NMF News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Foundation (NMF) is awarding $559,520 in grants to support nonprofit organizations working across our priority areas of rural and Indigenous communities, and the environment in New Mexico. These grants help address people experiencing homelessness, providing basic needs, improving community health, expanding learning opportunities, and more. With an investment by the Anchorum Health Foundation, community foundations can further support communities across New Mexico.
“These grants underscore the diverse priorities and needs of communities across New Mexico. Local leadership, local priorities and local solutions remain key elements to achieving success,” said Justin Kii Huenemann, President & CEO of the New Mexico Foundation. “Through our partnership with Anchorum Health Foundation, we are investing in organizations already making an impact on the ground—amplifying homegrown ideas and building momentum for community-driven efforts that span urban, rural, and Tribal areas. This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to fostering lasting change through local innovation and collective action.”
The Community Health Funds grantmaking process is part of a shared effort between Anchorum and CHRISTUS Health to support healthier communities across the region. CHRISTUS Health offers input during the grantmaking process to help ensure the funding reflects shared priorities and values.
“These grants reflect the strength of community-led ideas and the people who bring them forward,” said Jerry Jones, President and CEO of Anchorum. “We trust the local wisdom of community foundations to ensure resources reach the places where they will have the greatest impact.”
Grants were awarded to the following in first and second quarter (August-November 2025) of the second year of the multi-year project:
People Assisting The Homeless, Inc. (PATH) ($40,000): A crisis and transitional living program for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, serving San Juan County and the Navajo Nation. This grant provides general operating support, including salary for a Lead Case Manager and other expenses such as utilities, fuel, food, and similar costs.
Catholic Charities of Gallup ($10,000): A charitable organization serving McKinley, San Juan, and Cibola Counties, including the Navajo Nation, Zuni Pueblo, Laguna Pueblo, and Acoma Pueblo. This grant supports the Emergency Services Program, which provides basic needs for individuals and families, including rent, utilities, wood or propane for heating, and food vouchers.
David F. Cargo El Valle de Anton Chico Library ($40,000): A rural community library serving Guadalupe County, including Anton Chico, Santa Rosa, and Vaughn, NM. This grant supports the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance High School Library Internship Program and the implementation and expansion of the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program.
Future Focused Education ($40,000): An organization serving Native, rural, and systematically underserved youth in Rio Arriba, Taos, San Miguel, McKinley, and San Juan Counties, and Acoma Pueblo, Zuni Pueblo, Picuris Pueblo, Santa Ana Pueblo, and Jemez Pueblo. This grant will sustain and expand the Behavioral Health Pathways Program linking high school and transition-age students with behavioral health internships, mentorship, and career exploration opportunities.
Helping Hands Hospice ($40,000): A hospice organization serving terminally ill patients and their families in Guadalupe, Harding, Union, Quay, De Baca, and parts of San Miguel Counties. This grant provides general operating support to sustain compassionate end-of-life care, enhancing patient comfort, and supporting families with resources, education, and emotional guidance during one of life’s most difficult journeys.
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation ($250,000): Serving San Juan County, the grant supports the Kinship Caregiver Support Project Pilot for Economic Support Stipends in a public-private partnership with the New Mexico Department of Aging and Long Term Services.
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation ($25,000): This grant supports the collaborative backbone capacity to administer the pooled fund and coordinate strategy table activities for the Pathways to Opportunities (P2O) initiative. This initiative seeks to expand and improve access to college, career, and community pathway opportunities for youth of color, opportunity youth, young parents, and other underrepresented youth, middle school age through age 29 in Northern New Mexico.
New Mexico Community Trust ($10,000): This grant is a donation to the Northern New Mexico (P2O) Youth Fund, supporting career technical education and work-based learning for opportunity youth ages 13-29 in Northern New Mexico.
Participa, Inc. ($25,000): A mobile dentistry organization serving Sandoval, San Juan, and Guadalupe Counties, as well as Santa Ana Pueblo, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Cochiti Pueblo, San Felipe Pueblo, and the Navajo Nation. This grant supports the purchase of a new vehicle for the school-based mobile dental clinic to transport staff and essential equipment for children.
YAKANAL ($39,520): An intergenerational team serving the Laguna Pueblo in Cibola County supports healthy food practices through community gardens, traditional agriculture, and innovation grounded in Pueblo values and language revitalization. This grant supports the YAKANAL Food Sovereignty farmer stipends.
Yee Ha’olnii Doo d.b.a. Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund/Tse’ii’ahi’ Community Center ($40,000): A community center in Standing Rock, serving the Navajo Nation within McKinley County, including 20+ Navajo Chapter communities. This grant funds the programming and expansion of the Tse’ii’ahi’ Community Center, including cultivating youth leadership, fostering entrepreneurship, supporting resiliency, and ensuring the continued transmission of the Navajo language and culture.
For over 40 years, New Mexico Foundation (NMF) has worked to improve the quality of life for all residents of New Mexico. The only statewide community foundation, NMF was started in 1983 by a group of dedicated and visionary volunteers who believed in the power of philanthropy as a tool for inspiring creative, community-based change and prosperity. NMF has distinguished itself as a leader in philanthropy. Our progressive, grassroots approach to building stronger communities empowers community members to collaborate on critical issues by tapping into local resources and discovering the strength in themselves.