Applications are now being accepted for the Albuquerque Community Foundation Grant Program.
Donor Name: Albuquerque Community Foundation
State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo County (NM), Sandoval County (NM), Torrance County (NM), Valencia County (NM)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/06/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Fields of Interests
- Arts and Culture
- Grants in this field of interest support artistic and cultural expression of diverse communities and providing access to these experiences through the following:
- Creative arts education including music, visual arts, and dance for youth (K-12) performing arts organizations
- Enhancing cultural arts
- Theater and/or Dance
- Grants in this field of interest support artistic and cultural expression of diverse communities and providing access to these experiences through the following:
- Education
- Grants encompass a wide range of educational supports to ensure historically marginalized communities receive opportunities that positively impact their lives and careers. This may include:
- Environment and Historic Preservation
- Grants in this field-of-interest support preservation of environment, wildlife, and historic buildings with specific focus on:
- Protecting natural land and resources, including the health and protection of wildlife
- Preservation of archaeological sites and/or historical buildings, landmarks, attractions and venues
- Climate justice efforts to improve environmental conditions (energy and water conservation, water recycling, renewable energy, etc.)
- Educational programs and/or projects with strong community involvement related to any of the above
- Grants in this field-of-interest support preservation of environment, wildlife, and historic buildings with specific focus on:
- Animal Welfare
- This grant opportunity will support the diverse programs for animal needs including:
- Welfare for animals (may include, but is not limited to):
- Spay and neuter
- Shelters
- Basic animal health
- Education/training
- Resources on how best to care for animals
- Veterinary career support, including veterinary techs
- Education about wildlife and ecosystems
- Programs involved in the training and certification of service animals.
Funding Information
Awards range in size from $10,000 – $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria and Priorities for Applicants:
- Have been a nonprofit organization, exempt from Federal Income Taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; a public educational institution; or be a public agency, for a minimum of five (5) years (certain exceptions can be made to this, including: an organization operating with a fiscal agent or an organization spinning off from a parent nonprofit and establishing its own separate entity).
- Provide services to the people of the Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan Area (Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia)
- Clearly and specifically aligned with one of the Foundation’s Fields-of-Interest
- Aligned with the Foundation’s Values
- Be in good standing with the New Mexico Secretary of State and New Mexico Department of Justice (formerly the Office of the Attorney General)
- Please note: Organizations can ONLY apply for one field-of-interest in the annual grant cycle.
While the Foundation remains flexible in trying to meet community needs, in general, annual grants are not made for or to:
- Programmatic requests
- Individuals
- Political or religious purposes
- Annual campaigns, capital campaigns or fundraising events
- Endowments
- Medical, scientific, or academic research
- Influence legislation or elections
- Private foundations and other grant-making organizations.
For more information, visit ACF.