Littleglobe

What Littleglobe does

Littleglobe is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit multi-arts organization headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that designs and delivers community-based storytelling, filmmaking, and collaborative arts programs for individuals, schools, civic agencies, and cultural institutions across Northern New Mexico. The organization began as ensemble projects in New York City in 2000 under founders Molly Sturges and Chris Jonas, was incorporated as a nonprofit in Santa Fe in 2005, and in 2024 transitioned to indigenous-led governance under Co-Executive Directors Dylan Tenorio (Kewa Pueblo) and Aurora Escobedo (Pueblo of Tesuque). Its program portfolio spans individual storytelling training (Community Storytellers, Little Globe TV/LGTV, Inside/Outside, Lifesongs, Crossings, Moment, Memorylines, Commonground), collaborative organizational storytelling (Convivio Southside, ¡Presente!, City of Dreamers, Newcomers, Our Time is Now, Bus Opera), and amplify/impact projects (Midtown Block Party, Santa Fe Historic Preservation Project, Circles: Honoring Indigenous Santa Fe), all built around a documented co-authorship methodology in which stories are created with participants rather than about them.

The organization's technology stack centers on professional video production, editing, and collaborative media creation tools applied to documentary, performance, and broadcast outputs rather than a software product platform; no proprietary software or API surface is disclosed. Revenue mechanics are a hybrid nonprofit model: tax-deductible individual donations (suggested tiers of $20, $50, $250, plus monthly recurring), foundation grants (LANL Foundation, McCune Charitable Foundation, New Mexico Arts, NEA), government contracts (City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture and Historic Preservation Departments, New Mexico Higher Education Department/GEAR UP), and fiscal-sponsorship administrative fees from sponsored projects (SeedBroadcast, Waking the Oracle). Distribution is community-based rather than commercial: PBS/NMPBS broadcasts reach tens of millions of US households (Our Time is Now), YouTube and the organizational website deliver LGTV citycasts to tens of thousands, and live performances at venues such as the Lensic Performing Arts Center anchor regional engagement. Customer/partner segments include individuals and community members, community organizations and schools, and Indigenous communities; the organization also provides fiscal-sponsorship services to grassroots arts projects.

Name

Littleglobe

Legal name

Littleglobe, Inc.

Website

https://littleglobe.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Littleglobe is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit multi-arts organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that delivers community-based storytelling, filmmaking, and arts programs for Indigenous, immigrant, and underserved communities across Northern New Mexico using a participatory co-authorship methodology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Arts and Storytelling Programs

NAICS

Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (71151)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Short-Form Documentaries (MPADADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Short-Form Video for Education & Microlearning Platforms (MPACAHAK), Early Childhood Educational Media (Songs, Stories, Interactive) (EDAGALAC)

Keywords

• Community storytelling programs
• Participatory arts education
• Filmmaking training workshops
• Nonprofit arts organization
• Indigenous cultural programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Fe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individual supporters, with suggested amounts of $20, $50, $250, or custom amounts. Donors can also send checks directly.
2. Grants and Funder Support: Funding from government agencies (City of Santa Fe, New Mexico Higher Education Department), foundations (LANL Foundation, McCune Charitable Foundation, New Mexico Arts), and national organizations. Little Globe is supported by generous local and national organizations and donors.
3. Fiscal Sponsorships: Little Globe provides fiscal sponsorship services to other arts organizations like SeedBroadcast and Waking the Oracle, receiving administrative support fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Little Globe creates community-based storytelling, filmmaking, and arts programs that support individuals and organizations in telling their own stories. Its work spans individual storytelling education and mentorship, collaborative storytelling projects with schools and civic partners, and impact/amplification initiatives that give platforms to underrepresented voices in Northern New Mexico. Programs are delivered through workshops, training cohorts, documentary film productions, live multi-arts performances, and an online citycast (Little Globe TV).

Product overview

Littleglobe is a community-based multi-arts organization offering a portfolio of collaborative storytelling and media arts programs. The core offerings include Individual Storytelling programs (Community Storytellers, Little Globe TV, Inside/Outside, Lifesongs, Crossings, Moment, Memorylines, Commonground), Collaborative Storytelling programs (Convivio Southside, ¡Presente!, City of Dreamers, Newcomers, Our Time is Now, Bus Opera), and Amplify & Impact programs (Midtown Block Party, Santa Fe Historic Preservation Project, Circles). These programs provide storytelling education, mentorship, filmmaking training, and platforms for communities to co-create and share artistic works, centering on ethical storytelling values and community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Littleglobe TV (LGTV): An online citycast created in response to COVID-19, produced by multi-generational filmmakers devoted to creating equity by amplifying resident voices of Santa Fe.
• Community Storytellers

Products and services

• Community Storytellers A 12-week community storytelling and filmmaking training program that trains community members in storytelling and video production to create and share stories of personal relevance and history, fostering a sense of belonging and cultural agency among residents of Northern New Mexico.
• Newcomers Program A storytelling, filmmaking, and media-making workshop for recently immigrated students (mainly from Mexico and Central America) at Capital High School in collaboration with Communities in Schools (CIS), helping students share their immigration stories through film while strengthening community bonds.
• Convivio: Southside Celebration A community-driven pop-up civic center and neighborhood gathering created by Santa Fe Southside residents to celebrate, share space across cultures and languages, and connect with neighborhood assets and resources.
• Little Globe TV (LGTV) An online citycast created in response to COVID-19, produced by multi-generational filmmakers devoted to creating equity by amplifying resident voices of Santa Fe. Features investigative journalism, animation, short comedy, personal essays, music videos, and documentary profiles.
• ¡Presente! A multi-disciplinary collaborative storytelling project dedicated to collecting and artistically sharing personal histories and contemporary reflections on displacement and belonging in Santa Fe, culminating in multimedia performances at schools and the Lensic Performing Arts Center.
• Our Time is Now A collaborative documentary film project that worked with hundreds of high school students across New Mexico, training them in filmmaking skills to create a feature documentary exploring perspectives, challenges, and dreams of their future lives, broadcast nationally across PBS networks.
• Bus Opera A moving opera performed on active Santa Fe city buses, exploring real and imagined stories, interactions, and personal dreamscapes of Santa Feans in collaboration with residents and civic partners.
• Inside/Outside: Stories of Incarceration and Reentry A film and re-entry pilot program with former inmates in Albuquerque's Metropolitan Detention Center, collaboratively telling stories of challenges faced post-release including addiction, violence, and family history.
• City of Dreamers An NEA-funded bilingual program combining film training and student-driven community engagement at Capital High School, culminating in multimedia events showcasing documentary videos, live radio production, and music to challenge misconceptions about the Southside community.
• Midtown Block Party A community engagement event inviting Santa Fe community members to share their voices and ideas for development possibilities at the former Santa Fe University of Art and Design site, featuring video workshops, film screenings, and interactive activities.
• Memorylines An intergenerational creative project bringing together 25 community participants ages 8 to 87 across economic, generational, and cultural lines, illuminating underrepresented expressions about immigration, self-identity, culture, home, and community through opera performance.
• Commonground TOC A rural community collaboration in Cuba, NM and the Diné villages of Torreon and Ojo Encino, bringing together over 150 community members for arts-based creative engagement resulting in a festival of film, storytelling, movement, poetry, spoken word, and music.
• Lifesongs An end-of-life musical project with elders in hospice and care centers collaborating with musicians, artists, and writers to create expressions blending wide-ranging musical and cultural traditions, shared in multiarts staged performances.
• Moment A six-month intergenerational ensemble project with residents of O'Connell Court public sheltered housing, creating Tea Performances integrating video, storytelling, movement, sound art, and music for older adults including those with dementia.
• Crossings with the Creative Center for Women with Cancer A performance piece created collaboratively with 12 women and six women artists from different disciplines about their lives, cancer, and connection, resulting in sold-out performances.
• Santa Fe Historic Preservation Project A film project collaborating with current residents and those with family legacies in Santa Fe's historic neighborhoods, using interviews as subjective data to update Santa Fe's historic code toward cultural conservation.
• Circles: Honoring Indigenous Santa Fe A multi-arts experience blending song, dance, spoken word, and visual storytelling into a vibrant celebration of Indigenous culture, presence, and resilience, created in collaboration with the Santa Fe Indigenous Center.

Quantifiable outcome

• Tens of millions of US homes reached via PBS broadcasts of 'Our Time is Now' documentary
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• Santa Fe Indigenous CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Indigenous community storytelling projects including the 'Circles: Honoring Indigenous Santa Fe' multi-arts ensemble performance.
• New Mexico PBScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-production and broadcast partnership for documentaries including 'Our Time is Now' and 'Inside/Outside' which aired nationally on PBS networks.
• Lensic Performing Arts CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-presenting partner for multi-disciplinary performances including Memorylines opera and ¡Presente! performances at the Lensic.
• City of Santa FecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Arts & Culture Department, Economic Development Department, and Historic Preservation Department for civic storytelling projects.
• Santa Fe Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnerships with schools including Capital High School for youth storytelling and filmmaking programs.
• Communities in Schools (CIS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWraparound services organization collaborating on the Newcomers program for recently immigrated students, supporting them in staying in school and achieving through storytelling.
• New Mexico Higher Education Department / GEAR UPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState partnership for the 'Our Time is Now' documentary project working with high school students across New Mexico.
• Earth CaresupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner organization in Santa Fe for environmental and social programming.
• Chainbreaker CollectivesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal collective partner for community organizing and advocacy-related storytelling projects.
• Santa Fe Art InstitutesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerArts organization partner for creative programming and cultural initiatives.
• Santa Fe Southside Teen CentersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth partner organization for teen media and storytelling programs.
• Nambe Pueblo Tewa Roots SocietysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPueblo organization partner for Indigenous youth programming including the Tewa Roots Society Teen Coalition.
• Drug Policy AlliancesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization partnering on documentary films to advance drug policy reform through humanizing stories of addiction.
• Santa Fe Fire Department's Mobile Integrated Health ProgramsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner for the 'These People Are Me' documentary project featuring Matthew Martin and Andres Mercado.
• Tewa Women UnitedsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndigenous women's organization partner for youth media project 'For You' with A'Gin Youth Council.
• Youth Media ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedia arts organization merged into Little Globe, bringing youth media programming and Katy Gross to the team.
• SeedBroadcastminorOthersFiscal sponsorship recipient - grassroots food and seed sovereignty project exploring creative practices.
• Waking the OracleminorOthersFiscal sponsorship recipient - intergenerational community wisdom sharing through music, dance, storytelling and participatory arts.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Scribe Video Center: A Philadelphia-based nonprofit providing video production and media-arts education to underrepresented communities. Directly comparable in operating model (community-based video training, documentary production, youth programs) and in serving low-income and minority populations.
• Vision Maker Media: A Native-led nonprofit that supports the creation, distribution, and broadcast of indigenous stories through public media. Closely comparable to Littleglobe on the indigenous-led storytelling dimension, PBS distribution model, and public-media partnership structure.
• Appalshop: A community-based media arts organization in Appalachia producing films, recordings, and cultural programs from and about its region. Highly comparable as a place-based, mission-driven media-arts nonprofit combining documentary filmmaking, youth training, and cultural preservation — directly analogous to Littleglobe's model in Northern New Mexico.
• Youth Radio / YR Media: A youth-driven media organization producing journalism, radio, and digital content with young people from underrepresented communities. Comparable as a youth-focused media-arts training nonprofit, though more journalism-oriented than Littleglobe's multi-arts and documentary work.
• Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC): A nonprofit media arts organization providing training, production services, and preservation to independent filmmakers and community storytellers. Comparable in the media-arts training and community-content production space, with a similar nonprofit operating model.
• Kartemquin Films: A Chicago-based independent documentary nonprofit producing socially-engaged films for over 50 years. Comparable as a mission-driven documentary production nonprofit, though more nationally/internationally focused and larger in scale than Littleglobe.

Broad incumbents

• StoryCorps: A national nonprofit dedicated to recording and preserving oral histories from communities across the United States. Comparable in mission (community-centered storytelling, ethical interview practices, NPR/PBS distribution), though larger scale and broader geographic reach than Littleglobe.
• The Moth: A nonprofit storytelling platform that produces live storytelling events, a Peabody-winning podcast, and educational programs. Comparable in the community-storytelling focus and in producing widely-distributed story content, though with a more curated/national event model.

Regional players

• Center for Asian American Media (CAAM): A nonprofit that promotes Asian American stories in film, television, and digital media, with significant PBS/public-media distribution. Comparable in mission (underrepresented-community storytelling), public-media partnership model, and documentary production focus — but serving a different demographic community and geographic focus.

Others

• Tewa Women United: A New Mexico-based indigenous women's organization that partners with Littleglobe on youth media programming. Comparable as an indigenous-led Northern New Mexico community organization collaborating on storytelling work, though operating primarily in advocacy rather than media production.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/littleglobeinc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLTDzwCaWFUrpveOGlv29uFcghiPEH-Tmv
• Facebookfacebook.com/littleglobe.nm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/littleglobe-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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