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## User look at groudnworks mission and activities https://www.groundworksnm.org/ As the work with other non-profits in New Mexico, make an educated guess at the categories of sources of revenue for groundworksnm and then do a second category and amount for the aggregate of the non-profits they work with. eg mental health, child welfare, homelessness are services they provide. but I only want the source of revenues, eg philanthropic, national grants, nm oil and gas state revenue, etc.
## Assistant Groundworks New Mexico appears to be funded overwhelmingly by private contributions and grants, with a small but consistent stream from fee‑for‑service training and membership; by contrast, the aggregate nonprofits they support likely draw a much larger share from government (including NM oil and gas–backed state revenue) alongside philanthropy and earned income.jotform+1 Below I separate (1) a grounded estimate of Groundworks’ revenue mix, and (2) an analytic, sector‑level estimate for their member/service‑area nonprofits in New Mexico.
#### 1. Groundworks NM: mission, activities, financial profile Groundworks describes itself as a capacity‑building membership association for New Mexico’s “social sector,” uniting funders and nonprofits through collaboration, strategic partnerships, and training programs. It offers nonprofit workshops, trainings, and professional development, and acts as a convening/intermediary body rather than a direct human‑services provider.groundworksnm+1 Their IRS Form 990 data from 2018–2023 show a very consistent pattern: 88–97% of revenue comes from “Contributions,” with 3–11% from “Program Services” (fees), and negligible investment income. In 2023 specifically, contributions were 96.5% of total revenue, program services 2.8%, and investment income 0.7%, with no income reported from royalties, rentals, fundraising events, or sales. This strongly suggests Groundworks is funded mainly by grants and donations from foundations, corporate philanthropy, and individual donors, with a modest fee‑for‑service stream from trainings, memberships, and related services.groundworksnm+1
#### 2. Interpreted revenue categories for Groundworks NM Using the Form 990 line items plus their role and membership, we can reinterpret the “Contributions” and “Program Services” buckets into the kinds of revenue sources you asked about (philanthropic, government, etc.). This is necessarily an informed reconstruction, but it aligns with both their public positioning and typical US nonprofit funding structures.donorperfect+1 #### Groundworks New Mexico – estimated revenue sources (recent pattern, e.g., 2023) | Revenue source category | Rationale (mapped from 990 + role) | Approximate share of total | | --- | --- | --- | | Private philanthropy – NM and national foundations | Nearly all “Contributions” are likely foundation and donor‑advised fund grants, given their origins as an association of grantmakers and their funder‑heavy membership.linkedin | ~55–65% | | Corporate philanthropy and corporate‑linked foundations | Corporate funders (banks, utilities, regional corporates) are typical partners for statewide capacity‑building intermediaries.cabq+1 | ~10–15% | | Individual major donors and small gifts | Some share of general contributions almost certainly comes from individual donors, board networks, and small campaigns.jotform | ~5–10% | | National philanthropic networks / intermediaries | Likely pass‑through or capacity grants from national networks supporting philanthropy and nonprofit infrastructure (e.g., “funders for…” collaboratives).groundworksnm+1 | ~10–15% | | Government grants – State of NM and local governments | Their 990 history does not show high federal grant volume, and there is no audit trigger; any government support is likely small capacity or contract grants. | ~0–5% | | Federal grants | No evidence of large federal grant inflows (no federal single audits and a modest budget), so at most a marginal source. | 0–2% | | Earned income – training, membership dues, consulting fees | 2.8–11% of revenue each year comes from “Program Services,” consistent with fees for workshops, conferences, memberships, and advisory services.groundworksnm+1 | ~5–10% | | Investment income and other | Small interest/dividends (under 1% of revenue) plus essentially zero royalties, rents, or sales. | <1% | So in shorthand: **Groundworks is predominantly philanthropy‑funded, with a minor earned‑income component and very limited direct government money.**linkedin+2
#### 3. Aggregate revenue sources: the nonprofits Groundworks supports Groundworks’ members and partner organizations span mental health, child welfare, homelessness, education, arts, and broader social services. For those direct‑service nonprofits operating in New Mexico, the funding pattern is structurally different from Groundworks itself. Sector surveys and national guidance for nonprofit funding show that most service organizations draw from a mixed portfolio: individual donors, foundations, corporate support, and especially local/state/federal government grants and contracts.groundworksnm+4 New Mexico organizations additionally tap into state revenues underpinned by oil and gas (e.g., via state appropriations and agency grants), tribal and pueblo funding streams, and community foundations and place‑based funders specific to the region. Given the policy environment, service domains like Medicaid‑funded behavioral health, child welfare, and housing/homelessness often rely heavily on state and federal public dollars routed through agencies and managed‑care entities.cabq+4 #### Aggregate picture – likely revenue categories for Groundworks’ service‑provider partners in NM Below is an analytic “roll‑up” of revenue categories for the nonprofits Groundworks works with, emphasizing mental health, child welfare, homelessness, and related human services in New Mexico. This is not Groundworks’ own 990 data; it is a sector‑level synthesis using typical funding structures and NM‑specific context.tax.newmexico+3 | Revenue source category | How it typically appears in NM human‑services nonprofits | Heuristic share of aggregate revenue | | --- | --- | --- | | State government grants & contracts (including NM oil & gas–backed) | State general funds and special funds (some backed by oil and gas severance/royalty revenue) for behavioral health, child welfare, housing, etc.tax.newmexico+1 | ~30–40% | | Federal grants & pass‑through funds | Medicaid reimbursements, HUD homeless services, SAMHSA, DOJ, child welfare grants, often routed via state agencies or local governments.tax.newmexico+2 | ~20–30% | | Local government funding (counties, cities, tribal governments) | County health and human services, city homelessness initiatives, tribal health and social programs, local contracts and grants.cabq+1 | ~5–10% | | Private foundations – NM‑based | Community foundations (e.g., Albuquerque Community Foundation), regional family foundations, place‑based funds supporting social services.cabq+1 | ~10–15% | | National/private foundations | National program grants in mental health, child welfare, housing, often for pilots, innovation, and capacity building.jotform+2 | ~5–10% | | Corporate philanthropy and sponsorships | Utility, bank, insurance, and regional corporate giving, including sponsorships and in‑kind support.cabq+1 | ~3–7% | | Individual giving – major donors and small donors | Annual campaigns, events, online giving, workplace giving; important but often smaller as a share for safety‑net agencies than for arts/education.jotform | ~5–15% | | Earned income – service fees, program fees, sliding‑scale payments | Counseling fees, training fees, tuition, some fee‑for‑service contracts not classified as grants.jotform+1 | ~3–10% | | Earned income – social enterprise / mission‑related business activities | Thrift stores, cafés, housing‑linked enterprises, etc., in a minority of organizations but sometimes significant locally.jotform+1 | ~0–5% | | Investment income, rents, and other | Endowment earnings for larger orgs, building rentals, etc.; often small except for a few large players.jotform+1 | ~0–5% | In qualitative terms: for the **aggregate** of Groundworks’ human‑service partners in New Mexico, public funding (state, federal, local) plausibly forms **roughly half or more** of total revenue, with the balance coming from philanthropy, individual donors, and earned income. Within the “public funding” slice, a non‑trivial share ultimately derives from NM’s oil and gas production, via state general funds and earmarked revenue that back social‑service appropriations.instrumentl+3
#### 4. Groundworks vs. its network – side‑by‑side To make the contrast explicit: | Dimension | Groundworks NM (intermediary) | Typical Groundworks‑served NM human‑services nonprofit | | --- | --- | --- | | Core role | Capacity‑building, convening funders and nonprofits, training, sector leadership.groundworksnm+2 | Direct service delivery in mental health, child welfare, homelessness, etc. | | Main revenue type | Contributions (grants/donations) 88–97% of revenue, small program‑fee stream. | Mixed: large reliance on government grants/contracts plus philanthropy and earned income.tax.newmexico+1 | | Public vs. private balance | Heavily private (foundations, corporate, individual); minimal direct government income.linkedin | Public funding often ≥50% (state, federal, local), especially in health and housing.tax.newmexico+2 | | Oil & gas–linked NM revenue | Indirect at most, via state grants for capacity, if any. | Material, via state general funds and specific appropriations whose base is oil and gas revenue.tax.newmexico+1 | | Earned income role | Training/membership/consulting fees roughly 3–10% of budget.groundworksnm | Often modest but can be significant for clinics, social enterprises, tuition‑based programs.jotform+1 | If you’d like, I can next build a more quantitative toy model (e.g., a revenue‑mix vector) for a few archetypes in their network (rural behavioral health clinic, urban homelessness service provider, statewide child‑advocacy org) and express those as compositional comparisons to Groundworks’ own mix. For your purposes, is it most useful to refine the estimate specifically around **state/oil‑and‑gas linked revenue** versus “pure” philanthropic dollars, or do you also want a more detailed breakdown of **earned‑income modalities** (Medicaid billing vs. other fee‑for‑service vs. social enterprise)?
## Assistant The linked Perplexity page itself is not directly accessible, but the underlying estimate it gave about Groundworks NM’s funding mix is broadly consistent with the public 990 data and with standard nonprofit finance patterns, with a few caveats around precision and government/oil‑and‑gas attribution.projects.propublica+2 Below I “process” that estimate: where it is well‑grounded, where it is necessarily speculative, and how I would tighten or re‑frame it if you want to use it analytically.
#### 1. What Perplexity’s estimate is basically getting right From what you described and from typical answer patterns, the Perplexity estimate likely asserted that: - Groundworks NM is primarily funded by contributions (grants/donations) with a smaller program‑service revenue stream. - The contributions are largely from private philanthropy (foundations, corporate, individual), not predominantly from direct government contracts. - By contrast, the aggregate of human‑service nonprofits Groundworks supports (mental health, homeless services, child welfare, etc.) rely more heavily on state/federal/local government, including NM oil‑and‑gas backed state revenue, plus some mix of philanthropy and earned income. All three of these are well‑supported by external data: Groundworks’ 990 filings show that roughly 88–97% of their revenue comes from “Contributions” and only 3–11% from “Program service revenue,” with negligible investment or other income. Sector‑level guidance and surveys of nonprofit funding confirm that direct‑service organizations depend heavily on government grants and contracts, especially in health and human services.jotform+2 So at the coarse level (who is mostly philanthropy‑funded vs who is mostly government‑funded), the structure of that estimate is sound.
#### 2. Where the estimate is necessarily speculative Several parts of the funding breakdown can only be heuristics without detailed internal data or a large sample of member 990s: - **Within “Contributions” for Groundworks**: The 990 tells us the total contributions amount and its share of revenue but does not separately identify foundation vs corporate vs individual vs government inside that line, unless there are large individual grants noted in schedules. Any partition into “X% foundations, Y% corporate, Z% individuals” is an educated guess, not directly observed.projects.propublica - **Exact share of government vs philanthropy for the aggregate network**: We can say that health/human‑service nonprofits in New Mexico often have ≥50% public funding (state/federal/local), but the exact split (e.g., 35% state, 20% federal, 10% local) is model‑based, not extracted from a defined cohort of organizations.donorperfect+2 - **Oil and gas attribution inside state revenue**: It is correct that a significant portion of New Mexico’s general fund is oil‑and‑gas derived, and that many social‑service line items sit in that general fund; however, attributing a precise percentage of any given nonprofit’s revenue to “oil and gas” is a second‑order inference. You can say “a non‑trivial share of state revenue is oil‑and‑gas backed,” but not “12% of X nonprofit’s total revenue is from oil and gas” without strong assumptions.tax.newmexico In other words, Perplexity’s answer is structurally right but numerically under‑determined unless it clearly labels those percentages as heuristic scenarios.
#### 3. How the estimate aligns with Groundworks’ actual
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