NewMexicoWomen.Org is thrilled to announce another round of grants through our partnership with the Women’s Funding Network. Over $30,000 was granted out to the stellar New Mexico nonprofits listed below. Learn more about previous grant cycles on our Ongoing Projects page under the Creating Impact tab.
Women’s Funding Network Grants, 2012:
Accion, Statewide- Accion has financed the start-up or growth of more than 2,3000 new businesses in rural and urban communities of New Mexico. Through the NMW.O grant, Accion will extend their organizational support of economic security and self-sufficiency through trainings of women entrepreneurs in Gallup, Carlsbad, and surrounding areas.
Brave Girls, Santa Fe, NM- Brave Girls is a project of the Leadership Institute, aimed at promoting positive change and leadership in high school age girls at the Santa Fe Indian School. The girls will be provided with the tools to make positive decisions, avoid risky adolescent behaviors, and promote overall well-being as it relates to girls’ development including their physical, emotional, mental and social well-being.
Native American Voters Alliance, Albuquerque, NM- NAVA is committed to social, economic and environmental justice principles that advance healthy and sustainable communities for Native families living in New Mexico. This grant will aid in the formation of a Native American Community Action Group, which will serve as a key stakeholder in the creation of a “Working Families Community Agenda”, thereby setting progressive policy goals.
New Mexico Handmade, Mesilla, NM- NM Handmade provides services to increase economic security for the women of colonias communities in southern Doña Ana County by having improved access to training, education, mentoring, and leadership development. This grant will supplement NM Handmade’s work of aiding women in the process of creating and selling hand-woven garments.
Oso Vista Ranch, Pine Hill, NM- Oso Vista Ranch Project provides culturally based entrepreneurship, financial literacy, youth leadership and commercial tobacco use prevention programs for New Mexico Native American communities. The project supported by the NMW.O grant, The Blue Corn Path to Empowerment, will provide mentorship of women and girls by teaching them how to grow, harvest and process blue corn. Efforts will include education on how a diet rich in traditional Native food combats the incidence of diabetes.
Women’s Intercultural Center, Anthony, NM- The Women’s Intercultural Center’s WINGS Program will be augmented through the NMW.O grant. WINGS is a signature program of the Women’s Intercultural Center which consists of a three pronged programming approach: Alternative Education & Personal Development, Economic Self-Sufficiency, and Consciousness-Raising for Change. Each approach reinforces and complements the other to educate, empower and engage women.