2021-2022 Giving Together by Santa Fe Community Foundation

GIVING TOGETHER 2021–2022 The Santa Fe Community Foundation's GIVING TOGETHER program supports our efforts to ensure that all people in our communities have equitable access to opportunities to thrive, prosper, and contribute.

The GIVING TOGETHER program is a project of the Community Leadership Fund. The Santa Fe Community Foundation's Community Leadership Fund supports donor education and nonprofit capacity building through our Philanthropy Hub. Learn more about the Community Leadership Fund on page 4.

SFCF Community Foundation Programs & Funds

Animal Welfare

Health & Wellbeing: Community Health Funder Alliance

Cultural Vibrancy

Economic Security & Opportunities

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Envision Fund

Native American Advised Fund

Santa Fe Baby Fund

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

The G I V I NG TO G E T H E R catalogue is a service for our donor advised fundholders and the community-at-large. Fundholders can use this catalogue to add to the Foundation’s grantmaking power helping us address critical local needs. Community members can use this catalogue to gain greater understanding of the organizations working in these areas. By G I VI NG TO G E T HE R , we can have a greater impact in our communities by ensuring that services and resources get delivered to those who need them. We ask you to join us in supporting our local community. GIVING TOGETHER IS EASY...

1 Decide whether you want to direct your grant recommendation to the Foundation's Community Leadership Fund, to the general grant pool, to a specific proposal, or to all three. Don't forget! You can always make an unrestricted grant to the Foundation's pool of funds used for the competitive grant cycles. 2 Log into the Donor Portal (donor advised fundholders only) to initiate your grant request. https://www.santafecf.org/donor-portal. Please indicate Giving Together in the “Grant Purpose” section. Minimum is $250. 3 If you are interested in learning more about any of the enclosed grant proposals, please contact Diane Hamamoto at 505.988.9715 ext. 7008 or dhamamoto@santafecf.org.

YO U R CO N TAC TS F O R G I V I N G TO GET HER:

Gabriela Gómez

Diane Hamamoto

Vice President for Advancement

Grants Officer

ggomez@santafecf.org

505.988.9715 ext. 7008

dhamamoto@santafecf.org

505.988.9715 ext. 7006 Since its inception in 2010, the G I V I NG TO GET HER program has generated nearly $5.5 million in additional funds to area organizations.

SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PROGRAMS & FUNDS Our community programs and funds strive to advance equitable access to opportunities in Santa Fe and our surrounding communities. These proactive and flexible initiatives use strategies that go beyond grantmaking to emphasize community outreach and partner collaboration, skill strengthening, community research and narrative sharing, and direct service. We thank you for learning more and for joining us in this work.

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Community Leadership Fund

Community Resiliency Fund

Mission | Our Community Leadership Fund (CLF) allows the Santa Fe Community Foundation to improve community outcomes in four significant ways: increasing donor impact, improving nonprofit capacity and performance, expanding and enhancing our grantmaking, and investing in strategic initiatives, allowing the Foundation to serve as a convener of people, ideas, and funds, and provide leadership in the nonprofit sector.

Mission | To support New Mexico’s capacity to recover from difficult, sweeping events, dismantle systems of racism, and protect our land — today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.

Proposal | Contributions to CLF are among the most critical resources that contribute to the work we do here at the Foundation each day — from supporting food security to safety net health services, to working on creating housing solutions and elevating our educational system, to the farreaching technical assistance work we do with nonprofits that has made us the largest nonprofit capacity building provider in New Mexico. None of this would be possible without the generosity of our donors and community partners. Noteworthy | CLF allows us to produce the Giving Together catalogue, which made an additional $1 million in grant dollars possible in 2020. The Foundation has reinvigorated its corporate sponsor program with the support of CLF. This program enables important community partnerships to exist, ultimately enhancing quality of life in the region and allowing significant progress on difficult issues such as education, economic security, and affordable housing.

Proposal | On October 15th, 2021, the Santa Fe Community Foundation turned 40. In honor of this milestone, we created a Community Resiliency Fund to support: programs that build the resilience of those most vulnerable to emergencies; efforts to adapt and recover from the effects of climate change, such as drought, extreme weather events, floods, and other natural disasters; organizations responding to urgent public health needs, including pandemics and behavioral health crises; and initiatives for long-term systemic changes that prevent hate crimes and promote anti-racism. Noteworthy | As we look forward to our 40th year and beyond, we know that — with the help of supporters like you — the Foundation will continue to be where our community needs us, answering the moment with hope, optimism, and commitment to building a thriving, more resilient New Mexico.

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Dollars4Schools

Expanding Opportunity for Young Families

Mission | Dollars4Schools is 100% committed to student success and classroom support. Our unique grassroots structure provides Santa Fe public school teachers with a local web-based "helping hand."

Mission | Expanding Opportunity for Young Families (EOYF) engages multiple community partners to support young parents' education and career pathways through multi-generational supports and systems innovations. EOYF work focuses on young parents of color under age 30 who have not yet obtained a postsecondary degree.

Proposal | With your support, Dollars4Schools will be even better prepared to meet the unique challenges of education as students return to the classroom. Teachers will have what they need for their classrooms and students will receive the essentials they need to succeed in school and in life. From reading books and math tools to school supplies, backpacks, and warm winter coats, Dollars4Schools is a trusted local resource for student success. 100% of every dollar donated to Dollars4Schools goes directly into a public-school classroom. Noteworthy | One Santa Fe Public Schools teacher said, "thank you for the money for our students' basic needs. The money you provided has allowed me to feed lots of hungry kids with snacks and provide clothing and shoes. I am so grateful Dollars4Schools exists in Santa Fe." Another added, “thanks to Dollars4Schools, I sent each of my 18 students 12 books each to read at home during remote learning. They were all so happy to receive them. Some of the students can read and have already read some to the class and to me. Their smiles tell the story; they feel a true sense of pride. I could not be more grateful.”

Envision Fund Mission | To promote the health, safety, and empowerment of at-risk and underserved LGBTQ+ New Mexicans. Proposal | We seek funding to support organizations that are working to create an HIV-free generation in New Mexico; combat discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in any form; and support school-based programs that create a safe environment for all students, including LGBTQ+ students. Noteworthy | The Envision Fund is the largest philanthropic entity in New Mexico dedicated solely to serving the LGBTQ+ population. The Fund has made over $900,000 in grants since inception in 1997.

Proposal | Your funds support our ongoing young parent health sciences degree cohort and new certificate cohorts at the Santa Fe Community College, young parent leadership development activities, and navigation services for young parents led by trained young parent peer navigators. Parents enrolled in the academic cohorts receive tuition assistance, book stipends, and support through case managers and weekly cohort meetings, creating shared experience and resource access. The cohort goes through their learning together. Noteworthy | More than 85% of young parents of color in Santa Fe have a child aged three or under. Investing in young parents' educational and career success increases educational attainment and economic wellbeing for both parents and children, a multi-generational impact. In 2021, EOYF supported 19 young parents enrolled at SFCC, engaged 17 young parents in a bilingual leadership development program, and employed two young parent peer navigators to help over 40 of their peers access community resources.

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Fund for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Native American Advised Fund

Mission | To support a diverse array of responses to refugee needs.

Mission | To enhance Native lifeways now and for future generations in New Mexico by promoting a spirit of sharing and supporting native community initiatives.

Proposal | Needs the fund will address include, but are not limited to, transportation for affected persons toward permanent housing and/or settlement; basic services for affected populations, including medical and behavioral health care, food access, and employment support services; and legal advice and representation of affected populations. Noteworthy | Opened in 2019 in partnership with the City of Santa Fe, the Fund’s grants have supported refugee and asylee work in Santa Fe and on the New Mexico border. Populations served represent individuals and families, including LGBTQ-identifying people, from a wide refugee diaspora. In 2021, New Mexico’s refugee population includes individuals from Afghanistan seeking placement in Santa Fe.

MoGro Mission | To help people get access to nutritious, affordable food. Proposal | Funding supports deliveries to areas in New Mexico hit hard by food access during COVID-19, especially to tribal communities with other risk factors such as limited access to transportation, healthcare, and water. New lockdowns because of virus variants mean new food access problems to solve. MoGro will continue working with communities to find solutions. Noteworthy | Our work and impact has increased three-fold during COVID-19, and we are still getting new requests from communities. In rural Native communities, the economic crisis, job loss, and school closures have upended people's already limited access to nutritious food. Communities are contacting us because other options haven't come through.

Proposal | Led by an advisory committee that reflects the diversity of our region’s 23 pueblos, tribes, and nations, NAAF funding supports grantmaking to organizations that emphasize the commitment to Native core values: community, language, culture, and environment. Noteworthy | Originally founded in 1997 with a seed grant from Allan Houser, the Native American Advised Fund has granted over $400,000 to 50 different tribes, schools, and organizations. With Native communities being some of the hardest hit during the pandemic, the need for investments that support their long-term resilience and prosperity, environmental justice, food and water sovereignty, and greater family economic security is stronger than ever.

New Mexico Health Equity Partnership Mission | To strengthen the capacity of communities to shift power relations and advocate for policy and systems changes to create healthy and just communities. Proposal | Funding supports community members to engage in community driven research and deepen their capacity to reclaim and tell their own narratives via creative engagement methods (photovoice, graphic harvesting, zines, video, etc.) to inform policy change. Noteworthy | New Mexico Health Equity Partnership (HEP) believes every New Mexican should have the opportunity to lead a healthy life, live in a neighborhood where children and families thrive, and have a say in the decisions that impact their communities and their lives. HEP invests in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community-based leadership to change systems and offer solutions toward this belief. New Mexico needs community members actively involved and invested in making a difference, and it needs a strong set of community-based organizations learning from one another and serving as a galvanizing force to offer creative solutions and inform decisions. HEP is building the foundation to make this possible. 6

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Nonprofit Merger Fund Mission | The Merger Fund will provide grants to Santa Fe area nonprofits whose boards are engaged in discussions to consider a merger. Proposal | Because the merger process can be very expensive due to attorney fees, due diligence, etc., we invite contributions to this Fund that will make grants to eligible nonprofits engaged in a merger process.

Noteworthy | OSF’s current strategic process plans to uplift community voices and equitably center youth and People of Color in the strategies and solutions it creates. It aims to form multilingual and multicultural spaces where intentional collaboration, learning, and joy are fostered. Student reading and math proficiency rates are 30% and 18%, respectively, and 1/5 of New Mexico’s youth is Opportunity Youth. Among Native American youth the rate is 29%.

Noteworthy | In Santa Fe County alone, there are over 850 nonprofits registered as 501c3s. While the numbers of nonprofits, per se, do not tell us anything about their effectiveness or redundancy, there are certainly instances where some nonprofits, especially smaller, more challenged groups, may be able to find strength and greater effectiveness by joining forces with like organizations.

The Philanthropy Hub

Opportunity Santa Fe: Birth to Career

Proposal | Funding supports our annual work with learning opportunities that address nonprofit board responsibilities, finance, communication, fundraising, program delivery, and leadership skills. Programs include the Board Orientation Program, Emerging Social Sector Leaders, Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Nonprofit Sector, Learning Lab Series, Deeper Dive Workshops, New Mexico Planned Giving Roundtable, Santa Fe Fundraising Immersion, and New Mexico Women of Color Nonprofit Leadership Initiative.

Mission | Opportunity Santa Fe (OSF), a birth to career program, partners with 14 Collaborative Working Groups (CWGs) that represent nonprofits and volunteers aspiring to improve the lives and key transitions of children and youth across Santa Fe. By aligning strategies, actions, and resources, this effort seeks improved collective outcomes in the areas of early childhood, K–12 education, youth resiliency, and post-secondary education and career pathways. Proposal | Funding supports program operations, and the activities of CWGs working toward aspirational goals that include increasing kindergarten readiness, improving reading and math proficiency rates, re-engaging Opportunity Youth (defined as 16–24-year-olds who aren’t in school or working), supporting increased high school graduation, and college and certificate enrollments. Recently, 60 students completed a hands-on summer internship program with nonprofit partners that also included a college credit course. It was highly endorsed by students.

Mission | The Philanthropy Hub at the Santa Fe Community Foundation is a learning and gathering place for the sector. We partner with local facilitators to support skill building, peer connection, leadership development, and ecosystem strength. We are committed to fostering equity through this work.

Noteworthy | “The Mexico Women of Color Nonprofit Leadership Initiative has reshaped me. It didn’t make me into someone new, but instead, allowed me to show up as my full self. A luxury that I am not often afforded in most professional spaces, especially in New Mexico where representative leadership is often lacking.” – Cohort participant

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Santa Fe Artist Medical Fund

Special and Urgent Needs (SUN) Grants

Mission | The Santa Fe Artists' Medical Fund was founded in 1998 by a group of Santa Fe individuals who were concerned about the problems encountered by professional artists who are uninsured, and thus, at risk of serious financial difficulties in the case of medical emergencies.

Mission | We created quick turnaround SUN grants to address the short-term needs of nonprofits. With a relatively small amount of funding, SUN grants help an organization take advantage of an unbudgeted, unforeseen, and timesensitive opportunity or emergency that will enhance or preserve the ability of the organization to meet its mission.

Proposal | Contributions will support assistance depending on the applicant's circumstances. Funds are distributed to pharmacies, hospitals, and health care providers — not to individuals. Noteworthy | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicate 10.2% of New Mexico's two million people have no insurance of any kind.

Proposal | Funds further our support for nonprofits who apply for funding in times of critical and unforeseen situations. Noteworthy | Given the very small size of this pool of funds and the overwhelming need in this area, we do not have the capacity to consider requests for operating expenses due to budget deficits or shortfalls.

Santa Fe Baby Fund Mission | To promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers in Santa Fe County, prenatal through age four, and raise awareness of the critical importance of investing in early childhood for the benefit of our community. Proposal | Funding supports Santa Fe Baby Fund programs and activities including annual competitive grantmaking, awareness raising, and advocacy work on early childhood issues, and resources to connect families of young children to early childhood programs and services. Noteworthy | For every $1 invested in high quality early childhood programs, there are $4 to $9 in returns over that person's lifetime. In 2021, Santa Fe Baby Fund granted $50,000 to organizations addressing critical early childhood issues, co-facilitated the New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group, and engaged with partners to address a range of issues impacting young children and their families.

A N I M A L W E L FA R E

Thanks to a bequest from the estate of Carla Freeman, the Santa Fe Community Foundation established the Animal Welfare Fund in 2020 to address animal welfare-related needs existing in the community. Grants support organizations providing services and/or advocacy to protect both domestic and wild animals in Santa Fe, Mora, Rio Arriba, and/or San Miguel counties. We invited requests that work to improve: • Population control Free or low-cost spay/neuter clinics

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Trap/neuter/release programs

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Transportation for stray dogs/cats from overcrowded shelters to areas where they are more likely to be adopted

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Reduction of the use of euthanasia as a form of population control

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• Cruelty prevention Humane education/public information

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Rescue/adoption programs

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Support for local and/or statewide trapping ban

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• Wellbeing Training/socializing animals with goal of re-homing

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Providing emergency and preventive care

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Providing food and other supplies for pets of low-income owners

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Animal Protection of New Mexico, Inc. Albuquerque | apnm.org

Mission | To advocate for the rights of animals by effecting systemic change, resulting in the humane treatment of all animals. We create policies, infrastructure, and services that protect animals and strengthen our communities. We design and implement humane, pragmatic solutions to seemingly intractable problems involving animals. Our vision is to make humane the new normal in New Mexico. Proposal | Animal Protection of New Mexico (APNM) advocates for pro-animal policies and provides comprehensive services to ensure companion animals, equines, captive chimpanzees, and wildlife are treated with compassion and respect. APNM seeks support for our extensive animal protection programs, including teaching people of all ages empathy and compassion for animals; addressing root causes of a variety of harms to animals; protecting wildlife from inhumane treatment; and establishing state and local infrastructure that protects animals. Noteworthy | Each year, over 100,000 lost and abandoned dogs and cats are taken in by animal shelters in New Mexico. More than 20% are euthanized. APNM addresses complex issues that lead so many companion animals to be abandoned. We led the effort to establish a funding stream for spay/ neuter services statewide, publish a directory of free/low-cost spay/neuter programs, help communities organize and fund spay/neuter clinics, and facilitate a network of safe havens for animals of domestic violence survivors.

Athena Fund Mission | The Athena Fund assists individuals of low or moderate income with veterinary expenses related to cancer care for their pet including chemotherapy, radiation treatment, pain management, and supportive care. Proposal | Funds will support animal medical care and services for low to moderate income individuals' pets. Noteworthy | Approximately eight million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, approximately four million are dogs and over three million are cats. Each year, approximately three million animals are euthanized (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).

Española Valley Humane Society Española | espanolahumane.org

Mission | To reduce animal suffering in underserved communities. We address the issue by providing free services, admitting more than 3,500 animals each year at the shelter, and providing more than 6,000 spay/neuter surgeries at the clinic. Proposal | Española Humane's public clinic reduces animal overpopulation through free spay/neuter surgery for owned pets in our region. Pandemic restrictions in 2020 and in 2021 severely limited hours and service, which left many animals unaltered and with few alternatives for pet guardians. We seek funding to provide 120 spay/neuter surgeries, at an average cost of $125, which includes vaccinations. Noteworthy | The population of Española is around 10,000 and in 2019 we admitted more than 3,500 animals. By comparison, a nearby shelter in a city of 75,000 took in 5,000 animals that year. Our goal is to alter 80 percent of pets in Rio Arriba and northern Santa Fe counties. We believe if we provide 5,000 free spay/neuter surgeries per year over the next five years we can achieve our goal. Ten years ago, we took in 5,000 animals annually, so statistically, we are making progress.

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Felines & Friends New Mexico Santa Fe | fandfnm.org

Mission | To promote kind and humane treatment of all animals. To promote understanding of ownership and care of animals. To promote early spay/neuter of all animals in an effort to reduce the number of unwanted animals euthanized in shelters. To educate the public on the health and safety benefits of early spay/neuter. To provide low/no cost spay/ neuter of cats and dogs. To facilitate T/N/R for members of the community are feeding stray cats. To promote the concept that everyone can make a difference. Proposal | We seek funding to help with vet bills. As a "second chance" organization, we provide extraordinary care in order to prepare cats for permanent homes. Procedures include amputations, eye care, I-131 for thyroid conditions and treating diabetes. Noteworthy | In the last 12 months, Felines & Friends has rescued close to 100 kittens facing euthanasia at shelters in southern New Mexico. None of these kittens were provided with any vet care prior to arrival and many had upper respiratory infections and/or ringworm. We also take kittens born to feral mothers here in Santa Fe and socialize them. The mothers are spayed and provided with necessary vet care prior to being returned to their caretakers.

The Horse Shelter

Santa Fe | thehorseshelter.org Mission | The Horse Shelter serves as a sanctuary for New Mexico’s abandoned, abused, and neglected horses. Rescued horses will be rehabilitated and adopted out whenever possible to environments that support their well-being and future long-term care. Proposal | We are requesting support for our Volunteer and Groundwork Training program. This program helps educate volunteers and adopters on horse handling and in the process also helps our 75 rescue horses receive continued socialization, handling, and groundwork training.

Our volunteer program has grown to average 450 to 700+ hours (depending on season) per month and has shown tremendous success helping our horses advance in training and become easier and more desirable to adopt. Noteworthy | There are approximately 60–70 horses annually that the NM Livestock Board finds running estray, or seizes on cruelty charges that need to find placement in rescues. The Horse Shelter takes an average of 25 of these horses in and there are also many owners in hardship that need help placing their horses. Many of these horses have never been handled by humans and need socialization, as well as basic handling and groundwork training before they can be considered to be safe around humans.

Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary Santa Fe | kindredspiritsnm.org

Mission | To provide end of life and hospice care for older, unwanted dogs, horses, and poultry in a peaceful and serene sanctuary and small organic farm setting. By providing an inthe-home model of high standards of care for senior animals, Kindred Spirits seeks to be a change agent that models and inspires pet owners to keep their old animals in their home. Proposal | We seek funding for food, veterinary care, staffing, and overhead expenses. Our animals live in a nontoxic, sustainable, and family-style living environment without cages but with good fences, allowing them to develop a community of their own kind and socialize. Noteworthy | We operate with a limit of 20–24 senior dogs, three senior horses, and a variety of 60 poultry staffed by Ulla Pedersen, RN, founder and director since 2002, six part-time employees, and 18 trained volunteers. Concepts of eldercare/ hospice are relatively new as applied to companion and domestic animals. Of the 65,000 animals euthanized each year in New Mexico, older, disabled dogs are the first to go.

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Max and Tucker Canine Welfare Fund Mission | Established by a single donor, the Max and Tucker Canine Welfare Fund assists individuals of low or moderate income over age 60 with veterinarian expenses for their companion dog. Proposal | Funds will support treatment for a curable condition for seniors' pets. Noteworthy | Seniors who own a dog spend an average of 22 more minutes per day staying active, a new study has found, and take an additional 2,760 steps per day (globalnews.ca).

New Mexico Wildlife Center

Española | newmexicowildlifecenter.org Mission | Connecting people and wildlife for an abundant tomorrow. Proposal | New Mexico Wildlife Center (NMWC) is requesting help with general operating expenses associated with our wildlife hospital and education programs. NMWC functions as the premiere destination for wildlife education and rehabilitation in New Mexico. Each year, our education programs reach 10,000 people, while our wildlife hospital treats 1,000 wild animals. Our education is focused on increasing knowledge towards reducing human-wildlife conflict and developing a sense of compassion for wildlife. Noteworthy | In 2020, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish published a report listing 116 New Mexico species that are classified as threatened or endangered. This report lists habitat loss and fragmentation, vehicular collisions, pesticides, poaching, and numerous other anthropogenic causes as main threats to many of these species. Many of these threats are preventable with public education, awareness, and support.

Northern New Mexico Street Homeless Animal Project Inc. Santa Fe | nmshap.org

Mission | To alleviate suffering of all companion animals living as family with New Mexico’s homeless community. Since 1998, we have assisted with veterinary care (both preventative and emergency), food, and other essential supplies for these beloved companions. We strive to keep these companion animals healthy, fed, and together with their loving homeless families — no matter what life situation landed them on the street. Proposal | Your gifts help us assist the cherished companion animals of homeless citizens in northern New Mexico. People of all ages are found living on the street — their beloved animals help ease depression, loneliness, and give a sense of purpose. As the only non-profit providing this service in New Mexico, Street Homeless Animal Project (SHAP) is committed to facing this challenging community crisis. A truly unique, non-profit treasure in Santa Fe, SHAP does this life-sustaining work every day. Love has no address… Noteworthy | SHAP handles over 300 clients/calls for help each year. 25% of homeless persons have companion animals for protection, unconditional love, and to help overcome mental health disorders. 50% of our clients are youth under 21 on the street due to mental health issues, domestic violence, substance abuse, prejudice, and the economy. The COVID crisis has made it much worse for homeless or marginal people. Mental health issues remain rampant. Companion animals by their side helps them in many ways.

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Pecos People for Animal Welfare Society Santa Fe | pawsnm.org

Mission | To improve the health and wellbeing of pet dogs and cats by providing mobile, no-cost/low-cost spay and neuter services to underserved areas of San Miguel County and as a result, reduce the huge overpopulation of pets.

They also typically require twice as long of a shelter stay as those who do not need behavior work. At many shelters, these animals are often first in line for euthanasia. As a no-kill shelter, the Santa Fe Animal Shelter is committed to creating successful outcomes for hard-to-place animals, no matter how long it takes.

Proposal | PAWS has an opportunity to make a huge impact on the reduction of pets for the Pueblos of San Felipe, Santa Domingo and Cochiti. Working with another nonprofit, Desert Paws, Inc., we will advertise four clinics for the three Pueblos, schedule the surgeries and accomplish approximately 120+ spays and neuters for Pueblo dogs and cats using the COVID-19 Delta variant protocols. The surgeries will cost about $83.33 per pet and will include a wellness check, needed vaccinations, and pain medications.

The Santa Fe Raptor Center

Noteworthy | More than 100,000 dogs and cats enter New Mexico's animal shelters each year. Over 20,000 dogs and cats are euthanized due to an inadequate number of homes in which to place them.

Proposal | We are seeking funds for our general operations. This includes the feeding and medical care of all birds that come to us, including our educational birds.

Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society Santa Fe | sfhumanesociety.org

Mission | Since 1939, the Santa Fe Animal Shelter has been dedicated to its mission: support animals, save lives, spread compassion. Proposal | The Santa Fe Animal Shelter requests funds to support our Behavior Program. This summer, we admitted a record-breaking number of homeless animals — all while dealing with major staffing and revenue shortages. These shortages compromise our ability to provide the kind of hands-on rehabilitative care that's needed by animals who have suffered from neglect and abuse. Your contribution will help give second chances to New Mexico's most vulnerable homeless animals. Noteworthy | Animals who experience neglect and abuse often develop unwanted behaviors that make them less likely to be adopted and more likely to be returned post-adoption.

Santa Fe | santaferaptorcenter.org

Mission | The Santa Fe Raptor Center has a two-fold mission: to care for all, wild, orphaned and injured bird species in New Mexico, with the hope of releasing them back into the wild. The second half of our mission is education about wild birds, their habitat, and why we need them. This education is geared mostly towards children's programs.

Noteworthy | Studies show that we are losing birds in large numbers every decade. This is due to urban sprawl, lead poisoning, fracking, and climate change. Our work is necessary to help slow this unfortunate statistic down a bit. Through our rehabilitation efforts as well as our educational programs, we hope to make a difference that keeps on giving in the future.

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Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary

WildEarth Guardians

Mission | Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary envisions a world in which all wildlife live free and thrive. The Sanctuary's mission is to create healthy ecosystems for wild horses and to provide sanctuary for vulnerable mustangs where they live free forever.

Mission | WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West. We are working to end trapping, snaring, and poisoning of native species on public lands and to advance non-lethal management and an ethic of coexistence.

Proposal | Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary seeks investment to sustain the freedom and health of wild horses on their home ranges while protecting the lives of vulnerable mustangs already removed from the range. Funding supports humane use of science and technology to sustain mustangs at numbers healthy for them, other wildlife, and range, and conserves sanctuary lands for the Sky Band of Mustangs who were at risk for abuse and slaughter, and for all wildlife that share the sanctuary.

Proposal | We seek funds to support our Ending the War on Wildlife Campaign, which is focused on reforming Wildlife Services — a federal program that inhumanely kills tens of thousands of native carnivores and other wildlife every year, primarily on public lands — and removing tools of cruelty. As part of that campaign, we are working to ensure that the legislative ban on traps, snares, and poisons on New Mexico’s public lands, enacted in April 2021, is properly implemented through rulemaking this fall.

Noteworthy | Agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service round up over 10,000 wild horses from the range annually. BLM spends 50 million dollars per year warehousing wild horses at a cost of $46,000/mustang that lives and dies in holding facilities, freedom lost. In 2021 thus far, over 10,000 horses, including mustangs, have been shipped from our state to Mexico for slaughter.

Noteworthy | Nearly 150,000 native animals have been killed by private trappers on New Mexico public lands since 2008, along with numerous companion animals. Guardians has partnered with allies to end trapping in New Mexico for over a decade and coordinated the Trap Free New Mexico Coalition's efforts to pass legislation banning the use of traps, snares, and poisons on New Mexico public lands last spring. Our next step is to ensure that the NM Dept of Game and Fish fully implements and enforces the ban.

Santa Fe | skymountainwild.org

Santa Fe | wildearthguardians.org

H EA LT H & W E L L B E I N G : CO MMUNIT Y HE A LT H F UND E R A LLIANCE

Our Mission is to enhance and strengthen the systems of care that address the most challenging health and social needs in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico with a unified funding strategy. In partnership with Anchorum St. Vincent and CHRISTUS St. Vincent, the Santa Fe Community Foundation established the Community Health Funder Alliance dedicated to improving health and wellness in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico. The Alliance partners have combined funds to create two pooled tiers of funding, including Community Grants and Health Impact Grants, focused on health and wellness in the following areas across the lifespan. • Maternal Health and Early Childhood • School-Age Children and Adolescent Health, Wellness • Adult Physical Health • Adult Behavioral Health • Women's Health • Senior Health and Wellness • Social Determinants of Health Across the Lifespan The geographic region for community health grants includes Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Taos, Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba and San Miguel counties.

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Adaptive Sports Program New Mexico Santa Fe | ASPNM.org

Mission | To enhance the lives of children and adults with disabilities through recreations. Proposal | Since 1985, ASPNM has given children and adults with disabilities the opportunity to pursue a healthy lifestyle through activities, including winter sports, water sports, rock climbing, and more. ASPNM’s goal is to enable each participant to feel empowered, independent, and accomplished. Grant support will be used to enhance adaptive sports program offerings, giving individuals with disabilities the opportunity to be active and challenge themselves beyond what they may have thought possible. Noteworthy | 24.5% of New Mexican citizens report having a disability. Recreational options and accessible facilities are limited. Children with disabilities have fewer opportunities to participate in team sports and school PE programs. Adults with disabilities are 35% more likely to be inactive and 3x more likely to have heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or cancer. By creating opportunities for kids and adults with disabilities to be active year-round, ASPNM provides the tools to combat these challenging statistics.

Alzheimer's Association, NM Chapter Albuquerque | alz.org/newmexico

American Red Cross of New Mexico

Albuquerque | redcross.org/local/az-nm/about-us/ locations/new-mexico.html Mission | Your American Red Cross is present throughout New Mexico — helping families impacted by disasters, providing services to military members and their families, delivering blood products for accident victims and cancer patients, providing lifesaving training in CPR, Aquatics, and more. We live our mission: The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. Proposal | Red Cross emergency services, in particular Disaster Cycle Services, seek to meet the immediate, emergency needs of families in the wake of a local disaster, most often a home fire. Families can be facing homelessness and hunger, and the Red Cross provides financial assistance to help bridge the gap between disaster and recovery. Disasters hurt — physically, emotionally, financially; the Red Cross helps. Noteworthy | In the immediate past fiscal year in the CHFA seven-county jurisdiction, Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteers responded to 33 local disaster incidents, helping 49 families/115 individuals to avoid homelessness and hunger by providing $29,311 in financial assistance to meet immediate emergency needs.

Mission | The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Proposal | The vision of the Alzheimer's Association is a world without Alzheimer's and all other dementia. We are committed to funding vital research to find a treatment, prevention or cure but, until that time, we will provide services and support to impacted individuals and families in northern New Mexico.

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Atalaya Search and Rescue Santa Fe | atalayasar.org

Mission | Atalaya Search and Rescue (ASAR) is a nonprofit, charitable organization dedicated to the successful search and rescue of the lost or injured in the backcountry of northern New Mexico or wherever needed. Proposal | ASAR volunteers train bi-weekly and maintain a wide-range of team equipment for rock, avalanche, and backcountry rescues. Grant support is needed to update and upgrade critical gear — ropes and rigging devices, radios, medical kits, and other specialized equipment — as well as undertake technical training, including wilderness first aid, high-angle rescue techniques, and advanced avalanche safety, so ASAR can maintain best-practices and keep Santa Feans safe as they enjoy the outdoors. Noteworthy | According to the Outdoor Industry Association, participation in outdoor activities has increased significantly during COVID-19, with hundreds of thousands of Americans recreating outdoors in new ways. When these beginner hikers, climbers, and backpackers get lost or emergencies arise, ASAR responds. In 2020, ASAR was dispatched on 23 missions, every other week on average, which was an increase over 2019.

Bienvenidos Outreach, Inc.

Santa Fe | bienvenidosfoodpantry.org Mission | To provide food and clothing to those in need in Santa Fe and the surrounding areas. Proposal | Since 1989, Bienvenidos Outreach has provided assistance with food, clothing, and household goods to our clients, always at no cost or obligation to them. We request funds in order to continue to enhance our food programs by adding healthier food selections for children, the elderly, and those with medical conditions who are the most vulnerable of our clients.

Noteworthy | According to the Food Research & Action Center, which was last updated September 2019, 19.5% of New Mexicans — 399,456 people — are living in poverty. 26.3% of children in New Mexico — 124,024 children — are living in poverty. New Mexico ranks the 2nd worst state in the country for these statistics.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region Santa Fe | bbbsmountainregion.org

Mission | Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region creates professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Our vision is that through the guidance of life-changing mentors all youth can achieve their full potential. Research shows that children matched in our program are 90% more likely to do well in school, 46% less likely to use drugs or alcohol, and 89% less likely to make bad decisions. Proposal | We seek funding to continue offering support to our most vulnerable youth. Connection is vital for the health and wellbeing of our children, which is why we are requesting support for our expanding technology efforts to ensure that all children are able to stay connected to their mentors. These funds will allow our matches to use virtual technologies such as text, phone, and video conferencing to reduce social isolation and continue on the path to success. Noteworthy | Positive youth development research has long demonstrated that youth benefit from close, caring relationships with adult positive role models. A 2013 study by Herrera, DuBois, & Grossman showed that after an average of 10 months of mentoring, mentored youth fared better than those without mentors in emotional/psychological wellbeing, social relationships, academic attitudes, and self-reported grades. Also notable were reductions in depression symptoms across all groups who participated.

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Cancer Foundation for New Mexico Santa Fe | cffnm.org

Mission | To help save lives by providing the needed support to enable every northern New Mexican with cancer to access treatment in Santa Fe. Proposal | Cancer Foundation for New Mexico (CFFNM) is the only local, independent nonprofit to offer the lifecritical services needed to ensure access to treatment for all low-income northern New Mexicans with cancer who suffer disproportionately in their effort to start and complete their cancer treatment. These support services include transportation reimbursement, overnight lodging near the cancer center, grocery cards, and support groups for patients, family, and caregivers. Noteworthy | In 2019, CFFNM supported more than 28,000 cancer patient visits to Santa Fe for treatment, up 33% from the 21,000 patient visits supported in 2017. However, the number of Native American cancer patient visits remained flat during that time period. Our research discovered that this statistic is due to lack of awareness of CFFNM programs in the region's tribal communities.

Cancer Support Services/Holy Cross Medical Center

Taos | holycrossmedicalcenter.org/program/cancer support-services/ Mission | To provide non-medical services to people with cancer and their families in Taos and Western Colfax counties. Proposal | We are requesting funds for core support for our Cancer Support Services Program, which strives to alleviate some of the emotional, physical, and financial challenges for individuals fighting cancer. This funding would allow us to improve the quality of life for our clients by helping to meet basic needs with non-clinical support. Noteworthy | The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 9,800 new cases of cancer diagnosed in New Mexico in 2020 and projects that there will be

3,720 deaths from cancer this year. Cancer is the #1 cause of death in Taos County. Individuals with cancer in Taos must travel to Santa Fe or Albuquerque to receive treatment for their disease which creates a financial burden. In Taos County, 21% of our residents live below the poverty line, so this financial impact is felt even more deeply.

Caregiver Wellness Retreat

Santa Fe | caregiverwellnessretreat.com Mission | To provide northern New Mexico with pro-active wellness retreats, prevention for caregiver burnout in person and online, and emphasize self-care for family and frontline caregivers of Alzheimer's and other dementias through self-awareness, wellness education, and community support. We partner with Memory Care Alliance of northern New Mexico, The Alzheimer’s Association, Vista Living, Academy for Love of Learning, and the O'Keeffe Museum to educate and raise community-wide awareness for the overall health of caregivers. Proposal | Caregiver Wellness Retreat (CWR) seeks to reach elders in northern New Mexico through a sustainable operational approach and increase the scope of preventative care for elder caregivers, respite care, and wellness programs. To cost-effectively support rapid online growth and operations with a lean core staff, we seek funding for a chief operations officer position, respite funding to serve over 300 New Mexico caregivers. COO recruit and collaborate with more than 160 professionals to provide wellness tools to cope with caregiver burnout. Noteworthy | There is a 23% expected increase in Alzheimer's in New Mexico by 2025. More than 30% of caregivers die before those they are caring for. CWR provides engagement, supportive services, and access to wellness education, making a significant difference in reducing burnout, stress, illness/disease and improving the long term quality of life for New Mexico caregivers. The largest obstacles to wellness: time, stress, and financial resources. CWR teaches free tools they can use on a daily basis, which can have a powerful cumulative effect.

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CASA First

Santa Fe | casafirst.org Mission | To support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy so that abused and neglected foster children in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos Counties, can be safe, establish a permanent home and thrive. Proposal | CASA First asks for your help so that foster children from Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Los Alamos Counties who have experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse and severe neglect are no longer in harm's way, are in a safe loving forever home, and have the supports and oversight needed to thrive. Our Court Appointed Volunteers are fierce advocates in and out of court and caring adults for the most traumatized and vulnerable children in our community. Noteworthy | Last fiscal year, there were over 1,400 accepted reports of child abuse and neglect in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Los Alamos Counties. The child victims who suffer the most severe abuse and have no one able to safely care for them are taken into custody. There are approximately 2,400 children who enter foster care each year in New Mexico. Last year, CASA represented 175 children, a third were five years old or younger, with half birth to two years old. There are foster children in our district without an advocate.

Casa Milagro

Santa Fe | casamilagrosantafe.org Mission | To provide a sustainable, safe, and therapeutic home that nurtures the well-being and thriving of each of our formerly homeless residents. Proposal | After receiving a gift of beautiful raised garden beds in 2020, Casa Milagro is seeking grant and donor support to hire a garden and kitchen manager. This individual will work alongside our residents to care for the garden, harvest the vegetables, and prepare healthy and delicious food in our community kitchen. Please join us in nurturing the vision planted by this generous gift from Barb Odell, which is already sprouting and growing.

Noteworthy | From The New York Times (March 2021): “Homelessness in the United States rose for the fourth straight year, with about 580,000 people living on the streets or in temporary shelter at the start of 2020, according to an annual nationwide survey that was completed before the pandemic.” As for the impacts of the pandemic, Marcia L. Fudge (President Biden’s new HUD secretary) recently indicated that the numbers are still forthcoming, “but we know it has increased...” and is “devastating.”

Catholic Charities

Albuquerque | ccasfnm.org Mission | Founded in 1945 in Santa Fe, Catholic Charities is dedicated to serving the most vulnerable in our community throughout Santa Fe, Bernalillo, Sandoval, and Valencia counties. Our mission is to put faith in action to improve the lives of those in need and our vision is to honor human dignity. Our current programs include senior transportation, immigration legal assistance, refugee support, homelessness assistance, adult education, early childhood education, and more. Proposal | Funding will support our Partnering for Seniors (PFS) program in Santa Fe. PFS is free door-to-door transportation program engaging volunteer drivers to give rides from hospital discharges or to and from healthcare services. We serve low-to-moderate income seniors, age 60 and over, who lack access to other transportation. PFS also connects program partners and other senior provides to address senior needs. Noteworthy | Santa Fe has a fast-growing senior population that is expected to make up a third of the community's population by 2040. As individuals age, health changes may affect their ability to drive. Lack of transportation can prevent older individuals from accessing needed healthcare services and increase their risk for social isolation. Many reports have found gaps in access to public transportation and ride share services in Santa Fe, particularly for the 8.4% of our seniors living in poverty.

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Changing Woman Initiative

Santa Fe | changingwomaninitiative.com Mission | We are indigenous leaders and community healers, centering our families and communities, transforming the cultural narrative, and setting in motion policy changes. Our mission is to support our diverse indigenous communities, to renew cultural birth, and the fundamental indigenous human right to reproductive health, dignity, and justice. Proposal | Since 2015, Changing Woman Initiative (CWI) has been working with Native American communities and birthing families around birth equity and community-led solutions, and creating a plan for a Native American birthing center in New Mexico. From 2019-present, CWI provides community training opportunities for Native American birth workers, supports policy in maternal health, and provides birthing services, including home visits and health education and nutrition. Noteworthy | As a result of supporting this proposal, the state will have more local healthcare workforce (midwives and other) so that families have access to culturally competent care from birth to early childhood. It will support our work in coalitions to improve maternal health, and address policy, regulations and systems, with a result of more access to quality prenatal care. There will also be more trained medical and community health workers available in the state and better nutrition education.

Children's Grief Center of New Mexico Albuquerque | childrensgrief.org

Mission | To provide a safe and supportive environment where young people (ages five–25) and their caregivers can share feelings and experiences while grieving the death of a loved one. Proposal | Funding will directly support our free ongoing programs (support groups and workshops) for grieving young people and their caregivers. It costs approximately $700 to provide an individual with a year of services. Families are never charged for the support they receive and we do

not operate on a wait-list so that bereaved people may access trauma-informed services and resources immediately. Programs serve people living throughout New Mexico and would not be available without the generosity of our donors. Noteworthy | New Mexico is second in the nation for number of kids who will experience the death of their parent or sibling by age 18. There is a severe lack of resources for grieving kids and when their needs are left unaddressed they become five times more likely to die by suicide (Census Bureau); nine times more likely to drop out of high school (National Principals Association); 10 times more likely to engage in substance abuse (Rainbows for All God's Children); and 20 times more likely to have behavioral health disorders (CDC).

Comedor de San Pascual, Inc.

Las Vegas | comedorsoupkitchen.wordpress.com Mission | To provide regular free community meals and opportunities to socialize for children and adults, and to provide free supplementary food to persons of need. Proposal | Comedor Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry has provided free food for anyone requesting this service for 11 years in Las Vegas, New Mexico, with an all-volunteer staff. No proof of income is required. Comedor has always produced a balanced meal — hot entrée, fresh vegetable, fresh fruit salad, a boiled egg, and dessert. Food Pantry Bags (FPB) provide something from each food group in the form of nonperishables. Customers may take as many meals and FPB's as they want. Fresh produce is provided as available. Noteworthy | Food insecurity in Las Vegas has been more of a problem over the past year because of the COVID pandemic impacting lives through job losses, children out of school, and fears of contacting the COVID virus when in the community. Comedor has doubled the number of meals prepared and served because of customer demand. In 2017, 27.2–47.4% of children in San Miguel County were living in poverty, according to NM-IBIS. The challenges of feeding children when not in school is only one of the major factors.

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Coming Home Connection

Santa Fe | cominghomeconnection.org Mission | Coming Home Connection trains, places, and supports volunteer and professional caregivers in homes and other settings where help is needed to assist clients and their families through sickness, old age, and the end of life. Proposal | We are seeking funds to 1) provide high quality, low-cost and free home care to seniors in need or at-risk, allowing them to safely age-in-place, in part by preventing falls; 2) support our volunteer programs: The Kindness Crew, Caring Callers and our other volunteer programs; and 3) provide Health Navigation services to seniors and low income individuals, linking them to essential health and community services that decrease barriers to care while increasing engagement and active participation. Noteworthy | Conde Nest and US World Report named Santa Fe as one of the top 10 places to retire. This invitation has increased Santa Fe County's senior population to 23.2%, with 8.4% living in poverty. Elders in our community are often managing chronic conditions and facing complex challenges to stay healthy, including barriers to accessing care (CSV 2020 CHNA). We are the only non-profit providing free and affordable care to seniors directly in their homes as well as health navigation services.

Communities In Schools of New Mexico Santa Fe | cisnm.org

Mission | Communities In Schools of New Mexico (CIS) surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CIS is the 26th affiliate of Communities In Schools, the nation's most effective dropout prevention organization, founded 45 years ago and currently serving over 1.6 million children and youth across the nation. Proposal | Communities In Schools of New Mexico works inside PreK–12 public schools to build relationships with Santa Fe's most vulnerable youth to empower them to

stay in school and succeed in life. Challenges outside the classroom — like hunger, poor health, or trauma at home or in their community — lcan stand in the way of success inside the classroom. As part of a national network, our model creates a School Support Plan that engages the community to create positive, measurable outcomes for students. Noteworthy | In Santa Fe Public Schools there are approximately 13,000 students enrolled and 74% (9,000) qualify for free-and-reduced lunch (SFPS, 2019); a federal indicator of poverty. These students face many barriers to learning, including hunger, lack of stable housing, trauma, and reduced ability to concentrate. Without community support, these students are at high risk for dropping out, perpetuating cycles of poverty. SFPS's graduation rate averages 71%, 13 points below the national average.

Community Against Violence Taos | taoscav.org

Mission | To foster and support a community free from all forms of domestic and sexual violence. Proposal | Community Against Violence (CAV) requests funding to continue best-practice, one-stop, and safe services to child and adult survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and child abuse and neglect. Supporting CAV services allows for continued, exemplary, client-centered, trauma-informed programs for survivors in rural and geographically-isolated communities in north central New Mexico. Noteworthy | CAV provided direct services to 885 child and adult survivors of domestic/sexual violence and child abuse/neglect in 2018–19. Of those, 249 were cases of child abuse/neglect in the seven north central counties of: Taos, Rio Arriba, Colfax, Union, San Miguel, Guadalupe, and Mora. These numbers of clients being provided direct services by CAV continues in an upward trend as more survivors reach out for critical assistance and support.

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Compassionate Touch Network dba Breaking the Silence New Mexico Albuquerque | breakingthesilencenm.org

DreamTree Project, Inc. Taos | dreamtreeproject.org

Mission | Breaking the Silence New Mexico is a nonprofit organization that promotes mental health literacy, education, advocacy, and well-being for teens, youth, and adults.

Mission | DreamTree Project provides housing and compassionate support services for youth in crisis. Our vision is that all New Mexico youth have stability, support, and the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

Proposal | We seek funds to support our evidenceinformed, proactive mental health, and suicide prevention education program for upper elementary, middle, and high school adolescents in public and charter schools throughout the state. This program includes education for school personnel, parents, and the community.

Proposal | Funding keeps our programs operating and serving homeless teens and young people, including The Street Outreach Program for youth on the streets, the Emergency Youth Shelter for youth ages 12 to 17, the Transitional Living Program for youth ages 16 to 24, and the DreamTree Families Program for young parents and their children.

Noteworthy | According to the CDC’s latest WISQARS National Reporting Data, the leading cause of death in New Mexico, for ages 10–18, is suicide and it is the second leading cause of death for our college age students (ages 18–22). In short, every 3.97 days, New Mexico loses a child to suicide. These 2019 statistics are the most recent available. Based upon trends from COVID, the numbers are more dire, due to isolation, lack of access to mental health services, poverty rates and crisis intervention calls.

Noteworthy | The Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) has shown that 6.6% of teenagers in New Mexico struggle with housing instability every year; in our five-county service area, this rate jumps to 7.9%. This amounts to hundreds of young people throughout north central and north east New Mexico who are sleeping in a shelter, in a motel or hotel, in public spaces, doubled up, and/or couch surfing.

Cooking With Kids

Española Pathways Shelter

Española | espanolapathwaysshelter.org

Santa Fe | cookingwithkids.org

Mission | To provide homeless men and women access to viable pathways towards a more productive life.

Mission | Cooking with Kids educates and empowers children and families to make healthy food choices through hands-on learning with fresh, affordable foods.

Proposal | We seek to fulfill both the short and long term needs of people experiencing homelessness in Rio Arriba County through the provision of temporary shelter, food, respect, referral to health care and long-term housing, transportation, job training, and barrier jumping in order to encourage people experiencing homelessness to stay on the road to a more productive life.

Proposal | Cooking with Kids requests funding for handson food and nutrition education activities, where students explore, prepare, and enjoy fresh, affordable foods from diverse cultural traditions. We aim to positively change eating behaviors, increase home cooking practices, and support public schools in their efforts to engage students in creative and cross-disciplinary ways. Noteworthy | In northern New Mexico, one in four children live in homes without consistent access to adequate food and one-third of 3rd grade students are overweight or obese. Despite these sobering facts, very few elementary school students receive nutrition education.

Noteworthy | In January 2019, the Continuums of Care to the U.S. Department of HUD reported that on any given day New Mexico has an estimated 3,241 residents experiencing homelessness. 246 of this total are family households, 257 are veterans, 216 are unaccompanied young adults (aged 18–24), and 1,455 are individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. No homelessness data exists for our area, but we do know that Rio Arriba County has a Distressed Community Index rating of 95.5/100. 22

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Esperanza Shelter

Santa Fe | esperanzashelter.org Mission | To shelter those threatened by domestic violence and to support healthy relationships. Our overarching vision is a community free of abuse and domestic violence. Proposal | For 45 years, Esperanza has been the only domestic violence shelter in Santa Fe County providing a 24/7 safe emergency shelter and crisis line, advocacy, counseling, substance abuse counseling, adult and child therapy, community navigation, court advocacy, community outreach/education, and psychoeducational groups for both survivors and individuals who have committed acts of abuse. We seek funding to support the free, confidential, and comprehensive services that we provide. Noteworthy | Our county ranks in the top third of counties in New Mexico with the highest domestic violence rates. Over 90% of our clients fall within the federal poverty guidelines, approximately 2/3 are children ages 0–17, with a high percentage of survivors having a history of or current substance use/abuse issues, and traumatic brain injuries. COVID has roughly cost us an additional $30k/month in unbudgeted expenses.

The Family YMCA's Española YMCA Teen Center Los Alamos | laymca.org

Mission | The Family YMCA’s mission is to build community strength by focusing on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The mission of our Española YMCA Teen Center is to strengthen the efficacy of community youth through educational support and positive youth development programs; we use evidence-based best practices documented by Dr. David DuBois, University of Illinois-Chicago, whose research documents mentoring relationships for youth resilience and holistic development. Proposal | Funds will provide positive adult staff mentors, educational support (tutoring), youth development programming (skill-building classes), and substance abuse

prevention programming at the Española YMCA Teen Center during out-of-school times year-round. These activities move us closer to our objective of improving health outcomes for local youth by supporting them in a social-community context. Noteworthy | NM Dept. of Health (DOH) reports show that Española and Rio Arriba County suffer from poor educational outcomes, multi-generational substance abuse, domestic violence, poverty, and high crime rates. A 2020 DOH Epidemiology report says Rio Arriba County has the highest drug overdose death rate in the state at 92.8 per 100,000 vs. the New Mexico average of 25.5. The 2019 Española graduation rate was 63% vs. the state’s 75%. A 2007 NM PED report said 73% of Española high school graduates need remedial classes in college.

Fathers New Mexico

Santa Fe | fathersnewmexico.org Mission | To provide support, resources, and skills to promote healthy and responsible fathering in young families. Fathers New Mexico nurtures connections between the father, the family, and the community to promote self, family, and community health. Proposal | Fathers who are involved early in the lives of their children build foundations for positive outcomes for their children. Young fathers and those living in poverty (disproportionately young men of color), are significantly more likely than other fathers to be disconnected from their children by age three. Fathers New Mexico (FNM) proposes to continue engaging fathers and providing them with effective programming to meet their needs and support them to be dedicated dads. Noteworthy | Increasing father involvement amongst fathers of low socioeconomic status can decrease disparities in school performance (Miller, Thomas, et. al., 2020). Engaged fathers are linked to better outcomes on every measure of child wellbeing, from cognitive development and educational readiness to self-esteem and pro-social behavior.

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The Food Depot

Santa Fe | thefooddepot.org Mission | The Food Depot fosters healthy communities by engaging a network of partners and developing solutions for a hunger-free New Mexico. Proposal | As the only food bank serving nine counties in northern New Mexico, The Food Depot provides hunger relief through a combination of direct and indirect service programs. The Food Depot partners with 115 nonprofit organizations including food pantries, meal programs, and shelters to provide food assistance. In addition, The Food Depot fills gaps in hunger relief services by providing food to children, people in rural communities, and seniors through three direct service programs. Noteworthy | Hunger remains constant in the lives of many New Mexicans and is a growing crisis for families in northern New Mexico as a result of the pandemic. According to Feeding America’s food insecurity data, 19.7% of northern New Mexicans are food insecure. Children in northern New Mexico face an even more dire situation; more than 1 in 3 children in New Mexico are experiencing food insecurity right now. As a result of the pandemic, demand for hunger relief services increased 30%.

The Friendship Club

Santa Fe | friendshipclubsantafe.org Mission | To provide a multi-use community center that promotes activities and events focusing on mental, spiritual, and physical recovery. We provide an inviting, supportive, and safe environment where people in recovery and heal and help one another.

Noteworthy | With the FC opening up again for some live meetings, we are using ZOOM to be able to reach more people in the recovery community. We have close to 40 meetings each week available on ZOOM and would like to increase this in the near future to 50 meetings. We will be increasing the number of in-person group meetings also. We have 4 peer support workers who come to the Friendship Club and would like to increase this number to 6 in the future. COVID has limited us with our in-person meetings.

Generational Empowerment Ohkay Owingeh

Mission | To empower, guide, and cultivate youth through evidence-based prevention curriculums focused on substance abuse prevention, positive coping mechanisms, education, culture, health and wellness. If our future is to be great, we need to empower our youth. Proposal | Cultural protective factors for Native youth are often linked to traditions of their ancestors. Generational Empowerment is recognized as a powerful community resource to help youth stay away from drugs, build selfesteem, strengthen cultural connections, and develop healthy behaviors for their future. Noteworthy | Ohkay Owingeh has seen a decreasing trend in the number of community youth participating in traditional dances because of the lack of traditional regalia youth own. The proposed Ohkay Owingeh cultural program will lay the foundation for an increased number of youth participating in our cultural dances. Additionally, the cultural program will help develop strong relationships with Elders and Spiritual Leaders of the community.

Proposal | We provide educational opportunities such as Peer support, non-violent and overall communication skill classes, women's empowerment programs, volunteer programs, and more at the Friendship Club. We are looking to expand these opportunities even further. We have a large number of sponsors at the Club who work with people one-on-one. We also have educational literature and room expenses. Our meetings also provide continuing education for the attendees on how to live productive lives. 24

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Gerard's House

Santa Fe | gerardshouse.org Mission | Gerard’s House is Santa Fe’s center for kids grieving the death of — or separation from — a loved one. Our mission is to create safe spaces where healing happens through acceptance and peer support for grieving children, teenagers, families, and adults. Eight programs support grieving youth according to their needs, whether they have immigrant roots, are living in poverty, are homeless or have attempted suicide. To meet grieving families’ holistic needs, we also provide basic needs casework. Proposal | When a child, teenager, or adult experiences the death of — or separation from — a loved one, Gerard's House offers free grief support. We request funding for weekly peer grief support groups, casework, suicideprevention programs, individual sessions, crisis response services and summer camps. Each is uniquely designed for those experiencing life-changing loss. Programs are collaborative, bilingual, culturally specific, free of charge, and accessible in multiple ways — mobile, virtual, or on-site. Noteworthy | In 2020, Gerard’s House 2020 provided 910 children, teenagers, and adults with grief support services; met 525 urgent needs beyond grief support; saw 419 individuals participate in our food distribution program; provided 18 weekly grief support groups, including in 11 SFPS schools; and had volunteers contribute 2,000 volunteer hours. Thank you, amazing donors, collaborative partners, and volunteers!

IMPACT Personal Safety dba Resolve Santa Fe | resolvenm.org

Mission | To prevent violence by building skills and inspiring individuals to be agents of personal, community, and cultural change. By reducing the fear and impact of violence, we help to create a community where people live powerfully, experience freedom, and pursue joy. Proposal | Resolve’s skill-based programs teach youth and adults to prevent violence in their communities and defend themselves and others against violence through collaborations with schools, Pueblos, and nonprofits. Our students learn to challenge beliefs and behaviors that create violence; they also learn concrete bystander and self-advocacy strategies to prevent violence. By reducing the impact of violence, we make our communities stronger and healthier. Noteworthy | Violence is a public health crisis in New Mexico. According to the FBI, our state has the 3rd highest per capita incidence of rape and domestic violence in the country and ranks 2nd for violent crimes. Prevention and early intervention are key as one out of three female victims and one out of four male victims experience sexual violence before the age of 18. Additionally, half of all middle school students in New Mexico report being bullied at school over the course of one year.

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Interfaith Community Shelter Group, Inc.

Kitchen Angels

Mission | To provide safe, hospitable shelter, food and clothing to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness in Santa Fe, and to promote self reliance by providing a point of entry to the other services necessary to make the transition from homelessness to stable housing. There are three components to Interfaith Community Shelter Group's programming: the Seasonal Night Shelter, the Day Services Program, and the Women's Summer Safe Haven.

Mission | To provide free, freshly prepared and nutritious meals to homebound individuals living with chronic, life threatening or terminal illnesses.

Santa Fe | interfaithsheltersf.org

Proposal | We seek funds to support our work as the only "come-as-you-are" or "minimal barrier" shelter in northern New Mexico, which means we accept everyone, regardless of condition or circumstance, including their pets. Last year, the Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete's Place served 1,187 discrete individuals for 22,946 bed nights, served 64,683 meals, and distributed 42,011 articles of clothing. We are a largely volunteer-based agency with 46 faith and community groups and 2,000 active volunteers. Noteworthy | The greatest challenge to our community is the number of people who live in poverty; more than 20% of New Mexico residents and 14.4% of Santa Fe residents. Santa Fe Public School's Adelante program counts more than 1,100 homeless students. In a recently released HUD report, New Mexico ranked number two, behind Washington DC, in the highest percentage of chronically homeless and, behind Montana, in homeless veterans. New Mexico had a 57% increase in homelessness last year, the largest increase in the country.

Santa Fe | kitchenangels.org

Proposal | Improve the health of homebound residents in the greater Santa Fe area who face life-challenging or terminal medical conditions and who are financially limited in their ability to meet their daily nutrition needs by providing free, nutritious, specially prepared meals delivered to their homes. Noteworthy | In the US, one in three chronically ill individuals cannot afford food, medications, or both and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 60.5% of adults age 65 and older have two or more chronic medical conditions.

La Familia Medical Center Santa Fe | lafamiliasf.org

Mission | To foster community well-being in partnership with our patients by providing excellent, accessible, familycentered medical, dental, and behavioral health care. Proposal | La Familia seeks funding for our Healthy Children’s Initiative. This comprehensive program provides primary medical, dental, and behavioral health care to uninsured pregnant mothers and children from conception through early childhood. Noteworthy | In 2020, La Familia’s providers saw more than 2,000 children under the age of five. Over 65% of our families are underserved when it comes to their healthcare, with 33% being uninsured and 32% on Medicaid. La Familia’s Healthy Children’s Initiative gives low income children a healthy start on life to grow and learn.

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Las Cumbres Community Services, Inc. Española | lascumbres-nm.org

Mission | To provide quality services, public awareness, and integrated community supports for children, adults, and families facing social, emotional and/or developmental challenges. We are working for a world where every person connects and thrives in their community. Proposal | Our Santuario del Corazon Program requests funds for bilingual/bicultural case management and counseling to support immigrant children and their families experiencing traumatic separation due to arriving unaccompanied in the US, separation at the border, and/or deportation. This includes school-based help to mid- and high-school students to collectively address their needs, fears, and educational concerns while engaging educators to learn more about trauma-informed practices for immigrant youth. Noteworthy | In the US today, roughly 6 million children under 18 share a home with at least one undocumented family member, often a parent. Consequently, immigration enforcement actions have significant physical, emotional, developmental, and economic repercussions for millions of children across the country. A 2010 study of immigrationrelated parental arrests found that the majority of children experienced at least four adverse behavioral changes in the six months following a raid or arrest.

Los Alamos Family Council Los Alamos | lafamilycouncil.org

Mission | To improve social and emotional well-being through education, prevention, and counseling. Proposal | We seek funding to further expand affordable mental and behavioral health support to those in need. Helping individuals and families to overcome difficulties that arise from previous trauma enable those same individuals and families to prevent future traumas in those they love — we aim to help them in that endeavor.

Noteworthy | One in five of our clients struggle to make their co-payments to receive mental health treatment for themselves and their dependents. Just over half of our clients are Medicaid clients. We are trying to ensure that clients are able to receive the treatment they need regardless of their ability to pay.

The May Center for Learning Santa Fe | maycenter.org

Mission | May Center for Learning empowers students with learning differences to be successful, confident learners who recognize the importance of communication, collaboration, and community. We accomplish this goal by focusing on four specific success attributes: Literacy, Empowerment, Advocacy, and Principles in our school, tutoring, and summer programs, May Evaluation Center and May Teacher Institute. Proposal | Funding will support May Center's school, tutoring, summer programs, and evaluation services for students with learning disabilities, and May Teacher Institute, allowing more students to access intervention and ensuring that every child in New Mexico has a teacher who understands the science of reading instruction. Noteworthy | Funding will support May Center's school, tutoring, summer programs, and evaluation services for students with learning disabilities, and May Teacher Institute, allowing more students to access intervention and ensuring that every child in New Mexico has a teacher who understands the science of reading instruction.

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McCurdy Schools of Northern New Mexico dba McCurdy Ministries Española | mccurdy.org

Mission | McCurdy Ministries Community Center (MMCC) creates hope and empowers the lives of children, youth, adults, and families through education, life skills, and faith-based programs in the Española Valley. Proposal | MMCC sponsors Project Cariño, a free schoolbased mental heath counseling program, which serves 28% of the school age population of the Española Valley and their families. Services include play, talk and family therapy, support groups, crisis intervention, Big Buddy/Little Buddy program, educational programs, and support of the MMCC and McCurdy Charter School staff and administration. Project Cariño works to build resiliency in our students and their families. Noteworthy | According to the US Census Quick Facts, 35% of the residents of Española who will report to the census live below the Federal Poverty Line. The Rio Arriba County Health Council states that, due to drug and alcohol addiction rates and incarceration rates, 60% of our students are being raised by their grandparents. Through Project Cariño, MMCC is working to improve the self esteem, mental health, resiliency, educational & life skills of our students who are adversely affected by these statistics.

The Memory Care Alliance

Santa Fe | thememorycarealliance.org Mission | To provide pro-active comprehensive on-going support, planning, education and resources for families living with Alzheimer’s and all other dementia-related illnesses. To educate and raise community awareness concerning the level of need for volunteer and financial help. To remove the stigma associated with dementia-related illnesses and replace it with compassionate understanding. Proposal | Our goal is to develop our existing Memory Care Alliance programs for the Spanish-speaking members of our community. In addition, we plan to establish a Spanish-speaking weekly caregiver group assisting families impacted by memory loss, provide education programs, and add resource pages in Spanish to our website, as well as develop a method to provide bi-lingual consultations and other assistance to the Spanish-speaking community affected by memory loss issues. Noteworthy | According to the National Institute of Health, currently there are approximately 43,000 people living with Alzheimer’s in New Mexico. No services are currently provided in northern New Mexico for the Spanish-speaking community affected by Alzheimer’s.

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Mesa to Mesa

Española | mesatomesa.org Mission | To bring people together to improve the health, safety, and security of low income homeowners in northern New Mexico by performing minor repairs to their homes, facilitating larger repairs by means of referrals and collaborations, and providing home maintenance education. Proposal | Our goal is to help those in most need of our services — low income, disabled, elderly, homes with young children, and those in crisis situations — to live safely and with dignity. We do this by making small home repairs free of charge to qualifying families. Noteworthy | According to the New Mexico Department of Health, New Mexico's fall-related death rate was 1.5 times greater than the U.S. rate in 2017. In 2018, there were 5,829 hospital visits in those 65 and older, because of falls. This is up from 5,515 visits in 2017, an increase of over 5%. Our organization works with elderly clients to identify and minimize risks. 100% of our clients fall below the Federal Poverty Guidelines which increases their chances of living in substandard housing.

Mora Valley Community Health Services, Inc. Mora | mvchs.org

Mission | To deliver excellent primary care and other services to Mora residents. Proposal | MVCHS seeks funding to provide utility, firewood, and food vouchers to seniors in Mora County, whose income is within the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Noteworthy | Adult Day Services participants are referred to MVCHS' program by Adult Protective Services because they have been deemed to be at risk of abuse, neglect,

and/or exploitation. Personal Care clients are generally homebound and require assistance at their homes. Both Adult Day Services participants and Personal Care Program participants incomes are within the federal poverty guidelines. MVCHS has 10 Adult Day Care participants and 30 Personal Care clients.

The Mountain Center, Inc. Santa Fe | themountaincenter.org

Mission | We promote wellness, personal discovery and social change through innovative learning experiences in wilderness, community, and cultural environments. Proposal | The Mountain Center Harm Reduction Program has been developing strong relationships throughout northern New Mexico since we began providing outreach services in 2005. In 2016, we added office-based services in the City of Española and introduced more comprehensive harm reduction and behavioral health services, including MedicationAssisted Treatment (MAT), Counseling Services, and Case Management. Our goal is to increase MAT access and accompanying case management to support our community. Noteworthy | In January of 2020, an article entitled “Availability of Buprenorphine Treatment in the ten States With the Highest Drug Overdose Death Rates in the US” was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice. Rio Arriba County had the second-highest opioid overdose death rate in the country at 82.1 per 100K but was found to only have two providers per 100k, the lowest of all 10 counties. The study found a total of six unlisted providers, none of which had available appointments for new patients.

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Mountain Home Health Care, Inc.

My Little Horse Listener, Inc.

Mission | Mountain Home Health Care provides superior home health and hospice care in rural northern New Mexico regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, or ability to pay. We provide a continuum of care between hospitals, facilities, and home — whether a short evaluation period of supportive and instructive care, an indefinite period for chronic maintenance care, or terminal care at home. We appreciate the cultural diversity of our communities, enhancing the quality of life for all with respect and dignity.

Mission | To use the gentle and therapeutic magic of miniature horses to rebuild trust and add comfort and laughter into the lives of youth who are recovering from physical, mental, or emotional abuse, or may simply need a special kind of friend to minimize loneliness in their young lives.

Taos | mtnhomehealth.com

Proposal | Our agency serves 775 patients per year with home health, hospice, and palliative care in Taos, Rio Arriba, and Colfax counties, and Taos and Picuris Pueblos. We provide education, counseling, and grief support to 2,500 informal caregivers and family. With indigent care services, we provide equitable, compassionate, patient-directed care to all, based on each individual's needs. Funding will go to indigent care services, including medical and related basic needs for low-income patients and families. Noteworthy | According to Data USA, Taos County, a rural county of 2,200 sq miles, has 33,000 residents with only 5,500 living in the Town of Taos, where medical services are primarily located, leaving most people underserved. In 2019, 21.3% lived in poverty, a number that has increased during 2020 due to COVID-19 and economic shutdown. Over 25% of Taos County is 65+ years old. Uninsured individuals in Taos County are 11.9% of the population, while 16.8% are currently on Medicare and 33.9% on Medicaid.

Santa Fe | mylittlehorselistener.org

Proposal | We can expand our services by bringing the miniature horses into the northern New Mexico communities, thereby creating access to children who cannot travel to our ranch. A safer horse trailer and large portable corral will enable us to reach children where they are. Noteworthy | In New Mexico, children are present at one out of every 3.3 domestic violence incidents and 77% of the children were under the age of 12. Children who witness abuse are four times more likely to experience child abuse. The healing power of horses is increasingly documented in at least 30 research studies that show an increase in a sense of control, well-being, and a decrease in depressive symptoms for children who have suffered debilitating abuse.

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NAMI Santa Fe

Santa Fe | namisantafe.org Mission | The NAMI Santa Fe (National Alliance on Mental Illness of Santa Fe) is a non-profit corporation of families, friends, and people with mental illness organized for mutual support, education, and advocacy. NAMI Santa Fe is committed to a comprehensive community support system for people with mental illness. Proposal | NAMI Santa Fe is asking for support to expand our programs for PIRS (persons in recovery from mental illness); specifically, our Peer to Peer Program. Peer to Peer is a free 8-session educational program for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to better understand themselves and their recovery. Noteworthy | According to the Community Health Needs Assessment established by Christus St. Vincent 2020–2022, "New Mexico’s suicide rate has consistently been higher than the US and Santa Fe’s is even higher than New Mexico’s suicide rate" (p. 53). The assessment goes on to list some of the main risk factors for suicide including: "depression and other mental disorders, and [ ... ] family history of mental illness" (53). These risk factors are among the primary issues that NAMI works to ameliorate.

National Dance Institute of New Mexico Santa Fe | ndi-nm.org

Mission | National Dance Institute of New Mexico is founded with the knowledge that the arts have a unique power to engage and motivate children. The purpose of our distinctive programs is to help children develop discipline, a standard of excellence, and a belief in themselves that will carry over into all aspects of their lives. Proposal | Using the joy and exuberance of dance and music, NDI New Mexico provides access to transformational educational enrichment to low-income and high-risk students in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico. NDI New Mexico programs are offered at no cost to students and participating children make gains in educational success, social-emotional

learning, and physical well-being. Students K–12 are taught self-discipline, confidence, teamwork, excellence, and health. Noteworthy | In 2020, New Mexico ranked 50th in our nation in education. New Mexico’s high school graduation rate is 71%, and only 29% of 4th graders and 23% of 8th graders scored at or above proficient in reading (Kids Count Data Center, Annie E. Casey Foundation). Graduation rates are even lower in Española (65.5%) and Santa Fe (68.9%, NMPED, 2018). A UNM study found that NDI New Mexico students earn higher grades and standardized test results than non-participating peers.

National Latino Behavioral Health Association Cochiti Lake | nlbha.org

Mission | To influence national behavioral health policy, eliminate disparities in funding and access to services, and improve the quality of services and treatment outcomes for Latino populations. NLBHA has worked to provide national eadership on mental health and substance abuse concerns of the Latino community. We conduct policy advocacy, research, workforce development, mental health promotion, training and technical assistance. Proposal | We seek funding for a youth-driven Youth Health Equity Advocacy program that promotes well-being and addresses the mental health and substance issues experienced by youth in Santa Fe County to demonstrate the practice of diversity, equity and inclusion of youth voice, action, and leadership. Noteworthy | Our grant priority focuses on school age children and adolescents in Santa Fe County in the area of substance use and mental health. Youth in Santa Fe rates of persistent sadness (39.8%); seriously considered suicide (17.3%); and attempted suicide (8.7%) are above the U.S. rates. The prevalence rate of youth E-Cigarette use in Santa Fe County is 31.8%, still much higher than the state rate. Santa Fe County has a higher number of alcohol-related deaths twice that of Rio Arriba County.

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New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils Santa Fe | nmhealthcouncils.org

Mission | To improve the health of all people living in New Mexico by supporting and strengthening county and tribal health councils, advocating for health equity, and by providing a strong voice for community and public health. Proposal | We seek funding to build and maintain an online, comprehensive, searchable resource and referral platform, provide training and technical assistance and additional support to assist residents of Rio Arriba County in identifying and accessing the range of services needed for healthy development. Noteworthy | People looking for help in New Mexico face many challenges. Needed resources may not exist or are difficult to access. There also may be a lack of awareness of resources that are available and easily accessible. Both challenges prevent community members from accessing the resources they need. Rio Arriba residents recently reporting difficulty in accessing a range of services, including housing services (66%), childcare (51%), job training (47%), and behavioral health (46%) (Anna, Age 8 Institute).

New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force Albuquerque | breastfeedingnm.org

Mission | To create supportive environments in which breastfeeding is the cultural norm. Our purpose is to bridge the gap in breastfeeding disparities by ensuring all families have the support they need to reach their breastfeeding goals. Proposal | Our work supports families by engaging Healthcare Systems, training lactation professionals, and providing community support. We also train community members and current healthcare professionals to better support families’ lactation goals. We are seeking support for Lactation Education and Support Expansion in northern New Mexico, which will provide lactation education to home visitors and, from them, recruit applicants for our Certified Lactation Consultants (CLC) training.

Noteworthy | Human milk has well-documented health benefits for babies. Families in rural areas have less access to breastfeeding support than those in urban communities. Home visitors are critical for all, but particularly rural families, bridging the gap between hospital discharge and well-child visits. Our 2020 survey indicated that only 42% of home visitors had attended a breastfeeding class and that 100% could benefit from the support of lactation professionals in the communities they serve.

New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty Albuquerque | nmpovertylaw.org

Mission | To advance economic and social justice through education, advocacy, and litigation. We work with community members and partners to improve living conditions, increase opportunities, and protect the rights of people living in poverty. Proposal | NMCLP leads a power collaborative effort to transform New Mexico’s public school system so that all children have the opportunity to learn and succeed. Funding will support efforts to enforce the landmark Yazzie/Martinez decision, which holds the state accountable to fulfill students’ constitutional rights to a sufficient education, and coalition work to promote multicultural and bilingual learning, school funding and teacher retention, and other necessary programs and services. Noteworthy | A 2020 report by a national economist found that, when adjusted for inflation, New Mexico's public schools have less spendable funding and lower teacher pay today than in 2008. The lack of funding and resources has left our children at the bottom nationally in educational achievement, with 30% of students not graduating and 70% not reading or doing math at grade level. This is an opportunity gap, not an achievement gap. More resources are needed to create a public educational system that works for all.

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New Mexico Foundation for Dental Health, Research and Education dba New Mexico Dental Association Foundation

Albuquerque | facebook.com/NMDentalfoundation Mission | The New Mexico Dental Association Foundation (NMDAF) provides oral health education for low-income individuals and families, with a pathway for oral health care for New Mexicans. Proposal | We seek support for our efforts in providing oral health education and access to free and low-cost dental care to low income individuals across the state. Noteworthy | Almost half of New Mexicans lack access to dental care, which exceeds the national average. Even with dental insurance, most cannot afford it (Pew Research).

New Mexico Immigrant Law Center Albuquerque | nmilc.org

Mission | To advance equity and justice by empowering low-income immigrant communities through collaborative legal services, advocacy, and education. Proposal | We seek funds to ensure health access and safety for immigrant victims of crimes and neglected, abandoned, and abused children. Funds will be used to provide free immigration legal services and advocacy for victims of crimes and youth, in partnership with community organizations. Noteworthy | According to recent census data, there are 18,454 immigrants in the City of Santa Fe. An estimated 30% of this population are undocumented and are ineligible for the Heath Care Exchange and most forms of Medicaid due to exclusion based on immigration status under the Affordable Care Act.

New Mexico Legal Aid

Albuquerque | www.newmexicolegalaid.org Mission | New Mexico Legal Aid (NMLA) is the voice, defender, and advocate for poor people who are seeking justice in all forums, particularly in the communities in which they live. NMLA is committed to help poor people in their struggle to access food, shelter, and security, and to preserve their unique cultural heritages. Proposal | New Mexico Legal Aid has a unique role in addressing health equity for all New Mexicans: providing free civil legal aid to low-income individuals and victims of violence to address socio-economic factors that affect their legal rights and wellbeing. Your support translates into families leading safer lives, keeping their homes, and having more economic security to build better futures. Thank you for helping us help those most in need. Noteworthy | Each year, 71% of low-income US households experience at least one civil legal problem, including problems with domestic violence, veterans' benefits, disability access, housing conditions, and health care. The rate is even higher for households with interpersonal violence survivors (97%), with parents/guardians of kids under 18 (80%), and with disabled persons (80%). Most of those families don't get the help they need.

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Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains

(Not a part of the Community Health Funder Alliance) Denver | pprm.org Mission | To provide education, advocacy, and patient centered sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion care. Proposal | PPRM’s New Mexico health centers provide compassionate, high-quality sexual and reproductive health care to over 10,000 patients every year. This funding will support PPRM’s Santa Fe health center and the Patient Assistance Fund to support the patients most in need of sexual and reproductive health care. The Patient Assistance Fund offers immediate financial assistance to offset the cost of our services for any patient regardless of their economic and medical insurance status. Noteworthy | With over 70% of PPRM’s patients either on Medicaid or without insurance, our health centers uniquely reach patients living with low incomes. PPRM’s greatest priority is to meet the communities that experience the greatest sexual health disparities where they are and provide them with the sexual health care services, education, and resources they need. Many of our patients see us as their primary care provider, and in some cases, we are their only point of access for medical care.

Punching Out Parkinson's Santa Fe Santa Fe | popsantafe.org

Mission | To empower people living with Parkinson’s disease to maintain and improve their quality of life through exercise and community support. Proposal | Since 2017, Rock Steady Boxing has operated in a shared gym environment. The pandemic has made us acutely aware of the importance of having ongoing and thorough equipment sanitation practices. We realize that operating in a shared environment does not support the health of our participants and we now need our own gym. We’ve located a well-suited space and plan to take occupancy in July 2021. We seek funding to install padded gym flooring and equip our new space. Noteworthy | Due to postural instability and gait difficulty, 50–86% of people with Parkinson's fall several times a year. Such falls are a significant cause of disability, loss of independence and a diminished quality of life. Studies show intense exercise induces brain repair and results in the slowing, stopping and reversing the effects of the disease. Studies also show that practicing gait and balance, and increasing core strength reduces fall risk.

The Samaritan House, Inc. Las Vegas | lvsamaritan.org

Mission | To provide a continuum of care to those in crisis due to homelessness and poverty while seeking transformation by identifying and addressing the causes of poverty at the local level. Proposal | We warm the cold and feed the hungry while seeking social transformation by identifying and effectively addressing the various reasons for poverty, toward dignified, sustainable self-sufficiency of individuals and families. Noteworthy | Individuals experiencing homelessness on their own are particularly vulnerable. Most (51 percent) live in places not meant for human habitation. Those who are chronically homeless are most likely to be in these circumstances—66 percent are without any shelter at all.

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Santa Fe Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc. Santa Fe | bgcsantafe.org

Mission | To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Proposal | We are requesting funding to help pay for program supplies for our Healthy Habits programming at five Club sites throughout northern New Mexico. Currently, 76% of our members are Hispanic and 58% are from singleparent households. Our program teaches kids and families how eating healthy and getting daily exercise leads not only to healthier lifestyles and decreased rates of obesity in school-age children, but also improvement in academic performance and social/emotional learning. Noteworthy | According to the latest New Mexico State Health Assessment published by the New Mexico DOH, 13.3% of kindergarten students and 22.6% of third grade students in New Mexico were obese, compared to 18% of 6–11 year-olds nationwide. Our program, aimed at preventing childhood obesity, is tied to understanding its causes and focusing on the modifiable factors that can lead to positive health changes for every child we serve, many of whom are low-income and attend our program free-of-charge.

Santa Fe Children's Museum

Santa Fe | santafechildrensmuseum.org Mission | Discovering the joys of learning, play, and community. The Children’s Museum has been sparking the curiosity of northern New Mexico's children for 36 years. Our innovative bilingual programs and exhibits provide the opportunity for hands-on exploration and informal education. A key focus is to ensure access for all as we honor, celebrate, and interweave the multicultural heritage that is so unique to New Mexico. Proposal | Funds will support our life-changing programs including Virtual Field Trips, Grab and Go Kits, In-Person Camps, and Outdoor Space, and Community Garden — serving 40,000 children. These programs are designed to be delivered throughout rural and underserved communities in northern New Mexico. The In-Person Camps, together 35

with NM Youth Conservation Corps, tend to our acre-anda-half Community Garden, which produces 1,000 pounds of produce, donated to homeless shelters throughout Santa Fe County. Noteworthy | COVID-19 has dramatically changed the well-being and tested the resilience of our children and families. According to the Kids Count Study 2020 for New Mexico, "almost 40% of adults in households with children reported feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge, while 27% reported feeling down, depressed, or hopeless." SFCM is poised to address this statistic, by providing enriching programs that will not only bring added joy but address education loss and well-being for this vulnerable population.

Santa Fe Dreamers Project

Santa Fe | santafedreamersproject.org Mission | Santa Fe Dreamers Project provides free legal services to immigrants to promote economic empowerment, community development, family unity, and liberation from detention. Our work is centered around the belief that supporting immigrants makes our whole community stronger. Proposal | Established in 2014, Santa Fe Dreamers Project has become a leading organization in the fight for immigrant rights. With offices in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and El Paso, our team of dedicated and talented immigration legal professionals has served thousands of undocumented individuals and families. Our legal services are on par with the best private law firms in the country and, unlike other legal non-profits, we provide not only legal consultations but actual legal representation at no charge. Noteworthy | 29% of foreign-born adolescents and 34% of foreign-born parents experienced trauma during the migration process. Among those that experienced trauma, 9% of adolescents and 21% of their parents were at risk for PTSD (Perreira, Krista M and India Ornelas, Painful Passages: Traumatic Experiences and Post-Traumatic Stress among Immigrant Latino Adolescents and their Primary Caregivers, International migration review vol. 47,4 (2013): 10.1111/imre.12050.)

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Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute Santa Fe | farmersmarketinstitute.org

Mission | The Institute is the non-profit sister organization to the Santa Fe Farmers' Market. Our mission is to advocate for farmers, ranchers, and other land-based producers; provide equitable access to fresh, local food; own and operate a year-round venue for the Santa Fe Farmers' Market; and manage programs to help sustain a profitable, locally-based agricultural community. Proposal | We support local food self-sufficiency through programs that help sustain a locally-based agricultural community and address local economic development, health, and environment issues. We provide resources, training, and development opportunities to improve farm businesses and expand the skill sets of local farmers while supporting the rich heritage of farming in New Mexico. We also address food access and educate the community about the importance of local agriculture and healthy food. Noteworthy | In Santa Fe County, 25% live at or below the poverty line and we rank last in the nation for childhood food security. Only 18% of children in the county eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day. The lack of knowledge, resources, and access impacts their physical and mental health, which has devastating impacts on childhood learning and development. Double Up Food Bucks helps to bridge that gap by doubling SNAP transactions at the Market, increasing access to fresh, healthy food.

Santa Fe Public Schools ADELANTE Program

Santa Fe | sfps.info/teaching___learning/student_ wellness/s_f_p_s_adelante_program

Services provided include access to material aid, free tutoring, referrals to outside agencies, case management and navigation services, advocacy, collaboration with other organizations, food bags, and, on occasion, financial aid. Noteworthy | In 2015–2016, the US Department of education reported 32% of New Mexico families with children under the age of 18 were living with high housing cost burden and 1 in 16 children under the age of 6 were identified as homeless. National KIDS COUNT reported 13% of New Mexico children under the age of 18 were living in extreme poverty in 2018.

Scott's House, Inc.

Santa Fe | scottshouse.org Mission | Scott's House provides free volunteer caregiving and a free community residence for hospice and respite patients for the most vulnerable in our society. Proposal | We seek funds to support our mission and a new health workforce development collaboration between Scott's House and Santa Fe Community College, where Scott's House provides a clinical training facility and training in hospice and respite for senior second semester LPN nursing program students. This program began in March 2021 for the current semester and will be renewed next school year. This program also provides Scott's House with skilled volunteers. Noteworthy | The LPN students this semester are 12 SFCC Hispanic nursing students. This supports the development of health care professionals who reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of New Mexico, resulting in greater opportunities for those underrepresented in health care fields.

Mission | The SFPS Adelante Program works to strengthen opportunities for the academic achievement and life success of Santa Fe children and youth who are experiencing homelessness. Proposal | The Santa Fe Public Schools Adelante Program provides services for Santa Fe students from Pre-K to 12th grade and their families experiencing homelessness, as defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 36

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Self Help, Inc

Solace Crisis Treatment Center

Mission | To provide a bridge to self-reliance for people in need in northern New Mexico.

Mission | To empower survivors of sexual violence by restoring dignity, strength, and resilience. Our clinicians provide individuals struggling with trauma caused by sexual assault and other violent crimes with therapeutic mental health services. Our advocates help survivors navigate the legal system and connects them with community resources. Our education specialists provide students with programs designed to reduce violence in our community.

Los Alamos | selfhelpla.org

Proposal | Self Help seeks funding to support our targeted short-term microgrants, which ensure that families in crisis don't go without basic needs such as shelter and medical care. For an average of less than $200 per family, we make payments directly to vendors and act as a safety net for a four-county region of northern New Mexico. Noteworthy | The COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for New Mexico's working families. As of March 2021, over 1/3 of New Mexican households were struggling to pay for household expenses, including 18% of enters who are behind on rent. 50,000–100,000 New Mexico households are estimated to be at risk of eviction.

The Sky Center/New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project Santa Fe | skycenter.nmsip.org

Mission | The Sky Center/NMSIP meets the challenge of youth suicide in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico through lasting solutions that encourage resiliency, courage, connection, and hope. Proposal | Our purpose is saving young lives from hopelessness, fear, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide. Funding will sustain and expand services that address the multi-layered issues affecting a young person’s elevated risk of suicide. Noteworthy | The 2019 Santa Fe County Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey reports that 41.6% of high school students (grades 9-12) felt sadness or hopelessness; 16.6% seriously considered suicide; and 9.4% made an attempt.

Santa Fe | findsolace.org

Proposal | We are requesting funds that will enable us to: continue providing therapeutic clinical services to children and adults who have been impacted by sexual assault and other violent crimes; continue providing bi-lingual advocacy services to families navigating the criminal and family court systems and connect them to the essential wrap-around services they need; and continue to provide evidence-based, violence prevention workshops to schools and community groups. Noteworthy | In New Mexico, one in four women, one in 20 men, and one in two transgender people will experience sexual violence in their lifetimes. For many people, the #MeToo movement was empowering and healing. But for others, the movement triggered memories and caused re-traumatization. Last year, our Clinical Department saw 589 clients and provided over 3,230 sessions. Our advocates saw 927 clients and provided over 3,920 hours of service. This was a 30% increase over the previous year.

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Southwestern College Santa Fe | swc.edu

Mission | The mission of Southwestern College is "Transforming Consciousness through Education" and the mission of Tierra Nueva Counseling Center, which is operated by Southwestern College is “to provide affordable and accessible client-centered holistic mental and behavioral healthcare services that honor cultural resiliency and the mental, emotional, cultural and spiritual needs of the people of northern New Mexico." Proposal | Funds will support adult individuals, couples, children and families seeking affordable behavioral healthcare services at Tierra Nueva Counseling Center located on the far south side of Santa Fe. Bilingual, Spanish, and English counseling and art therapy are offered on a sliding scale from $0–25. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Treatment is provided for depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, conflict, recovery from addiction, loss and grief through private sessions and support groups. Noteworthy | In New Mexico, approximately 20% of adults between 18–64 are uninsured. The majority of our local immigrant community is uninsured. Sliding scale services provide affordable behavioral healthcare for this population. Additionally, New Mexico ranks among the highest for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) according to national rankings. This correlates with post traumatic stress disorder, chronic physical health problems, and behavioral health disorders. Culturally sensitive treatment can help.

St. Elizabeth Shelter Santa Fe | steshelter.org

Mission | To assist homeless individuals and families by providing emergency shelter, food, case management, counseling, supportive housing, and referrals to partnering human service agencies. St. Elizabeth Shelter's ultimate goal is to end the cycle of homelessness.

the streets. All together, these programs and services assist more than 1,500 homeless men, women, and children every year. Noteworthy | Even with occupancy limits imposed by the pandemic, St. Elizabeth assisted more than 1,000 homeless men, women and children in 2020 by providing 36,392 bed nights of shelter, 33,208 meals and 16,332 units of case management to our guests, along with 14,360 meals, 16,896 referrals and 20,233 disbursements of needed items to those still living on the streets. More importantly, 195 people — 57% of those leaving one of our five residential programs — successfully moved into housing

Villa Therese Catholic Clinic Santa Fe | vtccsf.org

Mission | To serve the underserved with quality health care in a responsible manner continuing the mission of the Sisters of Charity established in 1937. Proposal | Villa Therese Catholic Clinic provides basic medical, dental, and vision services at no cost to the underserved, Hispanic immigrant, and/or uninsured populations in the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico and surrounding communities. Villa Therese Clinic serves children and families in all programs (on-site and off-site), and provides a variety of assistance services such as Braces4-Healthy Smiles, Blessing Bags, Pack-to-School, and Christmas gift cards which benefit our patients throughout the year. Noteworthy | According the CSVRMC CHNA (2020–22) and the 2017 NM-IBIS Report, 95% of our patients fall below the Federal Poverty Line, are uninsured, Hispanic, and come from immigrant families. There is estimated to be 11,829 people in Santa Fe County who are non-US citizens or foreign born leaving over 60% of this population not eligible for health insurance. There is a huge unmet need for health care by a population who has no access, no ability to pay, and are exposed to other disparities as well.

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Villages of Santa Fe

Youth Shelters and Family Services

Mission | Villages of Santa Fe supports seniors so they may age at home. As we age, we lose some independence, but we can retain control.

Mission | Deliver life-changing shelter and support for homeless, runaway, and in-crisis youth. Our objective is for at risk youth to achieve safety and stability, which includes sustainable housing through our array of services like Youth Emergency Shelter, Cold Weather Shelter, Transitional Living, Rapid Rehousing, Street Outreach, Community Counseling, Food Pantry, and our Pregnant and Parenting Initiative.

Santa Fe | villagesofsantafe.org

Proposal | During the pandemic, in April 2020, Villages members took a small exercise class online with Zoom. By February 2021, classes increased to six per week and registrations exceed 500 weekly with 71% attendance — and growing. Classes are free and open to the public. We seek funding to continue offering free online exercise classes. These free classes are keeping our senior community healthy, active, and energized. It is about a safe space providing regular, scheduled exercise, a place that fights isolation and supports mental resiliency while we are separated from our friends and family. In our Q1 2021 client survey, 97% of participants responded that they would continue online classes, even when in-person classes resume. Noteworthy | The rate of fall-related deaths for seniors was 77.7 per 100,000 in Santa Fe County for 2017, which is higher than the U.S. rate of 61.6 per 100,000. Falls can be prevented for seniors through exercise to maintain fitness, increase strength, and improve balance. Seniors tell us balance is very important. Encouragement and venues for more balancing exercises, such as yoga, to support them in maintaining and increasing balance is needed (CHNA 2020–2021).

Santa Fe | youthshelters.org

Proposal | We are seeking funds to support our agency programs. Our vision is to end youth homelessness in Northern New Mexico through shelter, housing and case management for youth ages 10–24. Since 1980 we have provided a 24-hour safe-haven for youth ages 10–17 who are experiencing family crisis and homelessness. Over 40 years, we have expanded services and now provide thousands of bed nights for youth and their dependent children who otherwise would be on the streets or living in unsafe situations. Noteworthy | According to the Family & Youth Services Bureau, there is a strong correlation between youth homelessness and low household income, school dropout, substance abuse, mental health issues, and experiences of childhood abuse. These studies also found that special populations such as LGBTQIA+ identifying youth and foster care youth experience homelessness at alarmingly greater rates than other youth. Parenting youth fleeing domestic violence and minority youth are also disproportionately represented.

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WE INVITED REQUESTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO IMPROVE:

• Sense of community — residents feeling connected to the community and each other • Openness and acceptance of the community toward people of diverse backgrounds • Diverse participation in art and cultural community programs and events • Preservation and strengthening of cultural and historical heritage, traditions, and a creative economy

Through direct service, policy advocacy, and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address: • Lifting up and preserving cultural and historical heritage, tradition, and assets of the region • Using art as a bridge to communicate across cultures and languages and build transformational relationships to advance equity • Using art, culture, language, and community stories to shift narratives, shape public conversations, and influence policy • Improving access to arts and cultural programs to benefit youth and families who otherwise would not have the opportunities • Systems change including public policy, civic engagement, community organizing, or public information to preserve and strengthen the arts and cultural segment of the creative economy locally

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All Aboard Earth

Santa Fe | allaboardearth.com Mission | To inspire the next generation of Earth stewards and sustainability heroes using the arts as a medium for building community and cultural vibrancy. We produce free, all-ages events in public spaces to foster eco-friendly living, creative expression, therapeutic movement, emotional intelligence, and mental health. We install murals with disadvantaged youth exploring themes of ecology & diversity. We tend Full Circle Farm, a platform evolving local agriculture and bolstering racial equity. Proposal | We are requesting funds to extend our reach with local youth and families; cover the expenses of advertising, equipment, supplies, and staff for our monthly "Family Fair" events at the Railyard Park; offer music and dance, green living, nutrition and cooking classes, and mindfulness practice; support mural installations around the city; and expand planting areas at Full Circle Farm as well as developing "Food Forums" with local BIPOC groups. Noteworthy | In 2018, New Mexico had the highest suicide rate in the US at 25.6 per 100,000 residents. From 2014 to 2018, New Mexico's suicide rate increased by 19 percent, more than double the national increase of 9 percent. Food insecurity affects 17 percent of New Mexico's entire population and 28 percent of New Mexico's children.

AMP Concerts

Albuquerque | ampconcerts.org Mission | AMP Concerts is a leading cultural institution in New Mexico providing innovative and inspiring arts programming to diverse and engaged audiences, bridging ages, demographics, and cultural backgrounds. AMP presents a variety of free and ticketed events highlighting international and American musical styles as well as workshops, outreach programs, and collaborative projects with a variety of cultural institutions in greater New Mexico.

up-and-coming and established internationally acclaimed touring artists as well as New Mexico musicians, and movies will include current blockbusters and beloved classics. All events are free and presented in family-friendly, community environments at Santa Fe Plaza, Railyard, and SWAN Park. Noteworthy | Santa Fe's demographics are unique at 51% Hispanic, 43% White, 4% Native American, with a large immigrant population and disparity in income between a wealthy retired population, working class, and budding creative class. Our Free Concerts and Movies bring together these communities using diverse programming as a bridge in central locations of historical heritage that, by being free, improves access to arts/cultural programs for those who would not otherwise have these opportunities.

Axle Projects

Santa Fe | axleprojects.org Mission | Axle Projects fosters awareness and appreciation of New Mexico art, literature, and culture by means of exhibitions, public presentations, and print and digital media, and other activities open to the public. Through the Axle Contemporary mobile exhibition space, we present art from New Mexico via innovative outreach. We intersect disciplines, and encourage and promote experimental and creative approaches to art-making and presentation. Proposal | Now in our eleventh year, Axle continues to create opportunities for a diverse group of contemporary artists from New Mexico. Axle enlivens the public sphere with exhibitions of contemporary artforms, always available for free to all on the streets of Santa Fe and elsewhere throughout New Mexico. All funds raised support our operational expenses and artist honoraria. Noteworthy | The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the health of thousands of people and radically curtailed the ability of people to see art in museums and galleries. Axle provides a safe open-air venue for people to enjoy the benefits of arts engagement.

Proposal | We are requesting funding to support AMP Concert's 2022 Santa Fe Free Concerts and Movies Series, encompassing over 40 concerts and 10 movies from May through August, 2022. Concerts will feature a mix of 42

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Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, Inc. Santa Fe | ccasantafe.org

Mission | Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe (CCA) celebrates creativity across the arts, humanities, and sciences by generating transformative experiences designed to ignite minds and connect people. Proposal | Following a year and a half of virtual programming, Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe is poised to provide hybrid experiences that center diversity in patronage and interests. Through immersive cinematic and exhibition experiences, CCA will showcase historically underrepresented artists whose works lie at the intersection of the arts, sciences, and humanities. Noteworthy | A 2018 study by the Association of Art Museum Directors found that nearly 85% of artists represented in US museum collections are white, 87% are men and only 43% of directorships are held by women. CCA provides a space for representative collections and programming that acknowledges and amplifies the diversity of lived experiences of those in New Mexico. CCA continues to be a hub for underrepresented artists and curators whose works lie at the intersection of the arts, sciences, and humanities.

Chama Arts Coalition

Chama | chamavalleyarts.org Mission | To cultivate creativity, learning, and community through arts and culture. Proposal | Schools in the Chama Valley have no art programs. We aim to make art part of young people’s lives, integrate art into community activities, and provide our community with space for creativity. We bring people from every cultural heritage in our area into each step of planning

and facilitation. Creative expression and investigation of our identities will build capacity in our communities to meet our challenges and increase engagement. Noteworthy | For decades, Rio Arriba County has seen an overdose death rate well above the state and national averages. From 2000 to 2018, the overdose death rate per 100,000 increased in New Mexico from 15 to 27, a change of 77 percent. From 2000 to 2015, the jail population rate in New Mexico per 100,000 residents changed from 487 to 605, a change of 24 percent.

Cornerstones Community Partnerships Santa Fe | cstones.org

Mission | Cornerstones works in partnership with communities to restore historic structures, preserve cultural landscapes, encourage traditional building practices, and conserve natural resources. Proposal | A leader in historic preservation of earthen architecture for more than 30 years, Cornerstones seeks funds to repair adobe structures and to reconnect communities with traditional building practices and cultural heritage. The more recent Solar Initiative supports solar energy projects on Tribal lands and in economically challenged northern New Mexico villages, providing training and job skills to improve individual and community welfare. Noteworthy | We help communities preserve their historic structures. These structures are cultural sites of living traditions linking the historic past with contemporary life. Working primarily on publicly owned/used structures, we have provided assistance at more than 380 architectural treasures and historic sites. The Solar Initiative funds locally proposed solar projects addressing critical needs. 25% of households suffer food insecurity; 65% lack high-speed broadband access; unemployment is up to 40%.

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Dancing Earth Creations Santa Fe | dancingearth.org

Mission | To create contemporary dance and related arts through indigenous and intra-cultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness. Proposal | We are seeking support for general operating expenses and a new project, BOUND/UNBOUND, which animates the 40 years of lived historical research of Native slavery in the Southwest by former New Mexico State Historian Dr. Rael Galvez. New Mexico community members will be invited to participate and experience a multi-sensory dance ritual to support better understandings of the people and cultures of this place through a lens that reveals interwoven relationships. Noteworthy | Our inter-tribal/inter-cultural collaborators grow community-led dance works into platforms for global indigenous worldviews and cultural exchanges, multi-disciplinary arts and story sharing, environmental stewardship, and advocacy for diverse perspectives in all spaces. We serve BIPOC communities, creating eco-dance productions under the guidance of elders who advise themes for widespread sharing — including diversity, sacred land, and water — for the health and wellness of all people and the planet.

Earthseed Black Arts Alliance Santa Fe | earthseedblackarts.org

Mission | Earthseed focuses on centering and amplifying Black voices in northern New Mexico as well as collaborating with Indigenous artists, artists of color, and the city’s artist community as a whole. We believe artists are both at the forefront of change and are critical to the preservation of culture. We believe Black art has enormous healing potential and is a powerful tool for necessary communication, expression, and validation.

and local levels. In light of the current international spotlight on systemic inequalities at play in our society, we see this as the ideal moment for Black New Mexicans to have a voice in the conversation about how to address and heal this inequity, specifically as it relates to Black people. Earthseed seeks funding to continue our work of building the Black arts community and increasing our access and visibility in the local art scene. Noteworthy | The project Black Story/Black Song: History Through the African American Lens, which featured lessons and stories by nine local Black artists, was shown in classrooms across the state, foregrounding Black contributions to science, literature, and the arts for more than 5,000 students.

El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, Inc. Santa Fe | golondrinas.org

Mission | To preserve the legacy of the land and Hispano traditions. Proposal | El Rancho de las Golondrinas (LG) is New Mexico’s only living history Museum. We have 34 historic buildings on a 200-acre site that was a paraje, or stopping place, on El Camino Real. We average 55,000 visitors a year, of which 20,000 are under age 18. 2020 was a year that challenged all of us, but LG was able to pivot and expand into virtual programming and more. We seek funding to help improve accessibility throughout the museum campus via improved trails and pathways. Noteworthy | El Rancho de las Golondrinas hopes to make several trails and pathways throughout our property wider and more accessible for visitors with mobility issues. We have requested funding from another organization to improve our transportation to remote parts of the property and hope that additional funding can help with general operating expenses so that we can improve trails around the pond and other parts of the museum.

Proposal | Representation matters and Black artists in New Mexico need to be represented and centered in the courageous conversations we are all having at the national

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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

IndigenousWays

Mission | To inspire all current and future generations, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum preserves, presents, and advances the artistic legacy of Georgia O’Keeffe and Modernism through innovative public engagement, education, and research. Established in 1997 to share the life and legacy of one of the most important 20th century artists, the O’Keeffe includes galleries, a library and archive, and education center in Santa Fe, along with two historic homes and studios in northern New Mexico.

Mission | Bridging cultural exchange with people globally. IndigenousWays (IW) promotes living in balance for diverse communities through music, arts, outreach, and events. IW values are expressed in the Diné concept of, “Hozho,” meaning, the Beauty Way of life. The Beauty Way embraces Indigenous wisdom beliefs that all life is interconnected and seeks balance. We value Indigenous wisdom, diversity, equity, inclusivity, and survival.

Santa Fe | okeeffemuseum.org

Proposal | The O’Keeffe provides children and adults with meaningful learning opportunities and immersive creative experiences inspired by the life and legacy of our namesake artist. The O'Keeffe is proud to play an important role in sharing our region’s diverse history and vibrant culture with national and international audiences. Throughout the year, the O'Keeffe presents educational programs to encourage lifelong learning, providing our community with moments of joy, inspiration, and connection. Noteworthy | The O'Keeffe provides educational services to 7,100+ community members of all ages, as well as 2,100 local K–12 students who visit the Museum on field trips led by experienced educators. The award-winning Art & Leadership program provides middle school students with a summer of learning opportunities to build self-esteem and artistic skills. The O'Keeffe is committed to addressing economic, physical, and other barriers that can prevent New Mexico families from accessing the Museum’s resources.

Santa Fe | indigenousways.org

Proposal | We are seeking funding to support and showcase Native American Indigenous, LGBTQIA2+, Deaf and Hard of Hearing artists, presenters, musicians, poets, comedians, and traditional storytellers. The project will promote traditional arts and healing on O’ga P’ogeh Owingeh (Santa Fe) traditional lands to be shared with our beloved communities. Our goal is to preserve and revitalize cultural and historical knowledge, as well as initiate intergenerational conversations with audiences. Noteworthy | In 2014, unemployment rates for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) nationally stood at 11.3% . The poverty rate among AI/ANs in 2014 was 28.8%. Suicide is the second leading cause of death — 2.5 times higher than the national rate — for AI/AN youth in the 15 to 24 age group. New Mexico has the fifth highest youth suicide rate in the country. The activities of IMITP supports Native American Indigenous, LGBTQIA2+, and Deaf and Hard of Hearing artists, presenters, ASL interpreters and vendors. Our goal is to preserve and revitalize cultural and historical knowledge.

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Littleglobe, Inc.

Santa Fe | littleglobe.org Mission | We believe our communities thrive when everyone is seen and heard. Our mission is committed to interdisciplinary, collaborative art projects that foster lifeaffirming connections across the boundaries that divide us. Littleglobe consists of artists, facilitators, activists, and cultural workers committed to the practice of sociallyengaged, participatory art that galvanizes individual and collective voices, activates empathy, and leads to personal and community agency. Proposal | Littleglobe is committed to continuing our work using film and the arts to co-author stories with and about residents of the Santa Fe area about home, belonging, and the future of this place. Littleglobe and its community of partners will continue working together to gather, share, amplify, and archive the stories and experiences of our residents and to imagine and co-create a relationship-based community that is more equitable and just. Noteworthy | 77% of renter households earning less than $50,000 a year were paying unaffordable rents (Santa Fe Housing Action Coalition, State of Housing Affordability 2020 Year End).

Nat Gold Players

Las Vegas | natgoldplayers.com Mission | To entertain, educate, and inspire through the performing arts. Proposal | Nat Gold Players (NGP) serves a small town with huge talent. A two-time winner at the New Mexico AACTFest, NGP strives for professional quality using local talent. Las Vegas’ theatrical tradition goes back in time as a regional entertainment center in the 1800s. For years, NGP operated as a “homeless” theatre. In 2021 the local Masonic Lodge rented NGP the entire ground floor of the historic Lodge, which was built in the 1890s. Now, NGP faces the challenge of modifying this resource into a performance center.

Noteworthy | The American Association of Community Theatres (AACT) says that US theatres generated $166.3 billion and $27.54 billion in governmental revenue (sales tax, etc.) in 2015. Theatre has a direct impact on economies. As Keating said in Dead Poets Society, “the human race is filled with passion, poetry, beauty, romance, and love — this is what we stay alive for.” Community theatre touches the heart, and when the heart is touched, people and communities have the will to build, to believe, to succeed.

New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus Albuquerque | nmgmc.org

Mission | To reduce homophobia and intolerance and create a positive image of the LGBTQ+ community through high-quality, public musical performances. Our motto is “Changing the World Through Music.” We strive to be an empowering voice for the LQBTQ+ community and to enrich all of New Mexico through our choral excellence. Our strength grows as we add voice to voice, and that understanding between people of diverse cultures and orientations increases each time we perform. Proposal | Funds will support expanded outreach throughout northern New Mexico, by continuing to build our performance schedule and audience base in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico. We've gone from one small holiday performance a year to a full three-concert season at the Lensic Theatre and continue to grow our connections throughout the community, allowing us more opportunities to engage students, arts, LGBTQ+, and at-risk communities. Noteworthy | A recent Gallup poll reports 4.5% of adults in New Mexico identify as LGBTQ+. In 2020, More than 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ in US report discrimination of some kind. Discrimination adversely affects the mental and economic well-being of many LGBTQ+ Americans, including one in two who report some negative psychological impacts. 92% of LGBTQ+ youth say they hear negative messages about being LGBTQ+, mostly in school, the internet, and from their peers. Our activities provide positive messages and role models.

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New Mexico Museum of Art Santa Fe | nmartmuseum.org

Mission | Art is for everyone. We create authentic experiences that foster a deeper understanding and enjoyment of art throughout the state. We work with art and artists to explore the human experience, new ideas, and diverse cultures. Proposal | The New Mexico Museum of Art is seeking general operating support to further its educational mission to explore the human experience, new ideas, and diverse cultures. The opening of the Museum’s second campus, the Vladem Contemporary, in Fall 2022 provides a perfect opportunity to engage new and diverse audiences through unique, accessible, and engaging onsite and virtual educational programs. Noteworthy | If the Museum of Art is to fulfill its mission, it must engage diverse constituents. Doing so can be a challenge in a state that ranks fifth largest in size, is third highest for poverty in the US, and scored lowest for K–12 education of all states in 2021 per US News & World Report. Through onsite and virtual exhibits and programs, the Museum addresses these challenges by providing affordable resources, opportunities for engagement, and access to a museum that exists to serve all New Mexicans.

New Mexico Performing Arts Society Santa Fe | nmpas.org

Mission | We are the leading nonprofit performing arts organization in New Mexico that exclusively uses and develops New Mexican talent. We bring high quality performances to communities throughout the state, we train talented young people to become even better performers, and we do so with a sustainable model that both pays our artists a living wage and keeps our overhead costs low. Proposal | By pivoting to livestreaming and radio last season, New Mexico Performing Arts Society reached new audiences in the midst of the pandemic. In season 10, we’ll continue to build more diverse audiences in light of

community initiatives like the Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department’s “Culture Connects” and Artful Life’s “History, Art, Reconciliation and Truth (CHART).” Among our goals is to bring youth from YUCCA, NMSA, and other local programs to rehearsals, workshops, and concerts free of charge. Noteworthy | Regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the internationally recognized Arts Consulting Group writes: “Arts and culture organizations need to take active steps now to attract more diverse audiences, donors, employees, and other key stakeholders if they want to achieve programmatic, financial, and operational success in the very near future.”

NM Association of Concert Bands Consortium White Rock | acb2022.org

Mission | To host the national convention of the Association of Concert Bands in Santa Fe in Spring 2022. With the theme “Music for Life,” the Convention will celebrate locally based, largely volunteer North American wind bands. Proposal | The NMACBC requests funding to partner with the national Association of Concert Bands (ACB) to host their 43rd annual convention in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in May 2022. Each year, the ACB partners with different community bands to host a convention in cities across the country; the conventions include educational seminars, musical clinics, performances, and networking opportunities. Performers include community bands from New Mexico and out of state, local musicians, and the Canadian Brass. Noteworthy | A 2014 report by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and UNM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research surveyed 123 New Mexico arts professionals, who frequently described the state as a “small pond” and an “isolated bubble.”

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Poetry Pollinators

Santa Fe | poetrypollinators.com Mission | Poetry Pollinators is an Eco-Poetry public art initiative that empowers art, poetry, and education to bring back declining native bee populations and animate public spaces as ecological systems to support the flourishing of all species.

Proposal | We request funding for the expansion and continuation of our Pomegranate SEEDs® Youth Mentorship Program. Contributions to Pomegranate SEEDs® have allowed us to offer this powerful program at low or no cost to the youth of our community for the last 20 years. Access to the arts as well as tools for developing self-esteem, social skills, and financial literacy are vital for promoting strong individuals and strong communities.

Proposal | Unlike honey bees, lesser-known native solitary bees have no hive, no honey, and no queen. Poetry Pollinators on the Santa Fe River seeks funds for up to four artist-made native bee nesting houses by the Santa Fe River. Each bee house will integrate education and poetry that changes seasonally. The project engages the talent of local poets and artists for educational purposes and for the benefit of our native eco-system and the river, a living artery that unites diverse Santa Fe communities.

Noteworthy | Growing up in poverty is one of the biggest threats to healthy development as well as physical and emotional well-being. New Mexico has the third highest poverty rate in the country (18.2%), with the highest rate (24.9%) for youth under the age of 18 (US Census Bureau 2019). Pomegranate SEEDs® seeks to help address poverty by providing this transformative program at little or no cost to the youth of our community.

Noteworthy | There are over 20,000 bee species in the world, 4,000 of which are native to the US, with 25% located in New Mexico. The primary insect pollinator of agricultural plants in the US, native solitary bees are declining in both abundance and diversity due to habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change. Many cities and states are enacting legislation and initiatives such as Bee City USA, which Santa Fe joined in 2020. We raise awareness and expand action on this urgent issue through art and poetry.

Renesan, Institute for Lifelong Learning

Pomegranate Studios

Proposal | We offer educational opportunities and social connection to our community of lifelong learners. Donations and grants support operations to ensure that our registration fees remain low and to enable us to recruit instructors with diversity of lived experience, educational backgrounds, and demographics.

Santa Fe | pomegranatestudio.org Mission | To provide youth with high-quality dance education in conjunction with mentorship that promotes self-esteem and empowerment, as well as social and financial literacy tools, in order to create healthy and strong individuals who are responsible to themselves and their community. Pomegranate SEEDs® (Self-Esteem, Empowerment and Education through Dance) is offered at little or no cost to students in order to reach youth who otherwise may not have opportunities for arts education.

Santa Fe | renesan.org

Mission | RENESAN is an independent, nonprofit, academically-focused institution dedicated to the belief that everyone can learn, explore, evolve, challenge their beliefs, broaden their horizons, and expand their knowledge and intellectual capacity at any age. We strive to be inclusive, welcoming, and accessible to all members of the Santa Fe and northern New Mexico communities.

Noteworthy | In fiscal year 2020, we provided 98 courses and lectures to 3,312 course registrants in the categories of music, arts and culture, current events, history, literature, social and political science, science and technology, and performing arts.

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RGC Access

Albuquerque | rgc-access.org Mission | RGC Access provides excellent communication access for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, and hearing populations of New Mexico to break down language access barriers and foster a more equitable community and state. Proposal | We are requesting funds to provide access for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community of Santa Fe. This initiative will provide ASL interpreters for public programing by way of partnership for political, art, and cultural events. We want Deaf individuals who attend public events to feel like they are included and welcomed in our community. By providing access (ASL interpreters), they are able to participate in and help create the diverse and vibrant community that defines Santa Fe. Noteworthy | 100% of Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals feel left out when access is not provided at public events.

Sangre de Cristo Chorale Santa Fe | sdcchorale.org

Mission | The mission of the Sangre de Cristo Chorale is to entertain, educate, unite, and inspire singers and audiences by performing great choral music. Proposal | The Sangre de Cristo Chorale requests support for its apprentice, scholarship, and outreach programs to provide high-quality choral music experiences to the youth of northern New Mexico. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Chorale moved its 2020–2021 programming from in-person concerts to a variety of virtual presentations, including virtual choir performances, interviews and profiles, and the commissioning a new choral composition. We plan to return to in-person performances as conditions permit. Noteworthy | For 43 years, the Sangre de Cristo Chorale has made a significant cultural contribution to the community via choral music. It has united a diverse audience (600 annually) and membership (average 36 annually) to build bridges of understanding for a shared humanity

through choral music. It has provided choral experiences for high school students through an apprentice program (60 participants), a music scholarship program (47 awards), and an outreach program to over 1,500 young singers.

Santa Fe Art Institute Santa Fe | sfai.org

Mission | The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) is an independent arts organization with a mission to forge critical inquiry and cultural exchange among artists, creative practitioners, and the broader community. We support and amplify dynamic artistic practices that engage complex social issues, inspire individual transformation, and inform collective action. Proposal | This grant would support the new SFAI Tilt podcast. Launched in 2020 during the pandemic, Tilt invites critical inquiry and cultural exchange on complex issues through the lens of creativity and intersectionality. Each monthly episode is an audio collage assembling a multitude of viewpoints exploring place, identity and belonging with a changing cast of voices that represent the diverse communities of Santa Fe and northern New Mexico. Noteworthy | Neuroscientist Terry Wu says, “As technologies and the pandemic are dehumanizing our social interactions, we are witnessing a sharp drop of empathy,” and empathy among young people has decreased 40%. Art can increase empathy as “a powerful way to gain a better understanding of human emotions and stories.” However, the work of BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women artists is often excluded and unpaid — US museums are 85% white and 87% male — and artists lost work during COVID at 5 times the national average.

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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Santa Fe | sfcmf.org

Mission | The mission of SFCMF is to bring together the world’s greatest musicians to perform chamber music in all its forms, to build an increasingly broad and knowledgeable audience of all ages by offering diverse educational programs, and to enhance the cultural environment of Santa Fe and New Mexico. Proposal | Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival seeks financial support to provide private lessons for students in band, choir, guitar, and orchestra classes at Ortiz Middle School, El Camino Real Academy, Nina Otero Community School, and Capital High School in Santa Fe. Dream Big Private Lesson Program enables students to excel on their instrument or voice: students are successfully auditioning for honors performing groups at the local and state level and in college auditions as music majors. Noteworthy | New Mexico statistics show that 12% of New Mexico Hispanic youth are earning bachelor’s degrees, compared to 36% of white New Mexican youth. Hispanic representation in America’s orchestras is at a very low 2.5 percent. Dream Big Private Lesson program consistently empowers its students to attend college — and many are choosing music as their course of study. We assist minority and low-income students to reach their dreams of attaining a career as a music educator or professional musician.

Santa Fe Classic Theater, Inc. Santa Fe | santafeclassictheater.org

Mission | The Santa Fe Classic Theater was founded to present great theater classic plays "from Sophocles to Shakespeare to Shaw" in northern New Mexico. Since 2019, it has presented live summer Shakespeare at the Botanical Garden in Santa Fe, "Shakespeare in the Garden," as well as other classic plays. In the 2022 season, we seek to expand our offerings from summer Shakespeare to a winter classic drama as well. Proposal | Besides our "Shakespeare in the Garden" annual shows, we hope to expand to presenting a winter play. Currently under consideration for March, 2022 is Henrik

Ibsen's An Enemy of the People and Euripedes' Medea. This, of course, will depend on the status of COVID-19 in 2022. We are also planning a “Shakespeare in the Garden” production in 2022 (July/August), possibly Much Ado About Nothing, which, although a comedy, also deals with issues of sexual equality. Noteworthy | Since few students are exposed to either live or classroom classic theater any more, SFCT looks to provide quality productions and classic theater training for young actors and interns in Santa Fe as well as allowing audiences to participate in classic life theater. In the future, we hope to present outdoor summer Shakespeare and one winter classic drama. Each production will have, at minimum, four paid student interns.

Santa Fe Desert Chorale Santa Fe | desertchorale.org

Mission | Since its founding in 1982 by Lawrence Bandfield, the mission of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale (SFDC), one of the nation’s premier professional vocal ensembles, has been to excite, engage, and inspire diverse audiences with the beauty and power of great choral music. Proposal | The Santa Fe Desert Chorale requests support for its core programming: three festival seasons of concerts in 2022, its 40th anniversary, and the weekly community engagement project, Hearts in Harmony (HiH), which serves those experiencing homelessness at the Interfaith Community Shelter (Pete's Place). SFDC’s choral programming enhances our city’s cultural vibrancy by deepening the sense of community in New Mexico and beyond, and preserving and strengthening our cultural and historical heritage. Noteworthy | SFDC addresses the need for “collective effervescence, a concept coined in the early 20th century by the pioneering sociologist Émile Durkheim to describe the sense of energy and harmony people feel when they come together in a group around a shared purpose… Sigal Barsade,a leading researcher on the topic, has explained. ‘In almost all of our studies, what we have found is that people don’t realize it’s happening.’” (Adam Grant, organizational psychologist, The New York Times, 7.10.21) 50

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Santa Fe Performing Arts Collaboration dba Santa Fe Improv Santa Fe | santafeimprov.com

Mission | Santa Fe Improv teaches improvisation and other performance skills to create change through play. We focus on values of courage, deep listening, and teamwork. We support mindful communication, creativity, and critical thinking skills, providing an opportunity for personal growth and enhanced community connections. Proposal | This request is for general operating funds in support of a new space for teaching and performance. Funding will help provide a bridge for our financial obligations as we return to in-person teaching and performance. Doing so incrementally to protect the health and safety of our students, performers, and the broader community, is integral to our approach. Noteworthy | Due to the COVID shutdown, we moved to online programming for over a year, serving more than 150 students in a dozen classes with contracts for five teachers. Now our community has supported a return to in-person class/performance. “Basically, I’d done everything: years and years of individual therapy and group therapy. I feel like eight weeks of improv has done more for me.” (Kristine Crane, US News, The Health Benefits of Practicing Improv, 11.25.14)

Santa Fe Playhouse

Santa Fe | santafeplayhouse.org Mission | Santa Fe Playhouse connects the artist with the audience. Through these interactions, the Playhouse engages in dialogue to examine, uplift, challenge, and heal through the visceral art of performance and storytelling. Santa Fe Playhouse’s professional standards and celebration of local diverse cultures act as a catalyst, broadening our national recognition as a live arts destination. Proposal | Santa Fe Playhouse’s work is the development, production, and presentation of exceptional live performances for residents and visitors. We offer three types of programs: 1) Live performances on the historic mainstage, from original

productions, to guest artist presentations; 2) Educational opportunities, which develop theater skills and deepen appreciation of the craft of theater, and; 3) New work development, which results in new plays by local writers, from 10 min plays to two act dramas. Noteworthy | Santa Fe Playhouse is cultivating a more vibrant live arts scene in Santa Fe while providing education, job opportunities, and career pathways. The Santa Fe Data Platform estimates that of the B.A. Degrees received in New Mexico, the highest percentage (12.09%) are in Visual and Performing Arts, however Arts and Entertainment employment outcomes are significantly lower at 4.49%.

Santa Fe Pro Musica

Santa Fe | sfpromusica.org Mission | Santa Fe Pro Musica brings together outstanding musicians to inspire and educate audiences of all ages through the performance of great music. Proposal | We request your support for community outreach and musical education programming that will bring our culture's greatest music to new, diverse, young audiences, many of whom have never experienced the power of live, ensemble music-making before. In addition to offering free live concerts to local schoolchildren, we also create age-appropriate curricula about the history and cultural context of the music. We also make audio/video recordings of concerts available to all local schools for classroom use. Noteworthy | Santa Fe Pro Musica's youth concert series reaches more than 4,000 local students every year, 70% of whom live below poverty level. We offer the concerts free of charge to students and schools, and we provide free bus transportation to and from the theater.

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The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Santa Fe | santafesymphony.org

Mission | To be year-round, regional cultural resource, engaging, inspiring, and enriching audiences of all ages and cultures by performances of the highest professional quality. Proposal | Support The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in our return back to live performance with the 2021–2022 season, featuring 11 full orchestral concerts, two Santa Fe Symphony Strata concerts, three virtual presentations, two choral masterworks concerts, two free to the public concerts, and a diverse music education suite that offers private mentorship, virtual educational content delivered directly to music educators in the public schools, and elementary-geared music discovery concert for area fourth graders. Noteworthy | Around 2,500 children in Santa Fe and surrounding areas were impacted by The Symphony’s programming just last year — 60% of these students are in underserved areas and/or are enrolled in free and reduced-price school lunch programs, and most would otherwise have limited exposure to classical music.

Teatro Paraguas Inc.

Santa Fe | teatroparaguasnm.org Mission | Teatro Paraguas stages contemporary awardwinning Latinx plays in English and bilingual productions of Hispanic/Latinx poetry and classic cuentos (folk-tales), while promoting children's theatre, producing the works of New Mexico playwrights, and celebrating the history, richness, and diversity of New Mexico's many cultures and artistic talent. Proposal | Teatro Paraguas seeks support to help cover operating costs as we present limited in-person events in both venues (Mainstage and 2nd Space) beginning August 2021 in the face of a resurgent pandemic. As we are producing our own events and hosting many other performing companies and individuals (e.g. Ironweed

Productions, Tri-M Musical Theatre, SF Youth Collaborative Theatre, etc.), our costs have risen sharply while our income lags behind due to the uncertainty of the moment. Noteworthy | Given that public gatherings are again permissible, our landlord is requesting full rent ($3600/month) again after 16 months of discounted payments. As Teatro Paraguas has become Santa Fe's de facto community theatre, our ability to remain solvent affects not only our own company and mission, but almost all of the other 20 theatre companies in Santa Fe, as well as individuals and companies focused on flamenco, poetry, comedy, and filmmaking.

Tomorrow's Women

Santa Fe | tomorrowswomen.org Mission | Tomorrow’s Women trains young women from Palestine, Israel, and the United States to be strong, compassionate leaders who partner to resolve conflicts and inspire action that promotes equality, peace, and justice for all. Proposal | The Young Leader program, a year-long leadership experience, begins with a three-week summer intensive (camp) in Santa Fe for 16 young Israeli and Palestinian women. Brought together for the first time outside of the conflict, participants engage in transformational dialogues and creative workshops that allow them to share their personal experiences and build an understanding of their peers from the “other side.” Camp is followed by four seminars in Israel and Palestine for continued engagement. Noteworthy | At the current rate, gender equality in the highest positions of power will not be reached for another 130 years. TW aligns with the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by all member states in 2015: Goal Five: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; Goal Sixteen: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.

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True Kids 1

Taos | truekids1.org Mission | To promote digital citizenship and open career paths for youth by providing them with media skills, tools, and opportunities. True Kids 1 teaches, trains, and inspires students for the digital age. Proposal | TK1 believes that all students should have the ability to learn and benefit from media skills and opportunities. We close the gap for rural and underserved communities by providing media skills through in-person and virtual workshops, a combination of TK1 experts and our roster of Mentors. Through the learning experiences, students have the opportunity to create community-based projects they’re passionate about and then take these skills into postsecondary education and the workforce. Noteworthy | New Mexicans read, on average, at a sixthgrade level. When it comes to media and news literacy, these deficiencies are even more pronounced. Given the torrid pace of technological change, our organization is dedicated to improving these core literacies, and then connecting those with media skills to widen job possibilities for high-school graduates, and to expand educational opportunities for students seeking to master specific media competencies.

Vital Spaces

Santa Fe | vitalspaces.org Mission | To create a vibrant, inclusive arts community by providing accessible spaces and opportunities to create, present, and experience quality art. We seek to enhance Santa Fe’s reputation as a contemporary art innovator by supporting low-income and underrepresented artists and fostering creative gatherings for a diverse intersection of local artists, residents, and visitors. Proposal | Santa Fe's artistic history is rich and deep. It is also threatened by rising property costs that suppress creativity by limiting access to opportunities, particularly for Black/Indigenous/People of Color artists as well as artists of any background who are struggling financially. Vital Spaces seeks funding to address this by providing affordable space

and support for artists working in any medium to create and share their work with the public, thereby building a vibrant, more diverse, and connected community. Noteworthy | We have been able to provide studios to just 30% of applicants, testifying to the need for affordable space for artists in Santa Fe. The vast majority of applicants say they are working in their bedrooms or living rooms because they cannot afford a separate work space.

Wise Fool New Mexico

Santa Fe | wisefoolnewmexico.org Mission | Wise Fool New Mexico ignites the imagination, builds community, and promotes social justice through performances and hands-on experiences in the arts of circus, puppetry, and theatre. Our programs build life skills through creative expression; they promote problem-solving through dialogue, utilize art to nurture a just society, and create a safe space where youth can flourish. We strategically focus on reaching underserved communities throughout New Mexico. Proposal | Youth experience their first encounter with circus arts at school as part of their art and physical education. Many become inspired by watching a professional performance, see what is possible, and continue to explore their ability through a series of weekly classes. Usually, our eight-week Circus Comes to School program teaches stilt-walking, clowning, unicycling, juggling, and acrobatics, which enables them to interpret a theme from their curriculum and strengthens their teambuilding skills. Noteworthy | Each year, Circus Comes to School reaches over 1,500 youth at multiple Santa Fe schools, including the School for the Deaf, Santa Fe Indian School, and further afield at the Pojoaque Wellness Center. Participating youth are 75% from low-income families, 83% are BIPOC, and 13% disabled. The program is offered to schools for free and is designed to partner with the teachers to enhance youth education. Often youth creates a circus arts performance depicting social and environmental issues.

Women's International Study Center Santa Fe | womensinternationalstudycenter.org

Mission | The Women's International Study Center inspires and enables women to achieve their goals. Proposal | WISC will be working with the Acequia Madre House Collections and historic home to invite artists to "take-over" the historic museum and utilize the Collections and stories housed here to create new work and exhibitions. The WISC Fellowship-in-Residence program will work more closely with Acequia Madre House to re-envision how history, collections, and the museum can be more lively and relevant than ever before. Noteworthy | Just 11% of all acquisitions and 14% of exhibitions at 26 prominent US museums over the past decade were of work by female artists. Facing issues like poverty, inequality, and discrimination, museums can help us understand, debate, and challenge these concerns with history as a guide. We believe women artists engaging with our local history can enliven discussions in our community around identity, history, philanthropy, and the joys and challenges of living in a multicultural place.

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WE INVITED REQUESTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT:

• Provide career counseling and other services to attain employment • Re-engage disconnected youth in paths for jobs • Provide job training programs to low-wage earners to advance their skills • Provide financial literacy training and improve their ability to save for and invest in future economic success including asset building • Provide opportunities to explore career paths, attain internships or apprenticeships, and enter a career with skills to succeed, lead and contribute to economy.

Through direct service, policy advocacy and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address • Support job creation and workforce development, particularly in mid-to-high level paid jobs through efforts that build entrepreneurial skills and activities and expand high growth and high wage industries and career pathways in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico; • Support capacity building for long-term collaborations among organizations and programs working together to improve targeted outcomes in career pathways and workforce development with common agenda, aligned strategies, and collective actions; and/or • Support public policy, civic engagement, community organizing or public information to improve economic opportunity.

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Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity Santa Fe | aflep.org

Mission | To transform the financial system of the state of New Mexico with a public state bank. With our state money deposited in our own public bank, those deposits can be leveraged to greatly benefit and expand New Mexico’s economic development. The public bank will partner with credit unions, community banks, and CDFIs to provide affordable small business loans and keep our state money working locally. Also, a state bank can greatly reduce fees and interest costs of infrastructure loans. Proposal | Funding supports our research and outreach initiatives throughout the state. Through connecting with individuals, organizations, and elected leaders across the state, we seek to increase awareness of unmet community needs and help ourselves and others develop an understanding of how a public bank can help meet those needs. Then, we are seeking to turn that awareness into advocacy and support for our Public Bank Bill which will be introduced in the 2022 legislative session. Noteworthy | Funding supports our research and outreach initiatives throughout the state. Through connecting with individuals, organizations, and elected leaders across the state, we seek to increase awareness of unmet community needs and help ourselves and others develop an understanding of how a public bank can help meet those needs. Then, we are seeking to turn that awareness into advocacy and support for our Public Bank Bill, which will be introduced in the 2022 legislative session.

Assistance Dogs of the West

Santa Fe | assistancedogsofthewest.org

Our dogs assist with disabilities such as mobility impairment, autism, diabetes, seizures, traumatic brain injury, PTSD (military and civilian), anxiety and depression. ADW also trains and places Courthouse Facility Dogs, who work with vulnerable victims and survivors of crime in the investigation and prosecution of crime. Noteworthy | For people with disabilities (28% of New Mexico population), trained assistance dogs provide lifechanging physical and emotional support, promote greater independence and self-reliance, increase independent daily living, and offer unconditional love and companionship. In the Judicial System, the dogs assist special victims’ advocates in providing a safe and supportive environment for depositions, mediation, and trial preparation and testimony.

Chainbreaker Collective Santa Fe | chainbreaker.org

Mission | Chainbreaker works to expand access to affordable transportation and support economically and environmentally sustainable communities for low-income people in northern New Mexico. Proposal | Chainbreaker seeks support to fund our Bicycle Resource Center University training program. This 13-week deep dive into bicycle mechanics and safety will expand our current bike distribution capacity, provide job training, develop a pathway toward job placement, and increase equity in the cycling community by focusing on training women and Spanish speakers. Noteworthy | Car dependence can consume as much as a third of a working family's income. As we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing numbers of essential workers will look to bicycles to mitigate some of these costs.

Mission | Assistance Dogs of the West (ADW) builds successful working partnerships between clients and dogs that empower people and open doors to new opportunities. Proposal | Funding will support the acquisition, training, and placement of assistance dogs with northern New Mexico residents having physical and/or psychiatric disabilities.

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Clark Hulings Fund LLC Santa Fe | clarkhulingsfund.org

Mission | The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists (CHF) promotes the legacy of painter Clark Hulings by equipping visual artists to be self-sustaining entrepreneurs. Through the delivery of a suite of integrated learning services, both virtual and in-person, and the building of a diverse professional networks of opportunity and support, our goal is to ensure the growth, sustainability, and success of artist-owned small businesses. Last year we helped more than 32,000 artists. Proposal | The pandemic presented an opening to reenvision the art industry and when it hit, CHF stepped up. Virtual since we started, we have been in a unique position to help artists and organizations as they remain online and transition to a post-COVID world by ensuring a sustainable economic recovery for artists and furthering an arts industry that benefits all of its stakeholders. Noteworthy | Arts sectors are the primary source of employment for over 43,000 New Mexico residents — 50% more than manufacturing. They account for one of 18 jobs in the state and contribute close to $140 million in revenue, yet 72% of visual artists earn less than $13,000 a year. The pandemic only deepened the industry’s insecurity bringing with it a loss of 2.7 million jobs nationally. Artists need business training now more than ever with 25% of them citing a lack of it as a barrier to building sustainable careers.

Collaborative Visions Mora

Mission | To nurture the people of Mora and Mora County through a culture of collaboration. Proposal | Collaborative Visions (CV) sees clearly the wonderfully unique culture of Mora and Mora County and wishes to preserve that heritage. Also clear to us are the obstacles to sustainability and the need to create economic opportunity that fits the culture rather than threatens it. As such, CV strives to find or create unique solutions and empower implementation of those solutions making best use of opportunities while addressing obstacles to a healthy community future. 57

Noteworthy | While the area is extremely blessed in social, cultural, natural, intellectual, and, to some extent, political capital, financial resources are limited. Median household income is a little over $28,000 compared to the national median household income of nearly $63,000. Also, 21.2% of the population live in poverty. Collaborative Visions strives to find solutions that preserve what is precious to the community (e.g., environmental quality) while also enabling economic opportunity.

HEART of Taos

Taos | heartoftaos.org Mission | To provide services and support to women and their children facing homelessness who are pursuing their life goals. Our services include emergency and transitional housing, access to housing resources, case management, counseling referrals, life skills training, education referrals, job readiness, and health and wellness referrals. Proposal | HEART of Taos is requesting funding support to continue its hotel shelter program for women and families experiencing homelessness in Taos County. This support allows us to provide emergency housing while connecting individuals and families to resources in the community through case management. Noteworthy | According to “COVID-19 in Taos County: Humanitarian Impacts,” Enos Garcia Elementary reports that 25% of their families have lost jobs and 40% have had their hours reduced. By August 2020, nearly 25% of parents reported struggling to pay for food, rent, and utilities. Waitlists for the three main emergency shelter and housing providers grew from 67 to 140 in a single month at the beginning of 2021. HEART of Taos currently has a wait list of 40 individuals for the hotel shelter program.

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Homewise, Inc.

Santa Fe | homewise.org Mission | To help create successful homeowners and strengthen neighborhoods so that individuals and families can improve their long-term financial wellbeing and quality of life. Proposal | The Homewise Financial Education programs integrate individualized financial coaching with certified bilingual coaches, individual and group financial literacy classes, and homebuyer education to provide a pathway for residents with low to moderate incomes to become homeowners as a pathway to financial stability for low to moderate income households. Classes and one-on-one coaching are available and free-of-charge to clients for as long as services are requested, including post home purchase. Noteworthy | Homeownership is a pathway to financial stability. According to the Federal Reserve (2019), the median net worth for homeowners was $254,900, compared to $6,270 for renters. Low to moderate income families encounter three primary challenges to achieving homeownership: debt, credit, and savings. Homewise pairs free financial education classes with free one-on-one coaching to make it possible for more than 500 Santa Feans to become homeowners and 1,000 residents to become buyer ready each year.

Innovate+Educate NM

Santa Fe | innovate-educate.org Mission | To provide skills training to young adults that will ensure they have the ability to become employed and earn a sustainable income. The Pro Skills Initiative works with youth ages 16–30 across Santa Fe County, providing training and mentoring with an outcome of job placement. Stipends are provided to all learners as they navigate the training. Since its inception, 90% of all learners have successfully completed the training. Proposal | We seek funding to continue/scale the work of the Pro Skills Initiative, which provides skills training and mentoring to young adults in Santa Fe ages 16–30 with an outcome of enrollment at Santa Fe Community College, an internship, or full employment.

Noteworthy | There is a growing percentage of unemployed/ underemployed youth in Santa Fe County needing skills training, mentoring, internships, and/or full employment. 8.3% of the County's families have no parent working in the household and COVID has put more stress on families as Santa Fe's industries were hit hard during the pandemic. An estimated 16.4% of youth are disconnected in Santa Fe County. Furthermore, 92% of our skills candidates identify skills training as a need.

International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology Denver | icastusa.org

Mission | ICAST is a 19-year-old nonprofit with a mission to provide triple bottom line — i.e. economic, environmental, and social benefits — to underserved communities in a manner that builds local capacity. ICAST designs and launches energy efficiency (EE) programs that meaningfully impact low-income communities by preserving affordable housing, reducing utility costs, creating healthy homes, mitigating pollution, and creating green educational and career pathways for disadvantaged youth. Proposal | ICAST delivers EE solutions including very high efficiency (VHE) HVAC systems to the routinely neglected multifamily affordable housing market. While the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects VHE technologies to grow 13% by 2028, about half of HVAC companies surveyed in 2019 reported difficulties finding workers certified in VHE systems. ICAST strives to make clean energy equitable while addressing the skills gap and lack of career training available to disadvantaged youth. Noteworthy | Funding will help ICAST enhance its Green Construction Careers program curriculum to include training on very high efficiency technologies, and deliver it to disadvantaged youth in Rio Arriba, San Miguel, and Santa Fe Counties. Designed to create a green industry educationto-employment pipeline, Green Construction Careers will provide free classroom and online education, paid on-the-job training, and access to high-demand green job opportunities.

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New Mexico Foundation for Open Government Albuquerque | nmfog.org

Mission | Since its inception in 1989, the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government has faithfully followed and fulfilled its mission to educate, advocate, and litigate for open government in New Mexico. By shining a light on government, FOG holds officials accountable and makes certain public business conducted in the sunshine. FOG is the state’s leading advocate for freedom of information, a hallmark of democracy, and plays a critical role in protecting the public’s right to know. Proposal | FOG has a panel of six volunteer lawyers who have shaped the transparency law in the state, but we need a fulltime FOG attorney. Our goal is to raise $300,000 in “seed” money, which will pay an attorney’s salary for 2 years and establish a reserve fund for the future. FOG believes that this position will eventually be self-supporting through the award of attorney fees, statutory penalties, and the development of an attorney referral network. As of July 30, 2021, we have commitments for almost $200,000. Noteworthy | In 2015, the Center for Public Integrity gave New Mexico an F grade for the public’s access to government information. The national report cited a wide enforcement gap for the failing grade. As recent events have illustrated, our democracy hangs by a thread. It requires constant vigilance, well-informed citizens, and a robust press using the tools of public documents and public meetings. Also, a review of the headlines this summer illustrates that public corruption is alive and well in our state.

New Mexico Local News Fund Santa Fe | nmlocalnews.org

Mission | To grow the ecosystem of local news across our state to better serve the information needs of all New Mexicans. To accomplish that ambitious goal, we work with both existing newsrooms and trusted community organizations to build programs and networks that will ensure diverse individuals and communities have the information they need to thrive. Proposal | The New Mexico Local News Fund is aiming to expand our Local News Revenue Initiative to support more newsrooms around the state, and increase the number of Fellowships in our program that places recent journalism graduates in local newsrooms. We are also launching a new collaboration of southern New Mexico newsrooms to cover economic development issues post-pandemic, and will be running a matching campaign for fall fundraisers at newsrooms. Noteworthy | New Mexico has five counties with no newspapers and 20 counties with only one newspaper, according to news deserts research at the University of North Carolina. We are aiming to strengthen existing local news publishers while helping support new publications to cover rural towns and urban neighborhoods that are currently underserved.

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Northern New Mexico College Española | nnmc.edu

Mission | To ensure student success by providing access to affordable, community-based learning opportunities that meet the region's educational, cultural, and economic needs. The mission of the Foundation is to increase, manage, and distribute resources for the benefit of the students, the college, and the community. Proposal | Northern New Mexico College seeks to revitalize and expand workforce training opportunities and sustainability practices on its El Rito campus. This grant request will support that goal and, specifically, the planning required to introduce smart grid and microgrid concepts and training through a campus microgrid "living laboratory," and to utilize the 1.5-megawatt PV array installed there to increase community resilience. Noteworthy | New Mexico’s clean energy transition and grid modernization process will create many job and career opportunities, but training will be needed for those who wish to access them. A survey and study conducted for the NMDWS found that 66% of respondents agreed with the statement: “the state should diversify the economy because of unstable oil and gas revenue.”42% (highest rank) said it is “very important” to provide “training for locals in rural areas who want to work in clean energy jobs.”

Prosperity Works

Albuquerque | prosperityworks.net Mission | Prosperity Works helps free people from poverty by changing the systems that lead people into poverty and keep them there. It is our mission to build the personal, social, and financial capacity of families, organizations, and communities, and to advocate for polices that support economic prosperity for all New Mexicans. Proposal | Prosperity Kids is a high impact, two-generation initiative that is designed to help single student mothers of young children complete their college degree and thereby increase their opportunities to provide a financially secure future for their family, and serve as an educational role model for their children. It also creates and incentivized college savings account for the children.

Noteworthy | The number of households headed by single mothers living in poverty exceeds that of all other categories of poverty-burdened households, and poverty has serious impacts on their children. When single mothers choose not to continue their education, they lessen their chances of finding higher paying jobs and raising their families out of poverty. Of students seeking a bachelor’s degree, only about a fifth of students who are single parents will graduate with a degree within six years.

Rocky Mountain Youth Corps Ranchos De Taos | youthcorps.org

Mission | Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC) is a stepping stone to new opportunities. We inspire young adults to make a positive difference in themselves and their communities. Through training and service, Corpsmembers discover their potential for healthy, productive lives. Proposal | RMYC is requesting support for the American Sign Language (ASL) Conservation Program (Program). Corpsmembers represent youth and young adults who are deaf and hard of hearing. They will work in small crews to complete a variety of environmental conservation projects. RMYC will work with regional partners and community organizations to provide comprehensive life skills and workforce development training that inspires Corpsmembers toward a career and makes them more competitive in the workplace. Noteworthy | People with a disability are less likely to participate in the labor force. The five-year estimate of the US Census 2019 American Community Survey states that the employment rate for people with a disability in Santa Fe County was a staggering 23.7% compared to the rest of the population at 62.8%. People with a disability have largely given up looking for a job because of the lack of self-confidence and the availability of employment opportunities and training that meets their unique needs.

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Santa Fe Business Incubator Santa Fe | sfbi.net

Mission | The Santa Fe Business Incubator helps local entrepreneurs launch and grow successful businesses. These emerging companies create new jobs, increase our tax base, and diversify our economy, enhancing the quality of life for all in our community. Proposal | This request will support the ongoing general activities of SFBI to assist the formation and retention of new businesses, new jobs, an expanded tax base, and new revenue in the community in an area that is one of the poorest in the City of Santa Fe. It will be used to maintain the facility and infrastructure that houses the start-ups, the shared space, and the equipment that helps them launch, in addition to the training and consulting programs that help them become viable sustainable businesses. Noteworthy | The community needs SFBI addresses are new high-wage skilled jobs; creation and expansion of stable businesses; support for innovative firms that attract capital, revenue, and broaden the tax base; diversifying a local economy long reliant on low-wage service jobs; offering opportunities to low-income, minority, women, and disadvantaged entrepreneurs; encouraging entrepreneurship for young people and workers in transition; and leveraging the technology assets of national labs and universities.

Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity Santa Fe | santafehabitat.org

Mission | To promote affordable home ownership for Santa Fe area residents by constructing simple, adequate, and energy efficient new homes and repairing or rehabilitating existing homes through the cooperative efforts of partner families, volunteers, donors, and staff. Proposal | We are requesting funds to support our Habitat Homeowner Education program. All newly selected Habitat Partner Families that are selected through a qualification process to become homeowners are required to complete 12 hours of a homeowner financial education. The courses are conducted on three Saturdays for four hours each. The courses are conducted in both Spanish and English by a Habitat staff and volunteers. 61

Noteworthy | The curriculum used for the courses is Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University videos materials. For the Spanish curriculum, we use the Adres Guitierez - Paz Financiera, which was adapted to the Financial Peace curriculum. The topics covered at each of the courses are titled: Super Saving; Realistic With Money; Cashflow Planning; Dumping Debt; Buyer Beware; and The Great Misunderstanding. Each topic is presented on video by Ramsey or Guitierez and at the end of each topic, there are discussions with a leader and the homeowners. The videos are done with a touch of humor and are actually entertaining. The downside to the course is that the complete packet is fairly expensive. We have been making copies of the written materials, but there are some very helpful tools in the complete kit that would be nice to actually give each new homeowner. We are requesting funds to purchase the education kits for seven new homeowners we select annually.

Southwest Women's Law Center Albuquerque | swwomenslaw.org

Mission | To create opportunities for women to realize their full economic and personal potential. Proposal | SWLC seeks funding to support and expand ongoing policy advocacy to pass Paid Family & Medical Leave Act, establishing a state-administered Paid Family & Medical Leave (PFML) program in New Mexico. This funding will allow the SWLC and the PFML Coalition to expand grassroots engagement, communications, outreach, and coalition-building statewide, especially in communities most impacted by economic insecurity and health inequities, including Spanish speakers. Noteworthy | SWLC leads a coalition advocating for Paid Family & Medical Leave Act, which would establish a state-administered program, offering up to 12 weeks of paid leave for workers facing health challenges or family caregiving needs. PFML programs reduce health disparities, close the racial wealth gap, and lessen economic burden for family caregivers. New Mexico has 25,000 births and 5,000 disability claims yearly. 419,000 residents provide unpaid eldercare. PFMLA would improve wellbeing for these workers.

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Think New Mexico

Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team

Mission | Think New Mexico is a results-oriented think tank whose mission is to improve the lives of all New Mexicans, especially those who lack a strong voice in the political process. We fulfill this mission by educating the public, the media, and policymakers about some of the most serious challenges facing New Mexico and by developing and advocating for enduring, effective, evidence-based solutions.

Mission | To be a home to entrepreneurs. We provide a support system of consulting, training, and lending to help clients successfully strengthen and grow their businesses through sustainable sales, financial knowledge, and job creation.

Santa Fe | thinknewmexico.org

Proposal | Funding supports our research and advocacy for public policy reforms. Our past successful initiatives include full-day kindergarten, repealing the food tax, and reforming the lottery to send more dollars to scholarships. Our current project focuses on ending predatory lending in New Mexico by reducing the maximum annual interest rate allowed for small loans from 175% to 36%. We are also working to make financial literacy a high school graduation requirement, as it is in 22 other states. Noteworthy | New Mexico’s 175% interest rate cap is one of the highest allowed anywhere in the nation; the national median is 36%. Eighty-five percent of the state’s small loan companies are owned by out-of-state corporations. Over the last year, predatory lenders issued 367,291 high-cost loans, draining $421 million out of New Mexico communities. New Mexico ranks 47th in the nation for financial literacy, and is one of only five states that does not include financial literacy in its educational standards.

Albuquerque | wesst.org

Proposal | WESST requests support to provide comprehensive business development services to those seeking to stabilize, survive, and thrive following the many adverse impacts of COVID-19. In addition to delivering WESST's core services of business training, consulting, incubation, and access to capital, WESST recently implemented the HOPE Fund (Helping Open Possibilities for Everyone), a "no barriers to accessing capital" approach for people of color and low-wealth New Mexicans. Noteworthy | Small and microbusiness are essential components of New Mexico's economy, representing over 80% of all businesses. Recent economic data reports that there was a 36% drop in the number of small and microbusinesses from 2020 to 2021. WESST's work with diverse small businesses is crucial given their strong contributions to New Mexico's economy and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on small businesses (particularly those owned by people of color).

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EDUCAT I O N A L S U CC E S S & C A RE E R PAT HWAYS

WE INVITED REQUESTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO IMPROVE:

• School readiness • Reading proficiency • Math proficiency • High school graduation rates • Opportunity youth* engagement * Youth ages 12–24 struggling with school, not in school, and/or not working

Through direct service, policy advocacy, and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address: • Family engagement with training and integrated student and family supports • Mentoring and tutoring with strong place-based solutions • Access to quality, affordable early childhood education and out-of-school (after school and summer) opportunities • Work-based learning and career technical education through real life and personally relevant education including career exploration and alternative pathway opportunities • Youth capacity building to develop strong advocacy and supports for student success • Targeted interventions to close the academic achievement gaps across key milestones from birth to career

Amy Biehl Community School

Breakthrough Santa Fe

Mission | To increase confidence and competency in fundamental math skills in the elementary school population of Santa Fe.

Mission | Breakthrough Santa Fe helps motivated students in grades 7–12 from underserved public schools be the first in their families to go to college. In addition, the program provides high school and college-age young adults with a rewarding experience as teachers and mentors.

Santa Fe | amybiehl.sfps.info

Proposal | This project requires funds to reward elementary school students for mastering the core competency of multiplication tables and for outstanding performance in an end-of-year math competition. Noteworthy | Results from the May 2021 iStation Math Assessment indicate that only 24% of 6th grade students at Amy Biehl were proficient in Overall Math, and only 11% were proficient in Computation and Algebraic Thinking.

Armand Hammer United World College of the American West Montezuma | uwc-usa.org

Santa Fe | breakthroughsantafe.org

Proposal | Breakthrough Santa Fe requests funds to support our ongoing work with young people who will be first in their families to go to college. We provide a six-year intensive academic program, one-on-one college counseling, tutoring services, and advocacy support for students and their families. Please help us close the college access gap in Santa Fe! Noteworthy | According to the 2018 Pell Institute's "Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States," only 22 percent of New Mexican low-income students enroll in college.

Mission | UWC-USA makes education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Proposal | UWC-USA high school students, representing some 90 countries, are actively involved in extensive community service to support provision of free tutoring and educational support programs to Las Vegas youth on a weekly basis in school and after school, as well as a number of other local agencies addressing hunger relief and animal welfare. Your gift helps support coordinated, collaborative efforts to provide engaging educational enrichment for northern New Mexico youth. Noteworthy | Youth in San Miguel County face a number of obstacles, including low educational attainment, a 37.3% poverty rate and 83.3% high school graduation rate. In Las Vegas, graduation rates have steadily risen from 72.6% in 2017 and 74.5% in 2018 to 82% in 2020. The last time graduation rates were this high was in 2013. UWC-USA would like to continue to be part of the solution and help increase educational attainment and graduation rates to reach at least the national standard of 88%.

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Bridges Project for Education Taos | bridgesproject.org

Mission | To increase access to postsecondary options for people of all ages, especially those who are among the first generation in their families to pursue certificates, vocational training, and two-year and four-year degrees. Postsecondary access is a community issue. Inequality hurts us all. Bridges takes steps to level the playing field. Demystifying the path to postsecondary education and helping clients find their way forward in education and life. Proposal | Founded in 1997, Bridges respectfully requests funds to continue offering a continuum of postsecondary access services for people of all ages focused primarily on first generation to college students. In a typical year, 60% of Bridges clients are from underrepresented groups and are Pell grant eligible. Bridges provides free individualized counseling, presentations, and workshops guiding clients through the admissions and financial aid process for college and vocational programs. Noteworthy | It’s predicted that by 2027 70% of jobs will require some postsecondary education. In Taos County, 24% to 31% of adults have bachelor’s degrees. Underrepresented students are 66% less likely to pursue and complete postsecondary programs. First-generation students lack a parent’s experience to help them. Families are empowered as they navigate admissions and financial aid processes. Clients increase self-sufficiency and improve the socioeconomic welfare of the community.

College and Career Plaza

Santa Fe | collegecareerplaza.org Mission | To provide college and career guidance and education to high school students in Santa Fe. Proposal | College and Career Plaza respectfully requests funding to continue providing bilingual college and career guidance and educational services directly to students enrolled in Santa Fe's high schools. Funding will not only go toward ensuring we meet the needs of the 3,000 students

and their families who have access to our two centers in the Santa Fe Public Schools, but it will also support program growth in additional schools identified by the CCP strategic plan and needs assessment. Noteworthy | The National Skills Coalition projects report that 80% of all job openings between 2014 and 2024 in the United States will be middle and high-skill jobs requiring a workforce certification, college certificate, or degree. At Santa Fe High School, 75% of young people are Hispanic and 52% are on the free or reduced lunch program. At Capital High School, 94% of students are Hispanic and 100% of students are on free or reduced lunch.

Collins Lake Autism Center Cleveland

Mission | To provide meaningful opportunities to people with developmental disabilities and the community who helps support them. Proposal | We have partnered with the Mora schools to offer education services at the Ranch and are requesting funding to expand our campground and outdoor education facilities. Noteworthy | The Mora County population is 81% Hispanic. 62% of households have computers and only 53% have internet services. During the past year, we opened up our campground facility to any student that was having difficulty with remote learning. We provided internet connectivity and staff for struggling students. Approximately 25 students attended at various times. This coming year, we have partnered with the Mora schools to offer enrichment classes here and will offer supported learning as needed.

Community Learning Network

Santa Fe | communitylearningnetwork.org Mission | CommUNITY Learning Network (CLN) was established based on the recommendations of a Navajo co-founder who advised: "wellbeing is nourished by being accountable to a people and a place." CLN is dedicated to building stronger communities through real-life learning and is committed to supporting community resiliency. In 2016, CLN launched the New Mexico TechWorks initiative to expand tech access, education, employment and enterprise development in northern New Mexico. Proposal | CLN is strengthening equity and diversity in tech and STEAM career pathways by connecting local underserved and underrepresented students with wellpaying careers and professionals through "NM Career Academy" real-life learning experiences that are easily accessible, regionally aligned, community driven, culturally relevant, creatively engaging, highlight local industries and careers, and focused on professionals that are female, Hispanic, and Native American. Noteworthy | It is critical to reach students at the middle school and high school levels to build tech and STEAM career and career pathways awareness as well as local, real-world community connections. Research has identified middle school as a time when students can benefit the most from career exploration (Association for Career and Technical Training). In 2018-19, the student-to-school-counselor ratio for New Mexico was reported at 473 students to one counselor (American School Counselor Association report).

Eleanor Daggett Memorial Library Chama | eleanordaggett.booksys.net

Mission | To advance literacy, promote lifelong learning, and to enrich the lives of our community.

provide faster and better internet for our community. Our new website will be able to reach more community members and give us more flexibility in allowing more people to know what is going on at the library. Noteworthy | We distribute books for our youth and our adults in our community. The books we weed out and get as donations are distributed to our free libraries as well as individuals wanting and needing these for others.

Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Albuquerque | explora.us

Mission | To create opportunities for inspirational discovery and the joy of lifelong learning through interactive experiences in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM). Proposal | Funding for Explora will provide science education outreach programs for 500 underserved children (birth to age five) and their parents/caregivers, with an emphasis on those in Mora, Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and San Miguel counties. This investment will increase young families’ interest, understanding, and engagement in STEAM while building communities’ capacity to provide experiential STEAM-based learning, preparing young children for kindergarten and beyond. Noteworthy | New Mexico ranks near the bottom of all states in education and economic well-being. Within our state, test scores routinely show significant disparities along regional, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines, resulting in wide achievement gaps and a lack of diversity in STEAM fields. Explora works statewide, offering STEAM programming in local schools and libraries, and engaging students in STEAM learning that builds the foundation for success in school and beyond.

Proposal | Our library serves our communities across approximately 600 square miles. The funds requested will allow for additional staff to create and implement educational and enrichment programs for children and adults. Since we have fiber optic cable installed in our library, we are able to

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First Serve - NM, Inc.

Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe, Inc.

Mission | First Serve - New Mexico exists to strengthen the lives and enhance the character of Santa Fe’s children through education, life skills, and tennis. It is founded on the belief that the combination of these activities in a supportive environment can change a child’s total trajectory from mediocre to excellent; transform a child’s life from apathy to involvement and from shyness to confidence in communication; and give each child a stronger sense of self, and an inherent respect for others.

Mission | Girls Inc. of Santa Fe inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold. We provide girls ages five to 18 with real solutions to the unique issues girls face by addressing the whole girl — her mental and physical health, life skills, and academic achievement. Girls Inc. gives girls the tools and support they need to succeed, including trained professionals who mentor and guide them in a safe, girls-only environment; peers who share their drive and aspirations; and research-based programming.

Proposal | To support a year-round, structured, after-school program for 70 to 100 public school students annually in grades three through 12 by providing highly qualified tutors, trained life skills coaches, and tennis instructors in an environment of strong, collaborative peer groups where students return year after year and genuine leadership skills are fostered. Participating students commit to daily attendance for the entire academic year, alternating days between academic tutoring and tennis instruction.

Proposal | As we look forward to returning to in-person programming, GISF seeks funds to increase program delivery staff in order to meet the growing requests for our services. Program staff not only implement our field-tested programing, they also work with the girls, their families, and our school partners to ensure that our curricula respond to the girls’ needs. Engaging more girls in our hands-on activities will require an increase in supplies and equipment. $.88 of each $1 goes to girls’ development.

Noteworthy | Despite the recent increase in the SFPS graduation rate to 86.3%, data show that graduating students are ill prepared to enter college based on the number of students requiring remedial coursework (Pollard, Jessica. Santa Fe New Mexican, 24 July 2021). Students involved in academic and tennis programs, such as First Serve - New Mexico, are more likely than their peers to report grade averages of "A" and state they are "definitely" attending college (Women's Sports Fdtn. How Tennis Influences Youth Development, 2019).

Noteworthy | The need for out-of-school support for Santa Fe students is very great; in the most recent Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count rankings, New Mexico was again last in the nation for children’s education and on-time high school graduation and 49th in the nation for teens not in school or working. Girls Inc. of Santa Fe works to give girls the resilience they need to stay in school and to set and achieve goals, boldly confront challenges, resist peer pressure, and see college as attainable.

Santa Fe | firstservenewmexico.org

Santa Fe | girlsincofsantafe.org

The Homeschool Classroom

Santa Fe | thehomeschoolclassroomsantafe.com Mission | The Homeschool Classroom will continue to serve families with children five-14, helping them to become lifelong learners. Hundreds of children who have been unsuccessful in regular or private school settings have discovered their love of learning at THC. Specializing in the acquisition of math and reading skills, we teach the whole child. Families new to homeschooling due to COVID-19 closures find their way with provided academic curriculum and emotional support during these hard times. Proposal | After ten years of growing the Santa Fe Homeschool Community at The Homeschool Classroom, more families than ever are seeking guidance in successfully teaching their child in a home setting. Every year, 15–25 students who been unsuccessful in regular education settings have sought out assistance in developing an academic and also emotional health curriculum in order to re-enter public school at a later date. Failed families find community support and a renewed love of learning. Noteworthy | The number of children registered with the state as homeschoolers almost doubled from around 8,800 before the pandemic to around 15,400 this past school year, according to Public Education Department data. The Homeschool Classroom is attempting to meet the needs of these new families who are overwhelmed with juggling full-time jobs and their child’s learning needs.

Ignited Minds

Santa Fe | ignitedmindsnonprofit.org Mission | To provide free tutoring to advance students’ academic learning and increase the New Mexico graduation rate. Our values are that we respect and honor every student’s learning needs. Our vision is to establish tutoring centers at New Mexico public, charter, and rural schools. Proposal | Ignited Minds supplies school clients with the skill set needed to fill the current gaps in the state’s public school system and reduce challenges imposed by the

learning lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ignited Minds tutors are experts in their respective fields, many of which have obtained their PhDs, have experience as university level professors, and/or have demonstrated mastery in the STEM disciplines. Noteworthy | The New Mexico public school system is ranked last in the United States due to high dropout rates and overall low math and reading test scores. New Mexico’s graduation rate of 74.6% is the lowest in the nation. Contributing to the state’s performance, the National Assessment of Educational Progress reports only 21% of eighth grade students in New Mexico are proficient in math and science, which is 12 points below the national average.

Institute for Computing in Research Santa Fe | computinginresearch.org

Mission | The Institute for Computing in Research is a consortium of students, scientists, and educators in the Santa Fe area who work together on computational scientific research. The program's primary goal is to train students for college and careers in research, computer programming, and computational science through our minicourses, teacher professional development, and summer internship program for students. Proposal | The Institute for Computing in Research requests funding to purchase equipment for classes in computer programming and computational research and fund one Intern for our summer internship program. The grant will pay for equipment and stipends for low-income students. Noteworthy | The under-representation of females and people of color in the field of computing is a social justice issue and is our area of greatest passion. Given the most generous statistics, women represent about 20% of those working in computer science, while racial and ethnic minorities represent 30% in this field. These statistics are not due to a lack of interest, but rather a lack of access. The Institute for Computing in Research works to address that gap in equity and access in our community.

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Lensic Performing Arts Center Corporation Santa Fe | lensic.org

Mission | The Lensic Performing Arts Center enriches lives by bringing diverse art and people together in the historic Lensic Theater, a cornerstone of downtown Santa Fe since 1931. The Lensic puts equal emphasis on performing arts, arts education, and community service. We present and support local, national, and international artists and serve as a center for education, community events, and youth events by providing accessible and affordable programming. Proposal | The Lensic serves 18,000 K–12 students annually with free arts education programs that engage and inspire, support curriculum, and introduce careers/provide handson training. Programs include student matinees, technical theater training, low-sensory performances, workshops, a photo and film competition, and tickets for youth organizations. We reach students with limited access to the arts, including those from low-income families, at-risk youth, and students with autism/developmental delays. Noteworthy | Studies show that 1) students with high arts participation have a dropout rate five times lower than their peers; students with access to music education programs scored more than 20% higher on English and math tests; students involved in the arts are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement; and students engaged in the arts are more than twice as likely to graduate from college (Americans for the Arts-Arts Education Navigator, 2013).

Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe Santa Fe | lvsf.org

Mission | To provide free tutoring to adults in reading, writing, and speaking English to strengthen communities, families, and the workforce. Our vision is a literate, thriving community where words can be read, written, spoken, and understood and where people can attain their goals and fully participate in society.

Proposal | LVSF requests support for our growing Literacy Tutoring Program. LVSF is the only program in Santa Fe that provides free, quality tutoring services to nearly 400 adults seeking to improve their basic literacy skills or learn English as a second language. Our programs give students the skills they need to prepare for meaningful work or access to education to provide them with economic mobility that leads to a successful and happy life. Noteworthy | LVSF targets adults with reading, writing, and/ or math skills below the sixth-grade level. For example, recent data indicates that in Santa Fe County, 24 percent of adults function at literacy Level 1 (equivalent to approximately a first-grade reading level) and 29 percent at Level 2 (equal to roughly a second to fourth-grade reading level). To put this into perspective, with a population (ages 16–74) of 111,852, nearly 60,000 adults in Santa Fe County require Basic Literacy tutoring services.

MANA del Norte a Chapter of MANA National Santa Fe | manadelnortenm.org

Mission | Empowering Latinas through education, community service, leadership development, and advocacy. Proposal | MANA del Norte is requesting funds to provide an avenue to the underserved Latinas in northern New Mexico to attend college and to assist them in providing a means to higher education. They will be more self-assured and passionate about what they plan to be in the next years. A lot of Latinas are working full-time jobs during the day and taking night classes. Therefore, they understand the importance of a good education that will benefit themselves and their families. Noteworthy | Latinas are very much under-represented in northern New Mexico when it comes to continuing their education. Although they want to stay in school, sometimes their home life (oldest, pregnancy, sole provider, children) does not allow them this luxury. Therefore, MANA del Norte is addressing the high school Latinas to achieve their dream of receiving financial literacy training, counseling, and other related topics, along with knowledge of how to apply for college and continue their education.

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MathAmigos

New Mexico Appleseed

Santa Fe | mathamigos.org

Santa Fe | nmappleseed.org

Mission | MathAmigos is a registered New Mexico non-profit and Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) partner dedicated to helping teachers inspire kids to love math. Our goal is to build math proficiency in nine Title 1 SFPS schools through teaching and learning strategies that excite students and deepen their mathematical thinking. Our all-volunteer team of mathematicians, educators, and community members has provided 12 well-evaluated teacher workshops since 2017. All grant funding supports teacher stipends.

Mission | New Mexico Appleseed is dedicated to attacking the root causes of child and family poverty and cultivating systemic change that prevents it. We seek to remove structural barriers to exiting the cycle of poverty by addressing root causes, including hunger, homelessness, and child maltreatment. We research and identify issues that impact stability, opportunity, multi-tiered support, social justice, and equity. Our work brings life-changing improvements to low-income and underserved populations.

Proposal | MathAmigos requests funding to support teacher stipends for our innovative professional development programs, including five teacher workshops with follow-up support for teachers in the classroom, our Literacy and Math program for K–4 teachers, and Math Circles for teachers and after-school students and parents. These programs build teaching skills, confidence, and capacity by providing engaging state-of-the-art strategies and practice using games, puzzles, and math-themed books and discussions.

Proposal | "1,2,3 Eyes on Me" is Appleseed's collaborative, community-driven intervention that provides the framework and support so communities can create a responsive and tightly woven safety net for vulnerable families who need extra support due to the COVID pandemic. 123 leverages our statewide relationships and connects families to bundled services including food boxes, health, dental and vision care, legal aid, mental health services, and vaccines at food distribution sites or school locations.

Noteworthy | 2019 SFPS data show only 17% of students were on grade level in math, now with a further pandemicrelated five-month or 5%–10% math learning loss. Recovering math skills is critical for attaining mid- and high level jobs in the 21st century workplace.

Noteworthy | During COVID, the number of New Mexico children experiencing food insecurity increased to one out of three, up from one out of four in 2018. In rural communities, the numbers are estimated to be as high as one out of two. While the economic shocks from COVID continue to reverberate, a growing number of families struggle to meet their basic needs, specifically the needs met by our 1,2,3 intervention. To date, we have organized 10 events with over 30 statewide partners, serving roughly 4,000 children. The need grows.

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New Mexico Center for Therapeutic Riding

New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Awards

Mission | To expand and enrich the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children, youth, and adults with special needs through equine-assisted activities and therapies. "Changing Lives One Stride at a Time"

Mission | We are an awards program once a year but an education program every day. We recognize individual and communal artistry in performance and honor teachers and their schools’ commitment to performing arts education. We present our state's talented young performers with a unique opportunity to advance their education and careers in musical theatre, all while supporting the inclusion of musical theatre performance specifically and drama generally in our state's high schools.

Santa Fe | nmctr.org

Proposal | Funds will be used to expand programming and provide scholarships for children and youth with unmet needs by enhancing their mental and physical wellness through two equine-assisted scholarship programs. Our proven School Outreach Program serves under-served, low-income students with disabilities (Down Syndrome, ADHD, autism, PTSD, etc.) and our research-based Self-Mastery Program serves at-risk youth experiencing depression, suicidal thoughts, substance use, bullying, aggression, etc. Noteworthy | According to the 2016 US Census, the percentage of the New Mexico population living below the poverty line is almost double that of the overall US population (19.8 versus 12.7%), affecting both children with disabilities and at-risk youth. And according to NM-IBIS, the prevalence of feelings of sadness or hopelessness among children and youth in New Mexico (32.5%) was higher than that of the US as a whole. Providing scholarships to these children and youth give them an opportunity to receive our services.

Albuquerque | nmhsmta.org

Proposal | We seek support in extending our reach to as many New Mexico high schools as we can, offering workshops with the Broadway artists or New Mexican artists who we work with in our program. Theater provides challenges and rewards to students; musicals multiply those challenges with more roles and greater technical demands. When students meet those challenges, their rewards are magnified. We amplify those successes by sending the very best of our students to represent our state on a Broadway stage. Noteworthy | We are one of 46 programs in the US sending students to the Broadway League's national Jimmy Awards. We've had one award winner (Best Performance in an Ensemble), one finalist for their top award, and two semifinalists. We accomplish this despite having a budget 10 times smaller than the other programs. We are committed to finding New Mexican students who deserve to stand on that national stage and help them take advantage of the professional and academic opportunities the Jimmy Awards affords.

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New Mexico Highlands University Foundation

New Mexico School for the Arts Art Institute

Mission | The Mission of the Conservation Science Center at Highlands University (CSC@HU) is to build the capacity of Hispanic and Native students to actively lead the stewardship of local landscapes. The NMHU Foundation's (NMHUF) mission is to provide support to benefit students of the University and the University as a whole through the acquisition, development, and administration of financial and other resources. The Foundation has a dedicated restricted fund for CSC@HU.

Mission | NMSA provides access to a rigorous mastery arts and academic high school education for youth with passion and aptitude for the arts, leading to post-secondary learning, careers in the arts, and lives that contribute to society.

Las Vegas | nmhufoundation.org

Proposal | To support equitable and accessible pathways to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) for Hispanic and Native youth, from middle school through early career employment. Programs include place-based, standards-aligned engagement; career and science identity exploration; leadership and resiliency capacity building; hands-on internships and mentorships with STEM professionals of color; citizen science research in local watersheds; and cultivating equitable STEM employment opportunities. Noteworthy | New Mexico’s stewardship of natural resources does not represent the cultural and intrinsic values of local communities. Yet these same communities are disproportionately affected by climate change degradation. Our placed-based programs combine cultural relevancy, leadership, and socio-emotional development to increase persistence in STEM while building resilience in our youth as they navigate enriching and challenging interactions in the diversification of the STEM workforce.

Santa Fe | nmschoolforthearts.org

Proposal | New Mexico School for the Arts – Art Institute provides high school students across the state of New Mexico with two-three hours per school day of arts education at New Mexico School for the Arts. The Art Institute requests funding to implement accelerated learning and project-based learning into the arts curriculum to address the effect of the pandemic on our students as they return to in-person learning. Noteworthy | During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 21,000 New Mexican students disenrolled from public schools with 12,000 of those students who are unaccounted for and have reported no plans to enroll in another school. In a year when many schools were struggling to maintain their student enrollment rate, NMSA had a retention rate of 95% and no students were unaccounted for. NMSA’s four-year graduation rate is 88%, significantly higher than the state’s average of 77%.

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Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center Española | nnmrac.org

Mission | Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center enriches the quality of life in northern New Mexico through the teaching and presentation of the arts in the Española Community Arts Education Center, the visitor center, Convento Gallery and Gift shop, the Plaza and two museums. Proposal | We are providing family classes allowing the elders to share their skills with family members. We are also providing career education training to the youth to develop skills, including career exploration and alternative pathway opportunities. The Gallery has been a great area to train our youth in many skills, talking, presenting, taking pride in the community and others works of art, speaking highly about our citizens and telling visitors to about northern New Mexico's rich history. Noteworthy | The Education Center will serve 360 students in six weeks. Our Field Trips Fridays to Meow Wolf, Ghost Ranch, Toltec Scenic Train, and Santa Fe Chamber Music served 135 with kids , adults and seniors. The Visitor Center has about 100 visitors a month.

Ojo Sarco Community Center Ojo Sarco

Mission | To sustain the only public space in Ojo Sarco to remain open, to have a place that fosters community pride and enriches the lives of the people of Ojo Sarco through programs and activities. To achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, create social and physical environments that promote good health for all. Proposal | Writing this application during the fourth wave of the pandemic brings home the challenges and rewards of community-based services. If OSCC didn't exist, no one and no organization would provide programs and services in Ojo Sarco. Being a small, isolated community has been an asset during the pandemic. We quickly mobilized volunteers and pivoting some programs while expanding others. We provide a library, food and essential supplies, art and educational materials to children, and tutoring over zoom and in-person. 73

Noteworthy | The Rio Arriba overdose rate is 89.9 per 100,000 — nearly four times the New Mexico rate of 24.6 and more than four times the US rate of 21.6 per 100,000. This unacceptable loss has been among the highest in the nation for too long. OSCC doesn't want another generation of Rio Arriba children to end up in this horrific statistic. The tools used in the Community That Cares (CTC) model, a federally recommended Model That Works by SAMHSA), have been helpful in our program planning and focusing on children and youth.

Pegasus Legal Services for Children Albuquerque | pegasuslaw.org

Mission | To promote and defend the rights of children and youth to safe, stable homes, quality education and healthcare, and a voice in decisions that affect their lives. Proposal | Pegasus is requesting funding to improve the graduate rate by representing children with or without disabilities, often children of color, who are inappropriately being suspended or expelled from school or who have an IEP (Individualized Education Plan, as mandated by federal law) that is not being honored. Noteworthy | High dropout rates are often caused by harsh disciplinary practices. Children with disabilities and children of color are more likely to experience disciplinary removals than their white counterparts. These removals are linked to lower academic achievement. By interrupting the cycle of disciplinary removal and advocating for positive behavioral support, students will have an opportunity to remain in school and graduate with their peers.

Presbyterian Ear Institute

Albuquerque | presbyterianearinstitute.org Mission | Presbyterian Ear Institute (PEI) exists to assist people with hearing loss to better listen, speak, and integrate into mainstream society. PEI offers hope in breaking the silence for children and adults, providing a comprehensive approach to early diagnosis, intervention, education, and rehabilitation of deafness. In fulfilling its mission and through its programs and services, PEI works daily to mitigate the lifelong effects of hearing loss on literacy, education, and vocational opportunities. Proposal | Presbyterian Ear Institute changes lives by intervening in the neurological emergency of childhood hearing loss. We request funds to support our Newborn Hearing Screening Program, Parent-Infant Program, School for Oral Deaf Education, and outreach to reach families state-wide with in-person and teletherapy services. Through comprehensive listening/spoken-language strategies and early identification/intervention, we capitalize on the 90% of brain development that takes place by age five. Noteworthy | “We encounter each other in words,” writes poet Elizabeth Alexander. Over 90% of the 12,000 children born annually who are deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH) are born to parents who can hear (AG Bell). PEI’s research-based programs teach D/HH children to listen and speak so these families can encounter each other through words and these children can escape other statistics: 25% greater rates of abuse/neglect (RTI), 64% un/underemployment and average 2.8–4.5-grade reading levels (NM Task Force Report).

The Reading Group (Collaborative Working Group of OSF) Santa Fe

Mission | Guided by a single phrase, “learning to read, reading to learn,” we strive for a Santa Fe where all children are successful learners through improving literacy proficiency. Our target population is K–3rd grade students with a focus on 3rd grade reading proficiency. We work with teachers, students, and families via teacher and parent workshops, one-on-one tutoring, and providing

books to build home libraries. We provide small grants to organizations to scale up their successful efforts. Proposal | New Mexico currently ranks 49th in literacy in the nation. According to latest data from the New Mexico Public Education Department, Santa Fe Public School District has an overall reading proficiency of 36%. We seek to address the needs of students at risk of not learning to read and their teachers. Without the ability to read, there are no pathways to educational and financial success. The need for literacy support in Santa Fe is beyond critical and urgent. Noteworthy | We are calling for support to train tutors in the science of reading and structured literacy and to support teachers in their efforts to teach reading. We know that if every 1st to 3rd grade student in need had tutors, we would significantly improve literacy and overall educational outcomes for Santa Fe students.

Reading Quest

Santa Fe | readingquestcenter.org Mission | To help children who are struggling to read become strong, enthusiastic readers. We accomplish this by providing individual and group tutoring to children who are significantly below grade level in reading; by providing intensive two-week reading camps to groups of children during the summer; and by providing workshops, training, coaching, and mentoring to public school teachers and tutors for other organizations in order to improve their ability to teach reading. Proposal | Reading quest is seeking support for providing free one-on-one tutoring for public school students who are a year or more below grade level in reading. Noteworthy | 33% of the students in the Santa Fe public schools read proficiently at grade level. Reading proficiency varies significantly among District student subgroups. Districtwide, only 26% of Hispanic students read proficiently at grade level while 60% of Caucasian students do. 74% of students in the District are considered disadvantaged and, of these students, only 23% read proficiently. 26% of SFPS students are English Language Learners and, of these, only 14% read proficiently at grade level.

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Reel Fathers, Ltd.

Santa Fe | reelfathers.org Mission | We engage fathers, youth, and families to build stronger, more vital relationships through a dynamic use of film, story, and creative expression. Proposal | REEL FATHERS requests support for our youth poetry program, Identity in Ink. It engages middle and high school students in a dynamic process of self-reflection, dialogue, and expressive writing centered on their identity as shaped by father and family. Students grow in emotional clarity, confidence, and courage. They build authentic voice and advance their writing skills. They visualize a positive future for themselves and focus on the next steps to get them there. Noteworthy | Today, one in three children in the US live separate from their biological father. Fatherlessness is connected with virtually every societal ill facing children and youth. Children without a father in the home account for: 71% of school dropouts; 90% of homeless and runaway children; 71% of pregnant teens; 63% of youth suicides; 85% of children with behavioral disorders; 85% of youth in prison (Irreplaceable – 2014 documentary).

Rio Arriba Adult Literacy Program Española | raalp.org

Mission | Helping community members transform their lives through enhanced literacy. Proposal | The pandemic was a reckoning that forced us to reevaluate our methods surrounding research-based educational frameworks and organizational procedures that would allow our program to be more resilient. Now, having established a footing with many of these improvements, our next goal is to grow the organization around them: creating a vibrant community work space, dynamic tutor trainings, and expanding the ways we support students. Noteworthy | Rio Arriba boasts unique and diverse literacies, such as indigenous and Spanish languages and fluency in traditional lifeways and culture, to name

a few. Yet the county’s rates of English literacy (crucial for reaching key life goals in America) are among the lowest in the nation, with 35% lacking fundamental literacy tools. RAALP believes this rate and Rio Arriba’s endemic poverty (a nationally-exceptional rate of 25%) are linked; we work to improve both through free, personalized tutoring.

River Source Inc.

Santa Fe | riversource.net Mission | River Source supports people living as good stewards of their watersheds by providing science and policy education, planning, monitoring, and ecological restoration services throughout New Mexico. Too often, people operate in silos, even in rural communities. Our goal is to be weavers, bringing together different groups — threads, so to speak — who will, through their participation and contributions, ultimately weave a web of ecological safety and community health. Proposal | River Source provides mentoring, job shadowing, and work in environmental protection, restoring rivers and damaged watersheds, and community service for youth 14–25 years old from diverse communities with an emphasis on Hispanic and Native American communities. River Source creates meaningful experiences and job pathways for youth to be professionals in resource protection and engages 2,600 people a year in watershed science and climate and water policy in New Mexico. Noteworthy | On average, children ages eight–12 in the US spend four-six hours a day on phones and TVs, and teens spend up to nine hours (Amer. Acad. of Child Psychology, 2020). Only 31% of youth engage in daily physical activity (NM Youth Risk, 2015). Youth increasingly face pressure to disconnect from nature and the knowledge that has helped their community survive. River Source resists this trend by engaging youth outdoors in ecological restoration, job skills training, and community service.

Santa Fe Alliance for Science Santa Fe | sfafs.org

Mission | We inspire the inner scientist in Santa Fe youth by creating STEM learning opportunities through our network of volunteer scientists, engineers, and STEM professionals. Our vision is that every Santa Fe student is “STEM Ready” to explore and succeed in life. Proposal | The Santa Fe Alliance for Science seeks funding to bring scientists to classrooms so we can engage students in exciting, relevant, interactive STEM programs that strengthen their STEM capabilities. Funding supports our Adopt-A-School program at Nina Otero Community School and will help us to expand our Adopt-A-Scientist program, which pairs a teacher with a scientist or STEM expert for year-round, teacher-driven STEM support. Noteworthy | New Mexico currently ranks last in the nation (51) on the Opportunity Index, a multidimensional indicator of opportunity based on economic, education, health, and community conditions. An early interest in STEM is the greatest predictor of future educational success, thus investing in STEM pays off and opens up opportunities for students. All youth need to be technically literate and use creativity and critical thinking to thrive in today's STEM-driven world.

support classroom teachers and informal educators with resources and professional development that support our mission to provide equitable access to community resources. Noteworthy | High quality out-of-school programs are proven to improve academic success, attendance, and behavior. This is particularly important for students who are from low-income backgrounds. 70,000 students in New Mexico are enrolled in summer or after-school programs, but another 90,000 students across the state are looking for programs that meet their needs or are on waitlists (New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network).

Santa Fe Concert Association dba Performance Santa Fe Santa Fe | performancesantafe.org

Mission | To present world-class music, dance, and theater, and to provide excellent performing arts education for our community.

Santa Fe | sfcommunityeducators.org

Proposal | Performance Santa Fe seeks funding for its free arts education programs, which reach more than 3,000 students aged 10–25 annually and focus on underserved populations. These include the Field Trip Series, which offers inspiring interactive matinees; the Master Class Series, which is taught by PSF mainstage artists; and Arts for Life, which brings local professional musicians into public-school ensembles for mentoring and connection. PSF also provides statewide virtual arts education programming.

Mission | The Santa Fe Community Educators Network (SFCEN) is committed to the power of collaboration to successfully impact our community by creating and sharing our resources; promoting and providing informal experiential education to address community needs; professional development as a vehicle to strengthen our community; and providing open access to our institutional experiences and content.

Noteworthy | PSF directs the majority of its programming to Santa Fe Public Schools, where 74% of students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch through the National School Lunch Program, a federal metric for child poverty. The district is plagued by issues, including high dropout rates, large class sizes, and frequent teacher turnover. PSF provides high-quality enrichment options, faculty assistance, small-group student support, and outlets for self-expression through its free arts education projects.

Santa Fe Community Educators Network

Proposal | The Santa Fe Community Educators Network is requesting funds to provide collaborative out-of-school programs for underserved students in Santa Fe and to

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Santa Fe Council on International Relations

Santa Fe Public Schools Truancy Task Force

Mission | CIR connects New Mexico and the world by engaging and inspiring global citizens through dialogue, education, and cross-cultural exchange. Our efforts stimulate dialogue and educate members, students, teachers, and the community about crucial globalization and foreign affairs issues. We do this through four interconnected program areas: our International Visitor program, our High School & College Education program, our Community Education program, and our global Journalism under Fire Conference.

Mission | To ensure every student a safe, high quality, and engaging education which values diversity, equity, and social justice and fully maximizes District and community resources.

Proposal | We are seeking funding to continue expansion of CIR's after-school global education programming to give more underserved high school students the opportunity to discuss global and international topics, explore careers, and learn and acquire critical skills not typically taught in the traditional classroom. In 2020, CIR transitioned its highschool programming to the digital realm and, with your support, CIR will reach a greater number of students across northern New Mexico communities.

Noteworthy | Attendance is a key indicator for overall student success. Chronic absenteeism continues to be an area of concern within SFPS. In school year 2019–2020, 30% of students (3,895 students) missed 10% or more of the school year, qualifying as chronically absent, while 12% (1,526 students) missed 20% or more of the school year and displayed the need for system-level (intensive) intervention. For school year 2020–2021, amidst a pandemic, this rate

Santa Fe | sfcir.org

Noteworthy | Globally competent students not only possess knowledge about the world, they exhibit critical thinking, innovation, empathy, and awareness of how individual behavior impacts world events (Asia Society). To prepare future employees to thrive in a global economy, the World Economic Forum (2017) recommends the values of global citizenship as an integral component of a 'future-ready' curriculum. CIR is addressing this critical gap by giving students access to quality global-education programming.

Santa Fe | sfps.info

Proposal | The Attendance Success Alliance [ASA] (previously known as the Truancy Collaborative Working Group) is a collaborative approach to improve chronic absenteeism. By providing avenues for positive attendance and increased engagement, the ASA creates opportunities for increased family engagement, student support, increased graduation rates, and postsecondary/career success.

increased to 38% (4,708) and 20% (2,451), respectively.

Santa Fe Public School District Mentoring & Tutoring Collaborative

Santa Fe | sfps.info/departments/volunteering___s_f_p_s Mission | Engage volunteers who work to ensure student success through supporting District and school goals. The purpose of the Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) Volunteer Program is to provide support to students by capitalizing on the skills and interests of our volunteers. Volunteers increase overall academic achievement by providing targeted tutoring, offering social-emotional support, promoting healthy relationships, and creating a positive environment for our students. Proposal | The Santa Fe Public Schools Certificate of Completion: Volunteers Advancing Student Discovery & Achievement will work with 300 volunteers to offer mentoring and tutoring services to over 11,000 students in pre-k through 12th grade levels. Participants will be equipped to provide academic and social-emotional support to our youth through six to 10 training modules facilitated by a variety of SFPS departments and partners, also including experience, mentoring, and reflection. Noteworthy | The Equity, Diversity and Engagement Department is committed to working through the Volunteer Program and the Certification of Completion: Volunteers Advancing Student Discovery and Achievement to impact proficiency percentages through academic achievement, culturally responsive instruction, and social-emotional learning.

Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences Santa Fe | santafeschool.org

Mission | Our mission is to achieve academic excellence in an environment of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We exemplify and encourage the values of compassion, leadership, and service. Reading is Magic (partnering with Reading Quest) and Math Mindset summer camps are free for public school students. The CoLab Initiative, a new service program, aims to elevate the state's early childhood workforce, boosting teacher retention through professional development on social emotional learning with educators.

Proposal | We are requesting funds to serve 28 low-income Santa Fe Public School students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades in the third year of Math Mindset. The grant would support two free week-long, full-day camps in the summer of 2022. Adequate math skills, a key Community Foundation Education priority, are essential for high-school success, college attendance, workplace readiness, future earnings, and health outcomes. Noteworthy | For the 2021 school year, 84% of middle school students were not proficient in math. Researchers say that almost a third of American adults do not have the math skills necessary to make effective decisions about their health and finances (Shoots-Reinhard, Ohio State University, 2019).

Sierra Club Foundation

Oakland | sierraclubfoundation.org; riograndesierraclub.org Mission | To explore, enjoy, and protect the planet; the Rio Grande Chapter carries out this mission locally in New Mexico and West Texas. We represent 35,000 members and supporters in the region. The Sierra Club Foundation is the fiscal sponsor of our charitable work. Proposal | The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter’s charitable work is focused on moving New Mexico to a clean energy future and protecting our public lands. We are dedicated to protecting our climate, drinking water, public lands, and wildlife. We engage the public to deeply participate; dozens of volunteers lead public outings to encourage New Mexicans to explore and enjoy the Land of Enchantment, and volunteer mentors work with our Global Warming Express program to bring climate education into K–8 schools. Noteworthy | The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is advocating to protect the 3.5 percent of New Mexico public lands that remain unleased for oil and gas extraction. In 2020, we helped win approval of 650 megawatts (MW) of solar and 200 MW of battery storage, a $1 billion investment in the Four Corners region as PNM moves away from coal. 70 percent of methane pollution in New Mexico comes from accidental waste. We are working to stop near-daily accidental spills of liquid and oil and gas waste.

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STEM Santa Fe

STEM Scaffold Santa Fe

Mission | STEM Santa Fe advocates for, develops, and provides STEM programming, mentoring, and resources for all youth, especially underrepresented groups in STEM, to realize their potential and expand their opportunities in a dynamic world.

Mission | STEM Scaffold Santa Fe Collaborative Working Group (S3 CWG) is a group of educational and youth development groups working together to recruit, train, and place caring local STEM college students and STEM professionals into sustained high school mentorship programs. Our middle and high school programs supplement students’ STEM education with in-school, hands-on STEM & STEAM projects that are designed to engage and teach 21st-century skills in small group settings.

Santa Fe | stemsantafe.org

Proposal | STEM Santa Fe is a mentorship organization that provides engaging hands-on STEM programs with real-world context at low to no cost to about 700 middle and high school students a year. We target students in northern New Mexico, from underserved communities and underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines, mainly girls, Hispanics, and Native Americans. STEM Santa Fe aims to address the opportunity gap and to help empower youth to become creative, productive thinkers in STEM-related fields. Noteworthy | 21st Century workforce requires essential skills, including critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork. US Bureau of Labor Statistics 2017 report states: "Employment in STEM occupations grew by 10.5% between May 2009 and May 2015, compared with 5.2% net growth in non-STEM occupations." Nationally, Hispanics make up a mere 7% of the STEM workforce. There is a need for programs to cultivate an interest in STEM topics and to meaningfully engage young people into STEM career pathways.

Santa Fe | stemsantafe.org/our-programs/s3

Proposal | For the past three years since its inception, our program has been successful in engaging students at Capital High School and we need funding in order to expand to other middle schools and high schools in Santa Fe and Española. Our main goals are to increase students’ interest and curiosity in STEM courses or careers; build communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills; and, for our high school students, increase enrollment in STEM college courses while in high school and/or beyond. Noteworthy | High School four-year graduation rate in 2019 for Española Public Schools was 63% and 78% for Santa Fe Public Schools. However, only 10% of students in EVPS were proficient in math and 19% in science, while 18% of students in SFPS were proficient in math and 30% in science. These statistics indicate that a very small number of students graduating have the qualifications and even the motivation to pursue a career in STEM (New Mexico Public Education Department).

Talpa Community Center Association, Inc. Rancho de Taos | talpacc.bravesites.com

Mission | Providing programs to help Talpa's diverse community face the everchanging complexities of life today. The focus is economic opportunities for the community, continual learning experiences, and assistance with social services. Proposal | TCC needs funds for general core support to keep our community center open and operating so that our local people have a public library and all of the educational services that we offer. TCC is the hub of our rural community and we strive to have a safe place for locals to gather, interact, and learn. We offer several free programs such as preteen sewing and kids art/ceramics. We are the site for NA & AA group meetings, summer lunch program, and Shared Table food distribution. Noteworthy | The pandemic has affected all of us in one way or another. We see how it has affected our families, especially our children. School is not as we remember it. Now, with so many children being homeschooled, they have had to adjust to a new way of learning. And, sadly, some children have failed. TCC and Library strives to assist with reading, educational resources, WIFI, and computers. The rural community of Talpa is home to many low-income families that do not have internet or computers.

Teach For America New Mexico

Albuquerque | teachforamerica.org/where-we-work/ new-mexico Mission | Teach For America New Mexico finds, develops, and supports a diverse network of leaders — individually and in teams — so they can transform education and expand opportunity with children, starting in the classroom. Our national goal by 2030 is to have twice as many children in the communities where we work reach key educational milestones, indicating they are on a path to economic mobility and co-creating a future filled with possibility. Proposal | TFANM is seeking support to 1) create a set of publicly available resources about the benefits and pathways to becoming a teacher in New Mexico; 2) identify 100+ rising northern New Mexico leaders and encourage and support them to join the teaching profession; 3) convene a working group of school, district, and community leaders to implement short- and long-term teacher recruitment strategies; and 4) design and implement a fellowship to help effective teachers move into leadership roles. Noteworthy | This year, The New York Times and NPR both reported that the pandemic is exacerbating an already devastating national teacher shortage. In New Mexico, statistics are similarly grim; the LANL Foundation found that only 3% of northern New Mexico seniors wanted to become teachers. High numbers of vacancies, year after year, create a constant sense of urgency and prevent us from making long-term plans and working together to address the root causes of our teacher shortage.

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Truchas Services Center, Inc. Truchas | truchasservicescenter.org

Mission | The mission of the Truchas Services Center, Inc. is to provide leadership, administration, and organization for community action programs serving children, youth, families, adults, and senior citizens, developing community as a means of uniting the diverse cultures of the region in a common goal of community improvement and education. This includes the maintenance of facilities that serve the entire community and surroundings areas. Proposal | The Truchas Services Center requests support for our programs including a full-service rural library, preschool, food distribution program, and several adult programs (weaving, quilting, art lesson). Our summer program for six to 12 year-olds includes art and science classes along with field trips to educational sites. Our programs are open to all area children and adults. These are the only public services for miles around in this remote corner of Rio Arriba County. Noteworthy | Our preschool is licensed for up to 17 children. Our library logged over 4,000 patron visits a year, including 883 computer users, 1,190 books circulated, 829 DVDs circulated, and 429 Wifi users (pre-COVID). Adult programs included 365 participants. Our food program serves about 60 families twice a month. The people who need these services come from as far away as Chimayo, Cordova, Ojo Sarco, and other small villages surrounding Truchas where we offer the only library facility and preschool.

Turquoise Trail Charter School Santa Fe | ttschool.org

Mission | To ensure that all of our TTCS graduates finish in the top 10% of any high school they attend in New Mexico. Proposal | Our goal as a K–eighth grade school is to ensure that all TTCS graduates finish in the top 10% of their freshman class in high school, no matter where they attend. GPA in 9th grade is predictive of high school graduation and post secondary success, so we are investing in an infrastructure to support our graduates in their 9th grade year. A "Success Coyote" will be an adult at our school 81

who will build relationships with students and high schools to keep high expectations for their future alive. Noteworthy | One in four New Mexico high school students does not graduate from high school.

YouthWorks, Inc.

Santa Fe | santafeyouthworks.org Mission | To remain dedicated to helping youth develop the necessary life skills to become active, productive participants in their community. YouthWorks specializes in comprehensive programs designed to assist youth to develop social, leadership, and workforce skills, and to expand educational and work opportunities while achieving productivity and success. Proposal | YouthWorks provides opportunities for disconnected youth ages 14–24 to complete their education while obtaining job training and earning trade certifications to expand their employment opportunities. At YouthWorks, youth are supported by case managers and access comprehensive wraparound support services. YouthWorks delivers up to 200 graduates each year who enter college or begin jobs in their chosen career path, elevating them into roles as contributors and leaders in Santa Fe’s communities. Noteworthy | YouthWorks serves Opportunity Youth — youth and young adults ages 14–24 who are neither in school nor employed. In Santa Fe, there are 16.4% disconnected youth compared to 11.7% nationwide. YouthWorks reconnects youth through programs focused on paid job skills-training combined with G.E.D. coursework and trades certifications in the building trades, land management, farming, and the food/ hospitality industries. YouthWorks elevates youth and young adults to strength, success and resiliency.

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The Envision Fund, a statewide initiative of the Santa Fe Community Foundation, promotes the health, safety, and empowerment of at-risk and underserved LGBTQ+ New Mexicans. The largest philanthropic entity in New Mexico dedicated solely to serving the LGBTQ+ population, the Fund has made over $650,000 in grants since its inception in 1997. The Envision Fund has three priority areas for making grants: • Creating an HIV-free generation in New Mexico; • Combating discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in whatever form (such as employment, housing, immigration, access to health services, etc.); and

• Supporting school-based programs that create a safe environment for all students, including LGBTQ+ students.

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Casa Q, Inc.

Albuquerque | casaq.org Mission | To provide safe living options and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth and allies (age 14 to 18 in our residential program and age 18–22 in our Aftercare/Transitional Living Program) who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Unlike emergency shelter programs, Casa Q provides residential and transitional living services in a home-like environment, complemented with comprehensive and individual case management. Proposal | Casa Q requests funding for LGBTQ+ residential homeless youth support services. Casa Q's five-bedroom house can serve up to 10 residents at a time. Youth are supported by experienced and trained staff and case management to succeed in school, explore career options, learn a range of essential life skills, and engage with their community through cultural, educational, and social enrichment activities. Noteworthy | An estimated 30–40% of all youth experiencing homelessness in the U.S. are LGBTQ+. A local Albuquerque survey of more than 100 homeless youth found that nearly half self-identified as “gender queer.” There is very limited housing for homeless teens in New Mexico and no other housing program specifically designed to support LGBTQ+ teens. Casa Q's licensing allows both long and short-term stays, which allows us flexibility to respond to all needs, not just provide emergency shelter.

Closet Cinema / Way OUT West Film Fest Santa Fe

the richness and diversity of the LGBTQ+ experience. Like other large gatherings, the festival was forced to go virtual last year, which is currently a possibility again this year. Due to the local impact of COVID-19 on foundations, businesses, and other sponsors, we are looking at a 50–60% reduction in our annual operating budget. Noteworthy | According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of anti-LGBTQ hate groups soared 4% last year, rising from 49 groups in 2018 to 70 in 2019. Also, groups that vilify the LGBTQ community represented the fastest-growing sector among hate groups in 2019. It has been well-documented that entertainment media has the power to change hearts and minds and, now more than ever, film festivals like ours are needed to spotlight these realities and give younger LGBTQ citizens more hope and inspiration.

Common Bond New Mexico Foundation Albuquerque | commonbondnm.org

Mission | To strengthen the LGBTQ+ community of New Mexico through programs and partnerships that serve at-risk sectors of the LGBTQ+ population. Proposal | The Emergency Project plays a unique role within the state's HIV healthcare network. We provide "last resort" financial assistance ($250 per client per calendar year) to low-income New Mexicans living with HIV/AIDS for rent, utilities, eyeglasses, medical bills, and other necessities of life. With this assistance, they are less likely to become homeless and more likely to remain in treatment and reduce the chance of spreading further infection. Noteworthy | The New Mexico Department of Health estimates that 3,900 people in the state are infected with HIV.

Mission | Closet Cinema is a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 that is dedicated to showcasing queer cinema to highlight the richness and diversity of the LGBTQ+ experience through the annual Way OUT West Film Fest, a 10-day event in Albuquerque. Proposal | The New Mexico Community Foundation requests support for the annual Way OUT West Film Fest in Albuquerque to showcase queer cinema and highlight

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Equality New Mexico Foundation Albuquerque | eqnm.org

Mission | We envision a world in which oppression is obsolete and all aspects of identity are honored. We work to be a trusted partner and to uplift the voices and leadership of our community in creating a reality of equity, full access, and sustainable wellness for LGBTQ New Mexicans. Proposal | Supporting the work of EQNMF means helping us build a movement that brings the voices of LGBTQ people from across the state into every conversation where decisions about us are made. EQNMF is building a grassroots movement that ensures ongoing non-discrimination in policy by bringing our voices into these policy discussions. Without this work, for example, unmarried queer couples would have been left out of the new Paid Sick Leave policy in the last legislative session. Noteworthy | Because of a lack of accurate data collection (recently changed after EQNMs work with NMCAP and governor Lujan Grisham, via Executive Order) what we know we cannot prove. LGBTQ New Mexicans are largely underrepresented when it comes to business and home ownership, healthcare access, and economic stability. This is why we must be considered, intentionally, in the drafting of new policies that address, for example, economic justice.

Justice Access Support and Solutions for Health Albuquerque | casadesaludnm.org

Mission | Casa de Salud is a permanent project of Justice, Access, Support and Solutions for Health, a nonprofit organization. Casa de Salud's mission is to interweave traditional and conventional medicines to meet the physical and spiritual health needs of its patients in a welcoming, just, creative, and inclusive environment; to provide fair priced health care to anyone in need; and to promote a learning and leadership development environment for practitioners, staff, volunteers, and patients. Proposal | Casa de Salud is a nonprofit integrative clinic in Albuquerque that responds to needs for affordable primary care, queer and trans healthcare, and addictions care in central New Mexico. We embrace a holistic approach. Using a wide range of conventional, natural, and traditional medicines, we train the future healthcare workforce of New Mexico and advocate for health system change. We aim to strengthen our work to support queer, trans, and gender nonconforming community members with dignified high-quality healthcare. Noteworthy | More than 75% of our patients are uninsured and do not have access to affordable high-quality healthcare. Even among those who are insured, such as many of our queer and transgender patients, there are significant struggles finding culturally humble clinicians and queer/trans competent healthcare systems.

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New Mexico Community AIDS Partnership/SRIC

Santa Fe | nmaidspartnership.org; sric.org

New Mexico State University Foundation Las Cruces | support.nmsu.edu

Mission | NMCAP works to build a world in which Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM,) People Living with HIV, and all people have access to supportive, high quality health care and behavioral health services and no group finds their access to care or quality of life reduced by stigma or discrimination. Viewing health through a wide lens, we work to develop supportive environments for SGM people in education, social services, and all areas of life.

Mission | The NMSU Foundation fosters philanthropy that serves and assists New Mexico State University in becoming a pre-eminent university. NMSU’s LGBT+ programs provide advocacy, resources, education, and programming that welcomes and encourages the expression and success of all NMSU/DACC communities and to individuals at our NMSU and DACC campuses. We help the campus and community develop policies, trainings, and strategies to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in our communities.

Proposal | We request support to increase health equity and quality of life for LGBTQ+ New Mexicans. We address systemic barriers to access and quality of care through support of inclusive public policy, training and consultation for medical and behavioral health providers and systems, and research on the experiences and needs of LGBTQ+ people when they access care. We organize events to disseminate important health information to LGBTQ+ people and learn about community members’ experiences and concerns.

Proposal | This survey of healthcare providers identifies gaps in service and provider training related to healthcare for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals in southern New Mexico. Research has shown that transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals face health disparities, barriers to treatment, and inequitable treatment, partly due to healthcare providers’ lack of education/expertise. Results will improve care for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals living in New Mexico.

Noteworthy | Based on data collected by the New Mexico Department of Health, we know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults in the state are more than five times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight, cisgender peers. Lesbian, gay, and bisexual high school students are three times more likely to be unstably housed than their straight peers and transgender high school students are more than ten times more likely to be unstably housed than cisgender peers (2019 YRRS & 2017/18 BRFSS).

Noteworthy | In the 2015 US Transgender Survey, 44% of New Mexican respondents reported “having at least one negative experience with a healthcare provider in the past year related to being transgender, such as verbal harassment, refusal of treatment, or having to teach the healthcare provider about transgender people to receive appropriate care” and 34% “did not see a doctor when they needed to because of fear of being mistreated as a transgender person.”

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New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

Office of Student Wellness, Santa Fe Public Schools

Mission | The New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is the local faith connection to a national community of religious organizations and faithful individuals dedicated to elevating religious voices wherever faith, policy, and our reproductive lives intersect. This work includes providing abortion funding through practical support, advocacy to protect abortion access, and education to change hearts and minds.

Mission | The Safe Zones Program at Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) is a district-wide program designed to create more welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environments by identifying and training staff to provide extra support for students, especially those who are dealing with bullying, harassment, discrimination, bias, inequity, and/or other issues. Safe Zones Partners are a network of trained, committed, and non-judgmental counselors, nurses, and volunteer teachers and staff at K–12 SFPS schools.

Albuquerque | nmrcrc.org

Proposal | While some religious doctrines explicitly oppose reproductive and LGBTQ rights, a growing number of people of faith and conscience, grounded in their understanding of the teachings of their faith, support reproductive and LGBTQ rights within their denominations and communities. Through outreach, education, and advocacy, we seek to create the space for New Mexicans to stand in their own moral values to support full access to healthcare and services, not in spite of their faith, but because of it. Noteworthy | 93% of people who identified as Catholic and 95% of people who identified as Christian agreed with this statement: "As a person of faith, do you believe all people in our communities should have access to the care and services they need regardless of the religious beliefs of others?"

Santa Fe | sfps.info

Proposal | The Santa Fe Safe Zones Program at Santa Fe Public Schools is a district-wide program that trains school staff to understand and respond to issues and needs of all students, especially those most marginalized (LGBTQ+, students of color, have a disability, are undocumented, etc). Trained staff post signs identifying them as a Safe Zone and are equipped to advocate and support students, thus increasing students’ mental health, academic performance, and school engagement. Noteworthy | Students whose identities are marginalized suffer disproportionately from negative health and psychosocial outcomes, including low self-esteem, self-harm, depression, suicide, substance use, and harsher punishments. LGB students in New Mexico schools face two times the rate of bullying; one in three LGB students in New Mexico have attempted suicide. 33% of undocumented students reported elevated levels of anxiety. Students with disabilities are suspended or expelled at higher rates (New Mexico); 60% are bullied at school (US).

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SAGE Albuquerque

Albuquerque | sageabq.org Mission | To provide support for older LGBT adults in the greater Albuquerque area through advocacy, social programs, education, support groups, and resource distribution. We counter isolation, fear, and loneliness by creating a caring community of LGBT elders who will look out for each other and share some laughs. Proposal | SAGE Albuquerque again requests funds to provide education and training programs to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, retirement living centers, home care agencies, and other elder care providers located from Los Lunas to Santa Fe. These programs will help create LGBT-friendly environments (and prevent discrimination) at senior-serving providers. The trainings allow us to develop partnerships with senior-serving providers so they can respond better to the service needs of LGBT elders.

Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico Albuquerque | tgrcnm.org

Mission | The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico provides support, community, and connection to transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and gender variant people and their families through advocacy, education, and direct services. Proposal | Investing in the work of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico creates safety and access for transgender people in our state and region. TGRCNM is one of the largest statewide transgender organizations in the country and effects real change by engaging in policy advocacy, education, and the provision of direct services. Noteworthy | The 2019 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey posed the question, "Do you consider yourself transgender, genderqueer or gender fluid?" to public high school students in New Mexico for the second time. 3.2% said yes. These students were in every county. While 8.3% of the cisgender students reported attempting suicide, just within the last 12 months, 32.5% of the transgender, gender fluid, or genderqueer students did. Heroin use among the trans students was at 20.6% vs 1% for cis students.

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N AT I VE A M E R I C A N A DVIS E D F UND

The Native American Advised Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation was established in 1993 with a gift from the late Allan Houser (Chiricahua Fort Sill Apache), a humanitarian and one of the world's great artists. Grants are made from the fund based on the recommendations of an advisory committee whose members reflect the diversity of our region’s 23 pueblos, tribes, and nations. The purpose of the Native American Advised Fund is to enhance Native lifeways now and for future generations in New Mexico by promoting a spirit of sharing and supporting community initiatives. The Fund supports efforts that emphasize the commitment to Native core values: community, language, culture, and environment. Since 1997, the Native American Advised Fund has granted over $400,000 to Native-led and serving tribes, schools, and organizations.

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Americans for Indian Opportunity Albuquerque | aio.org

Mission | Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) advances the rights of Indigenous peoples through Indigenous valuesbased leadership development, transformative community organizing, hosting collaborative action networks, and sharing Indigenous worldviews and positive contemporary Indigenous narratives. AIO is a national organization headquartered in Albuquerque where we are a part of the urban Native community and provide support to local community activities and initiatives. Proposal | Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) will work with the Albuquerque urban Native community to establish the Urban Indigenous Elders/Youth Council of Albuquerque to facilitate the creation of an urban Indigenous resource center. Noteworthy | Natives suffer the worst socio-economic indicators of any group. AIO addresses these statics in the following areas: leadership-lack of culturally grounded, prepared proactive leaders; community-lack of opportunity for deep dive discussion on complex challenges, identify collaborative strategies, address root causes; networksdifficulties in forging relationships & collective action; and awareness as the US education system does not adequately include the history and experience of Indigenous peoples.

Institute for American Indian Arts Foundation

virtual learning options. Almost 80% of IAIA’s undergraduates are Native and more than 75% of our students depend on scholarships and other forms of financial assistance to complete their degrees; we're requesting support to meet this need, which continues to grow every year. Noteworthy | To advance the work of the Foundation by building capacity which will serve students and IAIA, while building national awareness of the college. All grants from the Santa Fe Community Foundation will be matched by a member of the IAIA Foundation board.

Keres Children's Learning Center Cochiti Pueblo | kclcmontessori.org

Mission | Keres Children’s Learning Center (KCLC) strives to reclaim our children’s education and honor our heritage by using a comprehensive cultural and academic curriculum to assist families in nurturing Keres-speaking, holistically healthy, community minded, and academically strong students. Proposal | KCLC’s request for funding will help support and nurture children, ages 2.5–12, into healthy, responsible, Keres-speaking adults. Noteworthy | The purpose of KCLC is Keres language revitalization. The core of this effort lies in our children. KCLC uses the image of a corn plant to represent the elements of our work. The children are the kernels in which Keres is being sown, and which, when ripe, we hope will yield in abundance. Keres is used to teach children all academic subjects in our two classrooms (primary and elementary).

Santa Fe | iaia.edu

Mission | The Institute of American Indian Arts' mission is to empower creativity and leadership in Native arts and cultures through higher education, lifelong learning, and outreach. Proposal | The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) has hundreds of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students who attend classes onsite or through

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Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Santa Fe | indianartsandculture.org

Mission | To serve as a center of stewardship, knowledge, and understanding of the artistic, cultural, and intellectual achievements of the diverse peoples of the Native Southwest. Proposal | The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) is dedicated to telling the history of the diverse Indigenous people of the Southwest from their own perspectives. MIAC celebrates Native cultures in exhibits; offers culturallyrelevant onsite and virtual programs for Tribes, schools, and the public; and closely consults with communities on collections. In short, MIAC is foundationally committed to working with and for Native people in its exhibits, programming, and collections care. Noteworthy | Since its founding, MIAC has challenged the way museums document Native art and history. Instead of exhibits created by non-Native scholars focused on the past and discounting today’s cultures, MIAC integrates Native voices and knowledge into every exhibit, class, and public program. MIAC provides a forum for Native artists and scholars to share work often excluded by mainstream venues and plays a key role ensuring that schools adequately address the contributions and history of Native peoples.

New Mexico Foundation for Dental Health, Research & Education Albuquerque | nmdentalassociationfoundation.org

Mission | To increase oral health literacy and access to care for all New Mexicans. Proposal | The NMDAF is requesting funds to provide oral health education and oral hygiene supplies for children at the Gathering of Nations event on April 28–30, 2022. Noteworthy | Almost half of New Mexicans lack dental insurance. Even with dental insurance, many cannot afford care. Delayed oral health care leads to poor mouth health

and oral diseases, which can impact overall health in many ways including poor nutrition, diabetes, heart diseases and even Alzheimer’s disease. Poor oral health is also associated with reduced employment opportunities, poorer school performance, low self-esteem, and social isolation, which can significantly affect economic status.

New Mexico Kids Matter Inc. Albuquerque | nmkidsmatter.org

Mission | We advocate for abused and neglected children in the foster care system by working on behalf of their best interests and speaking up for them in the courts, schools, and our communities. We empower community volunteers to work as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) to ensure that foster children are safe, get the services and support they need to overcome the trauma they have experienced, and can achieve permanent homes so they can thrive as they grow. Proposal | We are requesting support for our advocacy project on behalf of Native American children in foster care in New Mexico. The goal of this work is to achieve better outcomes for children, families, and tribes when Native American children are in the foster care system. Noteworthy | Native American children have historically been separated from their parents, extended families, and communities by state child welfare agencies. Studies show that Native American children in foster care, disconnected from their family and culture, are at high risk for behavioral and mental health problems. To address these issues, we provide advocacy services focused specifically on the needs of Native American foster children and the requirements of the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

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Northwest Tribal Emergency Management Council Snohomish | nwtemc.org

Mission | To provide guidance and tools for member tribes to develop sustainable and all-hazard programs for Emergency Management, Public Health, and Homeland Security. Through an approach that emphasizes both inter and intrajurisdictional cooperation to maximize resources in mutual aid, training, exercises, planning, and equipping, the organization is able to share real time information and best practices. Proposal | The goal is to continue the mission of delivery of critically needed food and medical supplies to the Tribes throughout the United States. Due to COVID-19 and the remote and isolated nature of many of our Tribal communities, we have delivered more than 140 million pounds of food to 32 states to date, but need additional funds and resources. Noteworthy | COVID-19 Response and Relief for Indian Country.

Santa Fe Film Institute

Santa Fe | santafefilminstitute.org Mission | Santa Fe Film Institute is committed to the advancement of independent film, filmmaking, support of the local community, and underserved youth. The main project of the Santa Fe Film Institute (SFFI), the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (SFiFF) is the premiere forum for international and independent cinema in New Mexico. SFiFF serves as a creative center for film year-round, provides professional opportunities for artists, and presents the year's top films each October. Proposal | Santa Fe Film Institute presents SFiFF each October, including SFiFF’s Indigenous Film Program, which features acclaimed films created by Indigenous filmmakers or depicting Indigenous subjects or motifs. Encouraging cinematic creativity while also promoting awareness, appreciation, and sincere representations of Indigenous people in film, this program reflects issues affecting Native Americans and Indigenous peoples around the world.

Noteworthy | SFFI and SFiFF address a need for more accurate and meaningful representations of Indigenous peoples in film with SFiFF’s Indigenous Film Program (IFP), created by Gary Farmer. The IFP includes films by Indigenous filmmakers or depicting Indigenous subjects; in 2020, it had six features, eight shorts, and six films in the NM Film program. SFiFF develops accessibility for Native American students to attend the IFP and its visiting filmmakers. In 2021, we will host an Indigenous Women in Film Panel.

Santa Fe Indigenous Center

Santa Fe | santafeindigenouscenter.org Mission | The Santa Fe Indigenous Center is designed by and for Indigenous Peoples with the mission of supporting, promoting, and enriching our vital, diverse community by identifying and serving the needs and interests of our people. Proposal | SFIC requests general operating support to continue our operations of on-going support services available through our programs provided to the Indigenous community of Santa Fe County. Our resourceful position within the Indigenous community opens opportunities for us to learn about the needs of individuals and families that we serve. Access to this information will aid SFIC in providing and offering long-term solutions for positive, impactful change. Noteworthy | SFIC wants to address the existing hardships 60% of our constituents suffer from. Needs like food access, financial support for bills and necessities, technical support services, cultural awareness, and mental health wellbeing. Native Americans already have high rates in health disparities (diabetes and heart disease), unemployment, and homelessness. 60% of Native Americans living in Santa Fe County experience food insecurity, and homelessness and unemployment rates have increased in Santa Fe.

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School for Advanced Research Santa Fe | sarweb.org

Mission | SAR advances understanding of humanity through a unique alchemy of creative practice and scholarly research in Native American arts, anthropology, and related disciplines. SAR offers resident fellowships to Native American artists and, working collaboratively with descendant communities, stewards one of the nation’s finest collections of Southwest Native American art at the Indian Arts Research Center. SAR also hosts research seminars and provides public programs on topics of social concern. Proposal | SAR’s IARC public programs include topics on the history and evolution of Native American art and the issues facing contemporary Indigenous cultures. SAR Curates is a series of explorations of SAR grounds and Native American art holdings and history. SAR Artists Live includes visits to the studios of Native American artists to gain insight into their artistic process, what inspires them, how they apply traditional methods in their contemporary work, and how current events impact their work. Noteworthy | As it has for centuries, Southwest Native American art continues to evolve, with traditional techniques modified to reflect current social and environmental conditions. Few programs in northern New Mexico facilitate direct public engagement with the evolving Indigenous artist traditions. To strengthen support for Native American artists, there is an ongoing need for awareness of the power of the arts within their communities, and how the works of these artists contextualize present-day issues.

The HERD Project

Santa Fe | HERDProject.org Mission | To promote psychological wellness and selfdiscovery through learning experiences involving horses and other animals. We invite teens into experiences with horses through equine assisted learning, equine therapy, art making, and a heart focused practice of self-regulation. We

are strengthening the experience of co-regulation in the animal-human relationship. These activities decrease the impacts of trauma by lowering stress and increasing a sense of well-being. Proposal | The HERD Project is seeking funds to provide scholarships to local Native American teen girls (and nonbinary individuals) to access our equine assisted learning and therapy programs. We offer one-on-one sessions for those with more acute needs as well as group experiences. Noteworthy | The HERD Project is addressing teen trauma resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, including extended grief, anxiety, depression, and displacement from home. There is a significant increase in the numbers of teens and their families seeking mental health services with concerns of suicidal thoughts, substance abuse, and self-harm such as cutting. Suicide rates in New Mexico are consistently 50% higher than the US rate. It is the second leading cause of death in New Mexico for people ages 10–34 according to the NM DOH.

Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Zuni | zyep.org

Mission | To promote resilience among Zuni youth so they will grow into strong and healthy adults who are connected with Zuni traditions. Proposal | At the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project, we are champions for Zuni youth and provide them with positive role models, enriching programs, and nurturing spaces that promote their health by connecting them to their culture. Noteworthy | While Zunis have tremendous strengths that have sustained them for millennia, they are also coping with profound challenges that threaten these foundations, including systemic poverty, which affects one in two Zuni youth. Notably, ZYEP is the only non-school youth development program for Zuni's 2,900 tribal members under the age of 18. ZYEP serves 800 youth annually and seeks to grow to serve more of the of 2,100 youth not currently participating in ZYEP programs.

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SA N TA FE B A BY FU N D

The Santa Fe Baby Fund promotes the healthy development of babies and toddlers in Santa Fe County, prenatal through age four, and raises awareness of the critical importance of investing in early childhood for the benefit of our residents and our community. WE INVITED REQUESTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING FUNDING PRIORITIES:

• Increasing access to high quality, affordable infant and toddler care; • Supporting the early childhood workforce; • Improving access to reproductive health services for adolescents and young adults; and • Supporting young parents ages 24 and under, and their infants and toddlers; and • Supporting grandparents or other non-parent kin raising infants and toddlers.

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First Born of Northern New Mexico Las Vegas

Mission | First Born of Northern New Mexico (FBNNM) provides quality preventive home visiting services to expectant parents and families with infants, toddlers, and children up to five years old. The program's mission is to improve the overall health and mental wellness status of New Mexico families. Proposal | FBNNM will provide quality hybrid home visiting services to expectant parents and families with children up to five years old, in an effort to prevent and/or decrease adverse childhood experiences. The program's families will receive quality support in accessing early prenatal care, taking care of baby and new mom during postpartum period, while supporting the overall general development and infant mental health wellness for children up to five years old. Noteworthy | First Born of Northern New Mexico provides home visiting services to San Miguel, Mora, and Harding counties, which are identified as target priority communities of Early Childhood Investment Zones, and priority communities for Children Youth and Families Department. According to KIDS COUNT 2019 Data, San Miguel County's statistics include: Low Birth Weight was 10.3% with New Mexico at 9.1%, Substantiated Child Abuse Cases 15/33, and a total of 27.3% of three to four year olds enrolled in a Preschool setting.

Growing Up New Mexico: The Early Childhood Partnership Santa Fe | growingupnm.org

Mission | To engage the whole community, bringing together people and resources to create increased opportunities for young children and the adults in their lives to achieve their dreams and aspirations. Our vision is for all children to succeed in school and life. Proposal | Growing Up New Mexico seeks support in our local programmatic efforts and state-wide policy efforts to expand equitable access to high-quality home-based childcare care for low-income families with infants and toddlers. We are also working to increase economic stability for home-based providers by shifting the public perception of home-based providers from baby sitters to professional early childhood educators, thereby affording them the recognition and compensation they rightly deserve. Noteworthy | Approximately 50% of Santa Fe's infants and toddlers are cared for by home-based providers, and families who most frequently utilize home-based care fall into one or more of the following communities: non-white, immigrant, low income, and/or rural. Research has shown that homebased childcare can improve children's cognitive, language, social emotional, and physical growth; offer economic opportunities for providers; and give families a convenient and flexible option for childcare.

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Human Milk Repository of New Mexico Albuquerque | mothersmilkbanknm.org

Mission | Human Milk Repository of New Mexico, a local mother’s milk bank, collects, screens, processes, and distributes human donor milk (HDM, breastmilk) for medically fragile and at-risk infants, and seeks to increase equitable access and availability of HDM. HDM access ensures high quality, affordable infant care, reducing lifethreatening infections and long-term disease that can devastate families, especially young parents. HMRNM provides HDM for adoptive guardians to ensure infants have nutrition for gut formation. Proposal | Human Milk Repository of New Mexico requests funds for outreach to Santa Fe County birthing hospitals for use of HDM for at-risk infants, and to establish two HDM donation stations for mothers in Santa Fe County at hospitals, pediatric clinics, or other community sites for convenient and equitable access. Most at-risk infants are born to families of color and access to HDM is a health equity issue as introduction of formula to fragile infants can cause life-long health complications. Noteworthy | The HMRNM coordinates with birthing hospitals in the state to provide tens of thousands of ounces of human donor milk to critically ill, premature, and low birthweight infants. The annual rates in New Mexico per live births in 2019 were: NICU 16.1% (3,700), Preterm 10.1% (2,325), and Low Birth Weight 9.3% (2,200). There is currently no data available to HMRNM on Santa Fe County hospital use of HDM and part of our strategic plan is to determine usage, unmet need, and collaborate on solutions.

Many Mothers, Inc.

Santa Fe | manymothers.org Mission | To provide in-home services and wraparound care to achieve health equity and wellbeing for babies and their caregivers in northern New Mexico. Proposal | Many Mothers provides critical support to families in the first months of a baby's life in an effort to create healthier, equitable outcomes for all children and their

caregivers in northern New Mexico. By providing navigation services and volunteer-based, hands-on care, we support the improvement of each family’s Social Determinants of Health (SOD) related to housing, utilities, safety, food security, and transportation. Noteworthy | According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, "the major reasons for physical and psychological maltreatment of children within the family often are parental feelings of isolation, stress, and frustration." Within Santa Fe, those of Hispanic descent are 38% more likely to be in poverty, 24% more likely to be unemployed, and 25% less likely to graduate from high school (U.S. Census 2018).

New Mexico Association for the Education of Young Children Albuquerque | nmaeyc.org

Mission | To promote quality care and education for the well-being of all young children, birth to age eight, through professional development and advocacy. Proposal | NMAEYC is applying for this grant to support professional development workshops targeted at the needs of northern New Mexico communities as they work to transition out of COVID-19. The workshops will focus on Social Emotional Learning, Trauma-Informed Care, and STEM and Play training for early childhood educators and childcare providers that work with babies and toddlers in Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, and Santa Fe counties. Noteworthy | The 2021 State of Babies Yearbook for New Mexico highlights that while New Mexico often equals or exceeds that national average in most Positive Early Learning Experience categories, i.e. reading and development screenings received, it is doing so in spite of economic hardships. The Yearbook highlights the economic strain on families for appropriate childcare and developmental resources, with 41.1% of a single parent's income and 12.5% of a married couple's income going towards childcare.

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New Mexico CASA Association Albuquerque | newmexicocasa.org

Mission | To develop and support the local Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs that provide volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children in foster care throughout the state of New Mexico. As the statewide association for all local CASA programs in New Mexico, we provide a wide range of support and services that enhance and strengthen the quality and impact of the CASA services delivered to foster children in our state. Proposal | The New Mexico CASA Association asks for your help to provide enhanced services to grow the local CASA programs in our state so that one day every abused and neglected foster child in New Mexico will have access to the transformative service and support of a CASA volunteer. Our work ensures local CASA programs provide high-quality advocacy services for foster children and can successfully grow their programs to address the overwhelming need for additional CASAs in our state. Noteworthy | There are typically 2,000–2,500 children in foster care in New Mexico at any time. These children often suffer negative emotional, developmental, and social effects from their abuse that can lead to disease, disability, social problems, and even death if not recognized and addressed. This is where CASA programs come in. CASAs work to improve the safety, health, and well-being of foster children by ensuring their needs and best interests remain a priority in an overburdened child welfare system.

Presbyterian Medical Services Santa Fe | pmsnm.org

Mission | Presbyterian Medical Services designs and delivers quality, accessible, integrated health, education, and human services in response to identified community needs of the multicultural people of the southwest. Proposal | PMS strives to reduce teen pregnancy rates in Santa Fe County by providing confidential, no cost reproductive health services to female and male students, ages 12–19. Additionally, PMS addresses health inequities by providing easily accessible services that are unbiased against

race/ethnicity, income, and sexual orientation, as well as being culturally and linguistically accommodating. Noteworthy | New Mexico’s teen birth rate is the 8th highest in the country and 15% of all teen births were to teens who already had a child. Teen mothers are more likely to experience negative social outcomes, including lower rates of school completion and reduced earnings. Their children are more likely to achieve less in school, experience abuse or neglect, have more health problems, be incarcerated at some time during adolescence, and give birth as a teenager. PMS strives to reduce teen pregnancy rates.

Santa Fe Recovery Center Santa Fe | sfrecovery.org

Mission | Santa Fe Recovery Center works with individuals to sustain lasting recovery from substance use disorders and related mental health disorders by providing culturally relevant evidence-based treatment and education in partnership with other community organizations. SFRC's Women & Children’s Program is one of the only substance use disorder recovery-oriented continuum of care programs in New Mexico available to women, including those who are pregnant and postpartum, and their children five and under. Proposal | SFRC is requesting funding to invest in Circle of Security training for 10 child care staff and clinical staff who work with parents and children. Providing this training to child care and clinical staff directly supports parents 24 and under, including their infants and toddlers; increases access to high quality, affordable infant and toddler care; and supports the early childhood workforce. This evidencebased training will help staff support parents in developing a healthy attachment with their infants. Noteworthy | National comparisons as of 2016 showed that New Mexico ranks 48th in children in poverty (under age 18), 30th nationally in infant (age 0 to 365 days) mortality, 39th in drug overdose deaths, 47th in suicide death, 48th in unintentional injury death, and 50th in alcohol-induced death. All of these statistics are linked to the multigenerational cycles of substance use disorders in New Mexico as underlying issues of trauma and mental illness, without treatment and sustained recovery, perpetuate. 98

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WE INVITED REQUESTS THAT WORK TO IMPROVE:

• Local food self-sufficiency • Land, air, and water health • Energy from renewable sources Through direct service, policy advocacy and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address: • Training and development of diverse food and

farming enterprises and distribution infrastructure for sustainable food economy that represent a rich and diverse farming tradition

• Fostering connection and collaboration among multi-

sector stakeholders for environmental advocacy and community development that support equitable access and stewardship of land, air, water and ecosystem for future generations

• Promotion of renewable energy sources through coordinated efforts to increase consumption, production, workforce training, enterprise development and investment

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Acequia and Aquifer Water Watchers La Madera | aawaterwatchers.org

Mission | To ensure that a clean safe water supply is fairly and legally distributed and that the traditions of the acequia culture are honored and respected. Water is essential for sustainable rural communities in a time of climate change and COVID-19. Agua es vida! Proposal | AAWW seeks funding to protect our precious water, educate local citizens, develop collaborations with local/state/national agencies and nonprofits, and build a community of environmental and social justice advocates. Our Student Journalist Workshops will provide media arts job training, amplify individual voices, honor the acequia culture, and create community. Noteworthy | Northern New Mexico is in a mega-drought exacerbated by climate change — the last two decades are the driest since the 16th century. More than 77% of New Mexico is in severe drought, limiting pasture yields and stunting irrigated crops, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center. In Rio Arriba County, 26% of the population and 33% of children live below the poverty line. Mesa Vista Schools reports 98.8 students receive free lunches.

Audubon Southwest & the Randall Davey Audubon Center Santa Fe | nm.audubon.org

Mission | The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-theground conservation. For over a century, Audubon has built a legacy of success by mobilizing its network of members, nature centers, and dedicated professional staff to connect people with nature and the power to protect it. Audubon Southwest is a regional field office, serving Santa Fe and other communities across New Mexico and Arizona. Proposal | Treehouses, fort building, water and sand play, and outdoor exploration are the focus of the brand new Nature Discovery Area at the Randall Davey Audubon Center. Audubon seeks funding to support early childhood programming promoting access to nature, families connecting in the outdoors, and learning to conserve and protect our local resources. These hands-on programs prioritize exploration, science inquiry, and equitable access for the community through partnerships and outreach. Noteworthy | On average, today’s kids spend up to 44 hours per week in front of a screen and less than 10 minutes a day playing outside. And, for too many, access to nature is determined by race, income, ability, and postal code. The Nature Discovery Area will introduce families from across Santa Fe to outdoor play and learning, while developing personal connections to the land and wildlife. We hope these experiences grow into lifelong relationships with nature and the next generation of conservation leaders.

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Change Food

Santa Fe | changefood.org Mission | Change Food® works toward a healthier food system for people, animals, and the planet. We’re a social impact nonprofit highlighting practical solutions to pressing problems in food and farming. Lasting change happens from the ground up, from individuals and communities, so we provide resources and opportunities to help amplify the work of those not getting enough attention. We do this through community building and collaboration as well as experiential events and social marketing campaigns. Proposal | Change Food seeks funds for a statewide bus tour to help build community through food and farming events. The goal is to raise awareness about sustainability and regenerative agriculture here in New Mexico as well as seek out and promote practical solutions to challenges related to food, e.g. climate change, destruction of soil, food insecurity, and public health. Our work will entice people around the US and world to buy New Mexico products and visit the state. Noteworthy | The U.N. states we have 45 harvests left before soil is dead. Climate change is getting worse. 42 million people will be food insecure in 2021, including one in seven New Mexicans. Diabetes, cancer, heart disease and suicide are in the top 10 causes of death in the US. Food connects all of these. Practical solutions to these problems exist, but they do not get enough attention or support. Change Food works to build community and find or create solutions through experiences, events, and special projects.

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Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund Santa Fe | cvnmef.org

Mission | To engage the people of New Mexico in our long-standing shared values of protecting our air, land, water, and the health of our communities. We do this by mobilizing people to advocate on policy, enhancing the voting process, encouraging people to vote, cultivating conservation leaders, and amplifying the voices of those most affected by environmental pollution and degradation. Proposal | To mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss, CVNMEF is spearheading action to protect 30% of lands and waters by 2030. The Governor’s new 30x30 Executive Order, developed with CVNMEF input, opens the door for bold policy to protect lands, watersheds, wildlife, and natural heritage. We will continue to lead a coalition of partners representing tribes, traditional land users, sportspeople, outdoor recreationists, and private landowners to build landscape-level conservation to meet 30x30 goals. Noteworthy | CVNMEF is addressing the climate crisis locally by working with diverse partners across New Mexico to protect and conserve land and water resources while centering equity and environmental justice. Scientists have determined that protecting 30% of lands and waters by 2030 is critical to mitigating the climate crisis and halting mass extinction of species. Currently, only 6% of New Mexico’s public lands and waters are protected, meaning we have a lot of work to do, and we need to act now.

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Continental Divide Trail Coalition Golden | continentaldividetrail.org

Mission | To complete, promote, and protect the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDT) by building a diverse trail community, providing up-to-date information to the public, and encouraging the stewardship of the trail, its corridor and surrounding landscapes. Proposal | Funding will support collaborative work with the four designated New Mexico CDT Gateway Communities to organize business education training workshops and to translate useful CDTC resources into Spanish. The training workshops will showcase innovative ways to attract CDT visitors and to leverage close proximity to the CDT to stimulate local economies. We will translate our NPS-style brochure, which provides interpretive information for trail visitors, and our Business Toolkit for small businesses. Noteworthy | A 2019 CDTC survey of over 45 small businesses in New Mexico showed that 86% believe protecting, promoting, and enhancing the CDT is important to businesses, jobs, and their communities’ wellbeing. However, only a handful of businesses are actively engaged in CDTC’s work and have accessed valuable CDT-related resources and marketing information. Similarly, over 25% of New Mexico's population are native Spanish speakers, and creating equitable access is a primary goal of our organization.

Green Amendments For The Generations Bristol | forthegenerations.org

Mission | Inspiring a movement to secure a constitutional right to pure water, clean air, and a stable climate and healthy environments, for all people, including future generations, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or socio-economic status. Proposal | Green Amendments For The Generations is requesting support to continue our work to inspire and secure recognition and protection of environmental rights in New Mexico and to help address and break down barriers that hinder vulnerable communities from engaging in environmental advocacy. Through this work we are confidently preparing the people of New Mexico to face the 2022 legislative session in their efforts to secure their right to vote on a New Mexico Green Amendment.

Noteworthy | New Mexico’s oil and gas industry emits 570,000 tons of methane, a known carcinogen, per year. The overdrafting of New Mexico’s limited water supply contributes to the most extreme water scarcity in the nation. A Green Amendment would mandate that New Mexico government officials protect the rights of all residents, including present and future generations, to healthy environments we need, honor, and depend upon. The self-executing amendment will allow legal redress when this right is violated.

Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance, Inc. Sapello | hermitspeakwatersheds.org

Mission | The Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance (HPWA) works to protect and restore the ecological and cultural heritage of watersheds in the Hermit's Peak region through restoration, environmental education, and community action. We envision a community that works together to care for the land and water that sustains us. Proposal | Hermit’s Peak Watershed Alliance restores and maintains land and water health in a predominantly Hispanic rural region in northeastern New Mexico. We serve our neighbors — farmers, ranchers, small communities, and urban Las Vegas. They depend on us to lead the work to ensure water resiliency in the face of climate change uncertainties. While leading, we also face our own challenges. We are entering a new phase in our nonprofit’s lifecycle and are asking donors to invest in our capacity to serve. Noteworthy | The communities we serve rely on surface water for sustenance and economic prosperity. Our watersheds are ranked as experiencing severe hydrologic drought with data showing seven-day streamflow as well below historic averages, to date this current year. Historically, this is an increasing trend and a consequence of climate change. It reflects current water scarcity, and suggests an increasing scarcity trend for the future (waterwatch.usgs.gov).

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Hummingbird TLC (Hummingbird Transformational Living Center) Cleveland | hummingbirdtlc.org

Mission | Caring for land. Sacred land is at the heart of our space. With flowing river, forests, and agricultural spaces, it contains amazing abundance, diversity, and the challenges of the high desert. Regenerative living. Listening to the voice of nature, treading lightly on the land, and honoring sacredness of all life are our core cultural values. We use green building and off-grid solar energy. Transformational culture. We join in shared vision, aligned values, and right action to support a healthy thriving new Earth. Proposal | Valian Roske and a team of dedicated volunteer agrarians are initiating long-range program to rebuild soil in the four-acre Meadowlark garden of Hummingbird TLC’s nearly 500 acre, ultimate purpose, organic, permaculture, no-till farming, and small-scale ranching. Valian recently returned to Hummingbird and become a Steward of the land. Having grown up at Hummingbird with roots in Mora County and as the son of two of the founders and owners of the land, he is lifelong farmer, rancher, and agrarian, and is permaculture certified. Noteworthy | Across the US, soils are depleted of nutrients due to plowing topsoil each year, mono-cropping, failure to rotate crops, practices of industrialized farming, pesticides, and herbicides. Mora County is one of the poorest counties in the country and has experienced generations of overgrazing cattle, sheep, and goats, in addition to poor water and soil stewardship. There are prime habitats and growing areas in need of regeneration due to poor soil and water management. Ecofriendly farming and forest management help sequester carbon and prevent global warming.

The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico Santa Fe | nature.org/newmexico

Mission | To conserve the lands and waters upon which all life depends. Proposal | Help us build an ADA-compliant pathway at the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve from the parking lot to the preserve ponds for mobility-impaired visitors — including children in school groups. Our aim is to enhance 103

the preserve, enabling accessibility and usability for all communities to enjoy this beautiful, urban green space. Noteworthy | Research shows that spending 30 minutes a day outdoors plays a significant role in human health and wellbeing. And, TNC is committed to making our preserves more accessible and usable for the whole community, not just those who’ve traditionally had access to nature and natural spaces. In Santa Fe, there is only one wheelchair accessible pathway — the Acequia Trail — and this is by no means in a natural setting. It is an urban, cement path located along St. Francis Drive.

New Mexico Environmental Law Center Santa Fe | nmelc.org

Mission | We work alongside our clients and communities in protecting New Mexico’s air, land, and water in the fight for environmental justice and human rights. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and low-income communities live with disproportionate impacts of environmental degradation caused by extractive/polluting industries. We represent and collaborate with frontline communities that experience the “first and worst” impacts of pollution and climate change by holding industries and governmental agencies accountable. Proposal | We request funds to support our environmental justice casework, including: 1) protesting industrial development by Assoc. Asphalt & Materials in partnership with Earth Care NM and community members in Santa Fe’s majority low-income southside; 2) working with northern New Mexico acequia associations to challenge water diversion away from the Pecos and Anton Chico communities; and 3) helping Upper Pecos Watershed Association ensure that exploratory mining will not pollute communities near the Santa Fe National Forest. Noteworthy | Low-income and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities in northern New Mexico live with disproportionate impacts of pollution and environmental degradation caused by extractive and polluting industries. Race has the strongest relationship with the amount of time people have to live with drinking water violations (National Resource Defense Council, 2020); and 70% of Superfund sites are within a mile of federally assisted housing (Shriver Center on Poverty Law, 2020).

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New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors Albuquerque | nmvfo.org

Mission | New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors (NMVFO) is an inclusive all-volunteer, action-oriented, non-political nonprofit organization that promotes involvement and education of the public in the maintenance, improvement, and stewardship of New Mexico's public lands. NMVFO specializes in constructing and improving trails and other outdoor facilities to increase outdoor recreation opportunities in New Mexico for all, as well as enhancing wildlife habitat and protecting the environment. Proposal | NMVFO promotes public lands stewardship by direct action. Our volunteers improve access to public lands in northern New Mexico and across the state. This improved access promotes rural community economic development by increasing recreational opportunities. To sustain our allvolunteer organization, we request operating and capacity building funds for direct project expenses, tool purchases, equipment maintenance, personal protective gear, cooking supplies, insurance, and volunteer appreciation. Noteworthy | Due to land agency budget limitations, the majority of our work is not reimbursed. Since 2017, we have volunteered over 14,000 direct labor hours. The estimated savings to land agencies is $322K. Our board and project leaders volunteer an additional 2,400 hours ($55K) per year for planning, administration, and other activities to sustain the organization. Our volunteer efforts allow us to be very cost-effective. Since 2017, we have completed 103 stewardship projects, 37 in northern New Mexico.

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Albuquerque | nmwild.org

Mission | New Mexico Wilderness Alliance (New Mexico Wild) is a statewide membership 501(c)(3) organization exclusively dedicated to the protection, restoration, and continued enjoyment of New Mexico's wildlands and wilderness areas. Proposal | New Mexico Wild requests funding that will support activities such as protection of critical wildlife habitat and cultural resources on public lands; supporting

the creation of new wilderness areas and other designations; and securing permanent protections of rivers and special cultural areas. We have on-the-ground staff throughout the state to serve as goodwill ambassadors, engaging the public on volunteer service projects to improve trails and signage, clean up trash, and more. Noteworthy | There is heavy visitation impact on our public lands statewide, particularly litter, including along the Pecos River north of the Village of Pecos. This area receives extensive recreational use by hikers, campers, fishers, hunters, horseback riders, and others. Santa Fe National Forest staff have been challenged to adequately manage trash, litter, and other resource management issues stemming from the elevated levels of recreational use exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nuclear Watch New Mexico Santa Fe | nukewatch.org

Mission | Through comprehensive research, public education, and effective citizen action, Nuclear Watch New Mexico seeks to promote safety and environmental protection at regional nuclear facilities; mission diversification away from nuclear weapons programs; greater accountability and cleanup in the nation-wide nuclear weapons complex; and consistent US leadership toward a world free of nuclear weapons. Proposal | We seek funds to educate the public, media, civic leaders, and lawmakers about the true impacts to the environment from Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear weapons operations and help to ensure genuine cleanup. Work to speed up cleanup at the Lab, including the remediation of a large chromium plume that threatens the regional aquifer. Force a reexamination of decisions to leave radioactive and toxic waste in place in unlined pits. Noteworthy | The current budget request for cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory is only 8% ($192 million) of the total budget request. At this rate it will take many decades more to clean up the wastes that have been buried for decades above our groundwater aquifer, which supplies 270,000 people, three miles uphill from the Rio Grande.

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Railyard Park Conservancy Santa Fe | railyardpark.org

Mission | The Railyard Park Conservancy (RPC) supports the original vision for Santa Fe’s Railyard Park and Plaza — created through thousands of hours of community input — to be an environmentally sustainable public space in the heart of Santa Fe. The RPC’s mission is to provide community stewardship for the horticultural care, educational programming, and public art in the Railyard Park and Plaza. Proposal | In order to exemplify water conservation in public spaces, the Railyard Park Conservancy requests funding to support Graze Days. Graze Days utilizes prescribed grazing with sheep and goats to bring over two acres of the Santa Fe Railyard Park back to a native grassland state. This project eliminates the need for regular irrigation and mechanical mowing. Noteworthy | In the face of long-term drought and climate change, there is a critical need to conserve water throughout New Mexico. This need extends to public spaces, including parks that rely on heavy irrigation to support turfgrass. Locally, communities must shift to public landscapes which retain water and require little irrigation.

Sangre de Cristo Initiative Ranchos de Taos

Mission | Imagine a future in which the forest and watershed health of northern New Mexico's uplands are restored. Wildfire threats are mitigated, saving millions of dollars in forest thinning and fire-fighting costs and protecting landscapes, lives, and property from wildfirerelated destruction. Disadvantaged rural communities have sustainable, well-paying jobs, all through the use of carbonneutral or negative biomass energy technologies. These are the goals of the Sangre de Cristo Initiative. Proposal | We integrate climate change mitigation and social justice through developing carbon neutral or negative ways of restoring large landscapes while providing wellpaying local jobs that sustain rural livelihoods and lifeways. We are seeking support for community outreach and engagement in a community-based, consensus-based 105

approach in which resources are fed back into the communities we serve through an economically self-sustaining, regenerative process. Noteworthy | Research indicates large wildfires are probable and even one large fire can do over a billion dollars of damage. Our conservation and climate change mitigation efforts have considerable tangible benefits. Analysis from the US Forest Service suggests our fire mitigation efforts are worth at least a million dollars a year by reducing fire mitigation costs. While we anticipate at least 30 new wellpaying sustainable jobs representing over million dollars a year contribution to rural economies.

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

Santa Fe | santafebotanicalgarden.org Mission | The Santa Fe Botanical Garden (SFBG) celebrates, cultivates, and conserves the rich botanical heritage and biodiversity of our region. In partnership with nature, we demonstrate our commitment through education, community service, presentation of the arts, and the sustainable management of our nature preserve and public garden. Proposal | SFBG seeks to install a ground-mounted solar array to provide 100% of energy needs, reflecting the Garden’s mission to implement and model sustainable environmental practices in energy, land and water use, and climate impacts. Solar conversion has become a strategic sustainability priority and educational opportunity for the SFBG. In line with the strategic plan, this example of renewable energy would also be a focus of conservation education. Noteworthy | In light of the State's legislation creating benchmarks for converting to carbon-free energy by 2045, SFBG seeks to install a solar array coupled with educational infographics that will provide another level of community science education for its over 60,000 annual visitors. With interpretive displays and presentations, the community can learn about equitable access and renewable energy options as outlined in the Community Solar Act of 2021.

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Santa Fe Conservation Trust

Santa Fe Watershed Association

Mission | Santa Fe Conservation Trust partners with our community to keep northern New Mexico's living lands and people flourishing together. We protect culturally and environmentally significant landscapes, ignite people's passion for nature and enable the continual regeneration of our healthy place.

Mission | To protect and restore the health and vibrancy of the Santa Fe River and its watershed for the benefit of people and the environment. We achieve this through education, restoration, stewardship, and advocacy. From the River’s headwaters to the Rio Grande, we honor the connection of people and the watershed.

Proposal | SFCT is seeking general operating funds for our three major program areas. Our strategic conservation plan focuses on protecting large conservation corridors to strengthen resilience to climate change, protect our region’s biodiversity, and expand access to outdoor recreation. SFCT helped build 75 miles of trails around Santa Fe and uses volunteers to maintain the City's trails. Our community programs offer equitable access to nature for people of all ages and backgrounds from across the region.

Proposal | We seek funding to continue developing the Adopt-an-Arroyo program to assess the problems, plan to correct them, and implement measures to reduce erosion and increase aquifer storage recharge in our arroyos. Our aquifers are the “savings account” for our future community and watershed needs

Santa Fe | sfct.org

Noteworthy | Scientists say that at least 50% of the planet's land and water must be protected to halt the collapse of the natural world and prevent the extinction of over one million species. The 30 x 30 campaign is a stepping stone to protect 30% of our land and water by 2030. Yet only 12% of the US land is currently protected via National Forests, BLM land, etc. If we are to reach the 30 x 30 goal, land trusts will play an important role working with private landowners to protect land and ecosystems.

Santa Fe | santafewatershed.org

Noteworthy | The 2015 Santa Fe Basin Study written by the Bureau of Reclamation projected a water shortfall by the year 2055 of between 2K and 9K acre feet of water for Santa Fe. The study recommended acquiring water rights, conservation, and Aquifer Storage Recharge as avenues to escape this projection.

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Water-Culture Institute

Western Environmental Law Center

Mission | To clarify our moral responsibility to water and develop practical tools for applying ethics in water planning and policy-making.

Mission | The Western Environmental Law Center uses the power of the law to safeguard the public lands, wildlife, and communities of the American West in the face of a changing climate.

Santa Fe | waterculture.org

Proposal | The Water Ethics Reporting Project will use data on stakeholders' water values being collected by ongoing water planning initiatives in New Mexico, and reorganize the data to address the question: how should we be using our water resources? By using an ethics framework, we can imagine new ways of putting local water resources to work for the benefit of New Mexico's people, wildlife, and landscape. The deliverables will be concise online "shadow reports" issued for each major New Mexico water plan. Noteworthy | Four is the number of long-range water management plans now underway in the Santa Fe region. These include a Santa Fe watershed management plan, a City/County water supply plan, a State 50-Year water plan, and a federal (USBR) water demand study of the Rio Grande Basin. All four plans describe stakeholders' water values without prioritizing across values. Our Water Ethics Reporting project will sort each plan's values according to sustainability and equity criteria to reveal priorities for action.

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Taos | westernlaw.org

Proposal | WELC is representing numerous nonprofit and governmental entities in an effort to designate segments of rivers and headwaters as Outstanding National Resource Waters. This effort is designed to safeguard critically important water resources in New Mexico for the benefits of communities, wildlife, and ecosystems. Noteworthy | We are engaged in advocacy to protect the Pecos River, which flows for 926 miles before reaching the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas. The river's drainage basin encompasses about 44,300 square miles.

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Acequia and Aquifer Water Watchers

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Adaptive Sports Program New Mexico

Health & Wellbeing

All Aboard Earth

Cultural Vibrancy

Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity

Economic Security & Opportunities

Alzheimer's Association, NM Chapter

Health & Wellbeing

American Red Cross of New Mexico

Health & Wellbeing

Americans for Indian Opportunity

Native American Advised Fund

AMP Concerts

Cultural Vibrancy

Amy Biehl Community School

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Animal Protection of New Mexico, Inc.

Animal Welfare

Armand Hammer United World College of the American West

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Assistance Dogs of the West

Economic Security & Opportunities

Atalaya Search and Rescue

Health & Wellbeing

Athena Fund

Animal Welfare

Audubon Southwest & the Randall Davey Audubon Center

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Axle Projects

Cultural Vibrancy

Bienvenidos Outreach, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region

Health & Wellbeing

Breakthrough Santa Fe

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Bridges Project for Education

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Cancer Foundation for New Mexico

Health & Wellbeing

Cancer Support Services/Holy Cross Medical Center

Health & Wellbeing

Caregiver Wellness Retreat

Health & Wellbeing

CASA First

Health & Wellbeing

Casa Milagro

Health & Wellbeing

Casa Q, Inc.

Envision Fund

Catholic Charities

Health & Wellbeing

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Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, Inc.

Cultural Vibrancy

Chainbreaker Collective

Economic Security & Opportunities

Chama Arts Coalition

Cultural Vibrancy

Change Food

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Changing Woman Initiative

Health & Wellbeing

Children's Grief Center of New Mexico

Health & Wellbeing

Clark Hulings Fund LLC

Economic Security & Opportunities

Closet Cinema / Way OUT West Film Fest

Envision Fund

Collaborative Visions

Economic Security & Opportunities

College and Career Plaza

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Collins Lake Autism Center

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Comedor de San Pascual, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

Coming Home Connection

Health & Wellbeing

Common Bond New Mexico Foundation

Envision Fund

Communities In Schools of New Mexico

Health & Wellbeing

Community Against Violence

Health & Wellbeing

Community Leadership Fund

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Community Learning Network

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Community Resiliency Fund

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Compassionate Touch Network dba Breaking the Silence New Mexico

Health & Wellbeing

Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Continental Divide Trail Coalition

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Cooking With Kids

Health & Wellbeing

Cornerstones Community Partnerships

Cultural Vibrancy

Dancing Earth Creations

Cultural Vibrancy

Dollars4Schools

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

DreamTree Project, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

IN DEX

Earthseed Black Arts Alliance

Cultural Vibrancy

El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, Inc.

Cultural Vibrancy

Eleanor Daggett Memorial Library

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Envision Fund

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Equality New Mexico Foundation

Envision Fund

Española Pathways Shelter

Health & Wellbeing

Española Valley Humane Society

Animal Welfare

Esperanza Shelter

Health & Wellbeing

Expanding Opportunity for Young Families

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque

Educational Success & Career Pathways

The Family YMCA & The Española YMCA Teen Center

Health & Wellbeing

Fathers New Mexico

Health & Wellbeing

Felines & Friends New Mexico

Animal Welfare

First Born of Northern New Mexico

Santa Fe Baby Fund

First Serve - NM, Inc.

Educational Success & Career Pathways

The Food depot

Health & Wellbeing

The Friendship Club

Health & Wellbeing

Fund for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Generational Empowerment

Health & Wellbeing

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Cultural Vibrancy

Gerard's House

Health & Wellbeing

Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe, Inc.

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Green Amendments For The Generations

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Growing Up New Mexico: The Early Childhood Partnership

Santa Fe Baby Fund

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HEART of Taos

Economic Security & Opportunities

The HERD Project

Native American Advised Fund

Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance, Inc.

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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The Homeschool Classroom

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Homewise, Inc.

Economic Security & Opportunities

The Horse Shelter

Animal Welfare

Human Milk Repository of New Mexico

Santa Fe Baby Fund

Hummingbird TLC

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Ignited Minds

Educational Success & Career Pathways

IMPACT Personal Safety dba Resolve

Health & Wellbeing

IndigenousWays

Cultural Vibrancy

Innovate+Educate NM

Economic Security & Opportunities

Institute for American Indian Arts Foundation

Native American Advised Fund

Institute for Computing in Research

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Interfaith Community Shelter Group, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology

Economic Security & Opportunities

Envision Fund

Keres Children's Learning Center

Native American Advised Fund

Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary

Animal Welfare

Kitchen Angels

Health & Wellbeing

La Familia Medical Center

Health & Wellbeing

Las Cumbres Community Services, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

Lensic Performing Arts Center Corporation

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Justice Access Support and Solutions for Health K

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Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Littleglobe, Inc.

Cultural Vibrancy

Los Alamos Family Council

Health & Wellbeing

MANA del Norte a Chapter of MANA National

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Many Mothers, Inc.

Santa Fe Baby Fund

MathAmigos

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Max and Tucker Canine Welfare Fund

Animal Welfare

The May Center for Learning

Health & Wellbeing

McCurdy Schools of Northern New Mexico dba McCurdy Ministries

Health & Wellbeing

The Memory Care Alliance

Health & Wellbeing

Mesa to Mesa

Health & Wellbeing

MoGro

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Mora Valley Community Health Services, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

The Mountain Center, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

Mountain Home Health Care, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Native American Advised Fund

My Little Horse Listener, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

NAMI Santa Fe

Health & Wellbeing

Nat Gold Players

Cultural Vibrancy

National Dance Institute of New Mexico

Health & Wellbeing

National Latino Behavioral Health Association

Health & Wellbeing

The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Native American Advised Fund

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils

Health & Wellbeing

New Mexico Appleseed

Educational Success & Career Pathways

New Mexico Association for the Education of Young Children

Santa Fe Baby Fund

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New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force

Health & Wellbeing

New Mexico CASA Association

Santa Fe Baby Fund

New Mexico Center for Therapeutic Riding

Educational Success & Career Pathways

New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty

Health & Wellbeing

New Mexico Community AIDS Partnership/SRIC

Envision Fund

New Mexico Environmental Law Center

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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New Mexico Foundation for Dental Health, Research & Education

Native American Advised Fund

New Mexico Foundation for Dental Health, Research and Education dba New Mexico Dental Association Foundation

Health & Wellbeing

New Mexico Foundation for Open Government

Economic Security & Opportunities

New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus

Cultural Vibrancy

New Mexico Health Equity Partnership

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Awards

Educational Success & Career Pathways

New Mexico Highlands University Foundation

Educational Success & Career Pathways

New Mexico Immigrant Law Center

Health & Wellbeing

New Mexico Kids Matter Inc.

Native American Advised Fund

New Mexico Legal Aid

Health & Wellbeing

New Mexico Local News Fund

Economic Security & Opportunities

New Mexico Museum of Art

Cultural Vibrancy

New Mexico Performing Arts Society

Cultural Vibrancy

New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

Envision Fund

New Mexico School for the Arts - Art Institute

Educational Success & Career Pathways

New Mexico State University Foundation

Envision Fund

New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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New Mexico Wildlife Center

Animal Welfare

NM Association of Concert Bands Consortium

Cultural Vibrancy

Nonprofit Merger Fund

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Northern New Mexico College

Economic Security & Opportunities

IN DEX

Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Northern New Mexico Street Homeless Animal Project Inc.

Animal Welfare

Northwest Tribal Emergency Management Council

Native American Advised Fund

Nuclear Watch New Mexico

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Office of Student Wellness, Santa Fe Public Schools

Envision Fund

Ojo Sarco Community Center

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Opportunity Santa Fe: Birth to Career

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Pecos People for Animal Welfare Society

Animal Welfare

Pegasus Legal Services for Children

Educational Success & Career Pathways

The Philanthropy Hub

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains

Health & Wellbeing

Poetry Pollinators

Cultural Vibrancy

Pomegranate Studios

Cultural Vibrancy

Presbyterian Ear Institute

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Presbyterian Medical Services

Santa Fe Baby Fund

Prosperity Works

Economic Security & Opportunities

Punching Out Parkinson's Santa Fe

Health & Wellbeing

Railyard Park Conservancy

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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The Reading Group

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Reading Quest

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Reel Fathers, Ltd.

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Renesan, Institute for Lifelong Learning

Cultural Vibrancy

RGC Access

Cultural Vibrancy

Rio Arriba Adult Literacy Program

Educational Success & Career Pathways

River Source Inc.

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Rocky Mountain Youth Corps

Economic Security & Opportunities

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SAGE Albuquerque

Envision Fund

The Samaritan House, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

Sangre de Cristo Chorale

Cultural Vibrancy

Sangre de Cristo Initiative

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Santa Fe Alliance for Science

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society

Animal Welfare

Santa Fe Art Institute

Cultural Vibrancy

Santa Fe Artist Medical Fund

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Santa Fe Baby Fund

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Santa Fe Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

Santa Fe Business Incubator

Economic Security & Opportunities

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Cultural Vibrancy

Santa Fe Children's Museum

Health & Wellbeing

Santa Fe Classic Theater, Inc.

Cultural Vibrancy

Santa Fe Community Educators Network

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Santa Fe Concert Association dba Performance Santa Fe

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Santa Fe Conservation Trust

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Santa Fe Council on International Relations

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Santa Fe Desert Chorale

Cultural Vibrancy

Santa Fe Dreamers Project

Health & Wellbeing

Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute

Health & Wellbeing

Santa Fe Film Institute

Native American Advised Fund

Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity

Economic Security & Opportunities

Santa Fe Indigenous Center

Native American Advised Fund

Santa Fe Performing Arts Collaboration dba Santa Fe Improv

Cultural Vibrancy

Santa Fe Playhouse

Cultural Vibrancy

Santa Fe Pro Musica

Cultural Vibrancy

IN DEX

Santa Fe Public Schools - Truancy Task Force

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Santa Fe Public Schools ADELANTE Program

Health & Wellbeing

Santa Fe Public School District Mentoring & Tutoring Collaborative

Educational Success & Career Pathways

The Santa Fe Raptor Center

Animal Welfare

Santa Fe Recovery Center

Santa Fe Baby Fund

Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences

Educational Success & Career Pathways

The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Cultural Vibrancy

Santa Fe Watershed Association

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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School for Advanced Research

Native American Advised Fund

Scott's House, Inc.

Health & Wellbeing

Self Help, Inc

Health & Wellbeing

Sierra Club Foundation

Educational Success & Career Pathways

The Sky Center/New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project

Health & Wellbeing

Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary

Animal Welfare

Solace Crisis Treatment Center

Health & Wellbeing

Southwest Women's Law Center

Economic Security & Opportunities

Southwestern College

Health & Wellbeing

Special and Urgent Needs (SUN) Grants

Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Programs & Funds

St. Elizabeth Shelter

Health & Wellbeing

STEM Santa Fe

Educational Success & Career Pathways

STEM Scaffold Santa Fe

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Talpa Community Center Association, Inc.

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Teach For America New Mexico

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Teatro Paraguas Inc.

Cultural Vibrancy

Think New Mexico

Economic Security & Opportunities

Tomorrow's Women

Cultural Vibrancy

Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

Envision Fund

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Truchas Services Center, Inc.

Educational Success & Career Pathways

True Kids 1

Cultural Vibrancy

Turquoise Trail Charter School

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Villa Therese Catholic Clinic

Health & Wellbeing

Villages of Santa Fe

Health & Wellbeing

Vital Spaces

Cultural Vibrancy

Water-Culture Institute

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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Western Environmental Law Center

Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources

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WildEarth Guardians

Animal Welfare

Wise Fool New Mexico

Cultural Vibrancy

Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team

Economic Security & Opportunities

Women's International Study Center

Cultural Vibrancy

Youth Shelters and Family Services

Health & Wellbeing

YouthWorks, Inc.

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Native American Advised Fund

Zuni Youth Enrichment Project

SANTA FE CO MM U N I T Y F O U N DAT I O N P ROGRA MS & FU NDS

The Santa Fe Community Foundation makes competitive grants to Santa Fe, San Miguel, Mora, and Rio Arriba Counties and works toward achieving equitable access to opportunities for all people and communities within the following areas:

COLORADO

RIO ARRIBA

TAOS

• SFCF Community Foundation Programs & Funds

MORA

LOS ALAMOS

• Animal Welfare • Cultural Vibrancy

SANDOVAL

COLFAX

SANTA FE

SAN MIGUEL

• Economic Security & Opportunities • Educational Success & Career Pathways • Envision Fund

BERNALILLO GUADALUPE VALENCIA

TORRANCE

• Health & Wellbeing: Community Health Funder Alliance • Native American Advised Fund • Santa Fe Baby Fund • Sustainable Agriculture & Stewardship of Resources WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US IN ACHIEVING THESE GOALS THROUGH YOUR GIVING.

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The Santa Fe Community Foundation is a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. A member of the New Mexico Association of Grantmakers and the Council on Foundations. Confirmed in compliance with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations. Photography: Unsplash.com

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2021-2022 Giving Together

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Santa Fe Baby Fund

Educational Success & Career Pathways

Health & Wellbeing: Community Health Funder Alliance

Native American Advised Fund

Cultural Vibrancy

Economic Security & Opportunities

Envision Fund

Animal Welfare

SFCF Community Foundation Programs & Funds