For the Santa Fe Community Foundation's 2010 Community Grant Program Guidelines Click here

2009 – 2011 Grant Funding Priorities

In awarding grants, the Santa Fe Community Foundation’s goal is to be active in community problem-solving. Funding will focus on organizations that practice inclusiveness, anti-discrimination, environmental justice, and that support a multi-cultural diversity of populations in the Foundation’s geographic funding area.

Community Grant Program - Fields of Interest

Health and Human Services

•  Increased and more efficient access to quality affordable healthcare through a centralized information hub;
•  Behavioral and preventive health services in the areas of substance abuse, domestic and other violence, teen pregnancy and suicide, and gambling addiction;
•  Care for vulnerable populations, including veterans, the elderly, people with disabilities, the homeless and caregivers;
•  Family-based intervention services; and
•  New addiction prevention treatment models.

Environment

•  Advocacy and policy development for regional resource management, including land, air and water;
•  Promotion and advocacy for local, renewable energy;
•  Local food production and availability;
•  Sustainable agriculture; and
•  Increasing youth and adult engagement and actions in agricultural and ecological restoration.

Education

•  Improvement of youth and adult literacy and comprehension, emphasizing reading, writing and mathematics fundamentals;
• Promotion of parent, elder and community involvement in education;
•  Increasing participation in before and after-school programs as part of the general educational model;
•  Increasing high school graduation rates by promoting mentoring, tutoring and career development; and
•  Promotion of students actively involved in community issues and learning outside the classroom.

Civic Affairs

•  Promotion of a strong and diverse local economy with emphasis on green industry and food production;
•  Providing pathways to jobs for local youth;
•  Increasing community involvement in civic dialogue, advocacy and action; and
•  Promotion of centralized assistance for meeting basic human needs and social justice issues, including affordable housing.

Arts

•  Supporting art as a tool to engage young people in learning and improving self-esteem;
•  Reaching out to youth artists and audiences;
•  Improving access to the arts for people who otherwise would not have had that opportunity; and
•  Promotion of art projects that build healthier communities.
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact Christa Coggins, Vice President for Community Philanthropy or phone 505.988.9715, ext. 2.  For examples of previous grants.

SFCF provides grants to eligible applicants so long as funds are available, without regard to the race, creed, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, country or place of origin, ethnicity or citizenship status of the applicants.