Future Fund
Do something about our community’s future today.
In 1997, the Future Fund started when 12 couples decided to get together and pool their money to start an endowment.
They began by contributing $200 a year. Since then it has grown to over 100 members and the endowment has almost $400,000.
This group of young leaders is committed to making our community a better place to live.
The Future Fund’s mission:
"Acquaint younger members of the community with responsive philanthropy, develop community awareness and nurture future leadership."
15 years!
Back in 2007, the Board of Trustees of the Foundation wanted to find a way to attract younger donors who were interested in learning about the Power of Endowment Giving. They came up with the idea of a giving circle that would invite those 40 and under to make annual contributions that would be pooled for maximum endowment growth and grant making. The group started with 12 couples being invited to dinner party to explore the idea. Every one of those twelve agreed to contribute $200 annually and to promote the idea with their friends. Fortunately, the Foundation’s generous Board of Trustees supported the new initiative with funds for immediate grant making and social activities.
Soon after, the first membership party was held and over 100 young people attended!
Over the years Future Fund membership and endowment have grown.
Today the endowment has topped $430,000, grants of $203,000 have been made to nonprofit organizations selected by the Future Fund membership and the fund balance sits at $375,000.
Future Fund Grants to Date:
Adoption Exchange, New Mexico Chapter - To support the family Recruitment Program to find individuals or families for adopting special needs children, $5,000
All Faiths Receiving Home - Materials for Education Resource Program providing meaningful, practical information to families, $2,500
APS Title I, Homeless Projects - After-school tutoring program for homeless children living in shelters and motels, $7,000
Art in the School, Inc. - To support an after-school program with UNM Art Education students to better prepare them for teaching careers, $4,800
Assistance League of Albuquerque - Providing clothing for middle school students, $2,500
Barrett Foundation - To build a Barrett House Emergency Shelter library enhancing homeless women’s abilities to obtain valuable life & employment skills, while encouraging mothers to read with their children, $15,000
Bosque School BEMP – To provide transportation for students from public schools and stipends for UNM Interns for field research in the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program, $1,400
Carrie Tingley Hospital - Collaborative music & dance program with Keshet Dance Company for children with mixed abilities, with their siblings & parents, $5,000
Catholic Charities of Central New Mexico - Housing for families facing evictions through the courts, $5,000
Children’s Court & Advocacy Inc. - Empowerment of Girls and the Say No to Abuse Power Programs, $5,000
Cuidando Los Niños - Medical, educational & equipment costs of the new Well-Child Care clinic for homeless infants & toddlers, $12,500
Direct Action for Youth - Stipends for teachers to provide after-school tutoring in Valle Vista and Kit Carson Elementary Schools, $5,000
Explora Science Center & Children’s Museum - To support the Crictor Story Time outreach project to children residing in shelters for the homeless of victims of domestic violence, $5,000
Health Care for the Homeless - ArtStreet children’s project with homeless or formerly homeless artists serving as mentors, $5,000
Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Inc. - To expand the recruitment & training of classroom volunteers for on-going economic & business education, $7,550
La Familia, Inc. – Funding to strengthen & expand the effectiveness of Sensory Based Parent Child Attachment Groups. Also, a project to provide support services for teens outgrowing foster care & entering independent living, $15,000
New Mexico Collaboration to End Hunger - To support the Summer Intergenerational Food Program, $7,000
New Mexico Conference of Churches - To support the Parole Empowerment Partners Project (PEP), a nondenominational mentoring program for paroled youth to assist in successful completion of parole requirements and achieve personal positive goals, $3,340
New Mexico Jazz Workshop - Roots of Jazz music education program for elementary school students, $5,000
New Mexico Media Literacy Project - To provide support for five multimedia trainings on media education and literacy for APS Title 1 middle and/or high school students, educators and university students including 40 Media Literacy Toolbox DVD-ROMs, $4,000
Nicodemus Wilderness Project - To support the Apprentice Ecologist Initiative to elevate disadvantaged or at-risk kids & teens into leadership roles by engaging them in environmental clean-up and habitat restoration projects, $3,000
NM MESA – To support implementation of “Engaging our City’s Future Engineers and Scientists” project for middle and high school students in 22 Albuquerque schools, $4,000
Oasis, Inc. - Intergenerational Tutor Program, training for 100 older adult volunteers to teach reading to 150 at-risk elementary students, $5,000
PB&J Family Services, Inc. - To support for the KidPACT program for school-aged children with incarcerated parents to decrease the isolation of these children, improve school performance, and break the intergenerational cycle of crime, $3,000
Planned Parenthood of New Mexico - Nos Cambios Parent/Child Sexuality Education Workshops’ for 5th-12th grade students & their parents, $5,000
Playworks New Mexico -To support students in additional recess time with coaches who teach them games & emphasize the value of play, $7,750
Project Share, Inc. - To provide extra food & milk for children in the surrounding neighborhood from low-income families, $2,600
Roadrunner Food Bank - Food for Kids program to send food home from schools for children who do not get enough to eat at home, $5,000
Sandia Preparatory School & Mission Avenue Elementary School - Niños y Libros mentoring program between 8th grade Sandia Prep students and APS K-5 students, $3,000.
Saranam - To assist homeless families who have a desire and the motivation to change their lives to end their homelessness. $7,750
SET for Health New Mexico - Medical self-care workshops for women & families who are homeless and/or living in shelters, $5,000
Talking Talons Youth Leadership - To support a digital video project developed & created by youth to capture stories about educational wild animals for use as a classroom life science teaching aid, $7,650
The Fractal Foundation - Take the principles of fractals to at least 1,000 elementary and middle school students, $4,500
TVI Foundation - To provide quality one-on-one tutoring to homeless children in the APS Title I summer program while instilling ideals of philanthropy and community service in TVI students, $4,500
Watermelon Mountain Ranch – To provide support to the Animal Outreach Program for Teens at Risk, a juvenile detention diversion program that pairs youth offenders with companion animals at the ranch. The program teaches job & life skills while fostering the bond between the participants & the animals they care for, $1,500
Working Classroom, Inc. – To support 36 weeks of acting classes, academic tutoring, mentoring, cultural excursions and performance opportunities for 32 low-income middle school students from the poorest neighborhoods, $10,400
The Future Fund continues to grow engaging thoughtful, generous, community minded members every year. Please see the brochure for membership details.
2012 Future Fund Board:
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Billy Gupton, Chair |
Danelle Brennan, Liaison |
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Abinash Achrekar |
Renee Gwyther |
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Cathy Cavanaugh |
Joe LiRosi |
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Brian Colón |
Rebecca Lujan |
|
Claire Dudley |
Maureen O'Leary |
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Lauri Ebel |
Chamiza Pacheco de Alas |
|
Alex Flores |
Jose Viramontes |
Staff Liason: Lissa Blaschke
Membership Levels
$200 / Basic Membership
Benefits include invitations to the annual membership party, happy hours, annual review committee and the annual Grant Awards & Donor Appreciation Luncheon. Members are included in the Foundation’s annual report and website.
100% of the above contribution will be added to the Future Fund endowment.
$500 / Gold Membership
Includes the above and an invitation to Foundation donor appreciation events.
100% of the above contribution will be added to the Future Fund endowment.
$500 / Future Fund Board Membership
Includes the above and inclusion on the FF Board to participate in future planning and policy making.
$200 of the Board Contribution will be added to the Future Fund endowment, $300 is applied to Future Fund operating expenses.
$1,000 Alumni Membershipa young donors group.
This membership is for those who would like to support the Foundation and still enjoy the Future Fund. Membership includes all of the above benefits as well as an invitation to additional Foundation activities. These members will be recognized in all marketing materials as a Future Fund alumni and a Foundation Partner in Philanthropy.
$500 of this contribution will be added to the Future Fund endowment and $500 will be added to the Foundation’s Administrative Operating Endowment.
Interested in Joining? Click here to view the membership brochure.
