The Thornburg Foundation office courtyard in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Who We Are · Careers

Careers built around New Mexico's hardest problems.

We're a lean team with real ownership over the issues we work on. If you want to do work that outlasts a news cycle, we'd like to hear from you.

02Why work here

Mission over metrics

We measure success in policy changed and systems strengthened — not grants processed. Every role here touches New Mexico's biggest challenges directly.

A small, trusted team

We're a lean staff that leans on each other. You'll have real ownership of your initiative area, not a narrow slice of it.

Rooted in New Mexico

Our work is grounded in the communities we serve. Most of our team lives, works and has deep ties across the state.

Built to last

We fund and staff for the long term — some of our initiatives have run for decades. We invest the same way in our people.