Open Foundations · New Mexico

Continental Divide Electric Education Foundation

Grants, New Mexico · EIN 850365720. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $262K across 95 grants in 2025, a median of $2K each.

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$262K
paid in 2025
95
grants paid
$2K
median grant
34%
to first-time recipients
$6.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ELECTRIC EDUCATI
Address
PO BOX 1087, GRANTS, NM, 87020
Phone
5052856656
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ELECTRIC CO-OP'S GRANTS OFFICE, 1821 CLIF LEAR AVE, GRANTS, NEW MEXICO. THE APPLICATION CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE COOPERATIVE'S WEBSITE HTTPS://CDEC.COOP/SCHOLARSHIPS. THE APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: COMPLETED AND SIGNED SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION, AN OFFICIAL HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT STATING YOUR CURENT GRADE POINT AVERAGE, OR A COPY OF GED CERTIFICATE, AND TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS OR SUPERINTENDENT FROM THE SCHOOLS ATTENDED. APPLICATION INCLUDES AN ESSAY OF APPROXIMATELY 200 WORDS.
Submission deadline
MARCH 31, 2026
Restrictions on awards
APPLICANTS MUST BE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CO-OP OR IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF CO-OP MEMBERS. AN ACTIVE MEMBER IS SOMEONE WHO CURRENTLY RECEIVES CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE. RECIPIENTS MUST USE THE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY TO PURSUE AN ESTABLISHED BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEW MEXICO. STUDENTS MUST CARRY AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AT LEAST 12 CREDIT HOURS (FULL-TIME), PER SEMESTER. GRANTS OF UP TO $4,000 ARE AWARDED EACH YEAR. THE NUMBER OF GRANTS AND AMOUNT DEPEND ON FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT A STUDENT CAN RECEIVE FROM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS $16,000 FOR FOUR YEARS AT THE CURRENT AWARD. RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A 2.5 G.P.A. AND EARN 12 CREDIT HOURS, PER SEMESTER, FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP TO BE RENEWED EACH SEMESTER.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641289349103004. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 95 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Bear Isaac EagleNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
2Bratzel KoltonNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
3Chavez EbonyNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
4Cooper IsabellaNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
5Egan EmmaNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
6Everhart TylerNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
7Gamboa AuroraNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
8Gonzales HunterNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
9Hobbs Nathan MNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
10James AriannaNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
11Kallestewa KariNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
12Kee TherynNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
13Kester AlfonsoNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
14King GwynethNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
15Lalio KeaylieNM$4,000SCHOLARSHIP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202092$266K
202182$252K
202287$250K
202387$254K
202495$270K
2025 (partial year)95$262K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
New Mexico100%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Claudio RomeroDIRECTOR · 2025
Joe HoskinsSECRETARY/TREASURER · 2025
Keith GottliebPRESIDENT · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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