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Rio Grande Food Project |
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Albuquerque, New
Mexico/$10,000 |
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The Rio Grande Food Project’s
mission is to feed hungry New
Mexican throughout the
Albuquerque metro area. New
Mexico is the fifth worse state
in the nation for food
insecurity. Another challenge is
the decreasing amount of
inexpensive food at the food
bank and the decrease in
commodities (free government
food). In the past two years a
53% reduction in commodities has
occurred. This substantial
reeducation in free food means
the Project has to purchase more
food. The goal in 2013 years is
to increase the number of client
visits from once every other
month to once a month and to
continue to provide a week’s
worth of food for each
household. |
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Santa Fe Institute |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$20,000 |
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The Santa Fe Institute is
initiating a quantitative study
on the impact of mentoring
activities on Santa Fe’s human
and social capital. The
potential of its social capital
has not always been realized due
to a lack of integration across
social, economic, and
educational boundaries. By
connecting adults to students,
community mentoring has the
capacity to create new social
networks and to strengthen
students’ social skills. Both of
these factors can increase
students’ access to future
academic and professional
opportunities. Ultimately, such
access will grow Santa Fe’s
human and social capital. |
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Santa Fe International
Folk Art Market |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$25,000 |
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Folk artists across the globe
need markets to sustain their
livelihoods, preserve their
culture, and support their
families. At the same time, many
children, youth and families in
New Mexico are isolated and lack
opportunities for interaction
with global cultures. The Market
addresses the challenge of an
interconnected world by
providing an innovative approach
to increasing greater global and
cultural misunderstanding
through its partnerships and
related educational programming.
The Market accomplishes its
goals through business and
entrepreneurship training for
participating folk artists, and
promotes cultural exchange
through education programs for
the general public and outreach
to underserved communities in
northern New Mexico. |
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Santa Fe Performing Arts |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$10,000 |
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There is an increasing need to
utilize the arts to help the
youth our community address the
issues of our time and place.
SFPS’s programs provide children
of all ages with a vehicle for
the development of self-esteem.
Performing arts also helps
children build communication and
problem solving skills to deal
with other issues such as
bullying. The goal of SFPA is to
help kids at risk succeed and to
provide an opportunity for safe,
diverse, and creative
educational programs that
connect children and youth with
caring adults during non-school
hours. |
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Solace Crisis Treatment
Center |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$15,000 |
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Open Hands is a Santa
Fe-based nonprofit which
has served elderly and
disabled people in New
Mexico since 1977. The
mission is to empower
frail elderly and
disabled people to avoid
premature
institutionalization,
helping them to live
with dignity in a home
environment that
supports them in having
safely, accessibility,
mobility and
independence. Clients
are required to
contribute as much as
they can toward the
services. Funding would
provide supplemental
funding for the portion
these clients cannot
afford. |
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Teach for America |
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Gallup, New
Mexico/$25,000 |
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Teach for America (TFA) is the
national corps of outstanding
recent college graduates and
professionals who commits to
teach for two years in urban and
rural public schools. In New
Mexico, we have demand from
Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS)
to bring corps members to the
area, which would create a true
statewide impact with our
teacher placements in the Four
Corners serving American Indian
students and recent expansion to
the Las Cruces area in the
Borderland in Fall 2012 to serve
predominantly Latino students.
Funding would increase corps
size in South Louisiana to 100
corps members and establish a
Teach For American site in Santa
Fe, New Mexico for Fall 2013. |
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