The Santa Fe Community Foundation is seeking applications for the Community Grants to support nonprofits.
Donor Name: Santa Fe Community Foundation
State: New Mexico
County: Mora County (NM), Rio Arriba County (NM), San Miguel County (NM), and Santa Fe County (NM)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000 or $15,000
Details:
Fields of Interest
- Arts & Culture
- The Foundation will work to improve the following outcomes in the 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.
- The Foundation will work to improve the following outcomes in the communities:
- Animal Welfare
- 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. They will support requests that focus on:
- 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
- Cruelty Prevention
- Humane education/public information
- Rescue/adoption programs
- Support for local and/or statewide trapping ban
- 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
- Reintroduction/conservation of native New Mexico species.
- Population Control
- 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. They will support requests that focus on:
- Education
- The Foundation 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).
- The Foundation will support requests from organizations that work to improve:
- Environment
- The Foundation 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.
- The Foundation will support requests that address climate change through efforts to:
Funding Information
You may request $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000, depending on your annual operating budget size, as follows:
- Organizations/projects with an annual budget under $150,000 may apply for a $5,000 grant;
- Organizations/projects with an annual budget between $150,000 and $500,000 may apply for a $10,000 grant;
- Organizations/projects with an annual budget over $500,000, may apply for a $15,000 grant.
Eligibility Criteria
Grant applications will be accepted from organizations that:
- Are located in or serve the people of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, San Miguel or Mora counties;
- Are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or are a public or governmental agency or a federally recognized tribe in the state of New Mexico, or that have a fiscal sponsor;
- Employ staff and provide services without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation; and
- Are at least three years old.
- If your organization received a community grant in 2022, they ask that you sit out for a year.
- If your organization received a donor advised grant in 2022 (but not a community grant), you are still eligible to apply for a competitive grant in 2023.
- If your organization received a community grant in 2022, or if you are not interested in applying for a grant, you may submit an abbreviated application to be included in the 2023-2024 Giving Together catalog, which goes out to fundholders.
Ineligibility
The Foundation does not make grants for the following:
- Religious purposes
- Capital campaigns or endowments
- Scholarships
- Individuals
- Private school tuition assistance.
For more information, visit SFCF.