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Grant Program
2015 grant program 2015 was the most successful year to date for the Foundation’s grant program. We are proud of our role in helping people and organizations fulfill their visions for Albuquerque’s present and future. Harnessing the potential and the passion of the place we call home and of the many minds and hearts that make up our powerful community, is an honor we do not take lightly. Our grantmaking is driven by results that will bring lasting change to everyone who calls Albuquerque home: our children, students, families and elderly. The Foundation’s goal has always been—and always will be—to make Albuquerque a greater home for us all.
The Foundation’s grantmaking allows people and organizations to fulfill their visions for Albuquerque’s future— and to cement their role in shaping it. We invest in the ideas, passion and expertise of many nonprofits, supporting an array of programs as diverse as the people of this city. Grants are driven by results that will bring lasting benefits to our community. They are an excellent way for the Foundation and its many donors and stakeholders to make an impression on Albuquerque, a city marked by creative generosity.
Grants
Competitive Grants
Grants are distributed through a competitive process across six specific fields-of-interest: Arts & Culture, Economic & Workforce Development, Education, Environmental & Historic Preservation, Health and Human Services.
Through grants to nonprofit organizations from endowment funds established specifically to accommodate the community’s changing needs, the Foundation supports projects that are innovative, meet the needs of underserved segments of the community, encourage matching funds, promote cooperation among agencies, empower the disadvantaged and disabled and improve the effectiveness of local charitable organizations. The Foundation supports nonprofits in their efforts to imagine great things for their community.
The Foundation’s staff and volunteer advisory review committees conduct thorough reviews of the grant applicants’ proposals. For the first time in our history, grant applicants were invited to present their program in person to the volunteer selection committees.
See page 24 for a list of this year’s advisory review committee participants.
Great Grant Giveaway OFFCenter Arts Great Grant Giveaway Recipients
Arts & Culture
Through grants for school programs, visual and performing arts programs and projects at our community’s museums, Foundation donors provide financial support to enhance the cultural life and creative economy of our community. Creativity abounds in Albuquerque with artists, actors, musicians, chefs, film makers and entrepreneurs.
Economic & Workforce Development
The Foundation’s goal is to support intentional, inventive efforts to ensure a strong local economy. The new field promotes social and economic growth by supporting innovative support systems for entrepreneurs, educational institutions and the state’s workforce. In a thriving local economy, businesses focus on collaboration instead of competition.
Education
Whether a small volunteer-based organization or a major educational institution, Foundation donors demonstrate and impart a love for learning. Early childhood education, high school graduation, career development, English as a Second Language (ESL) and literacy programming are supported through our grants.
Access to healthcare is a vital concern for our donors. Grants assist programs providing healthcare—including direct service dental, medical and behavioral—to varied populations in need.
Health
Human Services
Foundation donors provide funding for those in our community in need of food, housing and shelter. Funding also provides support for at-risk youth, including foster care and life skills training. Other grants support people with disabilities, seniors and women and children experiencing domestic violence.
Both our natural and our built environments are important to the spirit of the greater Albuquerque area. Foundation donors support opportunities to experience nature, conservation and open space. Grants assist community groups to preserve historic buildings, protect our state’s wildlife and open space.
