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ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

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Rolling / Open

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Overview

Small Orgs, Big Impact Fund

Status: Active program (funded through multi-year grant)

Funder Partners: Albuquerque Community Foundation (ACF) and United Way of Central New Mexico (UWCNM), with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Funding: $2 million grant over two years from W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Geographic Scope: Five counties of central New Mexico (Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia, and Santa Fe)

Target Organizations:

  • Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led organizations

  • Grassroots, small nonprofit organizations

  • Organizations that intimately understand their communities

  • Organizations with trust and inherent knowledge to address racial/ethnic gaps

    • Focus Areas:

  • Educational attainment

  • Family stability

  • Access to economic development

    • Program Philosophy:

  • Trust and solidarity principles

  • Low-cost, low-barrier application and reporting process

  • Building long-term, high-trust networks within grassroots BIPOC-led nonprofits

  • Addressing traditional barriers and inequities inherent in grant-making practices

  • Supporting historically under-invested organizations

  • Addressing disadvantages organizations face in predominantly white philanthropic sector

    • Related Initiatives:

  • DEI United partnership focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion practices

  • Staff training sessions on recognizing, interrupting, and disrupting inequities in New Mexico

  • Building Better Boards with People of Color project

  • Community Conversations with nonprofit partners and community members

    • Contact Information:

  • Albuquerque Community Foundation

  • Address: 624 Tijeras Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

  • P.O. Box 25266, Albuquerque, NM 87125-0266

  • Phone: 505-883-6240

  • Hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-1pm

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    grassrootsbipocnonprofitscommunity-development

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