New Mexico Foundation 2023 Annual Report 1 REFLECTIONS 2023 ANNUAL REPORT BUILD & FUND M A NAGE SUPPO R T
FOUNDATION STAFF
Karley Burman
Accounting Associate
Erika Davila
Program Director
Cailey Frase Administrative Coordinator
JoAnn Melchor President & CEO
Rachael Miletkov
Annual Giving Manager
Nancy Pope Development & Operations Director
Inge Sullivan Program & Community Outreach Coordinator
Philip Varnum Finance Director
Julie Walker Program Assistant
2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OFFICERS
Rosemary Romero Board Chair
David Bruner Vice Chair
Sandra Brice
Secretary
Rhonda Lowe Treasurer
MEMBERS
Anpao Duta
Flying Earth
Meta Hirschl
Eun Hong
Peter Ives
Marshall Poole
Past Chair
Letter from the President and CEO and Board Chair
New Mexico Foundation (NMF) celebrated its 40th Anniversary year in 2023! It was our honor to host several events celebrating our 40th year, and we appreciated visiting with our partners, colleagues, and friends.
As we made plans to celebrate this momentous event, it gave us the opportunity to reflect on our history, mission, values, and future. The theme for our 2023 Annual Report is Reflections. We are pleased to share these reflections:
• We acknowledge those that came before us, setting important groundwork
• We appreciate the nurturers along the way — communities, funders, partners
• Collaboration and partnerships are key to our work
• New Mexico Foundation continues to stay true to its mission and values
• Community is at the heart of what we do
• We express gratitude to all our supporters
• We continue to build ... together
New Mexico Foundation continues to support our communities statewide through capacity building, leveraging resources and grants to serve local non-profits, and investment in community projects. In 2023, New Mexico Foundation distributed over $3 million in grants!
NMF is grateful for all its partnerships with local and national foundations, community leaders, and neighbors to bring thriving opportunities and resources to our state. We remain deeply committed to our long-standing mission “To steward community resources, build partnerships, and create opportunities that transform lives throughout New Mexico.”
With gratitude and respect,
JOANN MELCHOR President and CEO
ROSEMARY ROMERO Board Chair
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40 Years of New Mexico Foundation History
“Trust-based philanthropy is critical to our Native American tribes. Asking local communities what they need is the best way for philanthropic organizations to start working with tribal communities.” —
JoAnn Melchor, President
1976–1982 New Mexico Foundation begins within Home Education Livelihood Program (HELP). Community needs are assessed, especially in New Mexico’s vulnerable areas.
1994–2018 All 33 counties in the state of New Mexico are being served by New Mexico Community Foundation, with millions of dollars in grants given out to rural and vulnerable communities annually. By 2018 NMCF is managing $30 million in various funds and assets, clearly illustrating the trust and partnerships built since inception.
and CEO of New Mexico Foundation
1983–1988 New Mexico Community Foundation is incorporated in 1983! In 1988, Maria Varela (NMCF Board Member) successfully asks Robert Redford to donate proceeds from the premier of The Milagro Beanfield War to (a new NMCF fund) the Milagro Fund.
1993 The Ford Foundation invites New Mexico Community Foundation to be part of its Rural Development and Community Initiatives. NMCF is one of four community foundations nationwide selected to receive a three-year $500,000 grant in support of rural grant-making, community building, and economic development.
2019–Beyond In 2019, NMCF rebrands to New Mexico Foundation (NMF) to underscore our commitment to the entire state. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic caused the highest rate of death to Native Americans (compared to all other racial groups), JoAnn Melchor, New Mexico Foundation’s President and CEO, helps launch the Native American Relief Fund (NARF). Then, in 2021, the Native American Recovery Fund Zone Grant (NARFZG) collaborates with Native American communities with support focused on: family economic security, local health and food systems, youth opportunities, and water resilience (see page 9 for more information about NARFZG).
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Funding and Impact
M c KINLEY COUNTY (13): Twelve grants awarded for a total of $401,995 to seven organizations and $700 to one student. The grants were funded from the New Mexico Rapid Response Fund: SAFER Fund, Native American Recovery Fund Local Food Systems, Family Economic Security, Local Health Systems, Sustaining New Mexico Fund, Broadband Equity Fund, and Blueprint for Success Southwest Scholarship.
MORA COUNTY (14): Two grants awarded for a total of $13,000 to one organization. The grants were funded from the Sustaining New Mexico Fund and Northeastern Regional Health Fund.
LEA COUNTY (9): Ten grants awarded for a total of $14,230 to one organization. The grants were funded from the New Mexico Rapid Response Fund.
HIDALGO COUNTY (8): One grant awarded for $10,000 to one organization. The grant was funded from the Sustaining New Mexico Fund.
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$1,144,482 2. Chaves County $4,000 3.
$129,151 4.
County $8,000 5. Curry County $1,900 6. Doña Ana County $249,361 7. Grant County $27,779 8. Hidalgo County $10,000 9. Lea County $14,230 10. Lincoln County $3,000 11. Los Alamos County $13,100 12. Luna
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$8,400
2023, New Mexico Foundation awarded more than $3 million in grants to 23 New Mexico counties.
Bernalillo County
Cibola County
Colfax
County
McKinley County $402,695
Mora County $13,000
Otero County $2,400
Quay County $1,250
Rio Arriba County $258,270
San Juan County $78,668
San Miguel County $25,383
Sandoval County $138,961
Santa Fe County $453,219
Taos County $10,000
Valencia County
What we do
Generation Justice: Social Justice Champion
Roberta Rael
Established in 2005, Generation Justice uses a positive youth development approach to facilitate social change, leadership development, and media justice. Through the domains of racial equity, civic engagement, media literacy, academic achievement, and career development, young people build skills and agency to speak, act, create, and stand against structural racism and systemic and
internalized oppression. Through its strategies, Generation Justice is developing a future wave of New Mexico leaders who harness the power of community and, in time, shift the future of leadership of New Mexico.
“Generation Justice has appreciated our partnership with the New Mexico Foundation. We have a long history of collaborating and of partnering with New Mexico Foundation.
We have a very exciting summer/fall series that we are
NMF Supports Rural Communities
Rural New Mexican communities provide vitality to the entire state through food production, employment via small businesses, and long-standing knowledge of the land and animals these communities care for. Unfortunately, a lack of robust healthcare, funding, broadband and other digital technologies, coupled with the loss of younger generations, leaves rural communities most vulnerable. New Mexico Foundation is committed to supporting vibrancy and tangible support in these populations. 47% of all our 2023 funding went to support rural areas of New Mexico.
2023 grants/ scholarships
planning to feature several national and local Luminaries. We will invite our whole New Mexico Community to this wonderful series. We also have a very energizing summer program with our new youth leader’s cohort. You all will be seeing them out in the community and hearing them on our broadcast on KUNM-FM each Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m. (MST).”
ROBERTA M. RAEL
Generation Justice Director
MANAGE
A Wonderful Relationship
“I have had a Donor Advised Fund with the New Mexico Foundation since 2008 and it has been a wonderful relationship. The people I have dealt with in making my annual contributions to Santa Fe organizations have been very professional, pleasant to deal with, and efficient. Having a Donor Advised fund with the New Mexico Foundation has made my life much easier.”
EDWIN THORNE
New Mexico Foundation Fundholder
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SUPPORT
BUILD & FUND
■ 47%
$1,409,549 ■ 53%
Rural
Bernalillo/Santa Fe $1,597,701
BUILD & FUND M A NAGE SUPPO R T
$3,007,250 TOTAL
FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECTS
As a fiscal sponsor, New Mexico Foundation provides administrative services, oversight, and financial responsibility for the activities of charitable organizations. This relationship allows a sponsored project to solicit and raise income from grants and private donors. Here are our phenomenal fiscally sponsored projects:
21st Century Stone Age
350 Santa Fe Education
ABC Community Schools
Adult Transformative Development Institute
Albuquerque Arts Hub
Anti-Uranium
Mapping Project
BernCo Quality of Life Fund
Charlie and his Lego Factory
Cinewest Productions
Citizen Action
New Mexico
Communities for Clean Water
Community Museum Initiative
Duran Mutual Domestic Heritage Society, Inc.
Ecoartspace
El Valle Women’s Collaborative
Española Lowrider Museum
Espinosa Productions
Foxy Festival
Free Indian Market
Friends of Fresco
Friends of Tony Price
Fuego Arts
Apprenticeship Program
Generation Justice
Generational Empowerment
Greenroots Institute
Interested
Happy Stages
High Desert Playback
Ironweed Productions
Little Moccasins
Lupus Kids
Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition
New Mexico Advisory Council on Arts Education
New Mexico Health Professionals for Climate Action
New Mexico Heroes: Inspiring Young People to Succeed
New Mexico Mining Action Network
New Mexico Out-of-School Time
New Mexico PBS
New Mexico Queer and Trans+ Provider Network
New Mexico Social Justice and Equity Institute
New Mexico Tourism Department
New Mexico Tribal Language Consortium
New Mexico Workers Organizing Collaborative
New Mexico Writers
One Hope Financial Institution
Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Placitas Plaza Project
Pojoaque Volunteer Firefighter Association
Radiant Healing Together
Red Rock Pictures
Rights of Passage
Route 66 De Anza Association
Sandoval Health Collaborative
Sangre de Cristo Initiative
Santa Fe Indigenous Center
Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival
Santa Fe Time Bank
ShadowCat Conservation Films
SOL Forest School
Sovereign Energy
SWIFT Community Schools
Talento Figure Skating Grants
TEDxABQ
The Española Healthcare Careers Pathways Project
Tri-County Community Group
Tutors to Teachers
Vital Spaces
Way OUT West Film Fest
We Grow Eco
YAKANAL
Zia Pueblo
Contact Nancy Pope, Director of Development: npope@newmexico foundation.org
ENDOWMENT FUNDS HELD AT NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION
These are endowments established by a charity and held at New Mexico Foundation. We are honored to maintain funds for:
Alta Mira Endowment Fund
Amigos Bravos Agency Fund
Amigos Bravos NMCF Matching Fund
ARCA Foundation Endowment
ARCA Foundation NMCF Matching Fund
Artesia General Hospital Fund
Bob Langsenkamp Fund of New Mexico
Wilderness Alliance Endowment
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico Fund
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico NMCF Matching Fund
Earth Circle Endowment
Earth Circle NMCF Matching Fund
Equine Designated Fund
Friends of the City of Las Vegas Museum and Rough Riders Collection Fund
Hillsboro Community Permanent Fund
Housing for All Endowment
Housing for All NMCF Matching Fund
Institute of American Indian Arts Fund
Institute of American Indian Art WKKF Matching Fund
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Fund
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Designated Endowment Fund
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Designated Endowment WKKF Matching Fund
Laguna Education Foundation
Laguna Rainbow Corporation Endowed Fund
Ola May Hoover Permanent Fund
Mary G. Greene Fund
National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation Fund
National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation WKKF Matching Fund
New Mexico Environmental Law Center Permanent Fund
New Mexico First Fund
New Mexico Library Foundation Endowment Fund
NM PBS Agency Fund
Raton Kids Permanent Fund
Santa Fe Mountain Center
Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences Fund
Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences Designated Fund
Southwest Research & Info Center Permanent Endowment
Southwest Research and Information Center NMCF Matching Fund
Storehouse NM Permanent Fund
Storehouse NM NMCF Matching Fund
Vista Grande Public Library Operating Reserve Fund
Vista Grande Public Library Sustaining Fund
Challenge Match NMCF Wildearth Guardians
Challenge Match NMCF
NM Wildlife Federation
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Partner Spotlights
New Mexico Foundation awards grants to nonprofits throughout our Land of Enchantment through various grant opportunities, including: Healthy Entry for Asylee Lives (HEAL) Fund, Sustaining New Mexico
Margaret Fairman, Executive Director of Silver Linings, shows part of their temporary outdoor kitchen.
Chimayó Cultural Preservation Association
CHIMAYÓ, NEW MEXICO
The Chimayó Cultural Preservation Association (CCPA) supports the Chimayó Museum, the restoration of the historic plaza (Plaza del Cerro), and Los Maestros del Norte program to teach community members and children about New Mexico folk art. Within the historic plaza, the CCPA created a community garden. Working with Cornerstones Community Partnerships (a
Fund, and New Mexico Rapid Response (emergency assistance) Fund. The Sustaining New Mexico Fund provides general operating grants, including to these organizations featured below.
Silver Linings
DEMING, NEW MEXICO
This is the only shelter for those who are homeless, and the only support agency located in Deming. The organization supports up to 100 individuals per day with meals Monday through Friday. Staff recently had to build a temporary outdoor kitchen that is commercial ready, as their previous kitchen was not up to fire code. The nonprofit, which was founded in 2016, is working with the city to re-locate to a large facility that can also provide overnight shelter.
Santa Fe based nonprofit), CCPA is restoring historic adobe homes within the plaza that have fallen into disrepair. The museum houses artifacts, historical photographs, and antique weavings from Chimayó. This organization reflects the community’s pride in their traditions and is revitalizing northern New Mexico heritage.
Los Maestros program folk art shown by Carmen Taylor, Development Coordinator for CCPA.
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Native American Recovery Fund Zone Grant (NARFZG)
VISION FOR GRANTEE & FUNDER RELATIONSHIP
GRANTEES
• Build relationships
• Align community priorities
• Systems change, paradigm shift
• Reflection, shared learning
• Consistent support
• Being good relatives
• Learning to listen; be flexible
• Being mindful of timelines
• Empowerment of communities
FUNDER
• Funder as learner; funder visits
• Clear communication
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Reciprocal learning and partnership
• Continual funding support
• Building a strong foundation
• Self-determination
The Native American Recovery Fund Zone Grant (NARFZG) is a unique funding collaborative that began in 2021 and has pooled almost $5 million in resources from 14 national, regional and New Mexico-based foundations. Funders have supported Nativeled organizations working to support pandemic recovery in Indigenous communities. The Fund initially focused on providing multi-year, unrestricted grants
to 12 organizations across the following five program areas:
• Family Economic Security
• Local Health Systems
• Local Food Systems
• Opportunity Youth
• Water Resilience
In the second year of the initiative, the collaborative invited leaders from across the 12 grantee organizations to envision and
initiate a “Native Leadership Network that could develop over time to build relationships among the grantees, connect working happening across tribes and potentially take leadership over the future of the fund. The development and implementation of the NARFZG has been unique in that it has involved Native American communities across the state in every step of the design and process.
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2023 Financials
2022 TOTAL REVENUE
$4,881,213
■ Foundation Gifts $4,186,436
■ Business Gifts $2,604,246
■ Individual Gifts $448,250
■ Federal revenue $86,865
■ Management Fees $824,414
■ Investment Appreciation ($3,316,117)
■ Other Revenue $47,119
2022 TOTAL EXPENSES $6,428,888
■ Program $5,907,803
■ Admin $458,262
■ Fundraising $62,823
Note: Unaudited financials
2023 TOTAL REVENUE
$14,062,954
■ Foundation Gifts $6,639,714
■ Business Gifts $1,198,392
■ Individual Gifts $707,408
■ Federal revenue $1,326,009
■ Management Fees $899,063
■ Investment Appreciation $2,201,795
■ Other Revenue $1,090,573
2023 TOTAL EXPENSES $10,041,036
■ Program $9,231,795
■ Admin $639,376
■ Fundraising $169,865
Note: Unaudited financials
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Looking Ahead
New Mexico Foundation continues to be committed to communities and organizations state wide
The New Mexico Foundation Board created the Sustaining New Mexico Fund in 2022 to support sustainability of nonprofits throughout the state. The mission of the fund is to strengthen New Mexico communities by promoting social equity and supporting self-sufficiency to
improve the quality of life for all New Mexicans.
Each year, the Sustaining New Mexico Fund awards program or general operating grants to New Mexico nonprofits or fiscally sponsored organizations with demonstrated long-term impact.
VECINO FUND
Did you know? Vecino means neighbor in Spanish!
Created by New Mexico Foundation 20 years ago, the Vecino — Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund (aka: Vecino Fund) is a crucial piece of what we do. The world changed drastically in 2020 due to COVID-19. The Vecino Fund became massively important to non-profits throughout New Mexico that were providing direct relief. Over 175 organizations received funding from the Vecino Fund to support emergency needs.
Federal, state, private, and foundation funding have since shifted across the United States. The Vecino Fund can help bridge the funding gap. Organizations providing emergency needs throughout our state are still working to eradicate food and water insecurity, ensure healthcare access, advocate for and provide safe housing, and support families through educational and workforce development.
Please consider a donation to the Vecino Fund or Sustaining New Mexico Fund at New Mexico Foundation today to support a variety of needs across New Mexico!
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SUSTAINING NEW MEXICO FUND
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