Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$534,160

Total expenses

$602,164

Contributions and grants received

$527,274

Grants paid

$444,461

Program service revenue

$1,191

Investment income

$5,695

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$308,442

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$308,442

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$600,342

Management and general expenses

$1,822

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$600,342

Program services were 99.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• City of Artesia, NM- Artesia Police Department Modular Vehicle Barrier System -Greater Artesia Foundation partnered with the City of Artesia & Artesia Police Department to purchase a modular vehicle barrier system to enhance public safety during city-hosted events. This system will be used to protect attendees from potential risks, ensure effective traffic management, and allow designated event areas to be securely closed to vehicles. This initiative supports the organization's mission to promote the well-being and safety of the Artesia community and its residents.

  Expenses $404,996 · Grants $404,996

• PACKS OF LOVE - Packs provides sacks of easy to prepare foods weekly on Fridays to Artesia, New Mexico school kids whose only meals are those provided at school and therefore need additional assistance during the Artesia Public School calendar year. The students are recommended to the program by school counselors. There was an average of 200 students per week which is approximately 5% of Artesia Public Schools. Packs of Love also provides food bags and meat vouchers to the families of participants at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Students received Christmas gifts that included blankets, gingerbread houses, custom water bottles, custom duffle bags and other holiday themed items. Packs of Love has an average of 20 volunteers per week.

  Expenses $60,877

• SENIOR SALUTE- 168 (78%) of the graduating Artesia High School Seniors and 83 of their guests participated in multiple activities until 4:30 a.m. of the morning following their graduation. This indoor lock-in event was designed to keep graduates safe on the night of their high school graduation, a night that has become known as fraught with tragedy. This program began in 1995 and the tradition has continued for the class of 2025. There were 60 adult volunteers who helped with preparation prior to the event and served through the night as well. There were casino type games, dancing, Minute-to-Win-It and several sports available, and seniors were awarded tickets from the games that they were able to cash in toward prize raffles throughout the night. The prizes were donated by local merchants. Seniors staying until the morning were awarded a cash prize of approximately $165 each as an incentive to stay at the event and stay safe.

  Expenses $33,894 · Grants $27,690

• MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS - GAF administers the funds for four scholarship programs. For fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, 5 southeast New Mexico high school graduates received scholarship payments from these funds. Each scholarship fund has a volunteer review committee that includes members of the school staff. These committees choose the recipients based on pre-set criteria created when the scholarship was funded. Students must provide their acceptance letter and college class schedule initially and their grades for scholarships paid after their first semester. Scholarship checks are paid to and mailed directly to the college/university.

  Expenses $5,750 · Grants $5,750

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $4,147 · Grants $1,725

• MY NEIGHBORHOOD - Continues to improve, maintain and operate the Community Garden located on City of Artesia property at 911 Dallas Street in Artesia, NM. This project hopes to influence and improve a challenged neighborhood. My Neighborhood is partnering with the Artesia Garden Club to manage individual plots while offering plant care tips as they spend a significant amount of time at the garden. The Artesia Garden Club has oversight over the public areas of the garden in which they tend to the rose garden, border beds and alleyway. The garden contains multiple individual planter boxes for use by individuals, families, groups, clubs, schools and other organizations. There is a community area in the garden in which anyone interested in beautifying the area can come contribute. The greenhouse allows users to begin their garden from seed to infant plants before they are transitioned to a their home or garden plot. New projects this year included a mini library that was installed by the Lion's Club Leos. Other civic groups such as the Boy & Girl Scouts, Chase Foundation Scholarship recipients, Artesia High School Honor Society have provided service work at the garden.

  Expenses $15,132

• WOMEN FOR A BETTER ARTESIA - The WFBA committee serves Artesia, NM by providing educational and volunteer opportunities aimed at enhancing quality of life. Dedicated to community improvement, the organization hosts quarterly luncheons and various events throughout the year. The organization hosted the second annual Women of Impact event to honor outstanding women in the local community across multiple categories, including education, public service, entrepreneurship, athletics, arts and creativity, oil and gas, healthcare, nonprofit leadership, and Woman of the Year. The event celebrated achievements, fostered community recognition, and supported the organization's mission to highlight and empower women making a meaningful impact in Artesia.

  Expenses $18,786 · Grants $1,000

• ARTESIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS book vending machines - Four local elementary schools were reimbursed for the purchase of book vending machines. These machines function like traditional vending machines but dispense books, encouraging literacy and rewarding positive student behavior. Each school selects age-appropriate books that students can earn through academic achievement or good citizenship. This initiative promotes reading, supports student development, and aligns with the organization's mission to enhance educational opportunities for Artesia's youth.

  Expenses $17,960

• SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN - During the summer of 2024, Greater Artesia Foundation coordinated a community partnership to provide lunches to children after learning the Artesia Public School system was unable to operate its usual summer meal program due to construction. Working with other nonprofit organizations such as Eddy County United Way, local businesses, and the local hospital, meals were prepared and distributed at the Artesia Recreation Center on weekdays throughout the summer until school resumed in August. This initiative ensured that children in the community continued to receive nutritious meals and supports the organization's mission to enhance the well-being of Artesia residents.

  Expenses $12,000

• ARTESIA PUBLIC LIBRARY - provides both the physical and virtual library spaces. They offer various programs such as the Summer Reading Program, book clubs, arts & crafts and other library services such as Genealogy research and newspaper archives. A donation was provided from designated funds for the Libraries as Launchpads program. The library purchased new podiums for their conference rooms and a new Presentation System that includes interactive digital ePosters, interactive 4k displays, and multiple media players that are installed by a technician. This new equipment will be used in conference rooms for meetings, library announcements, and during specific programming offered by the library.

  Expenses $23,500

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $3,300 · Grants $3,300

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• City of Artesia

  $404,996

  City of Artesia, NM- Artesia Police Department Modular Vehicle Barrier System -Greater Artesia Foundation partnered with the City of Artesia & Artesia Police Department to purchase a modular vehicle barrier system to enhance public safety during city-hosted events. This system will be used to protect attendees from potential risks, ensure effective traffic management, and allow designated event areas to be securely closed to vehicles. This initiative supports the organization's mission to promote the well-being and safety of the Artesia community and its residents.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

17 December 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202513519349300021

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