The United Way of North Central New Mexico is accepting applications for the Community Investment Grant Program.
Donor Name: United Way of North Central New Mexico
State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo County (NM), Sandoval County (NM), Santa Fe County (NM), Torrance County (NM), Valencia County (NM)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/08/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
- Impact Grant
- Education
- Improve Pre-K through 12th grade school attendance measures through programming that emphasizes the importance of graduating from high school.
- Increase College & Career readiness through work-based learning experiences for high school, GED, and college students
- Increase post-high school skill building and degree/certificate attainment for young adults
- Education
- Housing Stability
- Increasing access to affordable housing, including permanent supportive or transitional housing
- Safety and Well-Being/Health
- Improving the safety of communities
- Increasing access to health-related services
- Basic Needs Grant
- Transportation assistance
- Food bank services
- Toiletries
- Emergency and basic healthcare, dental care, and prescriptions
- Emergency assistance programs that provide materials or financial assistance
- Hunger relief services both pantry and prepared meal services
- Short term housing and/or shelter for those experiencing homelessness
- Emergency or short- term shelter for survivors of domestic violence
- Utility assistance
- Birth certificate and driver’s licenses/state ID cards programs
- Capacity Building
- Capacity Building Grants help agencies whose work aligns with Impact and Basic Needs funding priorities to develop the capacity and capabilities necessary to achieve deeper impact with the populations they serve. Activities outlined in Capacity Building proposals must improve the program or agency’s effectiveness to carry out its mission more effectively.
Types of Awards
For Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia Counties
- Impact
- Purpose: Support the work of programs that align with UWNCNM’s Impact Priorities.
- Award Limit: $25,000 for agencies with an annual budget under $100,000; $50,000 for agencies with an annual budget over $100,000
- Award Period: Three years (contingent on UWNCNM funds)
- Basic Needs
- Purpose: Provide short-term limited support to the most vulnerable individuals and families. Measured in output versus outcomes.
- Award Limit: $25,000 for agencies with an annual budget under $100,000; $50,000 for agencies with an annual budget over $100,000
- Award Period: One year
- Capacity Building
- Purpose: One-time projects to improve agency’s effectiveness and help it carry out its mission more effectively.
- Award Limit: $25,000
- Award Period: One year
- For Santa Fe County Impact
- Purpose: Support the work of programs that align with UWNCNM’s Impact Priorities
- Award Limit: $20,000
- Award Period: One Year
Eligibility Requirements
- Certified by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
- Provide health and human services in one or more of the four central New Mexico counties: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia. If you are located in Santa Fe county.
- Be in good standing with the Attorney General’s office and the New Mexico Secretary of State
- Demonstrate financial sustainability through UWNCNM Financial Standards Review
For more information, visit UWNCNM.
