CORPORATE PARTNER SPOTLIGHT

Thornburg Investment Management

Celebrating 40 Years of Philanthropy

As the Museum of New Mexico Foundation celebrates its 60th anniversary year in 2022, Thornburg Investment Management also marks a significant milestone this year.

Forty years ago, Garrett Thornburg founded a company where “philanthropic giving and volunteerism are part of the culture,” says Erin Cave, Thornburg’s director of corporate social responsibility.

Thornburg’s Foundation partnership began in 2005, intersecting the company’s values of community-minded excellence with the Foundation’s role as a steward of art, history and culture throughout the Museum of New Mexico system.

As a global investment firm headquartered in Santa Fe, Thornburg provides strategic advice to institutions, financial professionals and investors with offices in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The company oversees $49 billion in client assets and employs 250 people worldwide.

Thornburg also boasts an impressive record of corporate philanthropy, focusing on initiatives benefiting arts and culture in communities in northern and central New Mexico.

Cave says that Thornburg’s Foundation sponsorship as a $10,000 Lead Corporate Partner has numerous perks. She singles out a 2014 Judy Chicago exhibition at the New Mexico Museum of Art as a particularly memorable opportunity.

“It was such a popular exhibit, and it happened to coincide with one of our client due diligence meetings,” she says. “As part of our partnership, we were able to host our clients for a special viewing of the world-traveled exhibit.”

In addition to the Foundation, Thornburg’s philanthropic investments include support for more than 70 local, national and international organizations. The Thornburg Education Program supports classrooms attended by the children of Thornburg employees with $500 to $1,000 annually.

In honor of its 40th anniversary, Thornburg is focusing on initiatives with a direct impact on the environment, financial literacy and historically underrepresented groups.

Thornburg’s generous commitment to the Foundation this year includes support for the new Vladem Contemporary. “We are honored to deepen our partnership with the new Vladem Contemporary,” Cave says.

“We celebrate our New Mexico roots and history with the Museum of New Mexico Foundation,” Cave continues. “Together, we’ll continue to inspire the hearts and minds of future generations.”

For information on becoming a Corporate Partner, contact Mariann Lovato at 505.216.0849 or Mariann@museumfoundation.org.

Top: Thornburg Investment Management staff (left to right) Michael Nelson, Erin Cave and Michael Corrao. Photo courtesy Thornburg Investment Management.