Grantseekers

RESULT:  Community members are aware of, engaged, and involved in issues that affect them.

We will support organizations that work to improve the following:

• Workforce development/job creation
• Open government
• Community engagement
• Social and economic justice
• Support of hourly workers

Through direct service, policy advocacy and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address:

• Improving access to employment opportunities and economic advancement by low-income and other disadvantaged community members
• Providing career counseling, job training, and other programs to low wage earners to advance their skills
• Financial literacy training
• Increasing community involvement in activities that will influence public policy to strenghthen communities
• Support public policy, civic engagement, community organizing or public information to improve and strengthen local economy

RESULT:  All people are healthy and safe.

We will support organizations that work to improve the following outcomes in our communities:

• Access to affordable housing
• Food security
• Safety
• Access to health care
• Healthy neighborhood living conditions
• Senior services

Through direct service, policy advocacy, and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address:

• Affordable housing and shelter for homeless and at-risk populations
• Access to affordable and high-quality food, including food banks, pantries, and community centers that distribute food and promote healthy eating and work to address “food deserts”
• Efforts to address safety for vulnerable populations, including domestic violence and child abuse prevention, bullying prevention in schools, safety issues specific to immigrant populations, low wage workers and communities of color
• Access to health services, including programs providing un- and under-insured populations with culturally appropriate and equitable access to quality health and wellness services such behavioral health (including addiction services) and groups working on cultural and generational trauma. Priority will be given to efforts applying a social determinants of health lens to the work
• Building healthy communities, including built environment and infrastructure, environmental quality (toxins and air/water quality), affordable and reliable transportation, and parks and recreation
• Providing services targeted at senior well-being, including memory care, depression, audiology, dementia, exercise, home care, hospice, and medication guidance.
• Systems change, including public policy, civic engagement, community organizing or public information to improve health and wellbeing of local residents

RESULT: The health and well-being of our region's domestic and wild animals is protected.

Grants for animal welfare will support organizations providing services and/or advocacy to protect both domestic and wild animals in Santa Fe, Mora, Rio Arriba, and/or San Miguel counties. We will support requests that focus on:

1.   Population Control

• Free or low-cost spay/neuter clinics
• Trap/neuter/release programs
• Transportation for stray dogs/cats from overcrowded shelters to areas where they are more likely to be adopted
• Free or low-cost spay/neuter clinics

2.   Cruelty Prevention

• Humane education/public information
• Rescue/adoption programs
• Support for local and/or statewide trapping ban

3.   Well-being

• Training/socializing animals with goal of re-homing
• Providing emergency and preventive care
• Providing food and other supplies for pets of low-income owners

4.   Reintroduction/conservation of native New Mexico species

RESULT: Arts and Culture is celebrated and reflected in the community

We will work to improve the following outcomes in our communities:

• Sense of community – residents feeling connected to the community and each other
• Openness and acceptance of the community toward people of diverse backgrounds
• Diverse participation in art and cultural community programs and events
• Preservation and strengthening of cultural and historical heritage, traditions, and a creative economy

Through direct service, policy advocacy and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address: 

• Lifting up and preserving cultural and historical heritage, tradition, and assets of the region;
• Using art as a bridge to communicate across cultures and languages and build transformational relationships to advance equity;
• Using art, culture, language, and community stories to shift narratives, shape public conversations, and influence policy;
• Improving access to arts and cultural programs to benefit youth and families who otherwise would not have the opportunities; and/or
• Systems change including public policy, civic engagement, community organizing or public information to preserve and strengthen the arts and cultural segment of the creative economy locally.

RESULT: All children and youth succeed in education prepared for a career.
We will support requests from organizations that work to improve:

• School readiness
• Reading proficiency
• Math proficiency
• High school graduation rates
• Opportunity youth* engagement
  (*Youth ages 12-29 struggling with school, not in school, and/or not working)

Through direct service, policy advocacy and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address:

• Integrated student and family supports for at risk/vulnerable populations with strong place-based solutions supported by network of caring and appropriately trained adult and peer relationship
• Access to quality, affordable early childhood education and out-of-school (after school and summer) opportunities
• Targeted interventions to close the academic achievement gaps across key milestones from birth to career
• Work-based learning and career technical education through real life and personally relevant education including career exploration and alternative pathway opportunities
• Educator/provider/family training & support so they can be strong advocates and supporters for children/students’ success – especially in high need areas

RESULT: All communities have equitable access to our earth’s critical resources:  land, water, air and food for a sustainable and healthy ecosystem
We will support requests that address climate change through efforts to:

• Protect or improve watershed and water quality
• Preserve open space
• Remediate land
• Energy from renewable sources
• Environmental justice
• Create sustainable food production systems

Through direct service, policy advocacy and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address:

• Training and development of diverse food and farming enterprises and distribution infrastructure for sustainable food economy that represent a rich and diverse farming tradition.
• Fostering connection and collaboration among multi-sector stakeholders for environmental advocacy and community development that support equitable access and stewardship of land, air, water and ecosystem for future generations.
• Promotion of renewable energy sources through coordinated efforts to increase consumption, production, workforce training, enterprise development and investment.
• Ensuring the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

The Envision Fund, a statewide initiative of the Santa Fe Community Foundation, promotes the health, safety, and empowerment of at-risk and underserved LGBTQ+ New Mexicans. The largest philanthropic entity in New Mexico dedicated solely to serving the LGBTQ+ population, the Fund has made over $1 million in grants since its inception in 1997.

The Envision Fund has four priority areas for making grants:

• Creating an HIV-free generation in New Mexico
• Combatting discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in whatever form (such as employment, housing, immigration, access to health services, etc.)
• Supporting school-based programs that create a safe environment for all students, including LGBTQ+ students
• Promoting holistic reproductive health and gender-affirming healthcare by ensuring access to comprehensive sexuality education, voluntary contraception, abortion care, and other reproductive/sexual health services

Organizations based throughout New Mexico are eligible for funding.

The purpose of the Native American Advised Fund is to enhance Native lifeways now and for future generations in New Mexico by promoting a spirit of sharing and supporting community initiatives. The Fund supports efforts that emphasize the commitment to Native core values: community, language, culture, and environment. Since 1993, the Native American Advised Fund has granted over $800,000 to 50 different tribes, schools, and organizations. The Fund will operate in perpetuity, benefiting this and future generations. Only the income from the fund is used to make grants.

Organizations based throughout New Mexico are eligible for funding.

The Santa Fe Baby Fund grant cycle is open to applicants from Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, and Santa Fe counties. Organizations led by Black, Indigenous, immigrant, and people of color are encouraged to apply. Funding priorities are:

• Increasing access to high quality, affordable infant and toddler care;
• Supporting the early childhood workforce;
• Improving access to reproductive health services for adolescents and young adults;
• Supporting young parents ages 24 and under, and their infants and toddlers; and
• Supporting grandparents or other non-parent kin raising infants and toddlers.

Advocacy and movement-building work related to the above-listed priorities will also be considered. Distinct from SFCF’s community grants, Santa Fe Baby Fund applicants and grantees are invited to apply every year.