Teaching weaving at the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center.

Santa Fe Community Foundation

2008 Grant Awards

Arts

Teatro Paraguas, $4,000 to provide bi-lingual theatre to expand the legacy of Spanish- language literary arts.

Espanola Valley Fiber Arts, $10,000 to provide classes  in weaving, knitting, beading, embroidery and to provide business training for members and other residents of the region.

Friends of the City of Las Vegas Museum and Rough Riders Memorial Collection, $3,000 to provide general funds for museum support group and fund interactive experiences for K-12 grade children in Las Vegas.

Outside In, $10,000* to serve children, teens, adults and seniors with disabilities confined to institutions with music and performing arts and to provide educational workshops to incarcerated youths and those who have been released.

Civic Affairs

Santa Farmers’ Market Institute, $10,000 to develop and support the micro-lending program for local farmers.

Farm to Table, $7,500 to integrate government departments with non-profit institutions and food and farming businesses to improve the availability of food for all residents, particularly those in need.

Santa Fe Mountain Center, $10,000 to promote personal discovery and social change through experiential programs and leadership training for supporting revitalization and empowerment of Native/Indigenous communities.  

Education

Adelante Program-Santa Fe Public Schools, $20,000 to provide services to homeless students and their families including food and clothing, school supplies, transportation, counseling, and tutoring.

Think New Mexico, $10,000 to research, develop and implement strategy for reducing the size of New Mexico public schools.

Girls, Inc., $10,000 for general operating funds to expand summer and after-school programs in the Tierra Contenta and Community College corridor.  

Teen Parent Center- Santa Fe Public Schools, $20,000 to provide support services for teen parents to complete high school and to function as healthy and nurturing parents.

F.A.C.T., $10,000 to support ARTclub at elementary schools for the purpose of free, high-quality arts education programs for low-income children.

Self Help, Inc., $10,000 to help families for subsistence needs including crisis intervention, school supplies, financial literacy, employment searches, job training and vocational development.

Vecinos del Rio, $10,000 for general operating funds to protect and enhance the quality of life in the Northern Rio Grande Valley and to create educational opportunities to help sustain historic communities and traditional cultures.

Environment

New Mexico Environment Law Center, $10,000 to provide environmental justice programs and to protect air quality and give disenfranchised communities tools to protect air quality.

Communities for Clean Water, $5,000 to provide funding for the collaboration of community groups and individuals to preserve clean water and to restore polluted water.

Earth Care International, $10,000 to educate youth for a sustainable community for training interracial cooperation and preparing individuals for leadership.

Health and Human Services

Bienvenidos, $5,000 to provide donations of food boxes and clothing to the poor and homeless. Bienvenidos also provides lunches to the homeless daily.

CASA, First Judicial District, $10,000 for its “Power-Up” program, which supports youth ages 14-18 who are “aging” out of the foster care system and transitioning to adult life.

Crisis Center of Northern New Mexico, $7,000 to expand its anti-bullying program in Española schools. The program will reach an additional 1,000 students in grades 1-6.

Faith at Work Community Outreach, $15,000 to provide desperate families with short-term assistance in the areas of housing and health; to help homeless with basic needs; and to strengthen community collaborations to leverage more resources for those in need.

Family Strengths Network, $10,000 to continue providing education, support groups and activities to families, parents, teens and children in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Los Alamos and Taos counties.  

Food for Santa Fe, Inc, $7,500 to provide weekly bags of groceries to families in need that live in the greater Santa Fe area.

Hoy Recovery, $5,000 to provide treatment services to families and individuals at-risk or affected by substance abuse.

Kitchen Angels, $15,000 to provides delivered meals for homebound, chronically ill, physically disabled, and elderly clients.  

Las Cumbres Community Services, $10,000 to provide intensive counseling and care to families with children under the age of three through the Santa Fe Community Infant Program.

New Mexico Technology Assistance Program (NMTAP), $7,000 to purchase or install assistive devices for people with disabilities.

Planned Parenthood of New Mexico, $10,000 for the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, a sexual education program for public middle and high schools in Santa Fe intended to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancies.

Santa Fe Community Services, $10,000 to assist the homeless in the Santa Fe area with food, clothing and housing referrals; to provide advocacy services for the homeless in the areas of mental health, community assistance and counseling.

Santa Fe Rape Crisis and Trauma Treatment Center, $20,000 to end sexual violence and other forms of trauma in the community through education, therapeutic intervention and empowerment of victims and vulnerable populations.

St. Elizabeth Shelter, $20,000 to provide emergency shelter, food, case management and other referral services to the homeless.

The Food Depot, $20,000 to collect and distribute an average of 230,000 pounds of food each month to its partner agencies, which in turn distribute food to people in need.

Youth Shelters and Family Services, $20,000* to provide services and emergency shelter/transitional living to homeless youth and their children; and to provide counseling and intervention services to teens and their families to help prevent homelessness.

*Grants partially or fully paid of out Future Santa Fe Fund.

Lesbian & Gay Partnership

American Civil Liberties Union NM - $2,500 for the Domestic Partnership Outreach and Advocacy Campaign. (Civic)

Girls Inc. of Santa Fe - $4,000 for the Sticks and Stones program to educate girls and increase understanding of LGBT concerns.  (Edu)

Santa Fe Mountain Center – $4,000 to educate school communities about homophobia and discrimination and develop strong Gay/Straight Alliances.  (Edu)

Santa Fe Rape Crisis & Trauma Treatment Center - $4,500 for prejudice-reduction workshops for middle and high school students and faculty training through YODA: Youth Organizing Diversity for All.  (Civic)

Southwest Women's Law Center - $5,000 for Protecting LGBT Patients' Rights at St. Vincent Hospital.  (HHS)