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Envision Fund
The Envision Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation promotes the health, safety, and empowerment of at-risk and underserved LGBTQ+ New Mexicans. The largest philanthropic entity in New Mexico dedicated solely to serving the LGBTQ+ population, the Fund has made over $1 million in grants since its inception in 1997.
We invited requests from organizations throughout New Mexico that work to improve:
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• Creating an HIV-free generation in New Mexico • Combating discrimination against LGBTQ+ people
in whatever form (such as employment, housing, immigration, access to health services, etc.)
• Supporting school-based programs that create
a safe environment for all students, including
LGBTQ+ students
• Ensuring access to comprehensive sexuality education,
voluntary contraception, abortion care, and other reproductive/sexual health services
Casa Q, Inc.
casaq.org
Mission | To provide safe living through housing, services and advocacy. We are family and friends that support and strengthen our community through love and acceptance. We are celebrating and welcoming LGBTQ+ youth and allies. At Casa Q, we are thinking long term to build resiliency, selfdetermination, and self-efficacy for every young person that needs us. Proposal | Casa Q seeks funds to help increase access to housing, health, education, and employment opportunities for the LGBTQ+ youth we serve. Funds will be used to help administer housing and aftercare programs, build community networks, and develop long term resources for our youth in a shelter setting and our new Transitional Living program. Casa Q will provide a full range of housing, support, and case management support. Noteworthy | 68% of LGBTQ+ youth who are experiencing homelessness have mental health issues, including depression and anxiety. 60% have been sexually victimized on the street, while 31% have dealt with domestic or partner abuse issues. LGBTQ+ youth who are experiencing homelessness are at greater risk than other young people. LGBTQ+ young people are more than seven times as likely to experience acts of sexual violence than straight homeless youth.
H2 Academic Solutions Scholarship Fund
facebook.com/H2AcademicSolutionsScholarshipFund
Mission | To encourage and support the community in central New Mexico by providing youth and adults in need of support or academic opportunities that they would not otherwise receive. Proposal | H2 Academic Solutions Scholarship Fund is requesting funding to continue to provide our LGBTQ+ youth with a club of their own. With the help of the Santa Fe Community Foundation, our club has been running for 2 years now! This has provided a safe and fun place for LGBTQ+ youth in Valencia County to be themselves. Noteworthy | According to data of the 2017 NMYRRS, “compared to cisgender students, those who identified as transgender, genderqueer, or gender fluid, or who were not sure of their gender identity, were at much higher risk for housing instability, suicidal behaviors, substance use, and being victims of bullying and sexual violence.” Working with LGBTQIA+ youth provides insight into what they are facing, creating opportunities as an organization and community to contribute to their safety and wellbeing.
Heart Gallery of New Mexico Foundation
heartgallerynmfoundation.org
Mission | To place at-risk foster children and educate the public and raise awareness of the need for children who have aged out of foster care. Heart Gallery of New Mexico Foundation (HGNMF) raises funds to help LGBTQ+ children, children in protective custody and youth who have aged out of foster care with educational assistance, immediate personal needs (housing, transportation, etc.), and life skills training to aid in the successful transition to becoming productive citizens. Proposal | HCNMF helps LGBTQ+ foster children who have aged out of foster care get set up so they have a chance to be successful on their own. This can be anything from helping with obtaining a driver's license, a place to live, job training, and employment. Noteworthy | All foster kids are listed as homeless Approximately 20% of kids who age out become instantly homeless. Most will experience homelessness at some point. The focus of HGNMF is on lifting aged-out foster youth out of homelessness and preventing them from becoming homeless.
Human Rights Alliance
hrasantafe.org
Mission | To educate, engage, encourage, and celebrate LGBTQ+ inclusion, pride, and acceptance for all people. The Human Rights Alliance (HRA) was founded in 1993 with the primary goal to end discrimination of all kinds. HRA seeks to build coalitions with groups who will work for the civil rights of all New Mexicans and to develop outreach programming to support the community. Proposal | We are looking to grow our outreach initiative to get more of the LGBTQIA2S+ involved with civic matters and in their local communities, especially among our young adult populations. Noteworthy | Based upon the communications we have had with our partners at the Santa Fe Community College, we know that the younger populations that attend the college ages 17 to 20 need outreach in the form of understanding the political process and their place in the process.
IndigenousWays
indigenousways.org
Mission | To promote living in balance for diverse communities through music, arts, outreach and events. Our vision is to reach Indigenous & LGBTQIA2S+ communities through outreach with music, the arts, and Indigenous wisdom that creates and enhances survival and sustainability. Proposal | To combat discrimination against LGBTQAI2S+ (2S) people, IndigenousWays will support Indigenous 2S artist performances at the 2023 IndigenousWays Festival (IWF) seasonal monthly series. The IWF will be filled with entertainment, food vendors, and invitations for artists’ booths, providing opportunities for self-sustainment while sharing their creative talents and celebrating our enriched lives. IWF will provide American Sign Language interpreters, so the events are inclusive to all. Noteworthy | Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people aged 10 to 24 (The Trevor Project, 2020). Suicide risk is higher among people who identify as LGBTQ (CDC , 2020). Two-thirds of LGBT older people have experienced victimization (SAGE, 2021). Our programs highlight Indigenous 2S content that strengthens and supports the local community and that can broaden the understanding of those we live among. IWF project celebrates the lives of Indigenous 2S community members as we are proudly visible!
casadesaludnm.org
Mission | Casa de Salud is a permanent project of Justice, Access, Support and Solutions for Health. Casa de Salud's mission is to interweave traditional and conventional medicines to meet the physical and spiritual health needs of its patients in a welcoming, just, creative, and inclusive environment; to provide fair priced health care to anyone in need; and to promote a learning and leadership development environment for practitioners, staff, volunteers, and patients. Proposal | Casa de Salud is a nonprofit integrative clinic in Albuquerque that responds to needs for affordable primary care, queer and trans healthcare, and addictions care in central New Mexico. We embrace a holistic approach using a wide range of conventional, natural, and traditional medicines. We train the future healthcare workforce of New Mexico and advocate for health system change. We aim to strengthen our work to support queer, trans, and gender nonconforming community members with dignified high quality healthcare. Noteworthy | More than 75% of our patients are uninsured and do not have access to affordable high quality healthcare. Even among those who are insured, such as many of our queer and transgender patients, there are significant struggles finding culturally humble clinicians and queer/trans competent healthcare systems.
Office of Student Wellness, Santa Fe Public Schools
sfps.info/page/safe-zones
Mission | The Safe Zones Program at Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) is a district-wide program designed to create more welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environments by identifying and training staff to provide extra support for students, especially those who are dealing with bullying, harassment, discrimination, bias, inequity, and/or other issues. Safe Zones Partners are a network of trained, committed, and non-judgmental counselors, nurses, and volunteer teachers and staff at K–12 SFPS schools. Proposal | The Santa Fe Safe Zones Program at Santa Fe Public Schools is a district-wide program that trains school staff to understand and respond to issues and needs of all students, especially those most marginalized (LGBTQ+, students of color, those with a disability, undocumented, etc). Support for transgender and non-binary students is provided through the Gender Support Process for the student and/or family and through support groups. Noteworthy | Students whose identities are marginalized suffer disproportionately from negative health and psychosocial outcomes, including low self-esteem, self-harm, depression, suicide, substance use, and harsher punishments. LGB students in New Mexico schools face twice the rate of bullying; one in three LGB students in New Mexico have attempted suicide. 33% of undocumented students reported elevated levels of anxiety. Students with disabilities are suspended or expelled at higher rates in New Mexico and 60% are bullied at school across the U.S.
SAGE Albuquerque
sageabq.org
Mission | To provide support for older LGBT adults in the greater Albuquerque area through advocacy, social programs, education, support groups, and resource distribution. We counter isolation, fear, and loneliness by creating a caring community of LGBT elders who will look out for each other and share some laughs. Proposal | SAGE Albuquerque again requests funds to provide education and training programs to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, retirement living centers, home care agencies, and other senior serving providers from Los Lunas to Santa Fe. These programs will help create LGBT friendly environments (and prevent discrimination) at senior-serving providers. The trainings allow us to develop partnerships with senior-serving providers so they can respond better to the service needs of LGBT elders. Noteworthy | Many senior-serving providers do not have a good understanding of the characteristics and needs of LGBT seniors, leaving them at risk for social isolation and discrimination. A survey of LGBT seniors in longterm care facilities from several years ago reported that 89% of LGBT seniors predicted that staff would discriminate based on their sexual orientation and 43% noted actual mistreatment. This year, we are broadening our training to include ABQ Housing Authority facilities.
Santa Fe Dreamers Project
santafedreamersproject.org
Mission | To provide free legal services to immigrants to promote economic empowerment, community development, family unity, and liberation from detention. Our work is centered around the belief that supporting immigrants makes our whole community stronger. Proposal | Established in 2014, Santa Fe Dreamers Project has become a leading organization in the fight for immigrant rights. With offices in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and El Paso, our team of dedicated and talented immigration legal professionals has served thousands of undocumented individuals and families. Our legal services are on par with the best private law firms in the country and, unlike other legal nonprofits, we provide not only legal consultations but actual legal representation at no charge. Noteworthy | As LGBTQI+ people face less acceptance and more discrimination in many parts of the world, the U.S. and other host countries are likely to see more LGBTQI+ people seeking refuge. Nearly 70 countries maintain laws that criminalize consensual same-sex activity (Mendos et al. 2020).
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
tgrcnm.org
Mission | To provide support, community, and connection to transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and gender variant people and their families through advocacy, education, and direct services. Proposal | Investing in the work of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico creates safety and access for transgender people in our state and region. TGRCNM is one of the largest statewide transgender organizations in the country and effects real change by engaging in policy advocacy, education around our TGNC communities and how to best support them, and the provision of direct services. Noteworthy | One in three transgender people in the United States have experienced homelessness. The 2019 Point In Time Count revealed some terrible disparities in gender identity and housing. 63% of transgender people and 80% of nonbinary people experiencing homelessness were unsheltered.
Tri-M Millennial Music Makers Productions
trimsantafe.org
Mission | To create choral/musical theater productions and provide opportunities for early career professionals in the northern New Mexico arts community. Proposal | Tri-M (Millennial Music Makers) Productions is a Santa Fe performing arts company seeking funds to present a musical production supporting a world in which LGBTQ people are appreciated for their talents, through the medium of award-winning musical theater. Comedy and music open the heart and the understanding to all human choices. Noteworthy | To support the LGBTQ+ community requires more than laws, and art can help by portraying issues and the concerns of one community to another. The musical KINKY BOOTS does this, one of the reasons it was so strongly honored on Broadway. Presenting this musical in northern New Mexico will share issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community with an audience previously unexposed, while providing local actors and singers of all genders the chance to learn and perfect their skills in their chosen profession or avocation.
Valencia Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence dba Valencia Shelter Services (VSS)
vssnm.org
Mission | To help survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse do the hard and heart work to heal and build their new lives free from abuse. Our bi-lingual, trauma informed, culturally and gender sensitive services include: a 24hr crisis line, shelter, counseling, offender rehabilitation, legal advocacy, the nationally accredited VSS Child Advocacy Center and the VSS Satellite SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Unit. We seek systemic change to end generational cycles of violence. Proposal | Valencia Shelter is dedicated to bridging any and all service disparities, breaking down access barriers, and providing best practice, trauma-informed, culturally, and sexuality/gender-sensitive services to all survivors. We are seeking funding to develop dedicated LBGTQIA+2Spirit outreach materials, SafeDate Curriculums, and to train our advocates, counselors, leadership, staff, and board of directors on how to best address the unique issues faced by our LBGTQIA community members and best serve survivors. Noteworthy | The National Coalition of Domestic Violence states that within the LGBTQIA+2Spirit community, “intimate partner violence occurs at a rate equal to or even higher than that of the heterosexual community,” and that "45% of victims do not report the violence they experience to police because they believe it will not help them." Additionally, they state, "members of the LGBTQ community may be denied assistance and domestic violence services as a result of homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia.” Valencia is 10th in domestic violence rates in New Mexico.
