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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 26-1092395

Enchanted Life Foundation

A private foundation in Las Cruces, NM. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $40,700 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $40,700

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,771,688

  • Tax year 2023

    $45,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,781,958

  • Tax year 2022

    $52,420

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,655,021

  • Tax year 2021

    $40,560

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,647,277

  • Tax year 2020

    $45,251

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,634,994

  • Tax year 2019

    $49,109

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,528,724

  • Tax year 2018

    $44,408

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,526,027

  • Tax year 2017

    $45,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,569,922

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA

    Scholarship program

    $12,000
  2. Casa de Pergrinos IncLas Cruces, NM

    Hunger Strike program

    $10,000
  3. El Paso Community FoundationEl Paso, TX

    Mamacitas Ciberneticas - Digital Literacy

    $10,000
  4. Benedictine Sisters of ErieErie, PA

    Medication cart for retired sisters' home

    $3,200
  5. Community Foundation of Lincoln CountyRuidoso, NM

    Emergency Shelter Fund

    $2,500
  6. Border Servant CorpsLas Cruces, NM

    Food purchases

    $1,500
  7. St Matthias SchoolChicago, IL

    Scholarship program

    $1,500

Approved for future payment

2 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. El Calvario United Methodist ChurchLas Cruces, NM

    Kitchen Incubator program

    $15,000
  2. Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA

    Scholarship program

    $12,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $12,50051% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $12,00049% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania2 grants $15,200
  2. New Mexico3 grants $14,000
  3. Texas1 grant $10,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Philip V Spina JrPresident Hours 10Pay $0
  • David W SpinaVP/Treasurer Hours 10Pay $0
  • Elizabeth A GrinnellVP/Secretary Hours 15Pay $0
  • ME NelsonVP/Exec Dir Hours 35Pay $35,681
  • Jeffrey T NelsonDirector Hours 5Pay $0
  • Marc D SpinaDirector Hours 10Pay $0
  • Jeremy M SpinaDirector Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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