Deadline: 11-Mar-23
The New Mexico Children’s Foundation (NMCF) is seeking applications for its Grant Program for small community-based non-profit programs designed to foster the physical, emotional, educational, and social development of New Mexico children and their families.
Funding Priorities
- This granting cycle, NMCF is prioritizing funding programs that are helping to:
- Address and support emotional and social challenges provoked by COVID-19, and
- Diminish barriers COVID-19 has/is adding to education and literacy attainment
Funding Information
- Funds requested should not exceed $10,000 for a single year
- Maximum TOTAL multi-year funding is $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
- NMCF’s charitable funds are available to 501(c)(3) nonprofit New Mexican children’s organizations with annual total budgets under $400,000. Granting priority is given, but not limited to, rural NM community programs addressing unmet needs for children 18 or younger.
- Or organizations seeking support for a new or existing program serving an unmet need in New Mexico
- For organizations previously funded by NMCF, program funding can be awarded for up to three years. NMCF welcomes your new programs!
- Operating expense funding is eligible for single-year requests only
- Organizations who received multi-year funding in the 2022-2023 grant cycle are not eligible to apply until the end of their multi-year term (i.e. ABC organization received 2 years of funding and will be eligible to re-apply to NMCF in the 2024-2025 grant cycles).
Criteria
- Criteria for judging proposals include the following:
- Is the Project child-centered?
- Is there a community need for the project?
- Does the project collaborate with other organizations or entities?
- How many children will the project directly impact?
- Does the organization have the capacity to successfully carry out the project?
For more information, visit NMCF.