{"id":76018,"date":"2015-08-21T09:05:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=76018"},"modified":"2015-08-22T14:23:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T20:23:41","slug":"want-to-see-nonprofits-public-records-search-this-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2015\/08\/want-to-see-nonprofits-public-records-search-this-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to see nonprofits’ public records? Search this database"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently called\u00a0(with little response<\/a>) for nonprofits involved in politics in New Mexico to disclose information about their donors<\/a>. So, maybe that’s not going to happen. But there is a lot of public information — financial and otherwise — about such nonprofits available online.<\/p>\n

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The database includes financial information about New Mexico nonprofits, including those that are involved in politics and policymaking.\u00a0(photo cc info<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

ProPublica created a database<\/a> of more than 1.8 million tax returns from nonprofits nationwide. You can find lots of interesting financial\u00a0information there.<\/p>\n

For example, many of you have recently mentioned the Rio Grande Foundation in NMPolitics.net’s Facebook conversations.\u00a0You can find that nonprofit’s\u00a0tax returns here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Others some of you have mentioned include New Mexico Voices for Children<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0N.M. Communidades en Acci\u00f3n y de F\u00e9.<\/a>\u00a0They’re\u00a0in the database. Click on their names to find their returns.<\/p>\n

I can’t find the Southern New Mexico Business Coalition, which I’ve written about, but it’s relatively new and the database currently includes tax returns only through 2013.<\/p>\n