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2025 Juneteenth Recap
Thank you to all who joined the Empower! Black Futures Community Fund at Santa Fe Community Foundation for Juneteenth commemorations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. We were grateful for the opportunity to come together as a community in remembrance, solidarity, and joy in honor of Black freedom and culture. This year marked a special moment for the Empower! Fund as it announced its inaugural round of grants in support of Black life, arts, and culture in New Mexico.
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MainStreet de Las Vegas
Community support, including from the SFCF Community Resiliency Fund, has allowed Main Street de Las Vegas to distribute over $34,000 directly to families impacted by the fires through modest $250 payments.
NextGen Happy Hour at Opuntia Cafe
NextGen, the Santa Fe Community Foundation's group of young philanthropists, connected during Happy Hour at Opuntia Cafe in advance of its fifth round of grantmaking this Fall.
Hope Through Recovery
Following the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire, the land is scorched and burned. Last week, the Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance invited us to join them north of Las Vegas, NM to learn more about the important work ahead in the restoration of our lands and water.
Sunrise Kiwanis Las Vegas
When the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire evacuations started, requests for help came into Sunrise Kiwanis Las Vegas by the hundreds. Soon, they got to work providing critical services to the evacuees and rural communities most impacted by the wildfire.
Meow Wolf
When devastating forest fires burned in New Mexico earlier this year, Meow Wolf immediately began reaching out to community partners to offer support.
Española Valley Humane Society
Española Valley Humane Society has provided safe shelter to over 55 pets displaced by or rescued from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak inferno, the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s history.
