Money for Our Movements Conference Scholarships

Geographic Scope: New Mexico statewide

Focus Areas:

• Fundraising training for nonprofits in rural and low-income communities
• Community of color organizations
• Movement building
• Financial resiliency for organizations serving women and girls

Conference: Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT) Money for our Movements Conference

Award Information:

• 2016: 14 scholarships awarded to organizations from across New Mexico
• Conference dates: August 2016
• Conference duration: 2.5 days
• Conference focus: Learning, community building, and strategizing to sustain movements

Conference Features:

• Opening keynote by Allen Kwabena Frimpong (organizer of Black Lives Matter in New York City and philanthropic strategist)
• Focus on connection between fundraising, social justice, and movement-building
• Training on community support as central to long-term social change

Rationale:

• Acknowledges challenges fundraising presents for organizations in rural and low-income communities and communities of color
• Invests in ecosystem of financial resiliency
• Supports organizations serving women and girls

Recipient Organizations (2016):

• El Morro Valley Cooperative (McKinley County)
• Enlace Comunitario (Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval Counties)
• Healing House of Luna County (Luna County)
• Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition (Navajo Nation)
• New Mexico Acequia Association (statewide)
• New Mexico Child Advocacy Network (statewide)
• Ngage NM (Doña Ana County)
• NM Comunidades en Acción y de Fe (Doña Ana County)
• Shakti Rising (Doña Ana County)
• New Mexico Health Equity Partnership (statewide)
• Somos Un Pueblo Unido (statewide)
• Southwest Women's Law Center (statewide)
• The Volunteer Center of Grant County (Grant County)
• Women's Intercultural Center (Doña Ana County)
• Young Women United (statewide)

Contact:

• Phone: 505-750-1732
• Address: PO Box 4954, Santa Fe, NM 87502