Working to empower our communities to realize racial and gender equality and social and economic justice. We work primarily in low-income communities of color to gain community control of our land and resources through grassroots organizing, leadership development, education, and mass-based civic engagement.
Southwest Organizing Project centers racial and gender equality through grassroots organizing in low-income communities of color, with a clear emphasis on community control of land and resources. Its recent giving shows that focus in practice: the largest listed grant is $20,000 to La Plazita Institute for youth justice, followed by a series of $10,000 awards to Albuquerque-based organizations working with young people and families. That pattern aligns with the foundation’s broader work in youth rights, youth justice, media justice, feminisms and gender justice, food justice through Project Feed the Hood, environmental justice, movement building, and fiscal sponsorship. The foundation also uses fiscal sponsorship as part of its infrastructure for community groups that align with its mission. In the recent grants list, The Haven, Nm Asian Family Center, and Pegasus Legal Services for Children each received support in the same funding area, indicating a consistent local role in backing organizations serving justice-involved and at-risk youth. With annual grants of $100,000 and total assets of $4,499,907, the funder’s profile points to concentrated, place-based grantmaking rather than a broad national portfolio.
Youth justice is the clearest theme in the recent grants list. Southwest Organizing Project gave $20,000 to La Plazita Institute for youth justice, then made additional $10,000 grants for the same purpose to Youth Development Inc and Pegasus Legal Services for Children. Those awards fit its stated interest in juvenile rehabilitation, diversion programs, restorative justice, and alternatives to incarceration. Its community work also includes fiscal sponsorship and movement-building support. The active SWOP Fiscal Sponsorship program serves grassroots groups in New Mexico and the Southwest United States, and the organization processes donations, issues IRS receipts for gifts of $250 or more, completes federal tax forms, and provides financial reporting. The foundation’s stated focus areas also include media justice, feminisms and gender justice, food justice through Project Feed the Hood, and environmental justice, showing a mix of advocacy, organizing, and community-based support.
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000. The recent record also includes one larger $20,000 grant, but most listed awards sit at the same level. The grants shown are all from 2025, so the excerpt does not show a multi-year recurrence pattern across recipients. Southwest Organizing Project operates as a 501(c)(3) with a fiscal sponsorship program, and that program explicitly accepts unsolicited support for aligned grassroots projects. The structure suggests a mix of direct grantmaking and administrative support for community organizations.
$90K
$4.5M
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Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
GEORGE LUJAN
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Grantmaking is fully concentrated in New Mexico: 100% of the listed grants go to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state, which is also the top giving state. The recent grants all land in Albuquerque, including La Plazita Institute, The Haven, Nm Asian Family Center, and Pegasus Legal Services for Children. The broader geographic scope of the active fiscal sponsorship program reaches the Southwest United States and New Mexico, but the recent grant list itself stays entirely local.
Its stated work centers on racial and gender equality and social and economic justice, especially in low-income communities of color. The focus areas listed include youth rights, youth justice, media justice, feminisms and gender justice, food justice through Project Feed the Hood, environmental justice, movement building, and fiscal sponsorship.
The typical grant size is $10,000. The reported p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000, which shows a very tight distribution around that level.
Yes. The active SWOP Fiscal Sponsorship program is listed as accepting unsolicited support for grassroots community groups that align with its mission.
The recent grants are entirely local to New Mexico, with 100% of the listed awards going to recipients in the state. The city shown across the recent grant list is Albuquerque.
The fiscal sponsorship program supports grassroots community groups aligned with the mission. The program notes that SWOP receives donations and grants on behalf of sponsored projects, processes donations, issues IRS receipts for gifts of $250 or more, completes federal tax forms, and provides regular financial reporting.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
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Who can apply: Projects must agree with SWOP's Vision and Mission statements. SWOP does not fiscally sponsor groups that participate in election campaigns or endorse/oppose candidates. A limited amount of lobbying is permitted but must be coordinated to avoid exceeding IRS lobbying limits.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PLAZITA INSTITUTE | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $90,000 | 2026 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| LA PLAZITA INSTITUTE | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $20,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| THE HAVEN | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| NM ASIAN FAMILY CENTER | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| KESHET DANCE AND CENTER FOR THE ARTS | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| NEW MEXICO RE-ENTRY CENTER | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| T NET LLC | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| PEGASUS LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| FRONTLINE RESURRECTION | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | YOUTH JUSTICE |
| EARTH CARE INTERNATIONAL | SANTA FE, NM | $6,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
KESHET DANCE AND CENTER FOR THE ARTS
$10,000YOUTH JUSTICE
NEW MEXICO RE-ENTRY CENTER
YOUTH JUSTICE
T NET LLC
$10,000YOUTH JUSTICE
FRONTLINE RESURRECTION
$10,000YOUTH JUSTICE
