Con Alma Health Foundation Awards $810,000 in Grants to 28 New Mexico Nonprofits
Con Alma Health Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 grant awards—28 nonprofit organizations across New Mexico that are working to advance health equity and improve the well-being of their communities. This year, the Foundation awarded a total of $810,000 in funding to support innovative, community-driven initiatives that address the root causes of health disparities and promote lasting change. Funding priorities include: Access, Culturally Appropriate Services, Evaluation/Research, Health Promotion, Policy and Workforce Development.
Con Alma’s mission centers on ensuring that all those living in New Mexico have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives. Each year, the Foundation invests in organizations that are deeply embedded in their communities and committed to creating systems-level solutions that reflect the values of equity, inclusion, and collaboration.
The 2025 grant recipients represent a diverse range of efforts—from expanding access to culturally responsive healthcare and mental health services, to supporting food security, youth development, and advocacy for underserved populations. These organizations are not only meeting immediate needs but also building long-term capacity for healthier, more resilient communities.
Congratulations to the 2025 Con Alma Health Foundation Grant Recipients!
Region One
100% San Juan Initiative ($30,000.00) To deliver a system of support for San Juan County residents facing barriers to health, housing, and stability. Using the 100% Well-being Framework, the project addresses urgent needs and builds pathways to thriving, with a focus on Native American, Hispanic, rural, and low-income families.
Gallup Community Health ($30,000.00) To expand a Community Health Worker program serving rural and predominantly Native American communities in Gallup and McKinley County. The project will integrate a Navajo Community Health Worker into the clinical care team to provide culturally grounded patient navigation, outreach, and health education tailored to community needs. By strengthening local capacity and expanding services, including at a new school-based health center, this initiative will improve access to care and promote health equity across the region.
NACA Inspired Schools Network ($30,000.00) To support Indigenous Farm Hub’s Farmers-in-Residence program and Community Supported Agriculture distribution. The project will provide six adult farmers and ten youth apprentices with hands-on training in regenerative agriculture, agribusiness, financial literacy, and food safety while distributing fresh produce across three counties. Operating from Indigenous Farm Hub’s 16-acre site in Corrales and serving Bernalillo, Sandoval, and Valencia Counties, this initiative strengthens Indigenous food sovereignty, promotes health equity, and builds a sustainable local food economy rooted in culture and community.
National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project Inc ($30,000.00) To sustain and expand Project Venture, an evidence-based, culturally grounded youth development program serving Indigenous youth in Albuquerque and tribal communities across New Mexico, including Laguna, Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Taos Pueblos. The project engages students through outdoor experiential learning, community service, and peer mentoring while integrating culturally responsive mindfulness practices guided by an Elder Advisory Committee. By blending traditional Indigenous values with modern wellness strategies, Project Venture fosters resilience, leadership, and health among tribal and urban Native youth across New Mexico.
Northern New Mexico Indigenous Farmers, Inc ($30,000.00) To expand the Northern New Mexico Indigenous Farmers Community Training Program in Shiprock, NM, supporting beginning farmers, many of them former coal workers, in developing sustainable, culturally grounded agriculture. The project blends Navajo traditional knowledge with modern farming techniques to restore idle farmland, create jobs, and improve food access across eight Chapter Houses. By pairing experienced mentors with new growers, the program builds local capacity, reduces food insecurity, and strengthens food sovereignty within the Navajo Nation.
Region Two
Breath of My Heart Birthplace ($30,000.00) To support underserved Indigenous and land-based families in Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and Sandoval counties, as well as rural communities across Northern New Mexico. Breath of My Heart Birthplace develops programming and advocacy efforts that reflect the needs and priorities of the Eight Northern Pueblos – Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Pojoaque, Nambé, Tesuque, Picuris, and Taos.
Cooking With Kids ($30,000.00) To provide fun, positive experiences with healthy foods—because research (and program experience!) show that when kids help prepare healthy meals, they’re more likely to eat and enjoy them. Since launching in Las Vegas in 2023, demand has grown rapidly, and there is a waiting list of schools and partners eager to participate. Cooking with Kids San Miguel and Mora serves rural students who rarely have access to supplemental health and nutrition education.
El Valle Community Center ($30,000.00) To sustain pantry staffing and continue vital programs that nourish families, preserve cultural traditions, and strengthen community resilience. El Valle Community Center provides food and family support for children and multi-generational households in rural, low-income communities of the historic San Miguel del Bado Land Grant area. Rising living costs, job losses, and wildfire impacts have sharply increased food insecurity, doubling pantry visits from 150 in 2023 to 315 in 2025.
Free Flow NM Inc ($15,000.00) To expand access to menstrual products across Santa Fe County through community-based distribution and artist-designed “Period Pods.” The funding will sustain the existing pod at the Santa Fe Downtown Public Library, distribute 1,200 additional kits through over 55 local organizations, and provide 60 reusable period kits. While this request focuses on Santa Fe County, Free Flow NM’s broader work reaches seven counties and multiple Pueblos across Northern New Mexico, promoting dignity and menstrual equity through grassroots collaboration.
Lake City Youth Center Inc ($30,000.00) To help upgrade technology infrastructure improving service coordination and launch three new youth programs that foster thriving, resilience, and opportunity for local families. Lake City Youth & Family Center, serving as the 100% Guadalupe Family Center, leads Guadalupe County’s participation in the statewide 100% New Mexico initiative, which ensures residents can access ten vital services. Located in Santa Rosa, Lake City Youth & Family Center coordinates service access and builds local capacity where gaps exist, working across the county’s wide rural area to connect families with essential supports.
Scott’s House ($15,000.00) To expand equitable access to hospice and respite care for underserved and rural communities across Northern and Central New Mexico. Located in Santa Fe, the organization provides 24/7 compassionate, culturally appropriate end-of-life care that relieves pressure on hospitals, caregivers, and families while serving more than 1,200 people annually. This request will fund night-duty caregiving, ensuring continuity of care and strengthening a regional network that bridges critical gaps in the continuum of community-based hospice services.
Sunrise Clinics ($30,000.00) To strengthen healthcare access across northeastern New Mexico through capacity building, infrastructure improvements, and workforce development. Operating community-based and school-based clinics in San Miguel, Colfax, Guadalupe, and Quay counties, Sunrise provides primary care, behavioral health, and chronic disease management for medically underserved residents and students. The project will enhance management capacity, expand outreach to rural and frontier areas, and invest in technology to sustain high-quality, culturally responsive care that improves health outcomes and equity across the region.
Visiones Colaborativas-Collaborative Visions ($30,000.00) To continue critical post-fire water testing in Mora County following the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. The project expands ongoing groundwater and well monitoring to identify contaminants threatening the county’s primary drinking water source. Focused on areas most affected by flooding and aquifer infiltration, this work safeguards the health of residents in one of New Mexico’s most rural and under-resourced counties.
YouthWorks ($30,000.00) To expand current culinary training program’s meal service for unhoused youth at Consuelo’s Place in Santa Fe. The program will provide meals for residents under 18 on non-school days, improving food security and health outcomes for vulnerable children. At the same time, Opportunity Youth trainees gain hands-on culinary and workforce experience, creating a dual benefit that advances health equity and economic opportunity in the local community.
Region Three
Centro Savila ($30,000.00) To ensure New Mexico’s underserved populations receive essential behavioral healthcare in Albuquerque’s International District, Downtown, and South Valley. Centro Sávila provides services that are culturally and linguistically responsive to the communities they serve. The organization also strengthens New Mexico’s behavioral health workforce through its licensure support program for diverse and multilingual providers and advances systems change through its Youth Advocacy Program, which empowers local teens to engage in health equity work at the legislative level.
New Mexico Veterans Integration Centers ($30,000.00) To provide comprehensive support to 150 veterans in Albuquerque and surrounding Bernalillo County communities, focusing on improving access to healthcare, promoting health equity, and delivering culturally appropriate services. Through integrated case management, tailored health education, and transportation assistance, the program addresses barriers related to mental health, substance use, and chronic illness—empowering veterans to navigate care systems and achieve stability. Centering services where health disparities among veterans are most pronounced, the initiative builds local partnerships to deliver culturally informed, comprehensive support that promotes reintegration and long-term well-being.
NMCAN ($30,000.00) To advance a narrative campaign distinguishing poverty from neglect, aiming to prevent unnecessary family separations that disproportionately impact Native and children of color. As a trusted organization supporting youth with lived experience in foster care, juvenile justice, and homelessness, NMCAN engages about 100 young people annually through leadership development and financial stability programs. Based in Albuquerque, the initiative will focus on Bernalillo, Sandoval, and Valencia counties, regions with high rates of disconnected youth, building awareness and influencing policy to promote equity and family preservation.
Partnership for Community Action ($30,000.00) To expand culturally responsive family engagement and parent leadership through the evidence-based Abriendo Puertas – Opening Doors program, a culturally rooted family engagement and leadership initiative based on the 2Generation model. Through classes, facilitator training, and technical assistance, the program empowers BIPOC and Spanish-speaking parents to promote their families’ health, well-being, and early childhood development. Anchored in Albuquerque’s South Valley and extended statewide through a network of trained facilitators, PCA’s work strengthens family advocacy and builds community-led pathways to long-term equity and resilience.
Three Sisters Kitchen ($30,000.00) To address the critical need for a capable and confident home healthcare workforce providing culturally appropriate, quality care and nutritious meals for home-bound, low-income seniors in Albuquerque. Co-led with Encuentro, the program builds workforce capacity, celebrates the expertise of caregivers, and expands access to healthy food among seniors most at risk of hunger and chronic disease. Based in downtown Albuquerque, Harvest to Health serves Home Health Aides and their clients throughout Bernalillo County, where many seniors face poverty and food insecurity, strengthening both health outcomes and the caregiving workforce.
Region Four
Community Drug Coalition of Lea County ($30,000.00) To address health inequities and systemic barriers faced by residents of rural, low-income, and historically underserved communities in Lea County, including Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Jal, and Tatum. This initiative expands access to culturally competent, trauma-informed substance use disorder services for people who are uninsured, underinsured, or involved in the criminal justice system. Many of those served face economic hardship, chronic health conditions, or limited access to behavioral health care due to geographic isolation.
United Way of Eddy County ($20,000.00) To develop an Emergency Response Auxiliary that will train and mobilize volunteers to assist during local crises. Working with the Eddy County Office of Emergency Management, the initiative will establish a Certified Emergency Response Team (CERT) and create pathways for volunteers to gain Red Cross certification and hands-on training with first responders. Centered in Eddy County but designed for regional resilience, this program will strengthen community preparedness and expand the region’s capacity to respond effectively to future emergencies.
West Texas Counseling & Guidance, Inc DBA Permian Basin Counseling & Guidance ($30,000.00) To expand culturally appropriate mental health services for Latinx/Hispanic communities in Southeastern New Mexico. The project will recruit bilingual providers, train staff in culturally responsive care, and implement interpreter services to reduce language barriers and stigma around mental illness. Serving Eddy, Lea, and Chaves counties through in-person and telehealth options, the initiative will also conduct Spanish-language outreach to improve awareness, access, and equity in mental health care.
Region Five
La Casa, Inc. ($25,000.00) To explore social justice entrepreneurship as a path to economic empowerment for domestic violence survivors and long-term organizational sustainability. Serving predominantly Hispanic communities in Doña Ana, Luna, and Hidalgo Counties, the project will cultivate survivor-led enterprises and mission-aligned social ventures to break the cycle of violence through financial independence and economic resilience. Rooted in the borderlands of southern New Mexico, this effort advances economic justice, reduces regional disparities, and strengthens La Casa’s capacity to serve survivors amid ongoing federal funding cuts.
New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension ($30,000.00) To expand the Extension Get Fit program to improve physical fitness for rural and linguistically isolated residents of Doña Ana County. The project will train Community Health Workers to deliver Extension Get Fit in underserved border and rural communities, translate instructional materials into Spanish, and create a model for future multilingual adaptations. By addressing geographic, linguistic, and economic barriers to wellness, this initiative promotes equitable access to low-cost, evidence-based fitness education across Southern New Mexico.
ProAction, Inc. ($15,000.00) To expand vaccination clinics for uninsured and underinsured children and families in southern New Mexico. This project will increase access to essential vaccines through mobile outreach in underserved border communities, ensuring children are protected and ready for school while reducing geographic and financial barriers to care.
Strong Families ($30,000.00) To support healthcare networks engaged in systems change and by developing leadership programs rooted in advocacy, outreach, and education. The project will expand access to affordable care for rural, immigrant, and Indigenous communities through targeted messaging and community engagement. Operating remotely with staff and organizers based in Albuquerque and Doña Ana County, Strong Families will continue to leverage its trusted, decade-long relationships in Doña Ana and McKinley Counties through both virtual and in-person collaboration.
Region Six (Statewide)
New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty ($30,000.00) To engage families statewide in advocating for reforms to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, ensuring cash assistance better meets families’ basic needs for food, housing, and stability. By combining research, communications, and community-driven advocacy, New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty aims to shape systemic solutions informed by lived experience and advance health equity for low-income families. Based in Albuquerque but working statewide, this effort is especially critical amid federal funding cuts and growing economic insecurity across New Mexico.
Seva Foundation ($30,000.00) To expand access to quality eye care for Native communities in and beyond Albuquerque through a new mobile vision clinic. Building on the success of its work with established urban Indian health providers, the project will reach patients with limited transportation access. By meeting people where they are, Seva Foundation aims to close gaps in care and bring affordable eye health services to underserved areas across New Mexico.
Tribal Adaptive Organization ($30,000.00) To develop “Movement, Identity, and Belonging,” a K–12 para-sport curriculum that integrates Native culture, disability inclusion, and adaptive health education. The project will publish the curriculum, pilot it in three San Juan County schools, and host an educator training conference in Farmington. By fostering empathy, accessibility, and cultural relevance, this initiative aims to advance statewide health equity and inclusive education while creating a scalable model for tribal and rural communities.
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