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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Nonprofits Infused With Cash

Journal Staff Report
      Forty nonprofit agencies in northern New Mexico are a little richer with grants worth $410,000 awarded by the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
       Groups in Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Mora, San Miguel, Taos and Rio Arriba counties submitted 156 applications totaling nearly $1.9 million for grants through the Community Grants Program, the Native American Endowed Fund, and the Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership.
       Through the Community Grants Program, grants given to:
       n Arts projects: Española Valley Fiber Arts, $10,000 to provide education and training; Outside In Productions, $9,750 for music, art and dance opportunities to confined populations; Santa Fe Performing Arts, $15,000 for training in performing arts and outreach to youth.
       n Civic affairs: CASA, First Judicial District, $9,750 to match adult mentors to foster children; Santa Fe Independent Business Alliance, $10,000 to create more commercial use of locally grown food; Somos un Pueblo Unido, $10,000 for an Immigrant Workers' Rights Project.
       n Environment: The Community Farm, $13,000 to raise food for local food banks and educate people about locally grown produce; New Mexico Acequia Association, $10,000 to build skills in land and water stewardship; Santa Fe Conservation Trust, $10,000 to expand tax credit programs for small farm parcels, and provide education; WildEarth Guardians, $5,000 for its Doable Renewable Project, which will develop a local renewable energy plan.
       n Education: Boys & Girls Club del Norte, $12,000 to empower and inspire youth to reach their full potential; Citizen Schools, $20,000 to offer academic, behavioral and leadership skills at DeVargas Middle School; Cooking With Kids, $11,500 to expose children to new, locally grown foods; Fine Arts for Children and Teens, $8,050 for after-school arts education; Healthcare Careers Pathway, Capital High School, $20,000 to prepare students to choose a pathway to a health care career; Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe, $19,500 to provide tutoring to read and speak English; Think New Mexico, $10,000 to support advocacy of smaller public schools and for a new initiative designed to address “pay to play” in state government.
       n Health and human services: Bienvenidos Outreach, $12,000 to provide food and clothing; Community Against Violence, $10,000 to train youth leaders to teach violence prevention and youth-organizing activities; Crisis Center of Northern New Mexico, $10,000 to implement an anti-bullying curriculum in Española schools; Drug Policy Alliance, $8,800 to provide training and materials to teachers in drug prevention education; El Centro Family Health, $15,000 to expand treatment of opiate addiction in Rio Arriba County; Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families, $20,000 for emergency shelter, case management and recovery services; Food for Santa Fe, $15,000 to provide weekly bags of groceries; New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project, $10,000 for suicide-prevention training; Santa Fe Mountain Center, $10,000 for an anti-bullying program in Agua Fria and Turquoise Trail elementary schools; Santa Fe Rape Crisis & Trauma Treatment Center, $10,000 to provide free clinical assessment and treatment; St. Elizabeth Shelter, $20,000 for services for the homeless; St. Vincent Hospital Foundation, $7,000 to educate and counsel families at risk for diabetes; Youth Shelters and Family Services, $20,000 to provide services to homeless, runaway and in-crisis youth.
       Lesbian and Gay Funding Partnership Grants went to: IMPACT Personal Safety, $3,000 for classes in safety skills; New Mexico Community AIDS Partnership, $5,000 to train youth peer educators; Santa Fe Mountain Center, $5,000 to educate school communities about homophobia and develop strong Gay/Straight Alliances; Youth Shelters and Family Services, $4,000 to build a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at the Street Outreach Program.
       Native American Endowed Fund Grants were awarded to: IMPACT Personal Safety, $6,000 to provide personal safety training with Santa Clara Pueblo; Institute of American Indian Arts, $5,000 to create a Health & Wellness program; Santa Fe Mountain Center, $5,000 to provide leadership development to teens from Santa Fe Indian School and the Santa Fe Public Schools; Traditional Native American Farmers Association, $3,000 for the seed workshops.
       Additional mini-grants were made to The Friendship Club for a venue and support for drug and alcohol recovery groups in Santa Fe and Samaritan House, a food pantry, transitional housing support, and winter shelter for homeless and low-income populations in Las Vegas, N.M.

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