Brindle Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your work is in New Mexico or on tribal lands and focuses on prenatal-to-three services or early childhood systems, the foundation's stated focus fits you.
- Organisations must have a board-approved comprehensive non-discrimination policy covering employees, volunteers and services, and individuals, religious purposes and political activity are not funded.
- Typical grants fall between $5,000 and $45,000, with a median of $22,000, and new grantee partners are stated to receive up to $20,000, so a modest request in that range suits the foundation's usual pattern.
- Proposals respond to posted Requests for Proposals through the website's online portal and are due in September; first-time applicants are asked to contact staff before applying.
- In the filing, 82% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups the foundation had also funded in earlier filings, so the process leans towards existing relationships, though a new applicant should not be put off.
Overview
Brindle Foundation is a US private foundation based in Santa Fe, NM.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation focuses its grantmaking on early childhood, defined as prenatal to three, with particular interest in underserved populations. It has two funding streams: statewide systems strengthening and direct services in specified New Mexico counties and tribal lands. Systems work includes tribal or statewide advocacy and policy, innovation, coordination and organisational strengthening, and higher-education training, education or research. Direct-service programmes should advance the well-being of infants, toddlers and their families or caregivers; approaches include prenatal support, maternal and infant healthcare, home visiting, parent and caregiver education, workforce strengthening and early-childhood development. The foundation encourages collaboration between organisations and supports projects or programmes for one- or two-year periods. It also makes a small number of invited grants outside its early-childhood focus, reflecting interests including social justice and protection of the natural environment.
Themes
- Prenatal-to-three services
- Early childhood systems
- Advocacy and policy
- Maternal and infant healthcare
- Social justice
- Natural environment
Geographic Focus
New Mexico; tribal lands; Colfax; Mora; Rio Arriba; San Miguel; Sandoval; Santa Fe; Taos.
What They Don't Fund
- Individuals
- Religious purposes
- Political activity
- Organizations whose boards have not passed a comprehensive policy of non-discrimination applying to employees, volunteers, and services
How to apply
Applicants respond to posted Requests for Proposals through the website’s online portal.
Deadlines: Proposals are due in September.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 82% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 204 grants to organisations were $22,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- First-time applicants should contact foundation staff before applying to check eligibility.
- The foundation considers the organisation’s size and proposed work when determining awards.
- Collaborative efforts between two or more organisations are encouraged.
- Applicants must have a board-approved comprehensive non-discrimination policy covering employees, volunteers and services.
- Grantees are expected to share updates and learnings, through an interim conversation or brief written report and a final written report.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 4% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 82% of grant dollars went to organisations Brindle Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 72 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $20,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Las Cumbres Community Services · To support the que cute program for expectant mothers and newborns$60,0002024 tax year
- Breath of My Heart Birthplace · To support quality midwifery care to underserved families in rio arriba co$55,0002024 tax year
- Child And Family Developmenr Center San Juan College · For high-quality care and ed to young children, families, students, & broader community$50,0002024 tax year
- La Familia Medical Center · To hire a pt perinatal/ob chw for high-risk patients during pregnancy$47,0002024 tax year
- NM Voices For Children · To support advocacy and policy measures that benefit young children and their families$45,0002024 tax year
- Santa Fe Children's Museum · To support programs for 0-3 through community, mobile outreach, and ed resources$45,0002024 tax year
- Western New Mexico University · To support therapeutic classrooms for young children who have had developmental trauma$42,0002024 tax year
- Presbyterian Healthcare Foundationnorthern Roots · To support northern roots program addressing ec hunger in taos and san miguel counties$40,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Nancy H Schwanfelder — Secretary
- Craig Schwanfelder — Vice President / Treasurer
- Kevin Schwanfelder — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,201,105 | $1,717,000 | $33,736,922 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,922,212 | $1,506,000 | $36,991,161 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,024,206 | $1,608,500 | $41,182,643 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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Applying to Brindle Foundation?
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Contact
- (505) 986-3983
- info@brindlefoundation.org
- Santa Fe, NM
- brindlefoundation.org
Applying to Brindle Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (505) 986-3983
- info@brindlefoundation.org
- Santa Fe, NM
- brindlefoundation.org