The Frost Foundation  
 
New Mexico 2017 Spring
 
 
 
 
 
New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000
Over 8,000 people in New Mexico experience homelessness and seek help from our member agencies each year. Our new system of coordinated assessment allows our members to assess people’s level of need and enter them into a common data base. Coordinated assessment is ensuring that the permanent supportive housing is now gong first to those who need it most, and that all homeless people are being directed toward programs that will best meet their needs.
 
 
New Mexico School for the Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $50,000
(Multi-year Grant)
 
Outside In
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000
Outside In provides performances and presentations to people confined to shelters, residential treatment facilities, nursing homes, correctional facilities, and other institutions where people don’t have access to the arts. Outside In began searching for new ways to connect with New Mexico’s alienated youth. That search led us to the Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center in Albuquerque. Sequoyah is a 36-bed residential treatment center for adolescent boys who have a history of violence, have a mental disorder and are amenable to treatment.
 
Pueblo de Abiquiu Library and Cultural Center
Abiquiu, New Mexico / $14,000
Pueblo de Abiquiu Library, founded in 1997, builds early literacy skills and fosters a love of learning for our youngest patrons. The Early Literacy Station will help children attain both early literacy and school readiness skills. Therefore, our goal is to set young learners on the right path at an early age, providing positive reinforcement offering a fun and effective learning environment for children. It is important for young children to be exposed to digital educational technology at a young age.
 
Santa Fe Children’s Museum
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $15,000
The Santa Fe Children’s Museum will initiate the collaboration of three museums to conceptualize, design and construct three themed children’s museum exhibits. Each exhibit will be designed to engage children with abundant, challenging hands-on learning opportunities that will inspire curiosity about the world through discovery, exploration and play. Each exhibit will engage visitors of all ages at the partner institutions for 6 months. Each of the three exhibits will then travel to another partner institution. The collaboration will significantly reduce costs.
 
Santa Fe Conservation Trust
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $15,000
The SFCT has had a hand in developing more than 75 miles of soft surface trails in and around Santa Fe. We offer children options for physical activity that are free and family oriented. Working to get all citizens on our trail system is a way to connect people from all parts of community. Our goals are to introduce kids and their families to our trail system, help them get more exercise and improve their health, and in the process, create the next generation of conservationists.
 
Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000
The year-round venue and SFFMI programs have helped to grow the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market into one of the best in the country. Multiple programs help to expand economic opportunities for farmers, encourage more community support of our local growers, impact surrounding businesses, strengthen the Railyard, and create a community gathering place. General operating support helps us to maintain these programs, allowing us the flexibility to continually evaluate their efficacy and to adjust and grow them as necessary.
 
The Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $15,000
(Multiyear Grant)
 
Santa Fe Performing Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000
SFPA’s programs provide children of all ages with a vehicle for the development of self-esteem. When a child is aware of their own worth it keeps them from endangering themselves with drugs or gang involvement. Performing arts also helps children build communication and problem solving skills to deal with other issues such as bullying, teen suicide and challenges facing LGBTQ youth.
 
The SKY Center / New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project, Inc.
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000
New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project (NMSIP) utilizes a multitude of solutions for preventing suicide, the 2nd leading cause of death in New Mexico youth, ages 10-24 years. We believe that new evidence-based perspectives of looking at resilience and healthy functioning can positively impact the loss of hopefulness and despair that may lead a young person to take their own life. Our comprehensive approach nurtures resilience, restores hope and reconnects youth with supportive relationships.
 
Solace Crisis Treatment Center
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $15,000
Solace serves victims of sexual and other violent crimes, abused children, and individuals and families. Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental disorders in the US, with 28.8% lifetime prevalence. Clinical staff provides crisis stabilization, assessment and short-term therapy. Our Educational & Prevention staff teaches over 4,500 young people and personnel in Santa Fe schools about preventing sexual violence and creating safer communities. Family advocates help traumatized children and their families begin to cope, access services and heal.
 
St. Vincent Hospital Foundation
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $208,333.35
(Multi-year Grant)
 
Teach for America
Gallup, New Mexico / $5,000
Educational inequity limits the life prospects of tens of thousands of children in New Mexico. At Teach for America, we grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity by enlisting our nation’s most promising future leader in the effort. We recruit, train, and support a diverse group of leaders who commit to teach for a least two years in public schools. We support them to have a significant impact on their students and encourage our teachers to become lifelong advocates for their students.
 
Tibetan Association of Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $30,000
(Out-of-cycle Grant)
 
The Trust for Public Land
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000
Many low-income neighborhoods in Bernalillo County are burdened with high unemployment rates and limited access to healthy food and safe recreational opportunities. The Trust for Public Land New Mexico is working to promote and support local community-driven networks of agriculture and recreational open space encouraging community engagement. Goals are securing wildlife and water resources; preserving the beauty and unique historic character of the area; and ensuring healthy residents and livable communities by providing close-to-home connections to nature.
 
United Way of Santa Fe County
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $50,000
(Multi-year Grant)
 
 
Youth Shelters and Family Services
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000
There are many young people without a safe and stable place to live. Our Shelter serves youth ages 10-17 for up to 90 days. Our professionally trained staff provide essential support to these young people during their time of fear and uncertainty. We strive to help youth identify their strengths and build confidence to succeed in every area of their lives. We help them build positive relationships with adults and peers, and acquire the skills they need to become independent.
 
Out of State
 
Big Dogs Hugs Paws, Inc.
Larkspur, Colorado / $1,000
(Discretionary Grant)
 
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia / $15,000
(Multi-year Grant)
 
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia / $15,000
(Discretionary Grant)
 
 
 
 
 
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