Funding search · disability services and research · New Mexico
Who funds disability services and research work in New Mexico
15 funders have a record of paying for disability services and research work by New Mexico recipients: 31 grants totaling $3.3M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are McKinnon Family Foundation ($2.5M), Disabled American Veterans (Dav) Charitable Service Trust ($76,290) and J Korber Foundation ($24,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to New Mexico recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $1.0M to SANTA FE INSTITUTE — dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles of complex adaptive systems, including physical, computational, biological, and social systems
Disabled American Veterans (Dav) Charitable Service TrustErlanger, KYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $76,290 · through 2024Largest: $30,890 to ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM NEW MEXICO INC — rehabilitation / therapeutic
Largest: $8,000 to Casa Angelica — assisting developmentally disabled youth.
Largest: $28,000 to Biomimicry for Social Innovation — to support the 2021 living systems leadership training workshop by providing scholarships, and to support bsi to meaningfully adapt to pandemic-related contexts
Largest: $5,000 to INCREDABLE ADAPTIVE MMA — helping hands group grants
Largest: $25,000 to NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — nmsu/southwest grain collaborative trials and pipeline for regionally adapted, certified organic cover crop seed project
Largest: $10,000 to ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM NEW MEXICO — three sets of kids bi-skis
Largest: $2,500 to Carrie Tingly Foundation — support pediatric adaptive programs
El Paso Community FoundationEl Paso, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $49,995 · through 2023Largest: $49,995 to Ski Apache Adaptive Sports — support of adaptive skiers
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $267,560 · through 2023Largest: $267,560 to WESTERN LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE — adaptive grazing boosts prairie chicken habitat
Arc Thrift StoresLakewood, COCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $63,575 · through 2024Largest: $63,575 to THE ARC OF NEW MEXICO — support developmentally disabled
Community Foundation of SouthernLas Cruces, NMCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to Drought Adaptation Industries — general operations
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