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ORIGINAL GIFT: $348,072
Jane Sandoval established two funds with the Albuquerque Community Foundation. One, in memory of her late husband, David, for music education in public schools. David attended Eugene Field Elementary School where he credited his early introduction to music with keeping him out of trouble as well as giving him a lifelong appreciation of music.
Jane’s own passion was paleontology. She volunteered for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science where she learned that funding for fossil preparation was difficult to secure. The Jane P. Sandoval Fund for Fossil Preparation supports fossil preparation of Triassic and Permian vertebrates and invertebrates.
Jane’s original gift for the two funds was $348,072. Today the balance of her funds is $344,382. And guess what? The two funds have granted $238,000 to the two organizations the Sandoval’s chose to support, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation and the APS Arts Program. Paleontology research continues and public school students continue to enjoy arts education thanks to Jane and to the enduring power of endowment.
