: tax year 2025- American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Albuquerque - Provide 12 undergraduate scholarships to indigenous students pursuing STEM fields related to amateur radio…$72,000
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Red Rock Foundation Trust
Albuquerque, NM · latest return: tax year 2024- The University of New Mexico Foundation, Albuquerque - Health science library & informatics center student success fund$65,000
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Which STEM funders fit your nonprofit?
A free match ranks foundations by how they fund STEM in New Mexico and by grant size, with the grants behind each match. No sign-up to see the top 5.
Organizations several of these foundations fund
New Mexico organizations that received STEM grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Santa Fe Institute Santa Fe | 7 | $9,442,699 |
| American Indian Science and Engineering Society Albuquerque | 2 | $77,500 |
| University of New Mexico Albuquerque | 2 | $77,500 |
| Inspired by Science Carlsbad | 2 | $22,850 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in New Mexico that we classify as STEM, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 49 foundations, 20 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.