2022 Annual Report

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FOCUS 2022 ANNUAL REPORT

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Albuquerque Community Foundation would like to acknowledge Mr. Bill Lang of the Albuquerque Journal and Starline printing for donating the cost of printing for this report.

Every effort is made to maintain accurate records; however, mistakes may occur. If you feel your name should have been listed or is misspelled, please accept our apologies and contact the Foundation so we have correct information for future publications. The Foundation maintains a system of internal accounting controls designed to provide responsible assurance that transactions are properly executed and recorded in all material respects, assets are safeguarded and established policies and procedures are carefully followed.

community is our Mission: to build, invest and manage endowment funds to enhance the quality of our community through informed strategic grantmaking We strive to make charitable giving accessible to all, make investments that address the greatest needs and support the unique talents of Albuquerque. With continued conversation and community-informed giving, we are growing our impact, together.

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about the Community is Our Foundation Since we were founded in 1981, our mission has been to build, invest and manage endowment funds to enhance the quality of our community through informed strategic grantmaking. We are concerned with all aspects of community well-being and partner with donors, funders, leadership groups and nonprofits to build a vibrant future for Albuquerque and the surrounding four-county area. We pursue ways to make donations of all sizes in order to have a larger and longer impact than they would on their own.

In 2022, the Foundation: • Received contributions totaling over $14M • Grew assets under management to over $139M • Awarded $6.9M in grants • Updated the vision and values of the Foundation • Reevaluated our Annual Grant Cycle to simplify and streamline our grant process, offer greater transparency, and allow for more authentic relationships with nonprofits • Hosted a full calendar of events for the first time since 2019 • Said farewell to one of the Foundation’s staple events, Concours du Soleil • Hosted two free tax preparation events for the community in partnership with AARP • Celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Future Fund • In partnership with the New Mexico Coalition of Community Foundations, supported New Mexico wildfire relief efforts through All Together New Mexico • Continued conversations around Trust-Based Philanthropy principles with donors, Trustees and community • Great Grant Giveaway had its largest year yet - raising over $200,000 for four nonprofit collations

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Last year, staff engaged in a future-focused process to update the Foundation’s Vision and Values. Despite the evolution of the Foundation’s practices, these operational pillars had not changed in decades. We sought a new Vision focused on catalyzing partnerships and achieving this Vision. So in addition to sharing programming highlights, we’re proud to share our aspirations for the future.

Our Vision is a strong community that: • Has a foundation built by and for all people, that works as a partner, ally, and catalyst for a better future • Works toward equity, justice, and healing by addressing systems of oppression and harm • Provides high quality educational opportunities without debt or barrier • Gives everyone access to healthcare, affordable housing, secure and healthy food sources, and safe neighborhoods • Has a rich, well-preserved history and an environmentally sustainable future • Creates economic opportunities for all and ensures long-term economic prosperity • Nurtures artistic and cultural development while sharing learning opportunities with all • Builds a sense of belonging and helps all people achieve their personal definition of success Our Values have evolved. We wanted these Values to reflect what we care about today and what we want to embody and manifest in the future.

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We value Trust and work to build relationships based in authenticity, actionable change, adaptability, and cultural humility.

We value Equity and will address ongoing injustice and work to change systems of oppression and harm.

We value Integrity and commit to providing high quality service with humility and respect.

We value Accountability and will be responsible for and transparent in all the ways we learn, strive, and adapt in our journey toward becoming our community’s foundation.

We wanted statements that were bold enough to carry us over time but flexible enough to adapt to new learning and growth. This is the future we want to build.

a le er from president & CEO Welcome to the 2022 Albuquerque Community Foundation Annual Report. Creating this publication is an impressive effort every year, the result of months-long collaboration between our staff, Board of Trustees and grantees, some of whom you’ll see featured in the following pages. It’s a time to look back at the Foundation’s many accomplishments over the previous year, as well as the many achievements of our grantees and community. Last year was crucial for the Foundation – we had tremendous growth and worked diligently on finalizing a Strategic Plan that will lead our work through 2026. Our path as a Foundation is clearer than ever, and I’m grateful to our staff, Board of Trustees, donors, and community for their guidance in bringing our Values, Vision and Mission into focus.

As I think back on the year, I am particularly proud of the growth we’ve had as a foundation; we continue to grow the assets we manage, which in turn allows us to grow our grantmaking. We added 15 new endowments and distributed $6.9 million in grants. Along with financial growth, we’ve also added staff for both the Foundation and New Mexico Community Trust (“NMCT”).

In addition, the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration approached us to continue distributing vouchers to address housing insecurity in Albuquerque. In 2022, we deployed over $8.9 million in housing assistance grants and will continue working with the state to distribute these vouchers through 2025. I have talked about NMCT before, but I’m excited we’re able to share details about this important new initiative.

Through NMCT we’ve been able to expand our services to Las Cruces, Taos, and Ithaca, New York. We’re looking forward to expanding that footprint throughout New Mexico and even nationally—we continually get referred to smaller community foundations across the country. You can learn even more about NMCT in the insert included in this report.

We continue to work on addressing pressing questions and meeting urgent needs to support racial, social and economic justice here at home. During this last year, we continued to finalize our new Values, Vision and Mission with this as a guiding principle. It has been a meaningful effort, and the results speak directly to the kind of change we want to see not only across our state but in the philanthropy sector at large. This is a collective effort, and I know that together we will continue to fulfill our commitment in becoming the community’s foundation.

President & CEO

NMCT offers foundation services in areas of the state that don’t have a local community foundation or where a local community foundation is much smaller that they don’t have the capacity to provide services to a corporate or individual donors. Our clients receive the expertise of the Foundation but have the ability to receive access to services under the umbrella of NMCT.

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a le er from board chair, In all aspects of the Foundation’s mission, 2022 was a very successful year. As the cornerstone of that success, the Board and Foundation staff worked hard to develop a strategic plan that will enable the organization to achieve the next stage of growth.

Part of this planning process included updating our vision and values to better reflect our organizational focus on trust, equity, integrity, and accountability. As you read in Marisa’s letter, we also set three broad strategic goals for the next five years: Community Impact We will further develop grantmaking strategies, outcomes and practices based on equity principles.

Community Leadership We will employ all resources to serve as valuable partners to create positive change, centered in values of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Endowment Growth We will become a self-sustaining organization by building the endowment to $200 million by 2026.

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Our grantmaking this year resulted in substantial progress in implementing trust-based philanthropy principles and practices. In 2022, we increased unrestricted funding, began multi-year funding, and spent time getting to know our grantees and building trust. Additionally, we simplified our application and reporting so that our grantees can focus their

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energies on the programs they provide to our community.

From our generous donors, new contributions totaled $14 million. This enabled us to make $6.9 million in grants to nonprofit organizations working to improve our community, and to achieve an endowment balance of over $139 million despite a volatile market environment.

Our endowment investment performance for 2022 was ranked in the top 8% of all endowments and foundations with balances under $250 million, and our return for the past five years ranked in the top 2%.

You will find more detail regarding the Foundation’s strategic plan, trust-based philanthropy work and financial success elsewhere in this annual report. The strategic plan, commitment and talent of the Board and staff, along with our financial strength and the continued support of our donors and partners, all position the Foundation to continue to flourish in the future.

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I find it hard to believe 2022 moved so quickly. In the years since the pandemic, we have all been busy adjusting—to new ways of working, staying connected, and staying resilient in the face of injustices. The pandemic underscored the inequities in housing, healthcare and access to food. So, even though it sometimes felt as though we’d put that all behind us, 2022 reminded us we still had work to do.

In 2021, we focused on our 40th Anniversary, but toward the end of that year, we began to tackle the bigger questions that both the pandemic and our history highlighted. In 2020, the pandemic and social and racial injustice laid bare the need for urgent action, but the desire for a shift was already in motion at Albuquerque Community Foundation. From an institutional perspective, I saw a need for growth, evolution, and optimism.

We were ready for change— it just needed to be brought into focus. Going through this process with the team was special and important. I had the opportunity to listen to every member of the staff describe how their own values and experiences shape their work every day. Seeing this process come to life and be driven by the people on the frontlines is one of the reasons I love the Foundation.

The Foundation used 2022 to learn, listen and reflect so we could bring our values and intentions into focus. With the experience and learning of the past few years on our minds, we worked to update the mission, vision and values as cornerstone philosophies for our work. We were really inspired by the need for diversity, equity and inclusion and wanted to make sure equity was at the center of everything we do.

Today we are ready to share the results of our strategic plan with you. You’ll find the details throughout the report, but I wanted to give a quick overview and share some of what led us here.

It was no small feat to reevaluate the values and vision of a Foundation that’s been serving the Albuquerque area for over 40 years. Our staff and Trustees worked together to evaluate what matters most not just to the Foundation, donors and grantees, but to the entire community that we serve. As we went through this process, we knew we wanted to create values that reflected both what we care about today and what we want to embody and manifest in the future. We knew we wanted to position our Foundation as a partner that belongs to the community. We knew we wanted to include equity specifically. We hoped to create statements that were bold enough to carry us over time, but yet flexible enough to adapt to new learning and growth. Our values were already there —we just uncovered them.

Community Leadership How do we use every resource as a community foundation for greater impact on those we serve? We are conveners—we provide recommendations to other funders, and we connect other funders to the local landscape, large donors, other foundations, and businesses. We want to continue leveraging our grantmaking impact into larger, more long-term impact.

Organizational Sustainability / Endowment Growth Managing the community’s investment and growing the endowment to help attain organizational sustainability is a priority. We also keenly see the need to diversify our donor base; everyone should see themselves as part of the Foundation. We’re adding affinity-based giving circles and building authentic, genuine relationships with new communities.

We’re deeply honored to be able to do this work, here, at this moment. We know this is just the start of what we hope is our best work yet.

Vice President of Strategy & Equity

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On behalf of the staff, I am proud to share the pillars that will be guiding our work over the next five years.

Community Impact We are leading with this pillar because community is at the heart of everything we do. This Foundation belongs to the community, and we want to make sure we are doing the best we can to meet its needs. We do this by deepening trust and relationships with grantees, moving resources quickly into communities, and advocating for and embodying our principles of equity.

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a le er from community impact director In 2022, the Foundation took a close look at our Annual Grant Cycle, previously known as the Competitive Grant Cycle. The Community Impact Committee and staff spent much of the year consulting with our local nonprofit community, collecting input from a survey and participating in trainings with the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project.

We did this in an effort to flip the script on traditional philanthropy by adopting the principles of trust-based philanthropy: centering relationships with nonprofits away from a transactional approach. Trust-based philanthropy places trust in organizations and the way they implement their programs; the funder is there to learn from them, instead of telling the organization how and on what to spend grants.

Our goal was to shift some of the burden of the funding process away from organizations and back to us. By recognizing the values of advancing equity, building mutually accountable relationships and demonstrating humility and collaboration in what we do and how we show up in all aspects of our work, the Committee adopted several changes that went into effect in 2023.

First, we greatly reduced the number and redundancy of questions on the application, removing components we as staff could do ourselves, because one principle of trust-based philanthropy is that the funder does its homework. We also removed the presentation requirement; funding decisions will now be based solely on the application. In lieu of presentations, we will host a series of four PEEP (Party to Enhance Equity in Philanthropy) events throughout the year to create space for nonprofits to share their work with one another and with staff, Trustees, Committee members and community members. These informal events are intended to support community and relationship building.

Next, we implemented a scoring rubric that is available to all nonprofits during the application process so that they can see how they will be scored before they even apply. We will continue to host our successful Coffee Chat hours during the application cycle to answer questions or provide space for feedback.

Finally, we added a seventh field-of-interest for awards to support animal welfare, beginning in 2023. This new field-of-interest comes as the result of several donor-advised funds being pooled to support this common interest.

One thing that hasn’t changed is that all awards in the Annual Grant Cycle program continue to be unrestricted — a lesson we learned during the pandemic. Nonprofits need the freedom to shift in the moment to serve the greatest need without risking losing or returning funds when they pivot their services.

We believe this updated program reflects both what we care about today and what we want to embody in the future. It is our intention that trust-based philanthropic values guide our work moving forward, underscored by how we show up in the community.

Community Impact Director

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Each year, Albuquerque Community Foundation awards grants through a competitive process. Awards are granted to organizations providing services that support residents in the four-county Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan Area (Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties). The Annual Grant Cycle is supported by over 90 endowment funds. To respond to the community’s specific needs, distributions from the funds are pooled and aligned directly with the Foundation’s fields-of-interest.

Our ongoing work in grantmaking, asset development and community leadership is focused on supporting organizations that meet the basic needs of our community and work toward creating lasting positive change.

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This program was organized in six fields-of-interest in 2022: Arts & Culture, Economic & Workforce Development, Education, Environmental & Historic Preservation, Health and Human Services.

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In 2022, $452,100 in unrestricted grants was awarded to 40 organizations.

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$65,500 Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Flamenco Works Keshet Dance Company OFFCenter Community Arts Warehouse 508 Working Classroom

$55,600 $10,500 $10,000 $15,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000

Golden Apple Foundation Horizons Albuquerque Kids Cook!

Pegasus Legal Services Southwest Creations Collaborative

$7,800 $7,800 $10,000 $15,000 $15,000

health environmental & historic preservation $85,000 Flower Hill Institute Homewise La Cosecha CSA Mandy’s Farm Manzano Mountain Art Council New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors Rocky Mountain Youth Corps Wildlife Rescue of NM

$10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $15,000 $10,000

human services $83,000 Best Chance Domestic Violence Resource Center Fathers Building Futures New Mexico Asian Family Center Saranam TenderLove Community Center Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

$10,000 $9,000 $10,000 $15,000 $15,000 $9,000

$83,000 ABQ Healthcare for the Homeless Casa de Salud Centro Savila Crossroads for Women Serenity Mesa

$17,000 $17,000 $17,000 $15,000 $17,000

economic & workforce development $80,000 African American Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce $7,000 Albuquerque Adult Learning Center $8,000 El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos $13,000 New Mexico Community Capital $10,000 South Valley Economic Development Center $8,000 International District Economic Development Center $5,500 Three Sisters Kitchen $7,000 The Street Food Institute $7,000 WESST $14,500

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Flamenco Works dance class practice Photo by Hyunju Blemel

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Being active in the surrounding neighborhood and local community is extremely important to the organization’s leadership.

“It’s not just getting on stage and that’s it,” said Muñoz.

“You’re contributing to a city, to the place you live. That’s a big part of what we do.”

Flamenco Works studio located downtown Photo by Hyunju Blemel

“There’s a new energy that’s rippling out of downtown, inviting more people to become a part of this organization.”

Dance instructors Jesús Muñoz and Amalyah Leader operate Flamenco Works, an Albuquerque dance studio that trains and empowers the next generation of Flamenco performers. It is both a school, offering classes to kids and adults, and a resident company that performs regularly with local and international dancers, musicians and artists.

Flamenco Works cherishes the notion of family. Muñoz encourages entire families to participate and welcomes every bit of help he can get.

“Parents feel empowered to participate. It’s cool to see the parents involved, especially the dads! They help build and move things, and it becomes a family thing. Mothers started the organization, but now it’s fathers, sons, and grandmas getting involved. Maybe the daughter is dancing, but now the whole family is volunteering and showing up,” he said. “We have such a good community of parents, kids and students.”

“2022 was a momentous year, coming out of the pandemic.

We are a performance company, and it’s been an odd couple of years to be a performer and a performing artist,” said Leader. “The support of ACF, especially generously supporting us knowing that we haven’t been able to work the same way we have in the past was very much appreciated. We are coming into a place where all of this work — moving downtown, preparing for the summer series, performing again — is the result of supporting artists through a really tough time.”

Muñoz agrees. “We’re still feeling the effects of the pandemic. But we’re welcoming people back in.

We’re really grateful to be back and able to perform, to be where we are and to do what we said we were going to do.

We’re fulfilling the vision of what we really wanted the space to be.”

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In addition to flamenco classes, Flamenco Works also offers financial literacy workshops, arts administration apprenticeships and volunteer opportunities that the whole family can participate in. Volunteers recently came together to plant nopales and clean up nearby alleys.

Flamenco Works recently relocated from the Barelas neighborhood to a larger site on Central Avenue in downtown Albuquerque. The new 4,500 square foot studio was a donation from a family of supporters.“We are particularly excited about being downtown, right on Central Avenue. It has taken years for this, and I know it will be our home for many years to come,” said Muñoz.

“Everyone is seeing downtown change before their eyes, with its restaurants and nightclubs and coffee shops. Now there are little girls running down the street in flamenco skirts and parents and families hanging out. It’s bringing positivity to this part of the city. There’s a new energy that’s rippling out of downtown, inviting more people to become a part of this organization.”

Those family members were invaluable when it came to moving the studio and getting ready for opening night. “We had an army of volunteers there to help us, asking what they could do to help. Do you need this done? Do you need this painted? Do you need this moved? Our youngest students are 5 and 6 years old — they see everything that we do, and they are willing to help too.”

After a challenging few years, Muñoz and Leader are delighted by the organization’s expansion and looking forward to building on their current success.

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New Mexico Community Capital staff Photo by Hyunju Blemel

A physical space for Native entrepreneurs to sell goods and co-work.

New Mexico Community Capital’s (”NMCC”) mission is to give rise to a more equitable future for the Indigenous population by providing culturally appropriate tools for success to emerging Native American-owned businesses, Native families and tribal enterprises in the state. It provides mentorship, peer learning and culturally relevant education as well as supporting tribal agencies and organizations with specialized technical assistance and business services.

“We empower Indigenous communities to thrive by providing entrepreneurs the resources and technology they need,” said New Mexico Community Capital Executive Director Liz Gamboa. “We support whole communities, not just businesses. We've been here for almost 20 years and have become a trusted provider of investment, training and technical expertise,

At the height of the pandemic, NMCC was providing stipends and microgrants to support entrepreneur participation in programming. “We were offering support with childcare, rent, buying inventory and even groceries — sometimes people just needed cash to actualize and invest in their business,” said Gamboa. “We were reliant on grant support to provide that support along with tools and instruction.”

A lack of resources coupled with the inability to gather to sell goods and network meant that Native artists and business owners fell further behind. That’s where NMCC saw an opportunity.

Although it had been supporting Native entrepreneurs through mentorship and investment for almost 20 years, it lacked a hub to unite all of its programs and services.

A physical space for Native entrepreneurs to sell goods and co-work became the goal. “We saw a need to host more groups, hold events and create a space for Native entrepreneurs to thrive in Albuquerque,” said Gamboa.

In 2022, with the help of a Community Self-Determination grant from the NDN Collective, NMCC began renovating the historic Occidental Life Building located at Third Street and Gold Avenue in downtown Albuquerque, which it now shares with partner organizations Native Women Lead and Roanhorse Consulting, among other companies. This expansion has increased the organization’s footprint to approximately 8,000 square feet, and is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

Recently, NMCC started participating in ABQ Art Walk, which gives its community a venue to sell goods and network with other entrepreneurs. The new location is critical to that growth.

“We started hosting First Friday markets and invited over 20 different Indigenous vendors to come and sell their art and products each month. We’ve hosted many successful gatherings since last summer and helped create more opportunities for Indigenous makers and Native farmers to reach a greater audience.”

As NMCC makes progress on the building renovation, it is also moving forward with plans for a community gathering space for film nights, art experiences and fashion shows as well as a commercial kitchen and a co-working space.

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New Mexico Community Capital space Photo by Hyunju Blemel

designed and delivered by Indigenous entrepreneurs.”

Gamboa stresses that although business ownership is an effective alternative to wage inequity in the workplace, Indigenous entrepreneurs disproportionately lack access to capital and business resources. This was especially true during the pandemic when many Native entrepreneurs were left out of federal assistance programs and lacked the support and resources other businesses were able to access for relief. “We continue to see severe barriers to their success,” she said.

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Kids Cook! class Photo by Hyunju Blemel

“Eating is a lifelong skill, so if we can inspire families to cook and eat [what they cook] then they can take that throughout their entire lives.”

That’s what drives Sara Robbins, Executive Director of Kids Cook!, an organization that provides fun, hands-on instruction to Albuquerque elementary school students on food preparation skills, nutrition, physical activity and maintaining a clean, safe kitchen where they can make their own healthy meals. “It’s about wellness for families—it’s unique,” says Robbins.

Kids Cook! class Photo by Hyunju Blemel

Since Kids Cook!’s pilot project at Alvarado Elementary School in 2000, Kids Cook! staff have taught in approximately 50 Albuquerque public schools, reaching more than 45,000 students as well as many volunteer family members and guardians.

Kids Cook!’s success is mostly due to word-of-mouth recommendations, which Robbins is very proud of.

“The integrity of the program follows us everywhere we go. I always love it when we are walking through a campus with one of our educators and the kids treat them like a rock star!”

“Eating is a lifelong skill, so if we can inspire families to cook...”

In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced school closures, Kids Cook! had to quickly reposition itself and learn how to present its classes online.

Fortunately, as a nonprofit organization, it was able to tap into funding that allowed it to provide food for families to participate in the cooking classes virtually. Overall, it donated more than 700 meal kits.

Hosting those virtual classes in the early days of the pandemic proved to be more successful than anyone could have imagined. However, when schools started to return to in-person lessons, there were several issues to overcome, not least of which was finding ways to handle food even more carefully and working together in a kitchen safely.

“2022 was a unique year not just for us, but for all of APS. It was exhausting and there were many hurdles,” says Robbins.

“We did have to make modifications, but we knew how to handle COVID precautions and we were able to provide the education we always have in a safe way.”

It was a relief, she says, when they were finally able to go back into classrooms and provide the hands-on education that kids hadn’t had for two years. Since then, the number of families in attendance has grown and the organization has even been maxing out its community cooking events. By the end of the 2022-2023 school year, Kids Cook! was in 14 Albuquerque public schools, and over the summer it will continue classes in Albuquerque community centers and at several camps.

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“It was great to see that because we increased our participation seven fold from what it had been in person,” says Robbins. “Providing

meal kits allowed more people to participate, and families could participate where they already cook with their kids—in their own kitchens. When it’s in your setting, and your kids are already there, and an educator is there to guide the process with the whole family, it helps the parents learn how to talk to their kids about cooking and making healthy choices.”

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Bette Fleishman, JD, MA, Pegasus Legal Services for Children Executive Director Photo by Hyunju Blemel

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become clients. We pride ourselves on being a voice for those who need it most — children and young people — protecting and advocating for rights that they don’t even know they have.”

Pegasus works to ensure that children’s needs and rights are taken into consideration in the development of state and local laws, policies and regulations. This past legislative session, the nonprofit successfully lobbied for Senate Bill 31, which amends the Family Services Act to recognize guardians.

“We pride ourselves on being a voice for those who need it most — children and young people...”

“We are the only place in New Mexico for children to get legal representation and support,” said Bette Fleishman, JD, MA, the Executive Director of Pegasus Legal Services for Children. Pegasus Legal Services for Children is a nonprofit agency that provides civil legal services to children, youth and their caregivers, including direct representation in the 2nd Judicial District and the specialized Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) court that serves New Mexico’s tribes and pueblos. “We are full-time client advocates,” said Fleishman. “I’ve had babies that are 1 day old that

Unfortunately, COVID19 crisis exacerbated an already complicated system.

“Lots of kids became orphaned during the pandemic,” said Fleishman.

According to a study by COVID Collaborative, New Mexico ranks as one of the states with the highest rates of parental deaths caused by COVID-19. “In addition to those who have had parents pass away, families are struggling to take care of their kids and need guardianship. It’s one of the hidden results of COVID,” she said.

While keeping families together as much as

Pegasus also works to address the structural problems that children and caregivers in New Mexico face when forced to navigate the child welfare system. Fleishman was appointed to the Children’s Code Task Force to look at the laws that protect children from abuse and neglect and deal with adoption and juvenile delinquency.

The organization is also working to reform the state’s Children, Youth and Families Department. “We have filed a class action lawsuit to seriously improve the CYFD system and implement meaningful reform for children in foster care. We are already four years into it. We are making good progress, but it’s going to take years,” said Fleishman.

Pegasus marked its 20th Anniversary in 2022. “There was no space for children to go before to be protected in this way. It’s been 20 years of kids having a safe place to go, having a place that celebrates young people and their rights, and supports them with the struggles they experience,” said Fleishman.

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Pegasus provides a welcoming space for children Photo by Hyunju Blemel

Pegasus provides legal services to grandparents and other kinship caregivers taking care of children whose parents are unable or unwilling to provide them with proper care. “Let’s say a parent can’t take care of their child, so the child is being taken care of by their grandma. They are waiting for a court date for Grandma to be the legal guardian, but until that court date, CYFD can come to remove the child from that home at any time. There is now a nine-month backlog for these cases — it used to be zero,” said Fleishman.

possible is a goal, it isn’t always the best course of action for a young person, said Fleishman. “We also do emancipation for young people aged 16 and older. We're seeing more of those contested — parents contest it even though they can’t provide a safe home. With more violence and with the way everything is, representing the best interests of kids is the most important.”

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Serenity Mesa clients working on a project Photo by Hyunju Blemel

Jennifer Weiss-Burke, Executive Director of Serenity Mesa Recovery Center, had more referrals for services in 2022 than when the center opened in 2015. “This highlights the real impact of fentanyl and drug use,” she said.

“Pre-pandemic, we were seeing mostly clients over 18. Post-pandemic, we’re seeing more under the age of 18 — lots of 14 and 15-year-olds.” She attributes this to an increase in mental health issues among young people.

Serenity Mesa is a transitional living center that provides services to young people ages 14 to 21 who are struggling with an addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. It also provides rental assistance to young people who are experiencing homelessness. The residential facility helps its clients get and stay sober and learn the skills needed to live on their own with case management, therapy and mentorship. Its housing program provided 30 young people ageds 18-24 into stable housing across Albuquerque in 2022.

A transitional living center that provides services to young people ages 14 to 21.

The young people in their programs have unique needs, which the center tries to meet as soon as a client walks through the door.

“When they come in, they just need their basic needs met. We buy clothes, toiletries, shoes, socks, underwear, and jackets for them because often they come with nothing,” said Weiss-Burke. One client came in and had the tops of his shoes cut off because his shoes didn’t fit. “His toes were literally hanging out of the shoes. We took him to Walmart that day and got him shoes. It was such a huge deal for him,” she said.

She is grateful for flexible funding streams to support the practical needs of their clients.

In addition to receiving the basics, clients also benefit from consistent healthy meals from an on-site cook.

“Kids hide and stockpile food because they don’t know when their next meal is. And they guard their belongings with their life,” said Weiss-Burke. “It’s difficult to separate that life if they’ve been living on the streets. Now, they have a bed, a shower, and access to a phone and computer., Things they haven’t had the opportunity to use they now have at their fingertips. It takes them a little bit to change that mindset. Things we take for granted, they value more than anything.”

they really have to push through. We encourage them to [complete] it while they are here, because once they are out on their own it’s a little more challenging.”

Working at Serenity Mesa can be challenging and overwhelming, but seeing a client be successful makes it worthwhile. “One of Weiss-Burke’s proudest moments was hiring one of the center’s graduates. “She graduated from the program in 2021, and then she went to live in the apartment program for a year, working two jobs. She always said her goal was to come back and work here. She waited two years, she stayed sober, she has her own apartment, paying rent, and when we had a job opening, she applied, and we hired her.

She knows firsthand what is needed around here. We want to hire clients who have left the program and have been successful. She was a great client, but I’m so grateful that we have her as an employee.”

Serenity Mesa is owned and operated by the nonprofit Healing Addiction in Our Community (HAC), which was formed in 2010 by a group of concerned parents and grandparents who wanted to raise awareness and provide education about the opiate epidemic affecting the state of New Mexico and its youth. It accepts many health insurance as well as Medicaid and self-pay.

Serenity Mesa helps clients with everything they need to get a job and get to school, including assistance getting their GED or obtaining identification, which helps them access employment and housing.

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Serenity Mesa client works on a project Photo by Hyunju Blemel

When a client gets their GED, it’s a big deal, she shared.

“We had five clients complete their GEDs last year. That’s a big win for us.

Usually, they stay 90 days, so

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Casa de Salud staff Photo by Hyunju Blemel

To provide for its patients during the pandemic, Casa de Salud brought in community health workers to engage with community members and support them with COVID testing, boosters, vaccines, and even accessing housing and rental assistance through the Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program (ERAP).

Casa de Salud staff outside their building Photo by Hyunju Blemel

“So much of the work we do is about building power within the community, not just providing services.”

“Our community health workers engaged with over 9,700 community members at 52 outreach events and at Casa de Salud,” said Taneja.

“They distributed 8,200 rapid home COVID test kits to families in need, helped many people get signed up for COVID boosters and they also organized 37 vaccine clinics where 484 people received COVID vaccines.”

Emergency funding allowed the clinic to quickly direct resources straight to the community, providing critical care, healthcare and acute care as well as helping people stay out of the emergency room and administering low-barrier opioid addiction treatment.

Understanding the inequality, oppression and trauma of this patient demographic helped guide the clinic through the COVID-19 crisis, which exacerbated an already overburdened, inequitable healthcare system.

With the pandemic now officially over, Casa de Salud continues to offer care to meet the needs of the

Casa de Salud Executive Director Anjali Taneja is extremely proud of the fact that the healthcare organization was able to remain operational throughout the pandemic without a single day of closure. This nonprofit clinic provides healthcare services for immigrants, low-income and uninsured New Mexicans, queer/transgender community members, drug users, and people seeking treatment and recovery for addictions. It has deep roots in serving the needs of all-too-often marginalized members of the Albuquerque community.

From the top down, Casa de Salud staff are dedicated to providing anti-discriminatory, trauma-informed and accessible healthcare. Several staff members serve as appointees to statewide councils such as the Governor’s Advisory Council for Racial Justice, the New Mexico Primary Care Council, and New Mexico’s Overdose Prevention and Pain Management Advisory Council, as well as on Bernalillo County’s Addiction Treatment Advisory Board and the Bernalillo County, UNM Hospital Task Force.

In 2022, Taneja was awarded the New Mexico Ethics in Business Award, one of only six recipients statewide. “I won the award individually, but it is a reflection of our entire team at Casa Salud and the integrity and ethics which guide us in our work,” she said. “It was great to be lifted up during the pandemic for an ethics award. We face a lot of barriers to survive and thrive in the healthcare space because we aren’t part of the medical industrial complex and we do this all as an independent nonprofit clinic.”

Casa de Salud is not a federally qualified health center and does not receive federal funding “So much of the work we do is about building power within the community, not just providing services,” said Taneja. “We feel that we have a responsibility to do this. That's why we advocate for policy and structural change in addition to providing care.”

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There is plenty of demand. In 2022, Casa de Salud had more than 7500 patient visits, the majority of those (around 70%) from patients who were uninsured; the rest were mainly covered by Medicaid.

“I can’t understate the impact of being able to treat opioid use during the pandemic,” said Taneja. “We provided critical harm reduction services during a worsening opioid and fentanyl epidemic. We exchanged over half a million used syringes for new syringes for people using drugs. We distributed over 300 doses of Narcan (naloxone), the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication. Clients told us they used 124 of those doses out in the community, to reverse overdoses and save loved ones’ lives.”

community, including for transgender and nonbinary clients. Taneja believes it’s more important than ever to preserve the right to gender-affirming care and make it available to community members.

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Best Chance clients gather in their conference room Photo by Hyunju Blemel

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Sometimes, an encounter can change the course of a life. That’s what happened to Stanley Weinstein, Best Chance’s Executive Director, after he retired from his first career. While teaching meditation to incarcerated individuals at Central New Mexico Correctional Facility, he met with several Peer Health Educators. The question of how to address the pressing needs of individuals leaving incarceration emerged.

Best Chance clients Photo by Hyunju Blemel

“Too often, people who have experienced incarceration feel cut off from others,” says Weinstein. “They don’t believe that there are any good or helpful people out there.”

Everyone agreed that a peer support network would be the most effective way to help those released from prison transition from inside to outside. So in 2015, a number of formerly incarcerated peers joined Weinstein and a small group of community leaders to form Best Chance. Since then, the organization has provided vital services and a warm hand-off to a healthy life after prison, relying on those with strong recoveries from criminal activity as well as from alcohol and drug use to counsel, guide and support others.

“Too often, people who have experienced incarceration feel cut off from others,” says Weinstein.

“They don’t believe that there are any good or helpful people out there.”

Best Chance also helps those experiencing homelessness and behavioral health issues transition to rewarding lives in the community. Its primary goal is to reduce recidivism by encouraging meaningful employment and the ability to cope with the stress of life on the outside.

The organization’s core curriculum offers life-skills training focusing on gaining and keeping employment; emotion regulation; using technology; budgeting and financial management; health and wellness, as well as emphasizing the importance of life-long learning.

“Most people we work with don’t write down their income and expenses, and some even have a fear of numbers,” says Weinstein. “With our programs, we maintain a positive and supportive environment where people learn to trust. We have developed a space that is warm and welcoming – a place to meet with positive volunteers and professional staff. We are a multi-use space where returning citizens can play a game of chess, hang out with Best Chance folks, or read an uplifting book from our library.”

“The Foundation’s continued support of Best Chance’s mission of creating opportunities for connection is an affirmation that what it is doing is of value to the community,” adds Weinstein.

“When you look at the priorities of the Foundation, you find they align with ours: the health and economic wellbeing of the community, and the goal of getting underserved people working and productive. These things are uplifting, satisfying and inspiring, and we’re so grateful for the Foundation’s support.”

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Operating a peer-led, clinically supervised Wellness Drop-in Center that serves more than 450 people per year, Best Chance provides peer support and

transition planning; pays for and helps obtain IDs; provides wellness programming; clothing, hygiene, and other material support; referrals; transportation; brain injury screening; life skills training; and support groups with meals.

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Manzano Mountain Art Council class Photo by Hyunju Blemel

Manzano Mountain Art Council (MMAC) was formed in 1995 to promote art appreciation and programming in Mountainair and the surrounding Estancia Valley. Its 113-year-old building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as one of only a few commercial structures in the state to have a basement.

With grants from the Foundation, MMAC preserves and improves the structure, a hub for artist workshops and gallery shows, community programming, studios for professional artists and a public event space.

“Art is vital to physical, mental, and emotional health so our programs are vital.”

The old Willard Merchantile in Mountainair has over the years been a market, car dealership, and furniture store, among other purposes. Grant funding from the Foundation, as well as other resources, has been used to bring the electrical and plumbing up to code, replace the roof, renovate the windows and install an accessible entry door.

Interior lighting and ventilation system improvements, a water catchment system, re-stuccoing exterior walls and new signage have also been done.

MMAC also sponsors the annual Sunflower Festival every August, one of the biggest events in the area, attracting thousands from surrounding communities for food, arts and crafts vendors, activities, music and celebration. Other annual events include the West Fest, a classical guitarist at the Quarai ruins, a Winter Lecture Series, Fall Music Series, “You are the Artist” workshops, youth programs and gallery art exhibitions that incorporate the many cultures represented in the Manzano Mountain region.

“This is a building where people can have fun, be safe, express and explore their creative side, and be part of the community,” continues Havens.

“It’s great to be able to provide artistic opportunity and enjoyment at low or no cost to people in Mountainair and surrounding communities and land grants. Art is vital to physical, mental, and emotional health so our programs are vital. The Foundation helped make this possible for us.”

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Manzano Mountain Art Council class Photo by Hyunju Blemel

“We have grown tremendously since we purchased the building about six years ago,” says Anne Ravenstone, Vice President and Membership and Programs Chair. “The support of Albuquerque Community Foundation has allowed us to preserve and renovate this structure that allows MMAC to offer a tremendous number of programs, workshops, performances and youth outreach to a small rural community with limited access to these activities.”

“Much more than simply benefiting the Council, these projects included work with local contractors and the purchase of materials and supplies from local vendors,” says Pat Havens, MMAC Board President. “We have older people in town who come in every now and then and say they remember when they were kids going into the basement for potatoes. And I met a man during an event whose father was a car dealer out of the building. There’s a rich history here.”

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New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors Photo by Hyunju Blemel

New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors (NMVFO) is an all-volunteer, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving trails, outdoor facilities and wildlife habitat on New Mexico public lands.

Since 1982, NMVFO has organized, managed, promoted and recruited volunteers to work on outdoor service projects throughout the state.

New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors Photo by Hyunju Blemel

“With a total budget of just over $20,000, we appreciate that Albuquerque Community Foundation sees value in what we’re doing,” says Mike Timmer, chair of the all-volunteer board of directors, who went on his first NMVFO project in 2015 and has been involved ever since. “Then add in the more than 1,200 hours volunteered by the board and others to maintain operations. We couldn’t do it without the Foundation’s support to keep the organization running.”

Although the group is based in Albuquerque, its projects are statewide, and it attracts volunteers from across New Mexico and other states and countries. A diverse group, NMVFO participants range from teenagers to retirees, representing every walk of life.

Whether stabilizing archeological sites, refurbishing campgrounds or improving wildlife habitats, volunteers often have the chance to hike and camp off the beaten path in remote or restricted areas.

“People want to get out into the outdoors and give back to our great state,” says Timmer.

“We’re improving access to and enjoyment of New Mexico’s public lands whether they be in urban open spaces or wilderness areas. Our projects vary from one-day local projects, to multi-day car-camping projects, and even four-day backpacking trips into wilderness areas. We welcome volunteers of all skill levels who want to explore and improve our public lands.”

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“People want to get out into the outdoors and give back to our great state.”

In 2022, the organization celebrated its 40th anniversary with a picnic honoring founding and long-term members. Last year, its 185 volunteers took on 34 projects, totaling 4,850 hours of donated time and an estimated cost savings for public land agencies of over $138,000. Projects included removing 5,200 feet of barbed wire fencing; building and repairing bridges, walkways and trails; painting signs; removing invasive plants and deadfalls; and constructing miles of new trails. Public land agencies (federal, state and local) that benefited from NMVFO’s able assistance included Albuquerque Open Spaces, Cibola and Santa Fe National Forests, Galisteo Basin Preserve, Salinas Pueblo National Monument, Valles Caldera, Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area and Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge.

During two years of pandemic closures and last year’s Hermit Peak/Calf Canyon fire, NMVFO had to cancel or postpone projects due to safety concerns. Yet the organization saw an increase in interest and participation, with projects quickly developing waitlists of people eager to contribute their time and energy to improving public lands. Volunteers also maintain tools and equipment, prepare food for those on projects and work behind the scenes administering the organization.

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New Mexico Asian Family Center Photo by Hyunju Blemel

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The New Mexico Asian Family Center (NMAFC) didn’t have it easy in 2022, according to its Executive Director Sachi Watase. “The last two years revealed increasingly dangerous threats to the communities we serve, in addition to the continual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,” she said.

Following an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S. throughout the pandemic, the violence hit close to home in early 2022 when two Chinese women were murdered within four weeks of each other in Albuquerque. Unsure of what the motives were, it nevertheless put the staff of the NMAFC on edge, said Watase. “It affected the organization emotionally, especially when we found out there was gender and racial motivation to the crimes. Ninety percent of our staff are women and of Asian descent and we are all in one place, so we were, of course, afraid for our safety.”

...the largest and most comprehensive social services provider for the Asian, Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian (APINH) population in the state...

“We essentially had to take over and help represent the family throughout this process. NMAFC not only provided services to those directly and indirectly impacted by the racist and misogynistic crimes, but our staff was also asked and expected to interpret for homicide detectives, plan memorial services, respond to the media and allies, and be the first to receive the wave of fear that permeated throughout the community,” said Watase.

Later that summer, another Chinese woman was murdered in Albuquerque, then three South Asian Muslim men and then an Afghan man were murdered in November 2022. Watase recalls they had barely emerged from the chaos of the previous murders when it happened again, and again.

“We had connections with every victim as an agency.

The murders really framed a lot of our year,” she said.

The organization’s unprecedented work in supporting the community in the aftermath of these tragic events led to national recognition. President Biden’s deputy assistant came to Albuquerque to meet with center staff and to build connections with the presidential cabinet. “It was important to bring that attention to our state and to the Asian population because we don’t always get seen,” said Watase.

Watase describes the organization as a much-needed service provider to the city’s Asian community — mainly immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other newcomers to the country, most of whom don’t speak English or are limited in their English proficiency. The center provides free case management, individual and family counseling, legal consultation and representation, general navigation services, youth and community leadership programs, financial education workshops, tea talks for women and LGBTQ+ community members, yoga and body work for survivors, and referrals to trusted agencies. It also engages in cross-racial movement building and civic engagement.

More recently, it’s also been finding ways to support its staff with wellness programs, bonding activities and paid mental health days.

“Being on the front lines of supporting a traumatized and hurting community has been extremely taxing on our staff and agency,” said Watase. “As well as mental health days and other meaningful ways to protect the mental, emotional and physical safety and well-being of our staff, we’ve started doing things like going to the rock-climbing gym or the aquarium together. Just spending time as a group and having that connection together. 2022 was the first time we had a fully paid two-week summer break. We were excited to offer this in addition to our two-week winter break.”

NMAFC has existed since 2006 and provides culturally tailored services in 15 different Asian languages.

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NMAFC staff in a conference room meeting Photo by Hyunju Blemel

As the largest and most comprehensive social services provider for the Asian, Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian (APINH) population in the state of New Mexico, the center felt these losses acutely — and was thrust into action while they were still grieving.

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Warehouse 505 building downtown Photo provided by Warehouse 505

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...a place for young people aged 13-20 to learn and develop skills through creative arts and individual sports.

In 2022, the owners of Warehouse 505 fulfilled a years-long dream of expansion, acquiring and remodeling a new, larger facility in a historic building in downtown Albuquerque. The youth center, which has been in operation since 2009 (originally called Warehouse 508), spent more than $200,000 on the remodel.

“It’s a three-story old hotel building. To make it work, we had to demo walls and open the whole space up into one giant room,” said Thierry Gonzalez, Warehouse 505’s Executive Director. He noted that the move was long overdue after the pandemic interrupted earlier plans for expansion.

The nonprofit venue and teaching space provides a place for young people aged 13-20 to learn and develop skills through creative arts and individual sports. After-school and summer programs include classes on music performance and production, DJing, sewing, painting murals, digital drawing and more. And all the classes are free!

The new space also houses the Boy & Girls Club, allowing both organizations to share resources and provide even more offerings for Albuquerque youth. “We realized we are way more powerful together than competing with each other, so we decided to collaborate,” said Gonzalez.

The Boys & Girls Club vans make it possible to bring kids in from different parts of the city, vastly expanding both organizations’ reach.

What’s next for the center?

“One of the biggest things we want is self-sustainability,” said Gonzalez. “Within two to three years, we want to be generating our own revenue and be less dependent on external funding.”

Gonzalez is so gratified by how far the center has come in the last few years. “It’s an insane transformation from where it was to what it is today,” he said.

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By adding a skateboard shop, screen-printing shop and retail store, the center is embracing a variety of new opportunities for growth, including the ability to serve a greater number of young people. “With this new facility we can grow four to five times larger. Whereas before we only had one classroom, now we have space to hold eight classes,” said Gonzalez. “The concert venue is double the size of the old one. And once the remodel is complete, we

will be able to offer even more.”

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Event at Encuentro Photo by Hyunju Blemel

The New Mexico Funders Collaborative, a network of statewide funders committed to pooling time, energy and resources for the betterment of New Mexico communities, awarded $55,000 to two organizations in 2022. Recipients of the previous year’s grants were asked to nominate groups they either worked closely with or whose services they were familiar with. The two organizations chosen for the 2022 grants focus on nontraditional internship opportunities for students that allow them to earn an income while gaining the skills and knowledge to start their careers.

Enlace Comunitario $42,000 Enlace Comunitario’s Youth Leaders program engages teenagers (13-17 years old) building and bolstering their leadership and networking skills while promoting healthy, gender-affirming relationships among their peers. In doing so, they mitigate the prevalence of domestic violence-affiliated behaviors, such as teen dating violence. The majority of Youth Leaders for each year’s 10-student cohort are former child witnesses or survivors of domestic violence who received Enlace’s intervention services.

Enlace’s current Youth Leader cohort has reached more than 1,000 individuals through its outreach activities, school presentations and public events. The training and compensated outreach position these young people for greater success in their educational and employment endeavors.

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Network of statewide funders committed to pooling time, energy and resources for the betterment of New Mexico communities.

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Keshet Dance Company $13,000 Keshet Dance Company’s IDEAs internship (Inquiry and Discovery through Education and the Arts) is a 16-week paid internship open to ages 17-24 within the counties of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia and Torrance. The internship is designed and built for systems-impacted youth and young adults, with a specific focus on youth transitioning out of incarceration. IDEAs internships are structured intentionally to provide a soft landing place from which to gain important life and professional development skills.

Participants learn about a wide variety of higher education options, career tracks and community resources, and access support and resources related to continuing education, career-specific apprenticeships and/or job placements.

In April 2022, the Foundation held two tax preparation days designed to support access to the federal 2021 expanded child tax credit, which was expiring at the end of 2022. Volunteers from AARP joined us in this effort, and in total we helped 59 community members complete and file their 2021 tax returns. This outreach effort targeted underserved populations who normally don’t file tax returns or were unaware of tax credits they were eligible for in 2021.

This included immigrant and refugee populations, people for whom English is not their first language and lowincome family members who don’t typically owe tax.

The events were held at Vizionz-Sankofa, which advocates for African refugee and immigrant populations, and Homewise,

which helps create successful homeowners and strengthen neighborhoods. Food trucks provided free lunches for participants and volunteers, and children were entertained with arts and crafts, games, a balloon animal artist and face painters. Spanish language translators also assisted volunteers.

The average adjusted gross income was $27,596 per tax return, and the average refund was $2,160. A total of $71,274 in refunds were obtained for the 59 taxpayers, which included $27,600 in expanded child tax credits, $17,306 in earned income credits, $4,250 in child tax credits, $3,095 in education tax credits and $612 in premium tax credits, among others.

Top left, right and bottom left photos from tax preparation event provided by Albuquerque Community Foundation

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New Mexico Symphonic Chorus provided by New Mexico New Mexico Symphony

When the New Mexico Symphony closed its doors in 2011, the Foundation held several funds for the benefit of the former Symphony. One of the many advantages of endowed funds is that they are protected from bankruptcy and can be reallocated to similar groups that continue the mission of the original organization. Today, the Foundation leverages the endowment funds to support symphonic music performances and education through our Orchestral Symphonic Music Grant Program.

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2022 Recipients

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Albuquerque Youth Symphony New Mexico Philharmonic New Mexico Symphonic Chorus Opera Southwest

For more than 30 years, Albuquerque’s Harwood Art Center has acted as a hub for artists to gather and connect to the community. The center provides artist studios, gallery spaces, year-round arts education programming for children, youth and adults, a summer arts camp for children, and engagement and community outreach initiatives for all ages. It has been pivotal in the current burgeoning downtown renaissance.

In 2022, Harwood Art Center received the Peggy Cavett-Walden and Professor Jerrold Walden Fund for Art and Music grant, which has allowed it to refine its niche in intergenerational, intercultural and intersectional programming.

“Anyone of any background can find a place at Harwood,” said Director of Programs Julia Mandeville. “We used this grant specifically to support our community outreach programs: the Apprenticeship for Art & Social Justice, the Youth Mural Project and our annual Social Practice Collaboration.”

Mandeville is grateful for the support from the Albuquerque Community Foundation, which administered Harwood’s very first grant in 1991. “The Foundation has been an

extraordinary partner, a relationship that has transcended staff in both organizations. This speaks to the alignment and deep love and commitment that both of our organizations have to community, neighbors and place, nourishing our shared home and ensuring its nourishment continues,” she said.

Harwood’s Director of Outreach Jen DePaolo also noted that much of the center’s programming depends on funders like the Foundation, and how it has been able to leverage the funds to encourage community participation.

“We talk a lot about creating access to programs, and often that means free access and paid opportunities for young people. This would be impossible without our funders,” said DePaolo.

“Beyond fiscal support, our true collaboration with the Foundation opens pathways to connect with other partners, community members and others who see how what we do impacts the entire community. The Foundation has the larger view and provides insight and guidance on Harwood’s capacity to serve the community.”

Harwood Art Center building located downtown Photo provided by Harwood Art Center

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Albuquerque Community Foundation’s scholarship selection committees awarded 94 scholarships from 25 endowment funds in 2022, assisting students with scholarships or financial aid awards for the 2022-2023 school year. Open to New Mexico residents, scholarships and awards were available for in-state and out-of-state, two and four year institutions or trade schools. Some awards were one-time while others are renewable. Individual awards ranged from $500 to $10,000 and in total, more than $165,000 was awarded.

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Recognizing the increasing cost of higher education, Foundation staff met with donors to encourage fewer but more substantial awards. In keeping with trust-based philanthropy principles, the application process was reviewed with an eye toward making it more equitable. As a result, and when appropriate to the terms of the scholarship, applicants are no longer required to submit standardized test results

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or grade point averages, proof of citizenship or financial forms, none of which are necessarily good indicators of future success.

In 2022, a new scholarship was established in memory of Douglas Faust Blackledge, an Air Force veteran and 1988 graduate of Manzano High School (”MHS”). This namesake program recognizes one graduating senior from the school’s boys varsity soccer team and one graduating senior from the varsity wrestling team. Blackledge played fullback for the MHS soccer team that won the New Mexico State Championship in 1987. He was also a three-year varsity letterman on the school’s wrestling team. After graduating, Blackledge earned a BS in electrical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and went on to 22 years of service, including instructing pilots in the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base.

Selection committees awarded 112 scholarships from 25 endowment funds in 2022.

Andrew Piech Memorial Scholarship for graduating high school seniors or current college students who are pursuing a career in the automotive or vocational tech fields Barnes W. Rose Jr., and Eva Rose Nickol Scholarship for Albuquerque High School students pursuing a college degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or math Bryan Cline Memorial Soccer Scholarship for one male and one female Eldorado High School graduating senior who participated in varsity soccer Carl F. Scott Scholarship for Tucumcari Lodge #27 A.F. & A.M. for Quay County students graduating high school or currently enrolled in college David R. Woodling Memorial Scholarship for students pursuing a career in metal technology or welding technology Davis-Kozoll Scholarship for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students pursuing a degree in science or human services, or those who are preparing for non-scientific or human service employment in communities of northwest New Mexico Douglas Faust Blackledge Memorial Scholarship for Manzano High School boys varsity soccer players and members of the varsity wrestling team.

Hakes Brothers Scholarship Fund for single parents studying within the fields of science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), medical, accounting at the University of New Mexico.

James Knott Memorial Scholarship Fund Sponsored by the New Mexico Manufactured Housing Association for students living in a mobile or manufactured home

James Ledwith Memorial Scholarship for students who have faced an extraordinary life challenge while continuing to pursue their dreams with hope, faith, and courage Jim and Ann Nelson Student Aid Fund for Foster Youth Scholarship Fund for high school or college students who have been in the New Mexico foster care system for a minimum of one year Joe "Isi" Trujillo Scholarship for a graduating senior from Hot Springs High School in Truth or Consequences, NM who will be attending a New Mexico public college, university, or community college Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque Scholarship for students with community service experience; preference is given to students studying early childhood development and/or teaching and those who participate in Key Club Lynn Scholarship Fund Manuel Lujan Excellence in Education Scholarship for graduating high school seniors of 24 designated high schools, who plan to continue their education full-time at a New Mexico four-year College or University Nina J. Wing Scholarship for students who were previously in the foster care system and are currently attending or plan on attending Central New Mexico Community College Pedro and Mateo SandovalStrong Memorial Scholarship for Moriarty High School graduating seniors who are community-oriented and engaged in extracurricular activities Rae Lee Siporin Scholarship for Women for those who are returning to college or university after an official break and are returning to complete their senior year of their first undergraduate degree

Robby Baker Memorial Scholarship for La Cueva High School students with a learning, language, or reading disability Ron and Jane Abramshe Scholarship for Native North American Indian Students for Native North American Indian students to support educational programs and scholarly pursuits Susie Kubié Symphonic Music Scholarship for students who participate in the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program who plan on pursuing a music-related degree Sussman-Miller Educational Assistance Fund for financial aid assistance to support the “gap” in student financial aid award packages The Pam Schneider Memorial Scholarship Presented by American Advertising Federation of New Mexico for students pursuing a degree in the field of marketing and communication Trythall Family Scholarship for Excellence in Continuing Education for students working a minimum of 20 hours per week while attending undergraduate or vocational school to help further their career goals William F. Mann Scholarship for graduating high school seniors with a strong community service background, preference is given to Albuquerque High School students Women in Rhetoric and Logic Scholarship for graduating Albuquerque Academy female students participating in debate and pursuing a college degree Woodcock Family Education Scholarship Fund for Albuquerque metro-area high school graduating seniors of exceptional promise in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math

Photos to the right and left from 2022 Scholarship Party provided by Albuquerque Community Foundation

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Sandia mountains Stock photography

In spring 2022, New Mexico experienced the largest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. The Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fire burned more than 340,000 acres between early April and late June in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in San Miguel, Mora and Taos counties.

According to an article from the Albuquerque Journal, Flames scorched about 534 square miles, or about twice the geographic size of Chicago. More than 900 structures were destroyed.

Albuquerque Community Foundation and United Way of Central New Mexico and their corporate partners quickly activated the Emergency Action Fund (EAF) in response to the urgent need for resources.

The EAF provided short-term, unrestricted funding for the operations of several nonprofit organizations, allowing for direct cash support to these organizations helping communities affected by the fires.

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An initial $25,000 each was given to the Taos Community Foundation, the Las Vegas New Mexico Community Foundation and the Laguna Community Foundation to support those displaced or otherwise impacted by the wildfires.

Another $25,000 was granted to Animal Protection New Mexico to aid in rescuing, housing and adopting out pets affected by the blaze.

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Short-term unrestricted funding for the operations of several nonprofits aiding communities affected by the Hermits Peak & Calf Canyon fire

Community partners contributing to the EAF included Albuquerque Community Foundation, the Daulton Family Fund, Meta Los Lunas Data Center, Nusenda, PNM Resources Foundation, Rio Grande

Credit Union, Sandia National Labs, United Way of Central New Mexico and Western Sky Community Care. Rio Grande Credit Union and the City of Albuquerque both announced that employee donations through their United Way of Central New Mexico campaigns could be directed to the EAF and would be matched by the companies. Several other partners, including PNM and Sandia National Labs, conducted employee drives for supplies.

After activating the EAF, Rodney Prunty, President and CEO of United Way of Central New Mexico, said, “We are grateful to the many partners and donors who are contributing to the Emergency Action Fund for New Mexico fire relief at this critical time. The funds will help provide a measure of comfort to the families who are struggling to cope with the devastation caused by the many fires raging in New Mexico.”

Donations to the Emergency Action Fund continue to be gratefully accepted at go.abqcf.org/fire-relief

Albuquerque Community Foundation is honored to support the Community Wealth Building Cohort comprising the following members:

Photo of the 2022 Community Wealth Building Cohort Photo provided by Cohort

• Black Health New Mexico • Burque Against Racism • God’s Warehouse • International District Economic Development • International District Healthy Communities Coalition • Los Jardines Institute • TenderLove Community Center • Together For Brothers • Umoja Abq • Working Classroom • Vizionz-Sankofa In 2021, DEI United, a joint collaboration of the Albuquerque Community Foundation (“ACF”) and United Way of North Central New Mexico (“United Way”), received funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support BIPOC-led (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) organizations with annual budgets of less than $500,000.

The funding provided unrestricted grants to these organizations, with the goal of developing equitable grantmaking practices that challenged traditional philanthropic approaches often steeped in systemic inequities.

Unrestricted grants with the goal of developing equitable grantmaking practices that challenged traditional philanthropic approaches often steeped in systemic inequities.

At the July retreat, the cohort developed a shared vision to: • Be a unified voice • Educate, elevate and empower the least, the lost and left out • Identify and address injustice for those most impacted • Collaborate to generate funding • Collectively build and share intergenerational leadership, resources and service(s) to co-create a legacy of well-being • Live, love, and be healthy in thriving communities Each organization received between $143,000 and $173,000 in unrestricted funding (totaling approximately $1.14 million) to further their individual and collective work in service to our community.

The Albuquerque Community Foundation looks forward to continued collaboration with the Community Wealth Building Cohort in our journey toward greater equity.

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The staff of ACF and United Way identified four organizations which received funding in early 2022, and together they worked throughout the year to build trust and relationships. With the support of a facilitator, the group developed shared values, chose a name that reflected those values and selected seven additional recipients of funding, bringing the cohort to 11 organizations. In 2023, the cohort met to continue relationship-building, hone and enhance values, and share feedback on equitable grantmaking. The funding support for the cohort

culminated in a full-day retreat and the commitment to continue meeting beyond the end of the grant cycle to focus on actions the cohort can take as a collective to further their work in the community.

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endowment The Foundation manages over 500 endowment funds, each customized to meet each donor's philanthropic goals and the needs of the Albuquerque community. The Foundation offers a range of charitable fund types for individuals, families, organizations, and businesses. Donors may establish their own endowment fund or contribute to an existing one.

Our donors have a broad range of motivations in establishing or contributing to funds. Some desire to give back to organizations that have helped them; others choose to honor or memorialize loved ones. Others want to support a cause that's close to their heart, support education, help to cultivate a passion, or simply share in the joy of giving back to this terrific place we call home.

Following is a list of the Foundation's endowment funds: Funds Established in 2022 Carla Y. Aragon Fund Cindi and Jerry Parker Endowment Fund Club Culturale Italiano, Inc. Diane K. Yanney Education Field of Interest Fund Douglas Faust Blackledge Memorial Scholarship Edward L. Hillsman Fund Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Endowment Fund Jean Stutsman Marshall C.M. Light Endowment Kea and Loa Fund Lynn Scholarship Fund Nina Forrest Impact Fund Sun Vista Legacy Fund The Jim and Maxine Templeton Endowment Fund for the National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico The Jim and Maxine Templeton Unrestricted Charitable Endowment Fund

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1 Sam 7:12 2021 Albuquerque Community Foundation Now & Forever Fund 2007 Ann and Russell Rhoades Endowment Fund 2006 Antram/French Fund 2021 Arthur J. and Naomi C. Rosenberg Charitable Fund 1997 Avery Fund 2016 Becky and Rudy Diaz Endowment Fund 2006 Better Albuquerque Fund 2018

Betty and Luke Vortman Endowment Fund 2003 Beverly and Perry Bendicksen Legacy Fund 2019 Bob L. Turner Family Endowment Fund 2014 Building Community Fund 2021 Carolyn Dooley Martinez Endowment Fund 2006 Cavanaugh Young At Heart Fund 2009 Chester French Stewart Endowment Fund 2005 Cinco Amigos Endowment Fund 2007 Connor O'Loughlin Mantsch Memorial Endowment Fund 2014 Cramer Family Endowment Fund 2006 CTWCRW Fund 2017 Daulton Family Foundation Endowment Fund 2008 Dave Gives Back Donor Advised Fund 2021 David and Susan Weymouth Fund 2021 Davis-Kozoll Donor-Advised Fund 2018 Debbie and David Dozier Fund 2014 Debbie Walters and Richard Armstrong Endowment 2020 Debora Lynn Harms and Irwin Todd Harms 2020 Di Gregorio Baci e Abbracci Endowment Fund 2006 Don Blaugrund LGBT Fund 2006 Donald E. Carnicom and Mina L. Koym Carnicom Endowment Fund 2011 Doyel Family Endowment Fund 2005 Dr. Armin Rembe Memorial Fund 2021 Dr. and Mrs. Sterling Edwards Family Education Fund 1994

Dr. Barry and Roberta Cooper Ramo Advised Fund 2001 E. Blaugrund Family Fund 1994 Effective Families Fund 2003 Elevate by Maestas Development Group 2019 Erik and Veronica Olson Endowment 2018 Eye Associates Gerald and Alice Rubin Memorial Foundation Fund 2005 Ezra Trager-Tarrant Music and Education Memorial Fund 2021 Ferguson Mraz Artist Fund 2019 Frank and Dolores Hines Family Fund 1997 Frank and Mickey Peloso Memorial Fund 2007 Frank Fine and Leslee Richards Endowment Fund 2018 Frank D. Schubert Fund for Aging Services 2019 Frederick Hammersley Fund for the Arts 2019 Galles Chevrolet Friends of Youth Fund 1988 Garcia Automotive Group Endowment Fund 1999 George and Jenean Stanfield Fund 2010 Goodman Family Endowment Fund 2003 Gorvetzian Croker Family Endowment Fund 2010 Greg and Diane Harrison Ogawa Family Fund 2003 Hancock Family Fund 2020 Hanna/Woodford Family Fund 2013 Harrington Family Fund 2018

Novak MPGJ Family Fund 2008 Parker Family Fund 2019 Para los Niños Fund 1989 Paul S. Moya and Mary Jo Garley Moya Memorial Fund 2021 Pete & Mateo Sandoval Fund (NMAA) 2020 Phillip Raby and Connie Moore Endowment Fund 2005 Philip's Family Fund 2017 PNM Fund 2021 Possibility Funds 2021 Rashap Family Fund 2016 Rich Diller Now and Forever Donor-Advised Fund 2019 Richard J. and Linda N. Eitzen Endowment Fund 2000 Ron Royster Memorial Fund 2020 Royce Family Fund 2017 Ruthie Schwed Memorial Fund 2016 Sandia Foundation and Estate of Hugh and Helen Woodward Endowment Fund 2006 The Santangelo Family Fund 2007 Sean Hopkins Fund 2013 Shelly and Rafael Colón Memorial Fund 2006 Sofia Marie Pergola Memorial Fund 2020 Steven J. Perich Memorial Fund 2019 Susan G. Hill Fund 2020 T & F Blueher Family Endowment Fund 2019 T.J. Sivley and Mary Ray Sivley Education Fund 1997 T.J. Sivley and Mary Ray Sivley Fund for Public Television 1997 T.J. Sivley and Mary Ray Sivley Perpetual Endowment Fund 1995 Tallman Family Endowment Fund 2020 Team Tio Endowment Fund 2011 The FUNd 1988 The Bright Futures Fund 2014 THE REALTOR FUND of the Greater Albuquerque Association of REALTORS 2011 The Robert P. Tinnin, Jr. and Elizabeth P. Madden Endowment 2016 The Sage Fund 2014 Three Hearts Fund 2006 Tom Jenkins and Elaine Roy Fund 2018 Verstella Biondi Charitable Endowment 2018 Vitality Works Endowment 2017 Walter and Allene Kleweno Fund 2003 Walter and Mimi Stern Family Fund 2019 Wilfred "Coach" Tull Endowment Fund 2005

Impact Funds Aetna Life & Casualty Endowment Fund 1984 Albuquerque Community Foundation Impact Endowment Fund 1984 Albuquerque New Car & Truck Dealers Endowment Fund 1986 American Home Endowment Fund 1986 Arthur H. Spiegel Family Fund 1996 Frank and Judy Love Impact Fund 2017 Frank D. and Marie K. Gorham Fund 2001 Glenwood Impact Fund 2017 Gordon Church Endowment Fund 2007 Hueter Bass Family Endowment Fund 2000 JoAnn and Steve Ruppert Endowment Fund 1998 John and Marie Marshall Fund 2004 Johnnie Mae Tate Memorial Fund 2006 Jorgensen Family Endowment Fund 2007 Kurt and Edith Kubié Family Impact Endowment Fund 2007 Lewis O. and Leona R. Kohlhaas Endowment Fund 2000 Minnie Gooch Hall Charitable Endowment Fund 2007 Molly R. Huber Endowment Fund 2007 Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Galles, Jr. Endowment Fund 1986 Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson Endowment Fund 1994 Nancy Anderson Roberts Endowment Fund 1983 Robert W. Kaufmann Endowment Fund 2001 Strosnider Family Endowment Fund 2004 Theodore R. Brown Endowment Fund 1983 Wells Fargo Bank Endowment Fund 1998 Field-Of-Interest Funds Alan Hudson Fund for Education 2018 Albuquerque Community Foundation Arts & Culture Endowment Fund 1984 Albuquerque Community Foundation Children & Youth Fund 2002 Albuquerque Community Foundation Economic & Workforce Development Endowment Fund 2014 DONORS |

HB Construction Endowment Fund 2011 HENMAR Fund 1998 Hopkins Campbell Family Endowment Fund 2012 Horizons Donor Advised Fund 2021 Hospitality and Tourism Scholarship Fund 2015 Howard Friedman & Debra Wechter Friedman Fund 2020 Infinite Gesture Fund 2016 Jack Grevey Memorial Fund 2005 Jane and Doug Swift Fund for Art and Education 1997 Jennifer Riordan "Sparkle" Fund 2018 John and Kathleen Avila Family Endowment Fund 2017 Jolly Family Foundation 2011 Junior League of Albuquerque Charitable Endowment Fund 1984 Kate Nanlohy Endowment in Memory of Charles Marko 2009 Kelli and Kevin Cooper Family Endowment Fund 2006 Kevin and Lian Yearout Family Endowment Fund 2009 Kimsteinerling Fund 2021 King Family Endowment Fund 2006 La Meristema Fund 2018 Lanting Shibuya Fund 2012 Lasso the Moon Fund 2016 Lawrence Monte, Sr. Memorial Endowment 2008 Lee Blaugrund Endowment Fund 2005 Levy Family Endowment Fund 2008 Loral and David Welde Forevermore Fund 2021 Maisel/Goodman Charitable Endowment Fund 2002 Margaret and Ted Jorgensen Donor-Advised Endowment Fund 2007 Margaret Garrison Fund 2021 María Griego-Raby and Randy Royster Charitable Endowment 2021 Marie Kelly Gorham Endowment Fund for Women's Issues 2006 Mesa Del Sol Education Fund 2008 Michael Henningsen Youth Fund 2014 Michael L. Danoff Memorial Scholarship Fund 2021 Mike Mittelstaedt Memorial Fund 2021 NDB and CEB Fund 2017 New Mexico Heart Institute Foundation Fund 2001 Nicholas C. Nellos Memorial Fund for At-Risk Children 2002 Nina Forrest Fund 2015 NMOGA's Brighter Future Fund 2019 Notah Begay III Endowment Fund 1999

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Albuquerque Community Foundation Education Endowment Fund 1984 Albuquerque Community Foundation Health Fund 2015 Albuquerque Community Foundation Human Services Fund 2001 Albuquerque Community Foundation Preservation Fund of New Mexico 1984 Albuquerque Monthly/Coronado Center Endowment Fund 1984 Anne B. Little Fund for Education 2003 Anne B. Little Fund for Health 2003 APS Fine Arts Enhancement Endowment Fund 1989 Bank of Albuquerque Charitable Endowment Fund 2000 BeNicePlayFair.com Fund 2004 Beresford and Margaret Menagh Fund for Animals 2013 Beresford and Margaret Menagh Fund for the Environment 2013 Blaine Ryan Kindler Memorial Education Fund 1999 Carl David Bedford Fund for People in Need 2003 Charles D. Ryan Memorial Fund for Education 2003 Cindy and Ken Johns Family Fund 1996 Classical Music Endowment Fund 2013 Conscience of Society Endowment Fund 1986 Crazy Granny's Cookie Jar 2000 Cumulus Media Endowment to Expand Music Education in APS Schools 2001 Dave and Mary Colton Fund for Arts and Culture 2009 Dave and Mary Colton Fund for Children and Youth 2009 David and Martha Cooper Endowment Fund 1984 David Maccini Memorial Fund 1996 Dazzo Family Fund for Children & Youth 2000 Ebel Family Fund for Children and Youth 1985 First Things First Endowment Fund 2008 Florence and Bob Stamm Endowment Fund 1986 Frank and Mickey Peloso Fund 2006 Frank D. and Marie K. Gorham Endowment for Classical Music 2013 George Clayton Pearl Family Endowment Fund 1993 Goldenberg-Elder Family Fund 2021 Green Tara Endowment for Women's Issues 2018 Harvey Yates Education Endowment Fund 1984

Hearst Music Education Fund 2013 Holocaust Memorial Endowment Fund 1988 Howard W. & Zona Ehret Henry Fund for the Performing Arts 2010 Jackie A. Fallis Endowment Fund 2007 James and Marguerite Hall Endowment Fund 2021 Jeanne M. Trauger Memorial Homecare Fund 2009 John F. and Mae M. Lark Fund in Honor of Franklin and Bernice Jones 1994 Judith Jeanne Babcock Endowment Fund 2021 June D. Schutzberger Endowment Fund 2014 Kirschner Family Fund 2014 Kubié Family Fund for Classical Music 2013 Kurt and Edith Kubié Family Human Services Endowment Fund 2013 Lee and Jan Miller Fund 2017 Lucy Ann Warner Endowment Fund 2002 Lynn Rosner Memorial Fund 1997 Margarita Martinez Fund for Theater Arts 1988 Martin S. Morrison Endowment Fund 2006 Mary Stephenson Utsinger Endowment Fund for Children 2011 Mary Stephenson Utsinger Endowment Fund for Preservation 1987 Mayor's Endowment Fund for Children 1987 Mayor's Prize 2015 Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Galles, Jr. Arts & Culture Fund 1985 Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson Health Endowment Fund 1994 Nancy Anderson Roberts Arts & Culture Endowment Fund 1983 Nancy Thompson Harris Memorial Fund 1997 Nellita E. Walker Endowment Fund 1997 New England Endowment Fund 1990 New Mexico Human Rights Education Coalition 2014 Patricia McDonald Fund for Health 2016 Paul Noble Vosburgh and Jane Berry Vosburgh Endowment Fund 2007 Peggy Cavett-Walden & Professor Jerrold Walden Fund for Art & Music 2014 Peggy Pick Bacon Memorial Fund for Education 1995 Performing Arts Endowment Fund 1988 Reba Price Fund for Animal Welfare

2016 Reba Price Fund for Children and Families 2016 Reba Price Fund for Performing Arts 2016 Robert and Ann Clark Arts & Culture Endowment Fund 1986 Robert and Ann Clark Preservation Endowment Fund 1986 Robert and Celeste Loughridge Fund 2001 Robert and Zane Taichert Endowment Fund 1984 Robert P. Marshall, Sr. Memorial Endowment Fund 2007 Roy Lee Cain Endowment Fund 2011 Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Programs Fund 1996 Stephen J.E. Sprague Memorial Endowment Fund 2007 Stephen L. Moody Memorial Fund for Children with Special Needs 1995 T.J. Sivley and Mary Ray Sivley Environmental and Historic Preservation Fund 2000 Taylor and Joan Bowen Charitable Endowment for Preservation of Public Trees and Gardens 2006 Taylor and Joan Bowen Charitable Endowment for Wildlife Protection and Control 2006 The Ann C. Bailey Fund for Animals 2017 The Ron and Jane Abramshe Fund for Animals 2020 Wells Fargo Bank Endowment for Classical Music 2013 Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for Health and Human Services 1999 Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for Victim Assistance 1999 William "Bill" Cooper Memorial Endowment Fund 2006 Youth Endowment Fund 1989 Donor Designated Fund for Organizations Adelamar N. Alcantara Memorial Fund for the New Mexico Asian Family Center 2021 Agnes Faggart Bussiere Memorial Fund for Menaul School 2007 Albert W. Tarbell Fund for the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John 2013 Albuquerque New Car & Truck Dealers Fund for Crime Stoppers 1985

Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for MANA de Albuquerque 1997 Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for New Mexico Conference of Churches 1999

Dominic Garcia, ACF Scholarships and Grants Associate at Future Fund event Photo by Hyunju Blemel

Endowment Fund 2013 KNME-TV Endowment Fund 1987 Kubie Fund for Jewish Welfare 2005 Kurt and Edith Kubie Family Endowment for Planned Parenthood 2007 María Griego-Raby Fund for San Felipe de Neri Church Capital Projects 2003 M.J. Hicks Fund for Self-Sufficiency for Women 2021 Moise Memorial Library 50th Anniversary Fund 2005 Moise Memorial Library Fund 2005 Nellita E. Walker Fund for KNME-TV 1999 New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation Fund 1986 New Mexico Voices for Children Future Fund 2002 Ralph Berkowitz Fund for Albuquerque Youth Symphony 2011 Rex Ward Fund 2012 Reyer Fund in Support of Tribal Community Development 1986 Roadrunner Food Bank Fund 1984 Robert and Barbara Clemmensen Fund for Animal Humane 2009 Robert and Barbara Clemmensen Fund for Cancer Services of New Mexico 2009 Robert and Barbara Clemmensen Fund for Crime Stoppers 2009 Robert and Barbara Clemmensen Fund for Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd 2009 Sunset Mesa Teacher Endowment Fund Corp. Endowment Fund 2006 Susie Kubié Youth Symphony Fund 2017 Vagh/Zavery Endowment Fund 2006 Walter E. and Shelley Cohen Fund for Animal Humane Association of New Mexico 2013 Walter E. and Shelley Cohen Fund for Congregation B'Nai Israel Endowment Fund 2013 Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for Catholic Charities of New Mexico 1996 Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for Christina Kent Day Nursery 1996 Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for Friends in Time 1997 Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for Habitat for Humanity 1997 Wilhelmina Neat Coe, Peace Foundation '57 Fund for Health Care for the Homeless 1998

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Alfred A. Abbott Charitable Endowment for ARCA, Inc. 2006 Alfred A. Abbott Charitable Fund for the Good Shepherd Center for the Homeless 2007 Ann C. Lucero and David J. Lucero Endowment for Catholic Charities 2019 Anne B. Little Fund for the Botanic Garden at New Mexico BioPark 2003 Ann Simms Clark Fund for Planned Parenthood 2005 Betty and Luke Vortman Endowment for New Mexico Philharmonic, Inc. 2015 Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico Fund 1995 Cancer Services of New Mexico Endowment Fund 1998 Carl F. Scott Scholarship Fund for New Mexico Military Institute 2005 Carnicom Fund for the New Mexico Wildlife Association 2020 Centro Savila Hopkins Center 2017 Constance Zandstra Fund for Good Shepherd Center 1998 Constance Zandstra Fund for MANA de Albuquerque 1998 Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School 2008 Davis-Kozoll Prevention Research and Practice Fund 2021 Davis-Kozoll Village of Cuba Fund 2017 Dean and Alice Irvin Fund for the UNM Cancer Center 1986 Dismas House at St. Martin's Endowment Fund 2003 Dr. Jane Ann Blumenfeld Endowment Fund for the SW Branch of the International Dyslexia Association 2004 Ethics In Business CNM 2017 Heights Healthcare Foundation Fund for Osteopathic Education 1984 Ida May Cowan Fund for the Homeless at Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd 1992 James M. Parker Endowment for the Parker Center for Family Business 2019 Jeanne M. and Fred Trauger Genealogical Society Fund 1991 Jeanne M. and Fred Trauger New Mexico Geological Society 1991 Julie Gutierrez Memorial Fund for Menaul School 2020 Karen Ortiz Endowment Fund for the Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program at Challenge New Mexico 2004 KNME New Mexico PBS Great Southwestern Arts & Education

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philanthropy Yes, nonprofits can start endowments — and we are pleased to help the following nonprofit organizations manage endowment funds that can grow over time, providing a source of lasting support.

The Foundation considers effective management of organization endowment funds essential to maintaining the strength of our community's nonprofit organizations. With this support, organizations can achieve their goals and meet various needs in our community. In Albuquerque, we're fortunate to be served by so many generous nonprofits and philanthropists who invest in our city and its residents.

There are two types of Philanthropy Central Funds: Organization Endowment Funds, where an organization establishes a fund with its money, and Donor-Designated Endowment Funds, where a donor establishes a fund for the benefit of an organization. See these funds on pages 43-44.

Annual distributions from their endowment(s) help organizations fulfill their missions to meet the needs of our community. Others choose to reinvest their annual distribution into their fund for faster growth.

By pooling the funds of an organization with the Foundation's endowment, the organization benefits from a diverse investment portfolio, as well as low investment fees that typically come only with very large funds.

The following organizations have entrusted their endowment(s) to us:

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10th Anniversary Women in Philanthropy Council Endowment 2012 A Child's Garden Fund 1989 Adelamar N. Alcantara Memorial Fund for the New Mexico Asian Family Center Agency Fund 2021 Adelante Development Center Fund 1996 Albert G. Simms II and Barbara Young Simms Fund for Manzano Day School 2019 Albuquerque Boy Choir Fund 2010 Albuquerque Chapter of the Military Officers Association 2012 Albuquerque Crime Stoppers, Inc. Endowment Fund 2007 Albuquerque Genealogical Society Endowment Fund 2005 Albuquerque High School Alumni Association Fund 2004 Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce Endowment Fund 2011 Albuquerque Little Theatre Endowment Fund 2008 Albuquerque Rose Society Endowment Fund 2007 All Faiths Endowment Fund 2002 Amy Biehl High School Endowment 2013

Animal Humane | New Mexico Endowment 2008 Animal Protection of New Mexico Fund 1996 Arc of New Mexico Fund 1983 ARCA Fund 2001 B'nai Israel Fund 1990 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central New Mexico Fund 1987 Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation Endowment Fund 2012 Casa Angelica Endowment Fund 1997 Casa Esperanza Endowment Fund 2007 Catholic Charities Human Services Fund 2020 Center for International Studies Albuquerque International Association 2017 Center for International Studies Albuquerque International Association International Lectures 2019 Chamber Music Albuquerque Fund 2004 Children's Cancer Fund of New Mexico 2008 Children's Grief Center Endowment Fund 2009 Cibola County Education Foundation Fund 2005 Congregation Albert Fund 1994

Dale E. Kempter Legacy Endowment Fund for the Albuquerque Youth Symphony 1996 Dual Language Education New Mexico Endowment 2012 Easter Seals New Mexico Fund 1987 Endowment Fund for the Friends of the Corrales Library 2016 Evelyn Curtis Losack Endowment for Music Education 2016 Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Fund 2002 Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico Fund 2003 Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center Fund 2000 Ginger Grossetete Endowment Fund for Silver Horizons 1984 Gloria Griffin Mallory Endowment Fund for Teacher Development 2006 Gorham Fund for Scouting 2013 Great Southwest Council, Boy Scouts of America 2011 Greater Albuquerque Housing Partnership Endowment 2008 Guadalupe County Hospital Fund 1998 Guys Give Ron Eppes Founder's Endowment 2018 H. Patrick and Debra Jo Dee Alexis de Tocqueville Legacy Society Endowment FBO UWCNM 2007

New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation Endowment 2017 New Mexico Coalition for Literacy Fund 1988 New Mexico Engineering Foundation Endowment Fund 2005 New Mexico Parents of Multiples Endowment Fund 2016 New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Fund 2016 New Mexico Veterans' Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund 2012 New Mexico Voices for Children Endowment Fund 2007 Outpost Productions Endowment Fund 2006 Parents Reaching Out Endowment Fund 2008 PB&J Family Services/Angie's Legacy 2007 Placitas Artists Series 2021 Power of the Purse Endowment Fund 2015 Presbyterian Ear Institute Endowment Fund 2011 Senior Citizens Law Office Endowment Fund 2014 Special Olympics of New Mexico Fund 2001 St. George Greek Orthodox Church Endowment Fund 2015 St. Mark's in the Valley Day School Fund 1986 St. Martin's Hospitality Center Endowment Fund 2008 Strickler Women's Endowment 2018 Talbot Women's Endowment Fund 2014 The Bartok Love Fund - A Pomeranian's Gift to People 2016 The Herman & Marina Mauney United Way Fund 2007 The Sonya Priestly - Art Gardenswartz United Way Impact Fund, for the Creation and Support of Strong Resilient Communities in New Mexico 2020 The Suzanne M. Johnston Endowment for the New Mexico Ballet Company 2016 Think New Mexico Fund 2004 Thomas J. Horan and Mary Ann Campbell-Horan Endowment FBO of UWCNM 2007 Tocqueville Legacy Society Endowments 2008 UWCNM Community Fund Endowment in Honor of Jack & Frances Holmes 1993 UWCNM Endowment FBO the Community Fund established by Mr. J.

Alan Hunton 2007 UWCNM Endowments 2008 UWCNM Jennie and Shirley Wells Endowment Fund 2013 UWCNM Named Endowments 2008 Virginia Nelson Mayo Memorial Fund 2013 VSA arts of New Mexico Fund 1998 Walter E. and Shelley Cohen Fund for United Way of Central New Mexico 2013 WESST Endowment Fund 2013 WildEarth Guardians 2007 YLS High School Youth Leadership Endowment Fund 2016 YMCA Fund 1998 Other Programs A. David Sandoval Endowment Fund for Music Education 2002 Adelamar N. Alcantara Memorial Fund for the Support of Filipino Community Activities in New Mexico 2021 Albuquerque Community Foundation Music Grant Program 2012 All Together NM 2020 Anne B. Little Fund for Aid to Senior Citizens 2003 Beresford and Margaret Menagh Fund for Educational Opportunities for Navajo Children 2013 Betty and Luke Vortman Restricted Endowment Fund 2013 Bob and Gwen Cameron Charitable Endowment Fund 2006 Bryan Konefsky Fund 2018 Charles A. Burciaga Endowment Fund 2019 Daniel and Marian Frances Smith Hooks Memorial Fund 2001 de Profundis Organization Endowment Fund 2007 Friends of Music Fund 1998 Heartbroken: ACF Fund for Social Justice 2020 Henry C. Dennis and Sara B. Dennis 624 Champion Building Endowment Fund 2014 IPCC Public Art 2021 Jack and Donna Rust Family Fund 1996 Jane P. Sandoval Endowment Fund for Fossil Preparation 2002 Janet Youngberg Endowment for Roadrunner Food Bank 2013 John P. and Terri Salazar Endowment Fund 2013 Julie Weaks-Gutierrez Opportunity

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Heading Home Endowment Fund 2012 Henry and Kathie Dodd Fund 2018 Holmes Endowments 2008 Howard & Debra Friedman Family Fund UWCNM 2021 Joanne W. Finkelstein Fund 2015 John Merson UWCNM Community Fund Endowment in Honor of Jack & Frances Holmes 2009 Joseph E. and Virginia Lee Wright Memorial Fund 2014 Joseph Saavedra's Pennies for the Homeless Endowment 2015 Junior League of Albuquerque Administrative Endowment Fund 1999 Justine Opel Opera Southwest Endowment Fund 2015 Karen and Ted Pound Fund 2015 Kirk and Debra Benton UWCNM Community Fund Endowment in Honor of Jack & Frances Holmes 2008 Larry and Sheriece Strickland Fund Endowment 2010 Leadership New Mexico Endowment Fund 2009 Liz Canfield Memorial Fund 2021 M.J. Hicks Fund for Self-Sufficiency for Women 2012 Mandy's Farm Endowment Fund 2019 Manzano Day School Fund 1985 Manzano Day School Kathy Rimsha Fund 2007 Manzano Day School Maggie Simms WINGS Fund 2004 Manzano Day School Peterson Learning Center Fund 2004 Manzano Day School Stewart Family Wings Fund 2007 Manzano Day School Wings 6 Fund 2012 Manzano Day School Wings of Brotherhood Fund 2009 Manzano Day School Wings of Friendship Fund 2006 Max Danger for Children Fund 2018 Meals on Wheels of Albuquerque Endowment Fund 2009 Menaul School Endowment Fund 2007 National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation Fund 2017 NDI New Mexico Fund 2012 Neal Piltch WINGS Fund 2012 New Mexico Academy of Science Endowment Fund 2007 New Mexico Art League Fund 1992 New Mexico BioPark Society Fund 1987 New Mexico BioPark Society Fund for the Aquarium & Botanic Garden 1988

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Endowment Fund 2020 Ladies Who Launch 2019 Linda K. Estes Giraffe Award Endowment Fund 2005 Nathan Wineberg Endowment for Senior Centers 2006 Ngala Memorial Endowment Fund to Assist Musicians with Medical Care 2014 Pamela B. Gordon Endowment Fund 2011 Paul A. and Patti A. Marianetti Fund 2005 Próspero 2021 Robert C. and Mary D. Poole Family Fund 1996 Sally Denzer Endowed Fund for Watermelon Mountain Ranch 2014 Tapestry Grant Program General Fund 2018 The ACF/UWCNM Emergency Action Fund 2020 The Community Collaboration Fund 2019 UNM Fredrick Hammersley Visiting Artists Program 2019

heritage

The Ray Zimmer Heritage Society, named in honor of one of the Foundation's founders and its first Board President, is designed to strengthen and sustain Albuquerque for generations to come. The Heritage Society connects the past, present and future by allowing donors to benefit future generations through deferred gifts and estate plans. These generous individuals have committed to the future of our community by naming Albuquerque Community Foundation in their wills, qualified retirement plans, life insurance policies, trusts, or other instruments.

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Thank you to our Heritage Society members for their far-sighted generosity and commitment to Albuquerque’s future:

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Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Abramshe John & Kim Ackerman *Mr. & Mrs. Rex Allender *Mrs. Nancy Anderson Roberts Richard and Michelle Andes *Josephine Atkinson Richard Babcock *Ann C. Bailey Ron Beauchamp & Cecilia Navarrete C. David Bedford Beverly & Perry Bendicksen Nancy Berg Fran Berglund *Ralph Berkowitz Bernie and Sue Bernard Wes & Jessica Bigney III *Don Blaugrund Claudia Bloom Tom & Francesca Blueher James & Diane Bonnell *Mr. Robert C. Boule *Taylor & Joan Bowen Sue Brown Charles Burciaga *Mr. Gregory Bussiere *Roy Lee Cain

*Ms. Gwen Cameron *Peggy Cavett-Walden *Gordon Church *Mr. Zack Clem Jr. *Robert & *Barbara Clemmensen *Walter & *Shelley Cohen Mr. Kenneth L. Conwell II Jim Cook and Robbie Buell *Mr. David Cooper Joe and Mary Cotruzzola Mr. Warren B. Cox and Dr. Sue Forster-Cox Billie Jo Crouse *Mrs. Sue M. Daulton Frances Joy Dazzo *Henry C. Dennis & *Sarah B. Dennis *Sally A. Denzer Mark Duhamel and Ann Swancer William E. Ebel Lauri Ebel *Dr. & *Mrs. Sterling Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Eitzen Mr. and Mrs. David Emin Ian & Katie Esquibel Ms. Nada Fahnestock *Sylvia J. Ferguson *Goldina Moise Fine

Nina Forrest Mr. & Mrs. Friedman Nancy Furbush Trudy Gage Larry Gilbert Terri Giron-Gordon & Gary Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Donald Goldfarb Jeanne Grealish Ginger Grossetete *Mrs. Mildred Gauntt Hall *Minnie Condrey Gooch Hall *Mr. Howard W. & *Zona Ehret Henry Kreg Hill *Edward L. Hillsman *Daniel and *Marian Frances Smith Hooks Paul & *LaDonna Hopkins *Mrs. Keziah Hoyt *Mrs. Molly Huber *Dean & *Alice Irvin *Robert W. Kaufmann Walter & Allene Kleweno *Leona Kohlhaas Stephen Kranz *Mrs. Edith Kubié *Ms. Shirley Lambert *John F. and *Mae Lark *Jan and *Marion Lee

*Debbie Walters *Ms. Lucy Ann Warner Gale Williams Doyel *Nathan Wineberg *Mr. and *Mrs. Clifton Elbert Woodcock *Diane Yanney David Zeuch & Nena Joy Almodovar *Remembered

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*Anne Little Robert Loughridge Judy Bearden Love *Ms. Ann Lucero Kathleen "Nats" Lunde Dr. Gloria & Robert Mallory *Mr. William F. Mann *Paul and *Patti Marianetti *Ms. Jean Marshall *Mr. & *Mrs. John C. Marshall Ed & Jane McCullough *Ms. Patricia L. McDonald *Ellie & Gary Miller *Maynard Miller Steven K. Moise Steve & *Beth Moise Drs. Frank and Dianna Montoya Claudia & Robert Moraga SJ Morgan Ron & Mary Moya David Oberg *George Clayton Pearl Laree Perez *Mary Poole *Ms. Reba Price María Griego-Raby & Randy Royster Kenneth and Eileen Ross Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ruppert *Betty Rynd *Mrs. Jane Sandoval Arthur Schreiber *Mrs. June Schutzberger *Carl F. Scott Georganne Seeley *T.J. and *Mary Ray Sivley William Snead *Shirley S. Spiewak Carolyn Spolidoro *Robert J. Stamm Jeff & *Janet Sterba Walter & Mimi Stern Sally Storrs Mrs. Marilyn B. Strauss David Stuart PhD & Cynthia Stuart EdD *Rev. A.W. Tarbell *James & *Helen "Maxine" Templeton Bob Tinnin *Mr. and *Mrs. Frederick Trauger *Mr. Bob Turner Karin Urban *Mrs. Mary Utsinger *Mrs. Betty Vortman Mr. & Mrs. Paul Vosburgh *Mrs. Nellita Walker

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partners in As a nonprofit organization, Albuquerque Community Foundation also relies on the generosity of donors for critical operational support. Partners in Philanthropy invest in us so we may continue to invest in others. These donors exemplify and embody the belief in community support. The following donors have elected to support the Foundation's operations in perpetuity through the establishment of an endowed administrative fund. Thank you to those who help us accomplish our goal to support Albuquerque through philanthropy.

Endowed Administrative Funds ACF Historic Champion Building Fund Albuquerque Community Foundation Administrative Endowment Fund Bank of America Endowment Fund Bradbury Stamm Administrative Endowment Fund Doug and Sarah Brown Administrative Endowment Fund Frank Gorham, Jr. Endowment Fund Glenn Fellows and Patricia Hancock Administrative Fund Jeff and Janet Sterba Partners in Philanthropy Endowment Fund Laura and Zack Clem, Jr. Endowment Fund Laura Hueter Bass Fund for Administrative Excellence Moise Family Administrative Endowment Fund Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson Administrative Endowment Fund Nancy Anderson Roberts Administrative Endowment Fund Peltier, Gustafson & Miller PA Endowment Fund Ray and Barbara Zimmer Endowment Fund Robert and Ann Clark Administrative Endowment Fund Susanne B. Brown Administrative Endowment Fund Theodore R. Brown Administrative Endowment Fund Walter E. and Shelley Cohen Fund for ACF Wells Fargo Bank Administrative Endowment Fund Friends (up to $499)

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Anonymous Nicholas Andrews Judy Basen Weinreb Dr. David Bernstein & Erika Rimson Diane & James Bonnell Mimi Burns Kim Hyunji Choi Crypto Adoption Fund - Renaissance Charitable Joshua Eberle Dr. Mark Epstein Jason Galloway Harris Hartz Stephanie & David Kauffman Bonnie & Hank Kelly Justin A. Knight

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Sarah B. Kotchian & Robert O. Nellums Tara Lovato Michelle Marek Amanda & Ryan Maxey Silke & John Niederhaus Joaquin Noon Brad Raisher Jonathan Roepcke Joanna Stevenx Arthur Tannenbaum The Kadavil Family Marcos & Katherine Trujillo Nick & Michelle Williams Partners ($500 & up) Abinash Achrekar MD MPH & Shalini Achrekar Emily & Garrett Allen Barbara & Rex Allender Carl & Linda Alongi Susan Nelson Anderson & Robert B. Anderson Thomas “Tom” E. & Keri A. Antram Linda & Richard Avery Arellana Barela Levenson & Greg Levenson Beverly R. & Perry E. Bendicksen Bonnie & Mike Blackledge Robert L. Bovinette Bob Bowman & Jack Knight Dr. William G. & Elaine Chapman Dr. Loretta Cordova de Ortega & Roberto Ortega Krys & Phillip Custer C. Thomas & Jan Daulton Michelle & Jimmy Dearholt Paul & Caryn DiPaola Redd & Randy Eakin Martha Egan Sanjay Engineer María Griego-Raby & Randy Royster Donna & Roger Hagengruber Lowell A. Hare Debbie & Irwin Harms

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Rebecca & Jason Harrington Doug & Connie Henry Mary Herring Pam Hurd-Knief & Dr. Ron Knief Rosalyn R. Hurley Dr. James R. & Sue Hutchison Mary Walker & Mark Interrante Jane Jones Debbie & Patrick Kinsella Kenneth C. Leach & Hazel Tull-Leach Carolyn & Richard Lindberg Judy Bearden Love Libby Madden & Bob P. Tinnin, Jr. Steve & Debbie Maestas Millie W. McMahon Dr. Andrew & Kathleen Metzger Margo McCormick & Ranne Miller Marcus J. Mims MLB Associates Judy & Michael Muldawer National Philanthropic Trust Alice Redmond-Neal & David Neal Noon & Associates, LLC Dr. Robert & Diane Orchard Hon. James A. & Janice Parker Linda H. Parker Calla Ann Pepmueller Leslie M. Phinney Jetta Reynolds Stephen Royce Esq. Anne & Ken Sapon Charlotte Coulombe Schoenmann & Stuart Schoenmann Thomas C. Schwab, CFP & Pamela B. Donegan Jane Scott Claudia & Ronald H. Short Thomas Osborne Stair & Lucy Caldwell-Stair Dr. Stanley N. & Marilyn Stark Walter E. & Mimi Stern Duffy & Jean Ann Swan Becky Teague David & Jennifer Thomas Len & Liz Trainor Sara R. Traub Aldo Vaio Esther Villas-Wingfield & Sean Wingfield José Viramontes Lori Waldon Joan Weissman Charles I. & J.D. Wellborn David E. & Susan Weymouth XTO Energy Joe & Cheryl Zebrowski

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Celebrating 25 years in 2022, the Future Fund seized the moment to reflect on how far it has come in a quarter century and reassess its approach to addressing the needs of today’s young philanthropists. It reimagined its membership criteria and messaging with the aim of acquainting younger community members with responsive philanthropy, promoting community awareness and nurturing future leadership.

“By opening membership to individuals and pairs of friends or family members, as well as adding a monthly dues payment plan, we’re showing that there is a place in Future Fund for everyone,” said Amanda Aragon, 2022 Future Fund Board Chair. “We are excited that our membership structure is now more reflective of our members and community.”

Since its inception in 1997, Future Fund has awarded more than $360,000 in unrestricted grants from an endowment of more than $700,000. In 2022, it also honored Natasha Garcia, Executive Director of the New Mexico Women’s Reentry Center, with the Outstanding Philanthropist award, only the second honoree since the award was created in 2018.

To learn more about the work of the Future Fund, including how to join, visit go.abqcf.org/future-fund.

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Top left and middle: ACF celebrating at the Future Fund 25th bithday party, top right: board members Melissa Nunez and Amanda Marquez, bottom left: 2022 grant night, bottom right: members at 2022 Grant Breakfast Photos provided by Albuquerque Community Foundation

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2022 Future Fund Board Adam Alvarez, Governance Committee Chair Amanda Aragon, Board Chair Nina Chavez, Secretary Thomas Cooper Kelcy Flanagan Brandon Furst Madison Jones Chauna King Emma Lewis, Community Impact Committee Chair Amanda Marquez, Chair-Elect Melissa Nuňez, Partnership Committee Chair John Michael Ordorica, Past Chair Anthony Ortiz Jaymie Roybal Rhiannon Samuel Daniel Trujillo, Membership Committee Chair 2022 Future Fund Members Anonymous (3) Arianna Abrams Amina Ahaddad Adam Alvarez & Kristin Grassham MaDonna Analla Amanda Aragon Victoria Archuleta Chase Barnes Jordan & Monica Barry Tamara & Jason Beall Kevin Burns Rathi & Ben Casey Gabe Castro Nina Chavez Adam & Misty Ciepiela Jeanette Contreras Thomas Cooper Wylee Curry

Emilie De Angelis & Bert Davenport David Diller Anna Doss Katie & George Douglas Casey Edwards Elise Espat Celina & Diego Espinoza Katie & Ian Esquibel Marie Eszenyi Teala & Michael Farrington Olivia Faust Cole & Kelcy Flanagan Alex & Karen Flores Kate Franchini Lamar Fresquez Daniel Friedman Brandon Furst & Christina Herrera-Furst Jennifer Gabaldon Kristin Garcia Pete Garcia Justin Gomez Billy & Rachel Gupton Mariah Harrison Andrea Hetrick Amy Hovee Jessa Huybrechts Kevin Jankowski Madison Jones Brandyn Jordan Keith Jordan Chauna & Tyler King Aaron Kraft & Monear Makvandi Mariah Lawhon & Alex Nunez-Thompson Emma Lewis Kayla Lopez Kayleigh Maes Amanda Marquez Monica Martinez Erik & Sarah Mease Sarah Mease Ethan & Rachel Melvin John Michael & Mackenzie Ordorica Brenna Moore

Erin Muffoletto & Joseph Hernandez Marhsall Neel Hallee & John Nguyen Sara Norton-Sanner Melissa Nuñez Aaron Ochoa Mitchel Olson Angelica Ortega Anthony Ortiz Jose Ortiz PNM Cameron Price Katie Rarick & Chris Narkun Isaac & Ronnie Rivas-Savell Jade Rivera & Josh Padilla Jon Roberts Julisa Rodriguez & Gabe Gallegos Jaymie Roybal Jeff Roybal Madison Rumbaugh Rhiannon & Adan Samuel Stephanie Santillanes & Marcus Garcia Nicholas Schafer Cynthia Schultz Erin Scott Adams Destiny Logan Smith Sommer Smith Arianda Solano David Stroud Sonya Torrez Daniel Trujillo Michelle Van Engen Nick & Morgan Warner Melody Wells & Hannah Bluhm Chanel & David Wiese-Carl David Williams Rachel Witt Tory Witt Hannah Wood Brandon Writtenberry

Left: 2022 Outstanding Philanthropist Awardee Natasha Garcia with Brian Colón, middle: members at 2022 Grant Breakfast right: members at 2022 Grant Night

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Social Giving Club members Pam Hurd-Knief and Rebecca Harrington Photo provided by Albuquerque Community Foundation

In 2022, the “social” was back this year in the Social Giving Club, after almost two years of virtual meetings. The collective giving group is designed for experienced philanthropists looking for social connection with like-minded community members. Fresh energy brought by three in-person meetings has engendered a new sense of purpose, with new leadership marking 2022 as a year of resurgence.

The Club doubled in membership, as it gathered to promote a personal connection to giving. At its annual grant night in November, members selected STEM Is Child’s Play for their $25,000 annual award. This organization works to create more access to STEM education for children and families in under-resourced areas of New Mexico through education, support and advocacy.

Members also bid a happy retirement to Pam Hurd-Knief, an original Social Giving Club member and Foundation Trustee. “Over the past two years, the Foundation has brought in new leadership for the Club. It's now in the capable hands of Trustees Sanjay Engineer and Charlotte Schoenmann and founding members Debbie and David Dozier,” she says.

To learn more about the work of the Social Giving Club, including how to join, visit visit go.abqcf.org/sgc.

cial giving 2022 Social Giving Club Members

Rohini Arter Karen & Chris Bard Mark & Emily Benak Jeff Brown & Sandy Hoogeboom-Brown Julie Cason & Lisa Crawley Mike Dexter David & Debbie Dozier Sanjay Engineer Glenn Fellows & Patricia Hancock Kyle Fiore & Richard Lamport Nina Forrest John Grassham Debbie & Irwin Harms Mark Hedemann Pam Hurd-Knief & Ron Knief Carol Jakowatz Lynn Johnson & Fritz Eberle Jane Jones Pat & Terry Keene

Judy Love Carol Maddux Maureen & Steve Martinick Leslie Neal Cindi & Jerry Parker Art & Pat Priebe Peggy & Jeff Roberts María Griego-Raby & Randy Royster Anna & Gabe Sanchez Ken & Anne Sapon Charlotte & Stuart Schoenmann Julie Silverman Sara Sternberger & Howard Epstein Suzanne Strong & Marc Gillihan Allyn Summa Laurie & Rogan Thompson Linda Weil Franklin Wilson, Foundation for Sustainable Living Jessica & Kat Wright

Left and right: SGC members at 2022 social event

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“...multiple fires can be lit from an initial spark...”

As a painter and muralist, Natalie Voelker investigates complexity and transcendence in seemingly ordinary people.

In 2022, the Foundation commissioned her to create a painting that would visually represent capacity building, continued collaboration with community partners, new grant programs and the organization’s development of a five-year strategic plan.

way to give kudos, and the interesting assortment of hands around the room, the idea came to her of those hands sparking positive energy.

“I thought it was a nice metaphor for the work of the Foundation. The work they do sparks something that has the power to light the way,” she says. “Also, multiple fires can be lit from an initial spark, so the impact is far greater than the impact of one spark alone. Together, the staff is creating something beautiful.”

“This is such a great organization doing great work, with a mission that everyone is committed to and enthusiastic about,” says Voelker. “It’s nice to work with people like that. Plus, they were so open about me doing anything I wanted. So I got to be more experimental.”

Voelker, a Helene Wurlitzer Foundation fellow, has also created works for the Harwood Art Center, 508 Mural Festival, the City of Albuquerque and various private collections – both nationally and abroad.

Left: Fire Striker, right: Artist Natalie Voelker Photo by Hyunju Blemel

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The painting, Fire Striker (24” x 24” oil on panel), depicts a pair of hands starting a fire, surrounded by nature. To find inspiration, she attended a Foundation staff meeting.

When she saw everyone snapping their fingers as a

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The Colóns have helped raised millions of dollars for worthy causes.

Neither Aleli nor Brian Colón come from wealth. And yet by opening their home to fundraising efforts and lending their names at community events, they have helped raise millions of dollars for worthy causes. In fact, they joke that they rarely have meals with friends without charging them for seats at fundraising dinners.

When the Colóns were starting out, they were involved in the Future Fund.

Brian, currently managing partner at Singleton Schreiber law firm and formerly elected state auditor, served on the Board of Directors of the Future Fund that encourages young people to think philanthropically, and was also a Foundation Trustee.

The couple could think of no better way to honor Brian’s late parents than creating the Rafael and Shelly Colón Memorial Endowment in 2016 at the Foundation. Through this fund, they and their son Rafael designate awards each year to organizations as diverse as Popejoy Hall, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Ronald McDonald House Charities, MESA and the robotics team at Van Buren Middle School where Aleli taught math and other subjects

“Few social or philanthropic platforms do as good a job of evaluating systems and identifying places to invest energy and resources that bring systemic change and direct impact as the Foundation,” Brian says.

“Its leaders are forward thinking and intentional about how to impact justice along with social and structural change. It’s absolutely the gold standard in our community.”

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for 21 years. She’s now director of curriculum and instruction for Technology Leadership High School.

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The Nelsons use their financial assets to advocate for foster children.

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During the 14 years since the Jim and Ann Nelson Youth and Foster Care Scholarship was established at the Foundation, the Nelsons estimate they have awarded more than $40,000 to at least 30 students. It was the couple’s volunteer work with the Court Appointed Special Advocate (”CASA”) that spurred them to create a scholarship that provides financial support for young adults who have aged out of foster care and who wish to pursue higher education.

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After Ann retired from a career in teaching and working in public relations, she went looking for interesting volunteer opportunities. She found CASA, where Jim joined her after he retired as a mechanical engineer. When health challenges meant they could no longer physically volunteer, they focused on using their financial assets to continue advocating for foster children.

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“We were familiar with Albuquerque Community Foundation when it first started more than 40 years ago because I had several friends who were active in support of the Foundation,” says Ann. “Since then, we’ve been part of fundraising and other activities through the Foundation, too.”

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Setting up the scholarship at the Foundation seemed an obvious choice to help manage the scholarships, Jim says. “The staff was extremely helpful and did the heavy lifting. With a combination of the Foundation’s good management and prudent

allocations, the corpus of the endowment has remained almost the same as the original amount.

And we know the scholarship will continue to benefit students far into the future.”

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A guitarist plays for the Placitas Artists Series Photo provided by Placitas Artists Series

Fostering public appreciation of the performing and visual arts in Central New Mexico.

Last year, Placitas Artists Series (”PAS”), a 36-year-old organization dedicated to fostering public appreciation of the performing and visual arts in Central New Mexico, moved its endowment assets to Albuquerque Community Foundation.

Board member and endowment committee chair Ron Richman, although an experienced senior executive, could not himself offer PAS sufficient expertise in endowment management.

from Foundation staff helped seal the deal for PAS, which will be using proceeds from its endowment to enhance its ability to draw local, national, and international musicians and artists to its lineup of concerts, art exhibitions, and children’s outreach. That, in turn, will help it appeal to diverse audiences and make the organization an attractive place for potential board members to serve.

“There are some good capabilities in the Albuquerque area, but for us it came down to where and how the funds were administered,” Richman adds. “And when we needed help creating an endowment policy on how and what funds to accept, the Foundation was very helpful. They are a source of great information and support.”

After rigorous examination of organizations that manage and grow endowment funds, Richman recommended that PAS entrust its endowment to the Foundation. The Foundation not only has been in existence for a substantial length of time, it has also supported other arts groups. It seemed like the most appropriate and professional organization for their needs.

Reasonable financial policies, a track record with other nonprofits, and lots of help

Placitas Artists Series Photo by Hyunju Blemel

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PNM gives a grant at GGG Photo by Hallee Kells Nguyen

Participants at the event watched moving videos about each of the selected organizations, before designating table checks of $500 to the coalition of their choice. Individuals and corporate sponsors also presented donations to their chosen coalition.

To view the videos, visit go.abqcf.org/2022-ggg.

TRANS New Mexico accepts grant checks at GGG Photo by Hallee Kells Nguyen

...inspired by the resiliency and creativity of our community.

In an event that marked a return to an in-person format for the first time in two years, the ninth annual Great Grant Giveaway raised $218,525 from corporate sponsors, individuals and other organizations — the most ever! The event, held at Hotel Albuquerque in May 2022, was attended by more than 600 people eager to give money to so many worthy causes. The amount was shared with four coalitions of nonprofit organizations chosen by Albuquerque Community Foundation that are making a difference in our community.

The Early Childhood Coalition received $55,895. This group, comprised of Cuidando Los Niños, New Mexico Child Advocacy Networks, Bernalillo County, United Way of Central New Mexico, HIVE (UNM) and All Faiths Children’s Advocacy Center, connects with key organizations in our community to develop and cultivate a network of supportive resources for families and young children experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness.

Together, they work toward ensuring every child in our community has a safe and secure home in which to grow, develop and thrive.

Trans New Mexico works statewide to research and

The Color Theory received $50,100. Color Theory is a collaboration of thriving organizations supporting marginalized entrepreneurs and their families in Albuquerque, employing core strategies from partner organizations to develop innovative programs and building a culturally relevant ecosystem of support to facilitate equitable access to business assistance. Coalition partners are Encuentro NM, International District Economic Development, NM Dream Team, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, Rio Grande Community Development Corporation, Siembra Leadership High School, South Valley Economic Development Center and WESST.

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The theme of the event was “connecting,” inspired by the resiliency and creativity of our community. “The Foundation knows that connecting helps us to collaborate and grow our impact together. We’re overwhelmed with gratitude to the community for their generosity in breaking 2021’s record of $160,000 raised,” said President and CEO Randy Royster.

The New Mexico Student Success Coalition was awarded $57,465 to support its work improving education across the Land of Enchantment. Coalition partners are Excellent Schools New Mexico, Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, NewMexicoKidsCAN, Public Charter Schools of New Mexico and Teach Plus New Mexico. By engaging stakeholders from parents and educators to policymakers and community leaders, the coalition works to elevate and expand the impact of outstanding schools and effective educators to inspire the community to believe that change is possible and necessary for students.

survey families and transgender people to figure out how to improve messaging to support the youth trans community. This coalition, made up of partners Bold Futures, Equality New Mexico, ProgressNow New Mexico, Strong Families New Mexico and Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, collects qualitative and quantitative data to find the language and words of trans love and acceptance, in the hope that these messages become powerful beyond measure. This coalition received $55,065.

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Ian McKinnon, with 2022 Board Chair Beverly Bendickson, Perry Bendickson and President & CEO Randy Royster Photo provided by Albuquerque Community Foundation

In 2022, the Foundation’s Speaker Series focused on notable New Mexicans in philanthropy. Two events featured individuals whose personal philosophies of giving back to their communities and support of the philanthropic sector provide worthy examples for others.

Chet and Diana Stewart The Albuquerque Museum hosted Chet and Diana Stewart in May. Chet Stewart was the owner and director of French Funerals and Cremations in Albuquerque for many years. He and wife Diana discussed the culture of giving in their family, how they have encouraged young people, including their own children, to develop a mindset of giving, and how they’ve made an impact in our state through philanthropy and leadership development across all sectors. Trustee Tom E. Antram moderated the conversation.

Individuals whose personal philosophies of giving back to their communities and support of the philanthropic sector provide worthy examples for others.

During the event, the Stewarts gave each of the 50 people in attendance $100 bills, asking them to use the money to support organizations that serve youth. In a ripple effect of the Stewarts’ generosity, the audience pooled their gifts together to provide opportunities for youth to award a grant during one of the Foundation’s Lunch and Learn events. Read more about the Lunch and Learn series on page 66.

McKinnon serves on the boards of several nonprofits including the Santa Fe Institute, and previously was on the boards of Albuquerque Academy and Marin Academy.

He is also one of the founding partners of the New Mexico United professional soccer team. McKinnon recounted that his formative years growing up in Albuquerque set him on his current path.

“In my career, I found opportunities to give back, like being involved with Big Brothers, Big Sisters, despite a demanding career as an investment banker. It may have seemed like a sacrifice, but I got more out of it than the ‘little brother’ did. That’s part of philanthropy — giving time and talent, not just money.

Whatever really drives you, volunteer for that cause. You’ll see lives change, and there’s nothing better,” he said.

To view the McKinnon event, visit go.abqcf.org/mckinnon.

To find out about upcoming Notable New Mexicans in Philanthropy Speaker Series events, visit abqcf.org.

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Ian McKinnon In November, over 100 people attended the second, hybrid event, an informal chat with investment banker and Albuquerque native Ian McKinnon and moderated by Trustee Walter Stern. The event was held at McKinnon’s alma mater, Albuquerque Academy.

The conversation ranged from McKinnon’s path to philanthropy, to what he and his wife Sonnet see as their philanthropic priorities in creating a family foundation that involves their two now college-age children and the future of philanthropy in New Mexico.

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June Lunch and Learn with Albuquerque Involved and ACF donors Kathy and Lance Chilton Photo provided by Albuquerque Community Foundation

The Foundation’s Lunch and Learn series provides informal education about aspects of philanthropy, followed by a discussion and lunch. In 2022, our theme was “Lessons in Impact.”

The Foundation invited experts in the nonprofit sector to share their experiences four times throughout the year.

Lunch and Learn with Albuquerque Involved Photo by Albuquerque Community Foundation

Informal education about aspects of philanthropy, followed by a discussion and lunch.

In March, Amanda Aragon, Executive Director of NewMexicoKidsCAN, discussed education-focused philanthropy.

NewMexicoKidsCAN advocates for community-informed, student-centered and research-backed education policies for the children of New Mexico. MANA de Albuquerque and Horizons Albuquerque also presented at the event. Guests then participated in a robust discussion of the role of charter schools, out-of-school programs and what they are and do, the state of wages for teachers and the big picture of education in New Mexico.

The second event in April focused on philanthropy’s role in reducing homelessness and included speakers from Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, Saranam, and New Day Youth and Family Services. Participants learned about the homelessness in the city and examined possible solutions and best practices.

Albuquerque Involved serves those looking to connect with their community and helps busy individuals and families become involved in giving and service in our community.

Participants at the June event were asked to consider organizations for donations provided by Chet and Diana Stewart from the first Notable New Mexicans in Philanthropy Speaker Series. As a result, Argos, A Shelter Dog Rescue received $600, $500 went to Crossroads for Women and $500 to Storehouse New Mexico.

The final Lunch and Learn in September examined trust-based philanthropy and how donors and attendees can think about implementing its principles, especially that of providing unrestricted funding.

Foundation Community Impact Director Khia Griffis shared a funder’s perspective and talked about how trust-based philosophy has changed the way the organization operates, while Native American Community Academy’s former Senior Director of Strategy and Development, Nate Morrison, added a nonprofit’s perspective. Donor Ian Esquibel contributed his views as an individual philanthropist.

Our Lunch and Learn in June centered on youth and philanthropy. Led by Albuquerque Involved, youth were invited to discuss opportunities for volunteerism and how they can begin to think about giving.

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Nell Graham Sale and Skyler Wildenstein at Estate Planning Conference Photo by Evan Pierce

The annual New Mexico Estate Planning Conference is a one-day seminar for attorneys, bankers, investment advisors, estate planning and tax practitioners, and financial planners to hear multiple perspectives from tax and trust professionals, attorneys and financial planners on federal rules and regulation changes and updates on the national and local philanthropic landscape. In 2022, it took place at Nusenda Credit Union and welcomed 58 attendees in person and virtually.

A one-day seminar to hear multiple perspectives from tax and trust professionals, attorneys and financial planners.

Approved for continuing education credit, the conference bolsters the Foundation’s relationship with professional advisors who help staff connect with generous supporters in the community. They are a vital link and often the first touchpoint in their clients’ engagement with philanthropy.

The Foundation took the opportunity to give participants an overview of the Foundation and its services, philosophy of giving and the principles of trust-based philanthropy and explained how the organization can help donors in considering their philanthropic planning and decisions.

Among the presenters and topics were: • SLATs and Why You Should Consider Using One with Kenneth Leach • 2022 Special Needs Planning Update with Sara Traub • Philanthropic Impact and Local Needs with Foundation staff Randy Royster, Juaquin Moya and Marisa Magallanez • Supervising the Delegated Relationship with Greg Mackenzie, Nicole Cardenas, Theresa DeMenge and Kelly McDonough • Not by the Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin: Ethical Issues in Joint Representation with Nell Graham Sale • Comprehensive Planning in a Non-Tax Environment with Alan Gluth Special thanks to Foundation Trustee and attorney Kenneth Leach for his help and guidance in coordinating this growing event, and to sponsors Albuquerque Museum Foundation, Empire Trust, Merrill Lynch, Nusenda Credit Union, Kenneth C. Leach and Associates, and Pregenzer, Baysinger, Wideman and Sale, PC.

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Showcases the organizations and awards the Foundation funds each year.

Bi-annual Trolley Tours give us the opportunity to showcase the organizations and awards the Foundation funds each year as well as show our gratitude to our generous donors. Since 2015, the Foundation has invited hundreds of donors on these tours around the community visiting more than 70 grant recipients for a firsthand look at how their giving makes an impact.

Grantees and supporters connect in a way that fosters personal interaction and deeper connection. And, of course, everyone has fun!

nonprofit art organization that creates large-scale handmade ceramic tile mosaics using the apprenticeship model, where they were invited to make their own mosaic coasters. Then they went to youth learning space Warehouse 505 to watch a skating demonstration and see the facility’s impressive t-shirt printing studio, followed by a visit to Fusion Theater for performance-related games. Finally, the group visited Kids Cook!, a local organization that brings together families through the act of cooking nutritious meals in schools and in the community, where guests participated in a salad-making class that served as lunch.

In May 2022, donors took tours of New Day Youth and Family Services’ Drop-In Center and the Assistance League of Albuquerque, and enjoyed a performance and lunch with Flamenco Works.

These meet and greets are so valuable, particularly for some of the smaller, grassroots groups that might not get as much public attention as the larger, more visible ones.

Trolley Tour attendees Tiffany Rawls and her nephew, Carsten Photo provided by Albuquerque Community Foundation

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A second tour in August focused on introducing younger members of our giving community to places that work with and on behalf of kids. Children were invited to take a Trolley Tour with their parents, grandparents or other adult family member donors. They visited ALMA Summer Institute, a

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Car show drives into the sunset...

The Concours du Soleil gala and public car show drove off into the sunset for the last time in September as its organizers, the Cinco Amigos decided to move on to other endeavors. The annual Rally du Soleil will continue, as will the endowment the group established at Albuquerque Community Foundation.

began as 20 cars parked on the lawn of his house would expand into a road rally, black tie gala and public display of as many as 100 classic, unusual or just plain cool automobiles.

The Roehl Estate in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque hosted the final celebration of Concours du Soleil in person, with hundreds of car enthusiasts and dozens of cars.

“We were honored to receive $10,000 as the nonprofit recipient in 2019,” said Jamie Gloshay, Co-Director of Building and Impact for Native Women Lead, which invests in Native women in business. “It was really great to see the local community of business and philanthropic leadership show up to this fun event. It gives us a sense of shared pride and commitment, and highlights how giving and socially aware Albuquerque is as a city.”

“We were just five guys on vacation,” said Jerry Roehl, former Foundation Trustee and one of the local business owners who dreamed up the car show modeled after the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

“We raised $100,000 that first year and close to six figures every year since. This will allow us to contribute even more to the Cinco Amigos Now and Forever Fund to support local organizations working to support the community.”

Moving forward, the Cinco Amigos Endowment Fund will continue to support economic development, job growth and education leading to employment.

“This event and the love of cars brought together people in the community,” said Roehl.

“We’ve been able to help organizations doing good work, and this support will continue through the Foundation, forever.”

The 2022 farewell sold-out event raised more than $100,000 for organizations including Paws and Stripes and Veterans Integration Centers. A portion of the proceeds also went to the University of New Mexico School of Engineering to support the Formula SAE program where students design a small Formula-style race car.

Students in the program have volunteered at many Concours du Soleil events over the years.

Another donation was made to the UNM School of Law in honor of Jerry Roehl, with the remainder bolstering the Cinco Amigos endowment.

To learn more about past recipients or join Rally du Soleil in the future, visit rallydusoleil.org.

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Reflecting on the 15 years since the first Concours du Soleil car show and gala, Roehl said he never imagined that the event would raise more than $2 million to support local nonprofits. Or that what

For a video chronicling the farewell tour and event, visit go.abqcf.org/farewell-tour.

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Future Fund members at the Appreciation Celebration Photos by Hyunju Blemel

After a two-year pause, the Foundation hosted its Annual Appreciation Celebration in October at the National Hispanic Culture Center (NHCC). More than 125 community members, former and current Foundation Trustees, donors, Future Fund and Social Giving Club members and staff enjoyed the fun-filled evening.

Attendees connected and reconnected with each other at the event, which centered around gratitude and appreciation for the many contributions of time and talent and monetary donations.

props, heard music from local band Lone Piñon, and enjoyed food catered by the NHCC and festive, paleta-inspired drinks from Pop Fizz.

Guests also had the opportunity to view the NHCC museum’s exhibition “Fronteras del Futuro: Art in New Mexico and Beyond,” featuring artworks that explore the intersections of art, science, technology, cosmic musings and future-oriented visions.

A good time was had by all!

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The financial information below reflects highlights from unaudited financial statements in the 2022 calendar year. Our most recent audited financial statements with accompanying notes (plus a report from an independent auditor) are available at abqcf.org.

The Finance Committee oversees our accounting process. The Audit and Risk Management Committee is responsible for overseeing the audit process. The Investment Committee oversees all aspects of the investment program, ensuring assets are well-diversified and designed to meet the Foundation’s objectives. Our investment management summary, along with quarterly investment performance reports, are also available on our website. We welcome your comments and input.

The objective of the Foundation’s investment program is to produce growth and income sufficient to support both donor goals and Foundation objectives and to maintain the purchasing power of the fund for future beneficiaries. The long-term total return needed of the Foundation’s portfolio is CPI, plus the current spending policy rate, plus the Foundation’s average administrative fee.

2018

2019

2020

2021

$91.3M

$94.1M

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

$16.7M

$10.6M

$7.2M

$10.7M

$9.7M

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

$4.8M

$4.5M

$4.8M

$6.4M

$5.6M

$108.6M $124.6M $145.5M

$139.6M in 2022

$14.4M in 2022

$6.9M in 2022

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$3,149,000 Donor Advised Funds

$169,000 Foundation Advised $727,000 Pass Through

$168,000 Scholarships

$6.9

$264,000 Agency Distributions

Million Total

$142,000 Music $20,000 Animals

$452,000 Competitve Grants

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Left: New Mexico Community Capital staff, Right: Casa de Salud staff sorting medical supplies Photos by Hyunju Blemel

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$465,000 Regrant

$219,000 Great Grant Giveaway $1,128,000 Other Programs

$83,000 Health

$83,000 Human Services

$81,100 Other

$694,900 Total

$141,900 Music

$20,000 Animals

$80,000 Economic & Workforce Development

$65,500 Arts & Culture

$55,600 Education $85,000 Environmental & Historic Preservation Left: Kids Cook!, Middle: Flamenco Works practice, Right: Serenity Mesa Photos by Hyunju Blemel

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Barelas Central Kitchen rendering Photo provided by Homewise and Street Food Institute

The Foundation's Impact Investment portfolio is aligned with our broader vision and focuses on the Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan Area. However, investments elsewhere in the state are permitted. To date the portfolio has invested $4.2 million in the local economy through private equity investments and direct low-interest loans.

These investments are designed to make both financial and social returns, stimulate entrepreneurial activity and economic development and enhance quality of life. Impact investing is another tool the Foundation uses to bring significant new money into the greater Albuquerque area.

In 2022, among other investments, the Foundation invested in two projects with Homewise, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that helps New Mexicans achieve financial stability through successful and sustainable homeownership, neighborhood reinvestment and revitalization. These projects, Barelas Central Kitchen and Koala Children’s Academy, totaled $500,000.

The Foundation invested in two projects with Homewise, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that helps New Mexicans achieve financial stability.

The first, Barelas Central Kitchen, is a partnership between Homewise and Street Food Institute. When finished, Barelas Central Kitchen will be a commissary and training facility to support entrepreneurs engaged in emerging local food businesses. The 10,000 square-foot facility will include certified commercial kitchens, a tasting room, culinary classroom, community event space and office and production space for entrepreneurs. The project is expected to generate 100+ quality, accessible jobs. Street Food Institute is a non-profit organization of food service and business professionals dedicated to shaping a healthy, sustainable and creative food future across New Mexico.

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The second project is a partnership with Koala Children’s Academy to build a new high quality bilingual early learning center. This daycare will serve roughly 60 children from infants up to age five, with more than 50% of the slots allocated for low-income families who use state subsidies to pay for their services. In 2020, Homewise identified having more childcare opportunities in the neighborhood and job opportunities among top priorities. This daycare will create a dozen full time jobs.

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The Emeritus Board is composed of former Trustees who have demonstrated long and distinguished service to the Foundation. They have contributed significant and ongoing financial support to the Foundation as well.

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John T. Ackerman

Lee Blaugrund

Robert Bovinette

Curtis Brewer

Douglas M. Brown

Dr. Sue Brown**

Victor J. Chavez

Ed Garcia**

Robert M. Goodman*

María Griego-Raby

Karl Gustafson

Diane Harrison Ogawa**

Cindy Johns

James N. King

Shirley Leslie*

Gloria Mallory

Steven K. Moise

Mary Poole*

Barry W. Ramo

Roberta Cooper Ramo

John L. (Jack) Rust*

John P. Salazar

Robert J. Stamm*

Jeff Sterba

Chet Stewart

Jennifer Thomas**

Barbara Trythall

Michael Walker

Julie Weaks Gutierrez, Posthumously* **

Larry Willard*

Kevin Yearout**

Ray Zimmer

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Albuquerque draws its strength from passionate leaders who are committed to making our city the best it can be while inspiring those around them to do the same. These leaders build connections in our community, meet challenges head-on and celebrate the great accomplishments that are possible when people work together toward a shared vision.

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The Foundation is grateful for this remarkable team of Trustees who demonstrate forward thinking, passionate support and philanthropic investment.

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Abinash Achrekar, UNM Health Sciences Center

Emily Allen, Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Ltd.

Tom Antram, French Funerals & Cremations

Beverly Bendicksen, Chair, Sandia Financial Consulting, LLC

Bob Bowman, Bowmania Productions

Arellana Barela Levenson, Community Member

Tom Daulton, Private Equity Investor

Michelle Dearholt, Nusenda Credit Union

Paul DiPaola, U.S. Bank

Sanjay Engineer, FBT Architects

Debbie Harms, NAI SunVista

Rebecca Harrington, Community Member

Pam Hurd-Knief, Philanthropic Advisor

Kenneth C. Leach, Kenneth C. Leach & Associates P.C.

Steve Maestas, Past Chair, Maestas Development Group

Marcus Mims, Chair-Elect & Treasurer, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

Linda Parker, Parker Center for Family Business

Anne Sapon, True Health New Mexico

Charlotte Schoenmann, Community Member

Walter Stern, Modrall Sperling

Becky Teague, PNM Resources

Sara Traub, Pregenzer, Baysinger, Wideman & Sale, PC

Esther Villas-Wingfield, Junior League of Albuquerque

José Viramontes, Secretary, MediaDesk

Lori Waldon, KOAT TV

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Clarissa Earl

Dominic Garcia

Danielle Griego

Khia Griffis

Kate Leung

Marisa Magallanez

Germaine Mitchell

Juaquin Moya

Sandy Mwei

Denise Nava Wyrick

Tiffany Rawls

Randy Royster

Karen Schoepke

Ruth Senior

Letisha Spencer

Remi Ward

Nick Williams

Accountant & HR Professional

Governance Associate

Vice President of Strategy & Equity

Donor Relations & Senior Associate

President & CEO

Grants Associate

Communications & Events Associate

Community Impact Director

Housing Stability Project Manager

Scholarship & Grants Associate

Donor Development Senior Associate

Vice President of Philanthropic Advising

Finance Director

Marketing & Communications Director

Senior Administrative Associate

Donor Relations Senior Associate

Accounting Associate

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Social Giving Club: $1,000 Future Fund: 2 memberships: $300/yr or $25/month 1 membership: $240/yr or $20 month Please contact me, I am interested in learning more about a planned gift or establishing an endowment fund Name ________________________________ Phone (_______)_______________________

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corporate partners in Corporate Partners is a well-established program providing meaningful support to the community through events such as Great Grant Giveaway and Concours du Soleil, to engage Corporate Partners’ employees in philanthropy through giving circles like Future Fund and Social Giving Club, and to provide support to the Foundation to help make our work in the community possible.

Over the years, we’ve been fortunate to develop incredible relationships with our Corporate Partners, building special grantmaking programs together and creating unique experiences.

Thanks to all our Corporate Partners for your support, partnership and unwavering commitment to our community.

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