United Way of Santa Fe County recently received a $100,000 grant from the Thornburg Foundation to further a capital campaign for the United Way Early Learning Center at Kaune. Opening in August, the prekindergarten center ultimately will serve 200 children, ages 3 to...

When Think New Mexico puts out an annual report, its findings often lead to change. The nonprofit think tank has helped push for all-day kindergarten, Public Regulation Commission reform and removing the gross receipts tax on food, to name just a few initiatives. Read...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials today joined 15 national and regional philanthropic partners to announce a new initiative to bolster the supply chain for local food systems around ten key U.S. cities. Read More

In seeking partners, New Mexico’s Thornburg Foundation wanted collaborators who shared its vision of nonpartisanship and research-based policy solutions. It found Pew. When Garrett Thornburg looked around his home state of New Mexico, he saw a poor place...

Garrett Thornburg bailed on New York for Santa Fe more than 30 years ago, and he isn’t looking back. The very first deal closed by Garrett Thornburg and his new firm was with Norwest Bank the day after Thanksgiving 1982... Read More

Emerging Leaders are everywhere, doing amazing work locally, in states and provinces, and nationally. Leadership can take many forms, from the leader in a classroom in an early care and education or school-age program to people working globally......

Allan Oliver has been named executive director of the $88 million Thornburg Foundation, the foundation said Wednesday. Oliver, who most recently served as CEO of the New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce, will start the job March 25, Thornburg said in a news...