Non-profit

Ark Foundation

Location:	Santa Fe, NM
Tax ID:	91-2125649
Tax-Exempt Status:	501(c)(3)
Budget (2022):	Revenue: $99,016 Expenses: $128,747 Assets: $1,764,843
Type:	Grantmaking foundation
Budget (2023):	Revenue: $64,484 Expenses: $147,578 Assets: $1,681,616 ¹

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The Ark Foundation is a grantmaking organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, financed and operated by the Dant Family. The Ark Foundation has provided funding to left-of-center organizations including the environmentalist group Center for Biological Diversity and the pro-abortion-access National Network of Abortion Funds. ¹

Activity

In 2023, the Ark Foundation contributed over $115,000 towards left-of-center organizations including the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Humanity and Inclusion, Reunity Resources, the National Network of Abortion Funds, and Partnership with Native Americans. ¹

The Ark Foundation has also provided grants to immigration legal advocacy group Santa Fe Dreamers Project, ² and in 2009, Ark Foundation contributed to the Santa Fe Conservation Trust. ³

Leadership

The Ark Foundation was founded and operated by the Dant family. As of 2023, all five of its trustees were members of the Dant family: Jack, Rebecca, Deborah, Richard, and Dahlia Dant. According to its 2023 tax forms, none of the trustees listed drew a salary from the foundation. ¹

A 2007 obituary for Mary Banks Dant listed her as the mother of trustees Deborah, Rebecca, and Richard Dant while Jack and Dahlia were listed as siblings of the next generation. Mary’s obituary also requested donations to the Japanese Garden Society of Oregon as well as the Ark Foundation. ⁴

Mary’s husband, Jack Dant, died in 1998. Jack married Mary in 1941, and after serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II, Jack became the owner and president of States Steamship Co. Jack retired in 1984. ⁵

Finances

According to its 2023 990 form, the Ark Foundation reported revenue of $64,484, $147,578 in expenses, and $1,681,616 in total assets. ¹

References

Ark Foundation.” ProPublica. Accessed July 19, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/912125649/202443209349107979/full.
“Santa Fe Dreamers Project is generously supported by:.” Santa Fe Dreamers Project. Accessed July 19, 2025. https://www.santafedreamersproject.org/our-funders-1.
“Annual Report 2010.” Sante Fe Conservation Trust. Accessed July 19, 2025. https://sfct.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2010_SFCT_Annual_Review.pdf.
“Mary Banks Dant.” San Francisco Chronicle. Accessed July 19, 2025. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/mary-dant-obituary?id=24721182.
“John Richard “Jack” Dant.” Find a Grave. Accessed July 19, 2025. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103996264/john-richard-dant.

Nonprofit Information

Accounting Period: December - November

Tax Exemption Received: December 1, 2001

Available Filings

Period	Form Type	Total revenue	Total functional expenses	Total assets (EOY)	Total liabilities (EOY)	Total contributions	Program service revenue	Investment income	Comp. of current officers, directors, etc.	Form 990
2022 Dec	Form PF	$99,016	$128,747	$1,764,843	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0	PDF
2021 Dec	Form PF	$115,498	$134,381	$1,793,948	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0	PDF
2020 Dec	Form PF	$81,721	$138,159	$1,811,531	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0
2019 Dec	Form PF	$123,159	$129,295	$1,865,856	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0	PDF
2015 Dec	Form PF	$70,370	$136,765	$1,790,548	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0	PDF
2014 Dec	Form PF	$195,487	$140,928	$1,856,881	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0	PDF
2013 Dec	Form PF	$213,006	$126,202	$1,801,716	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0	PDF
2012 Dec	Form PF	$74,152	$126,642	$1,715,113	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0	PDF
2011 Dec	Form PF	$91,406	$129,459	$1,767,585	$1	$0	$0	$0	$0	PDF

Additional Filings (PDFs)

Ark Foundation

903 W ALAMEDA ST 101
Santa Fe, NM 87501