The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedFARMINGTON, NM, 87499The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$349K
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$0
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$35.1K
FY2024
Expenses
$364K
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$35,063
$364,335
$349,296
$0
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Mutual benefit$32.5K · 5
Public and societal benefit$1,000 · 1
Where recipients are
NM$821K · 123
AZ$1,017 · 1
CO$1,000 · 1
Based on the 5% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
125 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
FARMINGTON MUSEUMFARMINGTON, NM
OCTOBERFEST CONCERT PERFORMANCE EXPENSE
$10,000
2024
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Michael Hesse
Chairman
0.00
$0
Catherine Pope
Treasurer
0.00
$2,294
Kristen Cochrane
Trustee
0.00
$0
Virgene Stan
Secretary
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$0
FY2023
990-PF
$86,703
$122,115
$114,764
$329,272
$329,272
FY2022
990-PF
$42,105
$98,896
$90,594
$364,684
$364,684
FY2021
990-PF
$59,144
$73,089
$68,092
$421,780
$421,780
FY2020
990-PF
$36,817
$81,352
$78,004
$434,083
$434,083
FY2018
990-PF
$463,929
$81,723
$75,884
$694,496
$694,496
FY2017
990-PF
$211,367
$49,581
$46,135
$312,290
$312,290
FY2016
990-PF
$8,673
$1,325
$925
$150,504
$150,504
CALIENTE COMMUNITY CHORUS
BLANCO, NM
GRANT FOR AREA CONCERT PERFORMANCE.
$9,000
2024
AZTEC MUSEUM ASSOCAZTEC, NM
MUSICIAN FEES FOR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.
$7,440
2023
AREA DANCE STUDIOS-DANCE SEMINARFARMINGTON, NM
GRANTS TO VARIOUS LOCAL DANCE STUDIOS FOR DANCE SEMINARS.
$7,250
2024
SAN JUAN SYMPHONYFARMINGTON, NM
GRANT FOR SAN JUAN SYMPHONY'S CONCERT
$7,000
2017
AZTEC MUSEUMAZTEC, NM
MUSICIAN FEES FOR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.
$6,400
2022
BONNIE ADAMSFARMINGTON, NM
GRANT FOR DIGITAL ART PROJECT.
$6,360
2024
PIEDRA VISTA HIGH SCHOOLFARMINGTON, NM
GRANT FOR THEATER PRODUCTION.
$6,000
2024
MASADA HOUSEFARMINGTON, NM
GRANTS FOR FUNDRAISING CONCERT.
$6,000
2024
CITY OF FARMINGTON-HEATHER MCGAUGHEFARMINGTON, NM
GRANT FOR CHILDREN'S THEATER.
$6,000
2024
INSPIRE HEARTFARMINGTON, NM
GRANTS FOR STUDENT ART THERAPY PROJECTS IN THE SAN JUAN COUNTY, NM AREA
$5,467
2022
HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOLFARMINGTON, NM
EXPENSES FOR COMPOSING MUSIC AND STUDENT WORKSHOPS.
$5,104
2023
THE ARC OF SAN JUAN COUNTYFARMINGTON, NM
GRANT FOR ARTS ACADEMY.
$5,000
2024
FARMINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATIONFARMINGTON, NM
GRANT FOR SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
$5,000
2024
DELSHEREE GLADDENFARMINGTON, NM
GRANT FOR WRITERS' WORKSHOP.
$5,000
2024
KAREN ELLSBURYFARMINGTON, NM
LEGACY AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN SAN JUAN COUNTY,NEW MEXICO.
$5,000
2022
ALEX BENALLYFARMINGTON, NM
LEGACY AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN SAN JUAN COUNTY,NEW MEXICO.
$5,000
2022
THEATER ENSEMBLE ARTSFARMINGTON, NM
GRANT FOR COMMUNITY THEATER.
$5,000
2024
AZTEC HIGH SCHOOLAZTEC, NM
GRANT FOR CHOIR TRIP .
$4,600
2023
MANN DANCE ACADEMYFARMINGTON, NM
DANCE STUDIO EXPENSE FOR ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER BALLET.
$4,435
2024
JAZZ JAMS PROGRAMFARMINGTON, NM
MUSICIAN FEES AND EXPENSES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
$4,154
2018
CALIENTE COMMUNITY CHORUSBLANCO, NM
GRANT FOR AREA CONCERT PERFORMANCE.
$4,000
2023
SOUTHWEST CIVIC WINDSFARMINGTON, NM
GRANTS FOR A CONCERT WITH NAVAJO STUDENTS.
$4,000
2024
FRANCES VITALIFARMNGTON, NM
GRANT FOR ORAL HISTORY PROJECT.
$3,900
2018
AZTEC CHAMBER OF COMMERCEAZTEC, NM
GRANT FOR PAINTED PIANOS PROJECT FOR AZTEC, NM AREA