NMCF: Vecino - Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Overview
The Vecino – Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund, managed by the New Mexico Foundation, aims to support nonprofit organizations facing financial crises and addressing urgent community needs. Since its inception in 2015, it has allocated over $1.1 million to various initiatives. The fund prioritizes rural organizations and requires applicants to be 501(c)(3) nonprofits in good standing or have a suitable fiscal sponsor. Grants will vary based on available funding, reflecting the commitment to transform lives in New Mexico.
Since 2015 the New Mexico Foundation has granted over $1.1 Million out of this fund.
Throughout the year, the Vecino, Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund will award program or general operating grants to New Mexico nonprofit organizations that are experiencing a financial crisis of their own or organizations who are addressing emergency needs of community members.
Grant Range will vary depending on funding available.
What New Mexico Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 63
- Total given
- $3.02M
- Median grant
- $30K
- Range
- $5,500–$265K
- By dollars: New Mexico 90%, Colorado 7%, Texas 1%. Top recipient cities: Albuquerque, NM; Santa Fe, NM; Las Cruces, NM.
- 40% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 56% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation · Espanola, NM
P20: northern new mexico pathways to opportunity, inquiry science education consortium…
$265K
Ole Education Fund · Albuquerque, NM
2024 nm workers organizing collaborative project pn to age 3 policy and advocacy…
$181K
New Mexico Voices for Children · Albuquerque, NM
Pn to age 3 policy and advocacy activities, to include supporting early childhood…
$140K
Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) · Albuquerque, NM
2024 implementation for albuquerque indigenous elders/youth council project
$100K
Conservation Legacy · Durango, CO
Ancestral lands conservation corps program manager salary 2024 implementation
$100K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Hardship
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