A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 74-2852254Arts and culture

Who funds Lea County Museum Inc?

6 private foundations gave Lea County Museum Inc in Lovington, NM $170,316 across 22 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

22 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Smith & Watson FoundationHobbs, NM 2024

    General support

    $750
  2. JF Maddox FoundationHobbs, NM 2023

    in honor of Mayor Robert

    $5,000
  3. Smith & Watson FoundationHobbs, NM 2023

    General support

    $750
  4. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $35
  5. JF Maddox FoundationHobbs, NM 2022

    General Operating Support - Honor of Executive Director Jim Harris

    $50,000
  6. Smith & Watson FoundationHobbs, NM 2022

    General support

    $750
  7. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $37
  8. JF Maddox FoundationHobbs, NM 2021

    Emergency Operating Support

    $30,000
  9. JF Maddox FoundationHobbs, NM 2021

    Pavilion Landscaping

    $21,926
  10. JF Maddox FoundationHobbs, NM 2021

    General Operating Support

    $15,000
  11. JF Maddox FoundationHobbs, NM 2021

    General Operating Support - Honor of Jim Harris

    $5,000
  12. Smith & Watson FoundationHobbs, NM 2021

    General support

    $1,000
  13. The Veteto FoundationHobbs, NM 2021

    Promotion of education

    $500
  14. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $48
  15. Stevan & Cynthia Pearce Charitable FoundationHobbs, NM 2020

    General support

    $10,000
  16. Smith & Watson FoundationHobbs, NM 2020

    General support

    $1,000
  17. JF Maddox FoundationHobbs, NM 2020

    General Operating Support - Memory of Dorothy Runnels

    $500
  18. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $20
  19. Paul L Foster Family FoundationEl Paso, TX 2019

    General support

    $25,000
  20. Smith & Watson FoundationHobbs, NM 2019

    General support

    $1,000
  21. Smith & Watson FoundationHobbs, NM 2018

    General support

    $1,000
  22. Smith & Watson FoundationHobbs, NM 2017

    General support

    $1,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in New Mexico and are not among Lea County Museum Inc’s funders above.

  1. Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation IncSanta Fe, NM 123 grants Accepts applications $2,850,500 to similar organizations
  2. PNM TNMP FoundationAlbuquerque, NM 60 grants Accepts applications $412,000 to similar organizations
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 83 grants Accepts applications $339,706 to similar organizations
  4. Gale Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 36 grants Preselected only $1,651,400 to similar organizations
  5. Thornburg FoundationSanta Fe, NM 40 grants Preselected only $1,923,000 to similar organizations
  6. Carl & Marilynn Thoma FoundationDallas, TX 18 grants Accepts applications $983,400 to similar organizations
  7. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company FoundationWinstonsalem, NC 16 grants Accepts applications $174,000 to similar organizations
  8. Texas Instruments FoundationDallas, TX 19 grants Accepts applications $119,760 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 74-2852254 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.