Con Alma prioritizes efforts that will impact many individuals within a network, community, or communities – rather than focusing on 1:1 direct service to individuals.

1. Access – Con Alma supports proposals that focus on access to health and healthcare as well as improving the health status and quality of life for the uninsured and medically underserved in New Mexico.

2. Culturally Appropriate Services – Con Alma supports efforts that aim to reduce health disparities, particularly for rural and tribal communities, immigrant families, and people of color. We support traditional and community-based approaches to health and efforts that support the hardest to reach individuals and communities in New Mexico.

3. Evaluation/Research – Con Alma supports data analysis, policy and advocacy, and/or the creation of new knowledge.

4. Health Promotion – Con Alma supports efforts that define health broadly and emphasize education, prevention, and personal empowerment.

5. Policy – Con Alma supports consumer participation in health policy formation and advocacy efforts to improve the health and well-being of people who live in New Mexico.

6. Workforce Development – Con Alma supports the development of professionals who reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of communities in New Mexico. This includes individuals who are participating in traditional as well as non-traditional training and educational opportunities.
   

Questions: Email sysadmin@conalma.org 

Exclusions/Restrictions

• Political campaigns, political lobbying, or other partisan activities prohibited by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

• Support to individuals, scholarships, or fellowships

• Capital or endowment campaigns, annual fundraising campaigns, event sponsorships, debt liquidation, or clinical research

• Grants to organizations that discriminate based on race, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, disability, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity

• Grants made for religious purposes

• Grants for construction, renovation, or repairs

Con Alma’s review process consists of three stages. An initial staff review for completeness and eligibility, a community review looks at the strengths of applications from a technical sense, and our Grant Making Committee looks deeper into alignment with the Foundation’s values and grant making goals.

How to Apply

CAHF online grant portal. See the FAQs for more detail on what information to prepare

• Log into CAHF Grant Portal

• On the home screen, find the “My Applications” section and click on “Funding Opportunities.” If you have already started an application you will find it in the “In Progress” list.

• Applicants new to Con Alma must first register and create an organizational profile.
  

Required Attachments

1. Proposal Budget. All applicants are required to complete the budget form in the Con Alma online grant portal. See the FAQs for more detail on what information to prepare.

2. Organizational Budget. All applicants are required to upload a copy of the organization’s general operating budget, showing all funding sources and major expense categories, for the most current fiscal year

3. Tribal Support Letter. Organizations working directly with sovereign nations, pueblos, or tribal communities or within their jurisdictions must upload a letter of support from a community-based tribal group or from the tribe(s)/nation(s) within which they will be working as an attachment to the application.

If additional time is needed to secure the required documentation, follow these steps:

• At the time of application submission, upload a note/letter noting the reason for the delay.

• If required documents are not uploaded by the agreed upon extension due date, the application will not be considered.

How to contact the Foundation

For all grant related questions, please email: sysadmin@conalma.org

Con Alma Annual Grants must benefit people living in New Mexico including all 33 counties, rural, tribal and frontier communities.

Eligibility Criteria

1. Grants are awarded to tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations under Section 501(c)(3) Code of the Internal Revenue Service or to Fiscal Sponsors with a 501(c)(3) designation.

2. This opportunity is open to all eligible applicants (based on the guidelines outlined), including current and past grant recipients of Con Alma Health Foundation.

3. Work funded by the grant must benefit people living in New Mexico.

4. Priority communities in New Mexico:

5. Communities historically marginalized because of race, language, disabilities, gender, sexual orientation, or spiritual beliefs

6. Immigrant, rural, and border communities

7. Low-income and economically under-resourced communities

8. People suffering from chronic health conditions and trauma-related health inequities

9. People who are uninsured, underinsured, and/or medically underserved

10. The foundation funds requests that have the potential to benefit many members in a system, network, or community (vs. individual needs).

Applying With a Fiscal Sponsor

• Projects, non-profits, public or a governmental agency or a federally recognized tribe in the state of New Mexico without IRS 501(c)(3) designation may apply through a fiscal sponsor.

• If using a fiscal sponsor, the organization serving as fiscal sponsor must have verifiable 501(c)(3) status from the IRS and a current organization profile in Con Alma’s grant portal.

How to contact the Foundation

For all grant related questions, please email: sysadmin@conalma.org

Applicants may request $15,000, $20,000, $25,000, or $30,000 for one year of support. The Foundation anticipates funding up to $800,000 total.

• The Foundation will award grants of up to $30,000.

• Funds may be used for personnel (staffing/benefits), professional services (contractors, evaluators), operational expenses (supplies, printing, postage, copying, communications), meetings and travel (venue rental, training costs), and other direct and indirect expenses. 

• Purchases of property or equipment are limited to $5,000 per item.

How to contact the Foundation

For all grant related questions, please email: sysadmin@conalma.org

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