2007 Grants

ACCION New Mexico to support ongoing group loan closings, leadership development and financial literacy training for Albuquerque area entrepreneurs, $10,000

Adelante Development Center to support Friends in Time's complete education and psychological wellness program for individuals suffering from severe neuromuscular diseases in a comprehensive communication approach to address issues of anxiety and depression, $10,000

Adoption Exchange, New Mexico Chapter to support the family Recruitment Program through media including TV, internet, and picture books to find individuals or families for adopting special needs children, $5,000

Agora Crisis Center to support student volunteer outreach program to the senior population for a new "Reassurance Calling Program" providing short, prearranged, daily phone calls to the elderly, isolated or disabled persons, $10,000

Albuquerque CASA, Inc. to cover costs of backpacks with personal care items and necessary supplies for children and youth being placed in temporary homes due to dire circumstances such as domestic violence, abuse or neglect, $6,683

Alzheimer's Association to provide respite voucher assistance to primary family caregivers of people suffering from dementia, $10,000

Amigos Bravos to support Environmental Justice, Diversity and Youth Campaign in the South Valley by establishing a school- and volunteer-based acequia water quality monitoring program and develop youth leadership around water-related issues including restoration and re-opening of acequias, $7,500

APS Title I, Homeless Projects to support teachers, educational assistants and volunteers in Links to Literacy program for homeless children for the 2007-08 school year, $10,000

ARCA, Inc. to support the Organics Employment Enterprise for young adults with developmental disabilities, $18,600

Art in the School, Inc. to support professional development workshop for teachers including curriculum development and to support the after school art program with UNM Art Education students to teach at underserved schools, $9,000

Camp Rising Sun, Inc. to cover direct costs of camp services for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, $9,400

Cloud Dancers of the Southwest, Inc. to support program for people with disabilities by providing scholarships, site improvements and initial funding for an executive director, $7,300

Cornerstones Community Partnership to implement training for Albuquerque-area young people in traditional building skills as part of the comprehensive restoration of St. Augustine Church at Isleta Pueblo, $10,000

Crossroads for Women to support Maya's Place, a congregate supportive living program for women reintegrating into the community after incarceration, $10,000

Direct Action for Youth Foundation to support after school tutoring program with a focus on improving reading, writing, spelling and math skills, $8,000

Dismas House to support Occupational Therapy Initiative at transitional housing facility for people on probation and parole to successfully reenter society, $5,000

The Fractal Foundation to take the principles of fractals to at least 1,000 elementary and middle school students to show how the natural world can be accurately described with fractal math making math relevant, exciting and accessible, $9,100

Friends of Puppet and Object Theatre to support object theater presentations for young children and families at Head Start and APS Even Start locations, $8,000

Healing the Children for the Hardship Relief Project, a collaboration with New Mexico Voices for Children, APS Nursing Program and several others to assist families of children to access medicines and health related supplies, $3,500

Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Inc. to provide support for recruitment and training of classroom volunteers reaching 300 elementary and mid-school students with a program of economic and business education, $6,800

Keshet Dance Company to support and strengthen outreach program serving incarcerated teens, ages 12-21 at the NM Youth Diagnostic and Development Center (YDDC), $9,500

La Familia Placement Services to support Independent Living Skills Training for youth ages 13-18 who have serious mental health needs and are in foster care, $10,000

Life Options Academy to assist in providing services to 10 adolescent mothers at residential facility with one-on-one vocational counseling to support each mothers individualized plan and its implementation, $7,100

New Art New Mexico to support Wild Dancing West, a two-week festival of Albuquerque-made dance featuring full-length performances, workshops and interactive opportunities for dancers and non-dancers alike, $5,000

New Mexico Asian Family Center to support Center efforts of community outreach and education for the immigrant Asian population pertaining to immigration and language issues, cultural adaptation, parenting, domestic violence and employment, $5,500

New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, Inc. to maintain and expand project on increasing access to healthcare services for the indigent population at Albuquerque hospitals, $10,000

New Mexico Commission for the Blind to support the Independent Living Skills Training Center with funding to purchase items and furnishings to replicate a home and a classroom setting for participants to learn non-visual skills and remain independent in a home environment, $15,000

New Mexico Conference of Churches to increase the number of paroled youth served through a six-month group mentoring project by providing life skills coaching and assistance in obtaining social services, $10,000

New Mexico Human Rights Projects to support a day-long workshop for more than 140 middle and high school students and their educators, counselors and administrators for hands-on activities addressing the issues of civil rights, genocide, immigration and homelessness, $9,000

New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation restricted to support fossil preparation of Triassic vertebrates, Permian vertebrates, and Triassic and Permian invertebrates, $10,491

Outpost Productions, Inc. to support classes, performance opportunities, visual arts exhibits including Jazz Ensemble Classes and African Drumming, $5,000

Outside In to support meaningful and high quality professional artistic and educational performances, workshops and presentations including music, dance, poetry and magic for confined populations in shelters, nursing homes, daycare centers, $9,000

Pegasus Legal Services for Children to support the outreach and education component of the Pegasus Youth Law Project providing legal assistance to youth ages 12-21 with issues of homelessness, parent/teen conflict, transition from foster care and teen pregnancy/parenthood, $6,363

Project Share, Inc. to provide financial assistance for providing extra food and milk to children in the surrounding neighborhood from low-income families, $2,600

Protection & Advocacy System to support a project to identify persons with developmental or other disabilities who want to move out of institutional facilities such as nursing homes or intermediate care facilities and into home- or community- based programs and facilitate their return to their community, $15,000

Rio Grande Food Project to help purchase and deliver food and cover costs of supplies, utilities, equipment and cleaning services for a west side food pantry providing emergency food to families, $7,000

Samaritan Counseling Center to support group counseling for children and their families by increasing capacity to respond to requests in response to other organizations closing their doors, $8,800

Senior Arts, Inc. to present six multicultural performing groups and three professional artists demonstrating their work at the North Valley Senior Center, $4,000

St. Martin's Hospitality Center to assist with a program providing funds for people to receive state IDs, bus tokens, birth certificates and their documents enabling them to exit homelessness, $10,000

Tricklock Theatre Company to support and enhance the Manoa Project, a teen playwriting and ensemble apprenticeship program to develop talent and teach skills, $5,000

VSA arts of New Mexico to continue support for the Out of the Ordinary Festival including a broad array of discussions, panels, classes and workshops accompanying performances and gallery exhibits with educational inreach and outreach, $8,500

Watermelon Mountain Ranch, Inc. to support Outreach Program allowing teens from the juvenile justice system by promoting the many benefits of the animal/human bond reaching 275-300 teens each year, $9,500