Community Grants for Non-profit Organizations in New Mexico

The Santa Fe Community Foundation is seeking applications for the Community Grants to support nonprofits.

Donor Name: Santa Fe Community Foundation

State: New Mexico

County: Mora County (NM), Rio Arriba County (NM), San Miguel County (NM), and Santa Fe County (NM)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 08/31/2023

Size of the Grant: $5,000 or $15,000

Details:

Fields of Interest

Arts & Culture
- The Foundation will work to improve the following outcomes in the communities:
  - 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.
Animal Welfare
- Grants for animal welfare will 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. They will support requests that focus on:
  - Population Control
    - Free or low-cost spay/neuter clinics
    - Trap/neuter/release programs
    - Transportation for stray dogs/cats from overcrowded shelters to areas where they are more likely to be adopted
    - Free or low-cost spay/neuter clinics
  - Cruelty Prevention
    - Humane education/public information
    - Rescue/adoption programs
    - Support for local and/or statewide trapping ban
  - Well-being
    - Training/socializing animals with goal of re-homing
    - Providing emergency and preventive care
    - Providing food and other supplies for pets of low-income owners
  - Reintroduction/conservation of native New Mexico species.
Education
- The Foundation will support requests from organizations that work to improve:
  - School readiness
  - Reading proficiency
  - Math proficiency
  - High school graduation rates
  - Opportunity youth engagement
  - (Youth ages 12-29 struggling with school, not in school, and/or not working).
Environment
- The Foundation will support requests that address climate change through efforts to:
  - Protect or improve watershed and water quality
  - Preserve open space
  - Remediate land
  - Energy from renewable sources
  - Environmental justice.

Funding Information

You may request $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000, depending on your annual operating budget size, as follows:

Organizations/projects with an annual budget under $150,000 may apply for a $5,000 grant;
Organizations/projects with an annual budget between $150,000 and $500,000 may apply for a $10,000 grant;
Organizations/projects with an annual budget over $500,000, may apply for a $15,000 grant.

Eligibility Criteria

Grant applications will be accepted from organizations that:

Are located in or serve the people of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, San Miguel or Mora counties;
Are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or are a public or governmental agency or a federally recognized tribe in the state of New Mexico, or that have a fiscal sponsor;
Employ staff and provide services without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation; and
Are at least three years old.
If your organization received a community grant in 2022, they ask that you sit out for a year.
If your organization received a donor advised grant in 2022 (but not a community grant), you are still eligible to apply for a competitive grant in 2023.
If your organization received a community grant in 2022, or if you are not interested in applying for a grant, you may submit an abbreviated application to be included in the 2023-2024 Giving Together catalog, which goes out to fundholders.

Ineligibility

The Foundation does not make grants for the following: