Santa Fe Community Foundation announces $840,000 in grants to local nonprofits

2024 Community Grants

The Santa Fe Community Foundation is pleased to announce $840,000 in grants to 58 nonprofits serving Santa Fe, Mora, Rio Arriba, and San Miguel counties as part of its 2024 community grants program.

Each year, the foundation holds two strong and democratic community grant cycles — one in the spring and one in the fall — with the support of an all-volunteer community grants committee. The spring grant cycle supports nonprofits working to improve outcomes in two fields of interest: Civic & Economic Opportunities and Health & Human Services. The fall grant cycle supports nonprofits working to improve outcomes in four fields of interest: Animal Welfare, Arts & Culture, Education, and Environment. All community grants range from $5,000- $20,000.

 "Each community grant is a steppingstone toward realizing our vision of a strong and vibrant northern New Mexico,” said Christopher Goett, President & CEO of the Santa Fe Community Foundation. "We’re incredibly proud to support and build strong relationships with our 2024 grantees, which are as diverse and dynamic as the communities they serve.”

Learn more about our granting process:

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2024 Community Grant Recipients

Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare grants support nonprofits that provide services and/or advocacy to protect both domestic and wild animals by addressing population control, cruelty prevention, well-being, and the reintroduction/conservation of native New Mexico species. As part of its 2024 fall community grants cycle, the Santa Fe Community Foundation awarded a total of $95,000 to five nonprofits in this area:

• Animal Protection New Mexico
• Felines & Friends
• NM Horse Rescue at Walkin N Circles Ranch
• New Mexico Wildlife Center
• Northeast New Mexico Animal Welfare Coalition

Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture grants support organizations that are working to improve sense of community; openness and acceptance of the community toward people of diverse backgrounds; diverse participation in art and cultural community programs and events; and/or the preservation and strengthening of cultural and historical heritage, traditions, and a creative economy. As part of its 2024 fall community grants cycle, the Santa Fe Community Foundation awarded a total of $110,000 to eight nonprofits in this area:

• Art Works (Partners in Education)
• Chimayo Cultural Preservation Association
• El Rancho de Las Golondrinas
• New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus
• Pueblo de Abiquiu Library & Cultural Center
• Queen Bee Music Association
• Spanish Colonial Arts Society
• Unhoused Art
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Civic & Economic Opportunities

Civic & Economic Opportunities grants support organizations that are working to improve workforce development and job creation, open government, and social and economic justice. As part of its 2024 fall community grants cycle, the Santa Fe Community Foundation awarded a total of $60,000 to four nonprofits in this area:

• League of Women Voters of  Santa Fe County
• Literacy Volunteers of Santa  Fe
• New Mexico Acequia Association
• Searchlight NM
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Education

Education grants support organizations that are working to improve school readiness; reading proficiency; math proficiency; high school graduation rates; and/or opportunity youth engagement. As part of its 2024 fall community grants cycle, the Santa Fe Community Foundation awarded a total of $185,000 to 16 nonprofits in this area:

• Academy for Technology & the Classics – Mountain Club
• All Aboard Earth
• ARCC (Mandela Int’l Magnet School)
• Breakthrough Santa Fe
• Collins Lake Autism Center
• Del Norte LOV Foundation
• El Rito Public Library
• Embudo Valley Tutoring Association
• Explora
• Jobs for America’s Graduates
• New Mexico Kids CAN
• Northern New Mexico Recreation & Outdoor Conservation
• Santa Fe Public Schools Volunteer Program
• Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
• STEM Santa Fe
• Twirl

Environment

Environment grants support organizations that are working to address climate change through efforts that protect or improve watershed and water quality; preserve open space; remediate land; advance energy from renewable sources; and/or support environmental justice. As part of its 2024 fall community grants cycle, the Santa Fe Community Foundation awarded a total of $60,000 to five nonprofits in this area:

• Conservation Lands Foundation
• Food is Free Albuquerque
• Friends of Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
• River Source
• Seed and Bloom
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Health & Human Services

Environment grants support organizations that are working to improve access to affordable housing, food security, safety, access to health care, healthy neighborhood living conditions, and senior services. As part of its 2024 fall community grants cycle, the Santa Fe Community Foundation awarded a total of $330,000 to 20 nonprofits in this area:

• Barrios Unidos
• CASA 1^st Judicial  District
• Crisis Center of Northern New  Mexico
• Española Pathways Shelter
• Food Depot
• Free Flow NM
• Friendship Club
• Kids Counseling
• La Familia Medical Center
• Life Link
• Luciente
• Luna Community College  Foundation
• Memory Care Alliance
• New Mexico Center on Law and  Poverty
• New Mexico Immigrant Law  Center
• Rio Grande ATP
• Santa Fe Indigenous Center
• Scott’s House
• Sunrise Clinics
• Think NM