The Educate 2 Elevate (E2E) Grant is a collaborative funding opportunity that brings together funds from across New Mexico to pool resources and engage in high impact grantmaking.
Donor Name: New Mexico Funders Collaborative
State: New Mexico
Counties: Bernalillo County (NM), Sandoval County (NM), Valencia County (NM), Torrance County (NM)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/15/2022
Details:
This grant is a collaborative investment from funders in various sectors and they encourage organizations to demonstrate similar collaborative thinking when submitting applications. Today, the fund continues to celebrate the legacy of Jennifer and others who have dedicated their lives to community service.
Funding Areas
This grant opportunity is intended to support nonprofit organizations that are providing paid internships, mentorship programs, or other opportunities that focus on job skills and workforce development training for youth.
Programs should support youth by creating pathways toward long-term stability via post-secondary education, trade school, arts, athletics, experiential learning and/or alternative experiences. Key interest areas for this opportunity include programs that provide:
- Paid Internship Opportunities: Programs that provide payments/stipends to students while gaining job skills and/or workforce development training, in traditional, non-traditional, or experiential settings.
- Parent/adult/mentor involvement: Programs that engage adults as role-models or connect students to professional mentors.
- Out-of-school time/extended learning programming: Afterschool, summer or other out-of-school time programs that focus on job skills training and/or workforce development.
- Experiential/alternative experiences: Programs that provide new learning experiences to students based on feedback/requests from the students and/or provide alternative experiences to understanding a path toward long-term stability (this can be through the arts, athletics, mental health support, non-traditional learning, etc.).
- Transitional programs: Programs that provide support to youth and families to address the challenges faced by students transitioning to the next level in their education. Thoughtful transitions can be critical in creating a continuum of positive educational trajectory.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Organizations must be:
- exempt from U.S. federal income tax pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and classified as a public charity under section 509(a)(1) or section 509(a)(2) of the Code; and/or
- an educational institution or governmental entity;
- Applicants must be serving students in Central New Mexico: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia and/or Torrance counties.
- located anywhere in the United States, however a local partner supporting Central New Mexico is required.
Requirements
- Proposal Narrative/Questions
- A detailed project budget relating to this request
- Most recent financial statements
- Audited financial statements are required if your organization has an operating budget of $500,000 or more
- Current year operating budget
- Listing of current members of the Board of Directors
- List of key staff and brief statement of capability of personnel responsible for this grant, (no résumés)
- Description of recent grants, pending proposals and/or plans for additional funding relevant to this proposal
For more information, visit New Mexico Funders Collaborative.
