About New Mexico Community Foundation
To steward community resources, build partnerships, and create opportunities that transform lives throughout New Mexico.
Focus Areas
General operating supportProgram supportFood securityAccess to healthcare (including mental health)Health awareness and educationDisaster and emergency reliefScholarships and student supportDonor-advised funds administrationFiscal sponsorship
Who They Fund
families and householdsstudents (scholarship recipients/college-bound)workers/low-wage workforce
About New Mexico Community Foundation
Two consecutive $573,208 general-support grants to the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding platform stand out in the recent record for New Mexico Community Foundation, showing how the foundation uses large discretionary awards alongside smaller place-based grants. Across the latest grants listed, the foundation supports community development, family services, environmental work, health-related efforts, education, and emergency assistance, often through general operating support. In New Mexico, recipients include the Albuquerque Community Foundation, Enlace Comunitario, Pueblo of San Felipe, and New Mexico Community Capital, reflecting a mix of intermediary partners, service organizations, and tribal recipients. The foundation also backs scholarships and rapid-response aid through dedicated programs, while its grant list includes both one-time awards and repeated support to the same organizations over multiple years. Its recent portfolio shows a statewide orientation with clear attention to community resilience, healthy communities, and educational opportunity. Grants in the record also reach Native-serving organizations and pueblos, indicating that tribal and Indigenous communities are part of the foundation’s funding footprint. This pattern suggests a funder that combines broad community infrastructure support with targeted awards for specific needs.
What New Mexico Community Foundation Funds
General operating support is a major feature of the foundation’s grantmaking. Recent examples include $152,705 to Enlace Comunitario for family service assistance and $100,000 to Centro Savila for operating support. The foundation also funds Indigenous-led and tribal institutions, with awards such as $110,000 to Pueblo of San Felipe for community support and $100,000 to Jicarilla Apache Nation for general support. Environmental and watershed work appears as well: Trees Water & People received $100,000 for catalyzing watershed work. Health and food access show up in both special programs and general grants, including the HEAL Fund for asylum-related services and the Sustaining New Mexico Fund — Healthy Food Grant for healthy food initiatives.
How New Mexico Community Foundation Gives
Typical grant sizes are concentrated in the middle range, with p25 at $10,000, a median of $25,000, and p75 at $45,000. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same recipients across multiple years, including Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding, Albuquerque Community Foundation, Yee Haolnii Doo, Pueblo of San Felipe, and others, which points to recurring support rather than isolated one-time grants. New Mexico Community Foundation is a mixed community foundation, and its grantmaking includes both open, unsolicited programs and pre-approved rapid-response funding through a portal for agency partners. Some active programs are statewide, while others are restricted to particular communities or purposes.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3M
Total Assets
$60.8M
Total Revenue
$34.9M
Total Expenses
$11.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $45K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$45K
Geographic Reach
Local11 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ROSEMARY ROMERO
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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