News & Stories

For the women and femmes leading northern New Mexico nonprofits, leadership, healing, and ancestral wisdom belong together. Meet Wisdom Weavers, our Learning Hub's two-year cohort weaving all three.

The latest feature of our editorial series with Table Magazine shines light on Gerard's House, a local nonprofit that supports children and families experiencing the death or separation from a loved one.

The Art of Generosity — our editorial series with Table Magazine — shines light on the people and organizations strengthening communities across New Mexico. The latest feature spotlights Forest Stewards Guild, a Santa Fe-founded nonprofit celebrating 30 years of promoting responsible forest management across the United States.

Four years after New Mexico’s largest wildfire, the question remains: what did we learn, and how do we prepare for the next one? In this op-ed for the Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe Community Foundation President & CEO Christopher Goett, MSW reflects on the anniversary of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and what it revealed about community resilience, the power of trusted local relationships, and why long-term investment in preparedness matters.

On this episode, we're joined by Mark Allison of New Mexico Wild to explore the importance of protecting New Mexico’s public lands and waters. From the role these shared landscapes play in our culture, economy, and quality of life to threats like climate change, federal policy shifts, impacts to Chaco Canyon, and the proposed Terrero Mine in the Upper Pecos watershed, we explore what’s at stake — and how community members can take action to help protect the places that define northern New Mexico.

Youth education and outreach are central to the work of the New Mexico Acequia Association. Through these programs, young people engage with their local acequias and build the skills to become future community leaders.