Funding search · EIN 276185888 · Artesia, NM

The Estelle H Yates Foundation

Name: The Estelle H Yates Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

48
grants reported: $7.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $47,900
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

artesia enhancement curriculum outreach renovations theater senm auditorium

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Artesia Public Schools7 grants · $3.6M
City of Artesia3 grants · $1.8M
Artesia Arts Council7 grants · $461,396
Little Castle Learning & Development Center3 grants · $225,000
Artesia General Hospital Foundation2 grants · $223,284
New Mexico School for the Arts3 grants · $150,000
National Dance Insitute2 grants · $131,828
Pregnancy Help Center of Artesia2 grants · $100,800
Assurance Home3 grants · $93,659
Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico2 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$2.8M

2023

$2.7M

2024

$667,541

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$1.5M
City of Artesia · Artesia, NM · 2024
Woodbine Cemetery renovations
$1.4M
Artesia Public Schools · Artesia, NM · 2023
Auditorium Renovations
$898,770
Artesia Public Schools · Artesia, NM · 2022
Curriculum enhancement grant/auditorium renovations
$584,000
Artesia Public Schools · Artesia, NM · 2024
Curriculum Enhancement
$584,000
Artesia Public Schools · Artesia, NM · 2023
Curriculum Enhancement
$364,569
City of Artesia · Artesia, NM · 2023
Woodbine Cemetery renovations
$233,528
Artesia Arts Council · Artesia, NM · 2024
Operating & Theater Director's Salary
$216,000
Artesia Public Schools · Artesia, NM · 2025
Teacher Training & Curriculum Enhancement
$208,000
Artesia General Hospital Foundation · Artesia, NM · 2022
CT scan space renovation
$102,368
Artesia Arts Council · Artesia, NM · 2025
Operating
$100,000
Little Castle Learning & Development Center · Artesia, NM · 2025
Operating
$93,750
Little Castle Learning & Development Center · Artesia, NM · 2024
Operating
$85,000
Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Expansion of scholars program to Texas universities
$80,000
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
2 STEM stations at middle school
$69,400
Pregnancy Help Center of Artesia · Artesia, NM · 2024
Operating & Strategic Planning
$68,200
Pregnancy Help Center · Artesia, NM · 2025
Operating
$65,914
National Dance Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
SENM Program
$65,914
National Dance Insitute · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
SENM residency Program
$65,914
National Dance Insitute · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
SENM residency Program
$50,000
New Mexico School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Artesia Outreach Program
$50,000
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Artesia Outreach Program
$50,000
Artesia Arts Council · Artesia, NM · 2023
Operating
$50,000
New Mexico School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Artesia Outreach Program
$50,000
New Mexico School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Artesia programming
$45,800
Assurance Home · Roswell, NM · 2023
Employment Enhancement Initiative & Summer Program
$36,000
The Imagination Library of Grant County · Silver City, NM · 2023
Eddy County Programmming
$35,000
Assurance Home · Roswell, NM · 2024
Operating
$34,480
Grammy'S House · Artesia, NM · 2022
Storage shelter renovation
$34,000
Artesia Arts Council · Artesia, NM · 2022
General support
$31,400
Pregnancy Help Center of Artesia · Artesia, NM · 2023
Operating
$31,250
Little Castle Learning & Development Center · Artesia, NM · 2023
Operating
$31,000
Artesia Arts Council · Artesia, NM · 2023
Theater Director Salary
$30,000
New Mexico School for the Deaf · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Infant Hearing Diagnostic Project
$30,000
Friends of Camp Mary White · Lubbock, TX · 2024
Camperships & camper safety
$26,000
Regional Emergency Dispatch Authority · Artesia, NM · 2022
Eddy County 9-1-1 residential alarm integration
$15,284
Artesia General Hospital Foundation · Artesia, NM · 2023
Infant warmer for ER
$12,859
Assurance Home · Roswell, NM · 2025
Art therapy and residence program
$12,000
Artesia Mainstreet · Artesia, NM · 2023
Murals
$8,000
Artesia Public Schools · Artesia, NM · 2023
High Schol Choir trip
$7,000
City of Artesia · Artesia, NM · 2024
Public Library event
$6,700
Literacy Coalition of the Permian Basin · Midland, TX · 2025
Books for Hagerman Students' summer program
$6,000
Artesia Arts Council · Artesia, NM · 2025
Missoula Children's Theater
$5,000
Roswell Symphony Orchestra · Roswell, NM · 2025
In memory of Roxanne Yates
$5,000
Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Expansion of scholars program to Texas universities
$4,500
Creede Reperatory Theatre · Creede, CO · 2025
Alternative Learning through art
$4,500
Creede Reperatory Theatre · Creede, CO · 2024
Young Audience Outreach Tour in Artesia, NM
$4,500
Artesia Arts Council · Artesia, NM · 2023
Missoula Childrens Theater
$340
Artesia Public Schools · Artesia, NM · 2023
5th Grade Enrichment trip

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