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The New Mexico Ramp Project |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico / $10,000 |
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The objective of New Mexico Ramp Project (NMRP) is to help the disabled and elderly enjoy more personal freedom and reduce isolation caused by restricted access to and from their homes, free of charge. Total project annual goals are 40 families receiving ramps, working with 40 referral agencies and 10 building teams. The ramps built following American with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines, are safe, strong and durable. They are built without regard to race, religion, age, gender or ethnicity. This grant will also provide liability and volunteer insurance coverage, provide new tools and assure training for all new members, plus provide materials to build two training ramps per team. |
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New Mexico School for the Arts |
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $50,000
(Multi-Year Grant) |
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Opera West |
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000
(Out-of-Cycle Grant) |
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Parkland Village |
Albuquerque, New Mexico / $1,000
(Discretionary Grant) |
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Punching Out Parkinson's Santa Fe |
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $5,000
(Discretionary Grant) |
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Reading Quest |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico / $15,000 |
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Approximately 68% of the students in the Santa Fe Public Schools do no read proficiently at grade level. Failure in learning to read by the end of their grade is, according to decades of research, the single greatest determinant of subsequent academic failure- and the single best early predictor of eventually dropping out of school. Reading Quest has demonstrated, over the past nine years, that its' approach is successful in advancing reading proficiency in individual students who are referred by their classroom teachers and reading at a level one year below grade level. |
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Santa Fe Film Institute |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico / $10,000 |
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Santa Fe Independent Film Festivals' (SFiFF) world-class programming and educational events reflect our organization's regional significance and cultural contributions. Each October, SFiFF presents a robust education program, consisting of master discussions, filmmaker Q&As, industry panels, workshops, and networking events. SFiFF further supports local students through SFiFF's Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Student Shorts Program, which gives Indigenous students an opportunity to show their work at our acclaimed international film festival, and through a new scholarship program which started in 2021 and will directly benefit New Mexico high school or college students who are studying film. |
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Saranam, LLC |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico / $10,000 |
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Saranam serves families experiencing homelessness. Families with children comprise the fastest growing homeless population. Along with New Mexico's persistently high poverty rate, the record numbers of job losses, health-related issues, and systems failures due to the COVID-19 crisis is making more families at risk for homelessness, adding stress to an already strained system. Saranam takes a two-generation approach to guiding families to achieve long-term self-sufficiency. We provide transitional house, basic adult education, life skills education, vocational coaching, case management, referrals, children's programming, after exit services, asset-building opportunities, and a supportive community to assist families with charting a plan forward to self-sufficiency. |
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Southwest Women's Law Center |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico / $25,000 |
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The need we seek to address is the absence of any consistent program to meet the menstrual or period needs of women and girls who are homeless and/or living in poverty. While the provision of period supplies seems a very elementary thing, there are many who are unable to afford them on a regular and consistent basis. In addition to being a public health issue, this also robs women and girls of their dignity. Our proposed project has the SWLC working partnership with the City of Albuquerque and a coalition of local non-profit service providers to provide period supplies on a consistent and ongoing basis to those in need. |
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St. Elizabeth Shelter |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico / $20,000 |
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Families with children comprise 33% of the total homeless population. In Santa Fe alone, The Shelter's Casa Familia program provides 18 beds for homeless single women, five rooms for families and can accommodate 30-40 per night depending on family size. But at the moment due to the pandemic, we have limited capacity to 20 people, all of whom must be vaccinated. Because young children still cannot be vaccinated, we are renting five rooms at local motels to house them and their families while bringing case management, food and needed supportive services to them there. We anticipate this project to last throughout this year or until a child vaccine introduced. |
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Student Clothing Bank |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico / $10,000 |
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Locker #505 provides clothing to disadvantaged, low income and homeless K-12 students in Bernalillo County. There is a significant socio-emotional cost to children who do not have access to clothes that fit and are in good condition. In order for them to attend school and be successful, the basic need of clothing is imperative. Even to be a productive citizen, these children have a better chance at engaging in positive ways within our community if they are confident. Providing students with clothing that allows them to attend school without the distraction of ill-fitting clothing or clothing in poor condition contributes to the opportunity of receiving a better education. |
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Teach for America |
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Gallup, New Mexico / $15,000 |
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The need to recruit the next generation of teachers is a national pressing dialogue. Only 3% of graduating Northern NM seniors wanted to become teachers. Larger studies have shown that Generation Z does not view education as a viable career path. In NM, the process of obtaining licensure is confusing and costly. A recent funding round for districts to develop teacher recruitment plans showed that NM districts were recruiting from the same pool of candidates, without growing the pool of interested and qualified applicants. This year, we will begin a new strategy to build local capacity to recruit the next generation of rising local leaders, by sharing our recruitment expertise and resources directly with districts and licensure programs. |
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Think New Mexico |
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $25,000
(Discretionary Grant) |
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Think New Mexico's work will focus on addressing two serious problems facing the state. First, we are aiming to improve the state's poor educational performance, including student achievement and graduation rates that are at or near the bottom of the nation. Second, we are seeking to address the scourge of predatory lending in New Mexico. New Mexico allows predatory lenders to charge higher interest rates than almost any other state - up to 175% while many states cap loan rates to 36%. Think New Mexico's ongoing work is to increase the percentage of the state's education budget and also support the launch of a new initiative focused on ending predatory lending in New Mexico. |
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United Way of Santa Fe County, Inc. |
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $50,000
(Multi-Year Grant) |
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Vietnam Project |
Santa Fe, New Mexico / $1,000
(Discretionary Grant) |
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YouthWorks |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico / $20,000
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YouthWorks (YW) has developed a depth of experience in the successful delivery of social services to disadvantaged and disconnected youth ages 14-24. This includes a focus on alternative education programs, job skills and workforce training, trades industry, career and college placement, and case management and counseling services. Resulting from growth of the program, YW continues to respond collaboratively to widespread food insecurity issues in Santa Fe. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the YouthWorks Culinary Program expanded programming to assist local and state government, area nonprofits as well as the Santa Fe Public Schools, providing over 10,000 meals weekly to children, families, the elderly and homeless during the height of need throughout the pandemic. |
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Big Dogs, Huge Paws, Inc. |
Larkspur, Colorado / $2,000
(Discretionary Grant) |
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Champlain College |
Burlington, Vermont / $25,000.00
(Out-of-Cycle Grant) |
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The Hopi School, Inc. |
Hotevilla, Arizona / $2,000
(Discretionary Grant) |
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Way Maker Ministries |
Dickinson, Texas / $20,000.00
(Out-of-Cycle Grant) |
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The Hopi School, Inc. |
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