The New Mexico Arts is seeking applications for its Arts & Health Initiative.
Donor Name: New Mexico Arts
State: New Mexico
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Matching Grants
Deadline: 10/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
New Mexico Arts is facilitating collaborative approaches to developing arts-based practices that contribute to community health and individual well-being.
The Arts & Health Initiative identifies three strategic priorities: connect, convene and contribute.
- Connect: New Mexico Arts will connect partners in state government, grant makers, nonprofit health, social service and arts organizations that are addressing issues of social connectedness and belonging to improve individual and community well-being.
- Convene: New Mexico Arts will establish regular convenings and provide technical assistance to support best practices, capacity building and collaborative approaches to the challenges of social connectedness and belonging.
- Contribute: New Mexico Arts will offer Collaborative Planning Grants that address of social connectedness and belonging.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request a fixed grant amount of $5,000.
- Matching funds are not required. The grant period is January 1, 2026- June 15, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c) (3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply.
Eligible applicants must:
- Have received a New Mexico Arts award in FY2025. Have previously submitted complete Final Invoices and Reports by the required receipt deadline(s) for all New Mexico Arts grant(s)
- Be limited to one application per organization/institution.
- Comply with state and federal legal requirements including nonprofit, tax-exempt status at the time of (All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal agent are not allowed.)
- If applying for other New Mexico Arts funding opportunities, ensure that the applications do not have any overlap of costs during the same period.
- Have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). All organizations who apply to New Mexico Arts are required to have a Unique Entity ID (UEI) from sam.gov in alignment with requirements from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- An eligible organization must have a minimum of one planning partner including, but not limited to, nonprofits, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, units of state or local government, federally recognized tribal communities or tribes.
For more information, visit New Mexico Arts.
