Selected 2007 Grants:
ACCION New Mexico
to support ongoing group loan closings, leadership development and financial literacy training for Albuquerque area entrepreneurs, $10,000
Adelante Development Center
to support Friends in Time's complete education and psychological wellness program for individuals suffering from severe neuromuscular diseases in a comprehensive communication approach to address issues of anxiety and depression, $10,000
Adoption Exchange, New Mexico Chapter
to support the family Recruitment Program through media including TV, internet, and picture books to find individuals or families for adopting special needs children, $5,000
Agora Crisis Center
to support student volunteer outreach program to the senior population for a new "Reassurance Calling Program" providing short, prearranged, daily phone calls to the elderly, isolated or disabled persons, $10,000
Albuquerque CASA, Inc.
to cover costs of backpacks with personal care items and necessary supplies for children and youth being placed in temporary homes due to dire circumstances such as domestic violence, abuse or neglect, $6,683
Alzheimer's Association
to provide respite voucher assistance to primary family caregivers of people suffering from dementia, $10,000
Amigos Bravos
to support Environmental Justice, Diversity and Youth Campaign in the South Valley by establishing a school- and volunteer-based acequia water quality monitoring program and develop youth leadership around water-related issues including restoration and re-opening of acequias, $7,500
APS Title I, Homeless Projects
to support teachers, educational assistants and volunteers in Links to Literacy program for homeless children for the 2007-08 school year, $10,000
ARCA, Inc.
to support the Organics Employment Enterprise for young adults with developmental disabilities, $18,600
Art in the School, Inc.
to support professional development workshop for teachers including curriculum development and to support the after school art program with UNM Art Education students to teach at underserved schools, $9,000
Camp Rising Sun, Inc.
to cover direct costs of camp services for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, $9,400
Cloud Dancers of the Southwest, Inc.
to support program for people with disabilities by providing scholarships, site improvements and initial funding for an executive director, $7,300
Cornerstones Community Partnership
to implement training for Albuquerque-area young people in traditional building skills as part of the comprehensive restoration of St. Augustine Church at Isleta Pueblo, $10,000
Crossroads for Women
to support Maya's Place, a congregate supportive living program for women reintegrating into the community after incarceration, $10,000
Direct Action for Youth Foundation
to support after school tutoring program with a focus on improving reading, writing, spelling and math skills, $8,000
Dismas House
to support Occupational Therapy Initiative at transitional housing facility for people on probation and parole to successfully reenter society, $5,000
The Fractal Foundation
to take the principles of fractals to at least 1,000 elementary and middle school students to show how the natural world can be accurately described with fractal math making math relevant, exciting and accessible, $9,100
Friends of Puppet and Object Theatre
to support object theater presentations for young children and families at Head Start and APS Even Start locations, $8,000
Healing the Children
for the Hardship Relief Project, a collaboration with New Mexico Voices for Children, APS Nursing Program and several others to assist families of children to access medicines and health related supplies, $3,500
Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Inc.
to provide support for recruitment and training of classroom volunteers reaching 300 elementary and mid-school students with a program of economic and business education, $6,800
Keshet Dance Company
to support and strengthen outreach program serving incarcerated teens, ages 12-21 at the NM Youth Diagnostic and Development Center (YDDC), $9,500
La Familia Placement Services
to support Independent Living Skills Training for youth ages 13-18 who have serious mental health needs and are in foster care, $10,000
Life Options Academy
to assist in providing services to 10 adolescent mothers at residential facility with one-on-one vocational counseling to support each mothers individualized plan and its implementation, $7,100
New Art New Mexico
to support Wild Dancing West, a two-week festival of Albuquerque-made dance featuring full-length performances, workshops and interactive opportunities for dancers and non-dancers alike, $5,000
New Mexico Asian Family Center
to support Center efforts of community outreach and education for the immigrant Asian population pertaining to immigration and language issues, cultural adaptation, parenting, domestic violence and employment, $5,500
New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, Inc.
to maintain and expand project on increasing access to healthcare services for the indigent population at Albuquerque hospitals, $10,000
New Mexico Commission for the Blind
to support the Independent Living Skills Training Center with funding to purchase items and furnishings to replicate a home and a classroom setting for participants to learn non-visual skills and remain independent in a home environment, $15,000
New Mexico Conference of Churches
to increase the number of paroled youth served through a six-month group mentoring project by providing life skills coaching and assistance in obtaining social services, $10,000
New Mexico Human Rights Projects
to support a day-long workshop for more than 140 middle and high school students and their educators, counselors and administrators for hands-on activities addressing the issues of civil rights, genocide, immigration and homelessness, $9,000
New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation
restricted to support fossil preparation of Triassic vertebrates, Permian vertebrates, and Triassic and Permian invertebrates, $10,491
Outpost Productions, Inc.
to support classes, performance opportunities, visual arts exhibits including Jazz Ensemble Classes and African Drumming, $5,000
Outside In
to support meaningful and high quality professional artistic and educational performances, workshops and presentations including music, dance, poetry and magic for confined populations in shelters, nursing homes, daycare centers, $9,000
Pegasus Legal Services for Children
to support the outreach and education component of the Pegasus Youth Law Project providing legal assistance to youth ages 12-21 with issues of homelessness, parent/teen conflict, transition from foster care and teen pregnancy/parenthood, $6,363
Project Share, Inc.
to provide financial assistance for providing extra food and milk to children in the surrounding neighborhood from low-income families, $2,600
Protection & Advocacy System
to support a project to identify persons with developmental or other disabilities who want to move out of institutional facilities such as nursing homes or intermediate care facilities and into home- or community- based programs and facilitate their return to their community, $15,000
Rio Grande Food Project
to help purchase and deliver food and cover costs of supplies, utilities, equipment and cleaning services for a west side food pantry providing emergency food to families, $7,000
Samaritan Counseling Center
to support group counseling for children and their families by increasing capacity to respond to requests in response to other organizations closing their doors, $8,800
Senior Arts, Inc.
to present six multicultural performing groups and three professional artists demonstrating their work at the North Valley Senior Center, $4,000
St. Martin's Hospitality Center
to assist with a program providing funds for people to receive state IDs, bus tokens, birth certificates and their documents enabling them to exit homelessness, $10,000
Tricklock Theatre Company
to support and enhance the Manoa Project, a teen playwriting and ensemble apprenticeship program to develop talent and teach skills, $5,000
VSA arts of New Mexico
to continue support for the Out of the Ordinary Festival including a broad array of discussions, panels, classes and workshops accompanying performances and gallery exhibits with educational inreach and outreach, $8,500
Watermelon Mountain Ranch, Inc.
to support Outreach Program allowing teens from the juvenile justice system by promoting the many benefits of the animal/human bond reaching 275-300 teens each year, $9,500
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