Our Focus Areas

The Community Funding Program of the Foundation supports public charities operating in the following fields of interest: environmental conservation, national and international public policy issues, human services and opportunities for children and youth.

Featured Grantees

Reading Quest

Reading Quest provides free structured literacy tutoring and social-emotional support for hundreds of striving readers. They tutor 380 students a week, all of whom are referred by their teachers and in collaboration with Santa Fe and West Las Vegas Public Schools, Native American Student Services,  Communities in Schools, and the Adelante program for homeless youth. 

Our funding supports: General Operations

Santa Fe Public Schools Adelante Program

The Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) Adelante Program provides advocacy, direct support services, and basic needs services for children, teens, and their families experiencing homelessness in Santa Fe. SFPS Adelante plays a crucial role in educating the community about child homelessness, and advocates for our families’ needs with schools, human service agencies, and the community at large.

Our funding supports: General Operations

Communities in Schools of New Mexico

Communities in Schools leverages evidence, relationships and local resources to help students stay in school and graduate. Through their school-based site coordinators, they bring community resources into schools to remove barriers for vulnerable students who are at risk of dropping out to keep them in school and on the path to graduation.

Our funding supports: General Operations

St. Elizabeth Shelters & Supportive Housing

St. Elizabeth Shelter assists homeless individuals and families by providing emergency shelter, food, case management, counseling, supportive housing, and referrals to partnering human-service agencies. Their ultimate goal is to end the cycle of homelessness.

Our funding supports: General Operations