Funding search · EIN 850457010 · Santa Fe, NM

Thornburg Foundation

Name: Thornburg Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

420
grants reported: $18.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

water mexico education agriculture building government policy public

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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.

Santa Fe Community Foundation15 grants · $1.0M
Prepared To Teach Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors3 grants · $525,000
Common Cause Education Fund5 grants · $500,000
Western Landowners Alliance3 grants · $470,000
Unm Foundation5 grants · $389,883
Common Cause of New Mexico3 grants · $350,000
Election Reformers Network4 grants · $345,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership3 grants · $335,000
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation5 grants · $311,000
New Mexico in Depth3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$6.1M

2022

$5.8M

2023

$6.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 420 grants.

$250,000
Common Cause of New Mexico · Washington, DC · 2022
The new mexico pledge for good government
$225,000
Prepared To Teach Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Provide technical assistance for teacher residency programs at nm colleges of education
$220,000
Western Landowners Alliance · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
New mexico land stewartship initiative
$200,000
Catalyst Education · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Nm public education department- research support
$175,000
Prepared To Teach Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
To provide technical assistance for teacher residency programs at nm colleges of education
$175,000
Western Landowners Alliance · Denver, CO · 2023
New mexico land stewardship initiative, phase 9
$175,000
Bank Street College of Education (Prepared To Teach) · New York, NY · 2022
Supporting the development of quality teacher residency partnerships across nm
$160,405
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Security · Oakland, CA · 2024
The untapped potential of water supply alternatives in nm project
$150,000
Ndi-Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General operating
$150,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
The new mexico pledge for good government
$150,000
Ndi-Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General operations
$150,000
Growing Up New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Growing up new mexico: policy (formerly the nm early childhood development partnership)
$150,000
National Dance Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Operating support
$145,000
Career Guidance Institute · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Improving school leadership in nm phase i and iii
$136,000
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation · Espanola, NM · 2024
Principal licensure work group and residency advocacy project
$135,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2022
Increasing the pace and scale of headwaters restoration in nm to enhance water resilience
$130,606
Central New Mexico Community College Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Implement accelerated associate degree cohorts for early childhood and k-12 teacher education prog
$130,000
Ogallala Land & Water Conservancy · Clovis, NM · 2024
Conserving groundwater for community survival and sustainable land use in eastern nm project
$125,000
Prepared To Teach Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
To provide technical assistance for teacher residency programs at nm colleges of education
$125,000
New Mexico Tech Foundation · Socorro, NM · 2023
Water programs stimulus: leading the way on water education and applied science for nm
$125,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
S3 santa fe housing initiative
$125,000
Nm School for the Arts -Ai · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Operating support nmsa head of school
$125,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Building foundation and strategic solutions addressing homelessness in santa fe
$120,000
New Mexico Ethics Watch · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Operating support
$110,000
Election Reformers Network · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Redistricting efforts and stakeholder engagement in nm
$110,000
Election Reformers Network · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Supporting key nm activities: redistricting and ethics working group
$100,000
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$100,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$100,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Democracy in a new era project work in new mexico
$100,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
New mexico groundwater resilience project
$100,000
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support teacher residencies across nm at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
$100,000
New Mexico in Depth · Rio Rancho, NM · 2024
Good government reporting project
$100,000
New Mexico School for the Arts - Art Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General operating
$100,000
Rio Grande Return · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Watershed restoration capacity, outreach and development project
$100,000
Rural Community Assistance Corporation · West Sacramento, CA · 2024
Strengthening regional collaboration among taos county public water systems project
$100,000
The Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Housing policy initative project
$100,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024
Strengthening watershed and climate resiliency policy solutions in nm's rio grande watershed project
$100,000
Unm Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
State and local government journalism partnership project
$100,000
Water Finance Exchange · Washington, DC · 2024
Nm water/wastewater infrastructure coordination committee and tribal working group project
$100,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$100,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support teacher residencies across nm at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
$100,000
New Mexico in Depth · Rio Rancho, NM · 2023
Good government reporting project
$100,000
New Mexico School for the Arts - A1 · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General operations -2nd installment
$100,000
New Mexico School for the Arts - A1 · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General operations - 1st installment
$100,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership · Washington, DC · 2023
Strengthening watershed and climate resiliency policy solutions in nm
$100,000
Unm Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
State and local government journalism partnership
$100,000
Western States Water Council · Murray, UT · 2023
Optimizing federal funding for priority water initiatives and projects in nm
$100,000
Audubon Southwest · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Building a resilient water future for new mexico
$100,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Design & implement undergraduate residencies across new mexico
$100,000
Growing Up New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Growing up new mexico: the early childhood partnership - policy
$100,000
Jb Hunt Jr Inst Educational Leadership & Policy Foundation · Durham, NC · 2022
Elevating the voice of nm's business community in education
$100,000
New Mexico in Depth · Rio Rancho, NM · 2022
Expanding coverage of good government issues
$100,000
Nm School for the Arts -Ai · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Fund for pursuing federal funding opportunities
$93,750
New Mexico School for the Arts - A1 · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Leadership support grant
$88,000
New Mexico Acequia Association · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Acequia policy engagement for water resilience and food security
$85,000
Teach Plus · Boston, MA · 2024
Teach plus new mexico teacher leadership programming project
$85,000
Rio Grande Return · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Watershed and riparian restoration
$85,000
New Mexico First · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Nm agriculture resiliency plan
$81,239
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
New mexico water task force support and beyond
$80,000
Connected · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Improving college and career pathways in rural new mexico
$80,000
Connected · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Four corners college and career pathways partnership
$80,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Pursuing federal funding program
$80,000
Career Guidance Institute · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Leadership matters: preparing principals to get results for students and schools
$80,000
Catalyst Education · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Supporting nm ped's strategic priorities
$80,000
Connected the National Center for College and Career · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Bringing college and career pathways to rural nm
$78,850
New Mexico Farmers' Marketing Association · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Nmfma grant 3/3 payments
$78,850
New Mexico Farmers' Marketing Association · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Expanding value chain coordination and retail engagement for increased local crop production and sales
$75,000
Amigos Bravos · Taos, NM · 2024
Strengthening watershed and climate resiliency policy solutions in nm rio grande basin project
$75,000
Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
A year for water: amplifying the need for water protection in nm project
$75,000
Election Reformers Network · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Redistricting public education and stakeholder engagement in nm
$75,000
Institute for Responsive Government · Chicago, IL · 2024
Resilient elections network - general operating
$75,000
National Center On Teacher Quality · Washington, DC · 2024
Galvanizing efforts to ensure high quality alternative certification programs project
$75,000
New Mexico Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts · Carlsbad, NM · 2024
Technical assistance and support to non-profits to apply for federal funds project
$75,000
New Mexico Community Trust · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Pathways to opportunity pooled fund
$75,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Nm local news fund project
$75,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Accessing public funds project
$75,000
The Quivira Coalition · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Investing in relationships for resilient working lands project
$75,000
Western Landowners Alliance · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
New mexico land stewardship initiative
$75,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2024
Improving water governance and river protections in nm project
$75,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
Audubon southwest - building a resilient water future for nm
$75,000
New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts · Carlsbad, NM · 2023
Funding and technical assistance for nm agriculture producers
$75,000
Rural Community Assistance Corporation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Strengthening regional collaboration among public water systems in northern nm
$75,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Nm local news fund
$75,000
Teach Plus · Boston, MA · 2023
To train and support exceptional teachers to lead statewide advocacy
$75,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2023
Improving water governance and river protection in nm
$75,000
American Civil Liberties Union · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Last grant installment for police accountability strategist and general operating support
$75,000
National Young Farmers Coalition · Hudson, NY · 2022
Building young farmer leaders in new mexico
$75,000
New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts · Carlsbad, NM · 2022
Financial and technical assistance for nm agriculture producers
$75,000
Rural Community Assistance Partnership · Washington, DC · 2022
Policy analysis and advocacy for regional water sustainability
$75,000
Santa Fe Community College Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Sfcc early childhood center to sustain and expand the first born home visiting program
$75,000
Teach Plus · Boston, MA · 2022
Train and support exceptional teachers to lead statewide advocacy
$75,000
Western Resource Advocates · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Improving water governance and river protection in new mexico
$73,000
New Mexico Tech Foundation · Socorro, NM · 2022
Water leadership workshop 2022
$70,000
National Young Farmers Coalition · Albany, NY · 2024
Building young farmer leaders in nm project
$70,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
New mexico state legislative graduate fellowship project
$70,000
New Mexico Tech Foundation · Socorro, NM · 2023
Leadership and technical support to address nm groundwater challenges
$69,883
Unm Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Nm state legislative graduate fellowship
$65,182
National Conference of State Legislators · Denver, CO · 2022
Water governance and funding: a comparative analysis of new mexico and other states
$65,000
New Mexico Coalition To End Homelessness · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
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