Advancing Community-Led Health Across New Mexico Before NMCF formally announced its Thriving New Mexico funding priorities, the Anchorum Community Health Donor Advised Fund was already putting many of those values into practice. As a donor advised fund, it supports nonprofit partners working in rural, Tribal and Pueblo communities where health is shaped not only by access […]
Expanding Access to Dental Care on the Navajo Nation For families across the Navajo Nation, a dental appointment can mean more than scheduling time off from work or school. It can mean finding enough money for gas, arranging transportation, and spending hours on the road to reach care that many communities take for granted. […]
Yá’át’ééh, I am Kinyaa’áanii (Towering House clan), born for Naasht’ézhi Dine’é (Zuni clan). My maternal grandparents are Áshįįhí (Salt People clan), and my paternal grandparents are Tł’ááshchí’í (Red Bottom people clan). I collaborate with communities in six counties – San Juan, McKinley, Cibola, Guadalupe, Union, and Harding, as well as the 23 Pueblos, Tribes, and […]
The Greater Chaco landscape is one of the world’s most significant cultural and spiritual places—a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the ancestral homeland of Indigenous peoples, whose connection to this landscape continues today. The New Mexico Community Foundation stands with Tribal Nations and communities calling for the protection of Chaco Canyon and the surrounding landscape. Once […]
Growing up in rural New Mexico taught Madison Kenyon the importance of responsibility, resilience, and service to community. Those values have earned the House High School graduate recognition as the 2026 recipient of the 505 Southwestern® New Mexico True Scholars Award. The scholarship supports graduating New Mexico seniors who plan to attend a New Mexico […]
Across rural New Mexico, community well-being often begins with practical, visible work: clearing debris, improving safety, restoring shared spaces, and helping neighbors feel proud of the places they call home. EnviroTrash, a new fiscally sponsored project of New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF), is bringing that spirit to Cibola County and parts of McKinley County through […]
What guides our work at the New Mexico Community Foundation is that the people closest to the challenges are also closest to the solutions. Across rural towns, mountain villages, acequia associations, nonprofit offices, kitchen tables, classrooms, and community gathering places, New Mexicans are building the future they want for the places they call home. As […]
https://nmcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TriCounty-Fund-Video-of-pictures.mp4 When the Village of Corona received funding for a mini excavator through the Tri-County Community Fund, it may have looked like a simple equipment purchase. In reality, it represented something much bigger: a community’s ability to respond to local needs with care, dignity, and practical solutions. For years, certain areas of the community cemetery […]
This month, New Mexico Community Foundation is proud to feature Free Indian Market, a fiscally sponsored organization whose work reflects a long-standing commitment at NMCF: supporting Indigenous-led, Indigenous-serving projects that strengthen culture, community and self-determination across New Mexico. Free Indian Market produces an annual free Native art show in Santa Fe, creating a welcoming space […]
