Brindle Foundation
Santa Fe, NM · EIN 03-0466957. Reported 269 grants totalling $6,246,500 to 136 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Brindle Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $21,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $29,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $90,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Familia Medical Center | Santa Fe, NM | $212,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Children's Museum | Santa Fe, NM | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Las Cumbres Community Services | Santa Fe, NM | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Depot | Santa Fe, NM | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Nm | Albuquerque, NM | $143,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Shelters and Family Services | Santa Fe, NM | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western New Mexico University Foundation | Silver City, NM | $118,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gerard's House | Santa Fe, NM | $116,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Railyard Park Conservancy | Santa Fe, NM | $113,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unm - Family Development Program | Albuquerque, NM | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Growing Up Nm | Santa Fe, NM | $109,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Voices for Children | Albuquerque, NM | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Unm - Envision | Albuquerque, NM | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Heartline | Taos, NM | $99,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Many Mothers | Santa Fe, NM | $98,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breath of My Heart Birthplace | Espanola, NM | $95,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Child and Family Development Center San Juan College | Farmington, NM | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Presbyterian Medical Servicesearly Childhood Care | Santa Fe, NM | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA First Judicial District | Santa Fe, NM | $93,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation | Albuquerque, NM | $93,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nm Voices for Children | Albuquerque, NM | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Elizabeth Shelter | Santa Fe, NM | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tbt Fund (co the Birthing Tree) | Santa Fe, NM | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Unm - Department of Pediatrics | Albuquerque, NM | $86,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lanl Foundation Two Year Grant | Espanola, NM | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty Two Year Grant | Albuquerque, NM | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Fe Birth Center | Santa Fe, NM | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reach Out and Read | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Born State Program Office (co Santa Fe Community College Foundation) | Santa Fe, NM | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Kids Matter Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Twirl Play & Discovery Space | Taos, NM | $72,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Public Schools-Adelante | Santa Fe, NM | $72,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families | Santa Fe, NM | $71,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Born of Northern New Mexico (co Kiwanis of Las Vegas ) | Las Vegas, NM | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southwest Women's Law Center | Albuquerque, NM | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Las Cumbres Community Services (year 2 of Two Year Grant) | Santa Fe, NM | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Las Cumbres Community Services Two Year Grant | Santa Fe, NM | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Somos Un Pueblo Unido | Santa Fe, NM | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Mexico CASA Association | Albuquerque, NM | $57,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Think New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holy Cross Hospital-Family Navigators | Taos, NM | $56,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Breath of My Heart Birthplace (year 2 of Two Year Grant) | Espanola, NM | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breath of My Heart Birthplace Two Year Grant | Espanola, NM | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe Recovery Center | Santa Fe, NM | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nm Assoc for the Education of Young Children | Albuquerque, NM | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Audubon Nm | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Child and Family Developmenr Center San Juan College | Farmington, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Immigrant Law Center | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe Community College Early Childhood Center of Excellencekids Campus | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keres Children's Learning Center | Cochiti, NM | $45,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Community Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ole Educational Fund | Albuquerque, NM | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lanl Foundation | Espanola, NM | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western New Mexico University | Silver City, NM | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc of Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Keres Children's Learning Center Two Year Grant | Cochiti Pueblo, NM | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kids Counseling Inc | Las Vegas, NM | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nm Assoc for Infant Mental Health | Albuquerque, NM | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nm Center on Law and Poverty (year 1 of Two Year Grant) | Albuquerque, NM | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pegasus Legal Services for Children | Albuquerque, NM | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian Healthcare Foundationnorthern Roots | Albuquerque, NM | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prosperity Works | Albuquerque, NM | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nm Child Advocacy Network | Albuquerque, NM | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ensuenos Y Los Angelitos | Taos, NM | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty | Albuquerque, NM | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Queen Bee Music Association | Santa Fe, NM | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Child Advocacy Network | Albuquerque, NM | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Vistas | Santa Fe, NM | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Child and Family Development Center | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cuidando Los Ninos | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition (co Nm Foundation) Two Year Grant | Santa Fe, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nm Association for the Education of Young Children | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pueblo of Pojoaque | Santa Fe, NM | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Albuquerque, NM | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fathers New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fathers New Mexico (co Partners in Education) | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fathers Nm (co Partners in Education) | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Child Development Center | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition (year 1 of Two Year Grant) (co New M | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nm Doula Association (year 2 of Two Year Grant) | Albuquerque, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Community College Foundation (first Born State Program Office) | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Fe Community Collegekids Campus | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unm - Department of Pediatrics Division of Adolescent Medicine | Albuquerque, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nm Kids Matter Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unm - Evaluation Lab | Albuquerque, NM | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kiwanis of Lasvegas (first Born of Northern New Mexico) | Las Vegas, NM | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care | Albuquerque, NM | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nm State University Foundation Strengthening Border Families Project | Las Cruces, NM | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tewa Women United (year 1 of Two Year Grant) | Santa Cruz, NM | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Audubon | Santa Fe, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earthcare Nm | Santa Fe, NM | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Imagine Children's Museum | Taos, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nm Apppleseed | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nmilc | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Collaborative Teachers Institute | Albuquerque, NM | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Community College Foundation (eccoe) | Santa Fe, NM | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Counseling Center and Play Therapy Institute | Santa Fe, NM | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Mexico Doula Association | Las Cruces, NM | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nmaimh | Albuquerque, NM | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unm Section on Child Safety and Well-Being | Albuquerque, NM | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Birthing Tree (co Many Mothers) | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Collaborative Teacher's Institute (co Nm Reggio Emilia Exchange) | Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Embracing Equity | Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holy Cross Hospital(first Stepstaos Loves Kids) | Taos, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Mexico Breastfeeding Taskforce | Albuquerque, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Mexico State University Foundation Inc | Las Cruces, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nm State University Foundation--Strnegthening Border Families Project | Las Cruces, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences (year 2 of Two Year Grant) | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences Two Year Grant | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Santa Fe New Mexican | Beaverton, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Learning Center | Espanola, NM | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Embudo Valley and Community Center | Dixon, NM | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Embudo Valley Library and Community Center | Dixon, NM | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Fe Community College Foundation (collaborative Teachers Institute) | Santa Fe, NM | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Carnelian Center | Dixon, NM | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inspire Bilingual Early Learning Center (co Golden Willow) | Arroyo Hondo, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Care Nm | Santa Fe, NM | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nm Wilderness Alliance | Albuquerque, NM | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern New Mexico College | Espanola, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences | Santa Fe, NM | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Libraries and Literacy Rio Rancho Inc | Rio Rancho, NM | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Fe Watershed Association | Sante Fe, NM | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Imagination Library of Grant Co | Silver City, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Mexico Environmental Law Center | Albuquerque, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nm Environmental Law Center | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reel Fathers | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reforma De Nueva Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bold Futures | Albuquerque, NM | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nm Womenorg | Sante Fe, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tewa Women United | Santa Cruz, NM | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Digdeep Navajo Water Project | Losangeles, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Espanola Valley Humane Society | Espanola, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Four Corners K-9 Search and Rescue Project | Farmington, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indigenous Lifeways | Gallup, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of New Mexico | Denver, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
63 of 136 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Las Cumbres Community Services
TO SUPPORT THE QUE CUTE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND NEWBORNS - Lanl Foundation Two Year Grant
TO SUPPORT A TRIBAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR PATHWAY - New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty Two Year Grant
TO SUPPORT LEGAL AND POLICY ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF NM'S BABIES, TODDLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES - Breath of My Heart Birthplace
TO SUPPORT QUALITY MIDWIFERY CARE TO UNDERSERVED FAMILIES - La Familia Medical Center
TO SUPPORT ESTABLISHING CENTERING PREGNANCY, A GROUP PRENATAL CARE PROGRAM - Las Cumbres Community Services Two Year Grant
TO SUPPORT THE QUE CUTE PROGRAM FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND NEWBORNS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 115 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | $1,415,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 70 | $1,717,000 | $21,000 |
| 2023 | 62 | $1,506,000 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 72 | $1,608,500 | $20,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in New Mexico. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $21,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Mexico.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Brindle Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 31696, Santa Fe, NM, 87594. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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