Con Alma Annual Grant

The Con Alma Annual Grant offers funding to nonprofits in New Mexico focused on improving health equity and access to healthcare for underserved populations. Prioritizing community impact over individual services, the grant supports initiatives in culturally appropriate services, health promotion, evaluation, and workforce development. Eligible organizations include those with a 501(c)(3) status or fiscal sponsors, aiming to uplift marginalized communities and address health disparities in the region.

Summary
Con Alma Health Foundation (CAHF) provides grants to eligible nonprofits working to improve health and advance health equity for people who live in New Mexico.
Six Priority Areas
Con Alma prioritizes efforts that will impact many individuals within a network, community, or communities – rather than focusing on 1:1 direct services to individuals.
Access
CAHF supports proposals that focus on access to health and healthcare as well as improving the health status and quality of life for the uninsured and medically underserved in New Mexico.
Culturally Appropriate Services
CAHF supports efforts that aim to reduce health disparities, particularly for rural and tribal communities, immigrant families, and people of color.
Evaluation/Research
CAHF supports new solutions to old problems and efforts that have the courage to risk failure. This may include data analysis, support of policy and advocacy, and/or the creation of new knowledge.
Health Promotion
CAHF supports efforts that define health broadly and emphasize education, prevention, and personal empowerment.
Policy
CAHF supports consumer participation in health policy formation and advocacy efforts to improve the health and well-being of people who live in New Mexico.
Workforce Development
CAHF supports the development of professionals who reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of communities in New Mexico. This includes individuals who are participating in traditional as well as non-traditional training and educational opportunities.

Eligibility

Grants are awarded to tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations under Section 501(c)(3) Code of the Internal Revenue Service or to Fiscal Sponsors with a 501(c)(3) designation.This opportunity is open to all eligible applicants (based on the guidelines outlined), including current and past grant recipients of Con Alma Health Foundation.Work funded by the grant must benefit people living in New Mexico.
The foundation funds requests that have the potential to benefit many members in a system, network, or community (vs. individual needs)Applying through a Fiscal SponsorProjects, non-profits, public or governmental agency or a federally recognized tribe in the state of New Mexico without IRS 501(c)(3) designation may apply through a fiscal sponsor.
If using a fiscal sponsor, the organization serving as fiscal sponsor must have verifiable 501(c)(3) status from the IRS and a current organization profile in CAHF’s grant portal.
Fiscal Sponsor fees are capped at 10% of the grant awardEligible ExpensesFunds may be used for personnel (staffing/benefits), professional services (contractors, evaluators), operational expenses (supplies, printing, postage, copying, communications), meetings and travel (venue rental, training costs), and other direct and indirect expenses.Purchases of property or equipment are limited to $5,000 per item.
Allowable administrative costs are up to 20% of the grant award. When using a fiscal sponsor, administrative costs up to 10% of the grant award are allowed.

Ineligibility

Political campaigns, political lobbying, or other partisan activities prohibited by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue CodeSupport to individuals, scholarships, or fellowships
Capital or endowment campaigns, annual fundraising campaigns, event sponsorships, debt liquidation, or clinical researchGrants to organizations that discriminate based on race, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, disability, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identityGrants made for religious purposes