Current Grantees

Regional Resource Hub Grant

United Way of Northern New Mexico has been selected to serve as a regional resource hub. This regional hub will support the NNM Youth Fund grantee cohort with building regional and local capacity by supporting them with program implementation, collaboration, and shared learning and securing public funding. The regional hub organizes and regularly convene the grantee cohort and supports them with:

Provide technical assistance to support grantees in implementing programs effectively, navigating wraparound supports, and telling impactful stories with both quantitative and qualitative data, emphasizing core outcomes and ensuring the evaluation reflects the depth and context of their work.
Develop specialized resources, toolkits and tools;
Provide grant coaches or mentors to offer personal, tailored support to organizations through the grant process;
Connect grantees to existing services and resources like application materials, matching grant opportunities and grant research provided by federal agencies or state offices; and / or
Help grantees identify experienced service providers (i.e., grant writers, grant managers, legal and accounting experts) to help them secure philanthropic, state, and federal funding.

CTE and Work-Based Learning Grants

Our CTE and Work-Based Learning Project Grants provide funding to support underserved youth (ages 13-29) in gaining career-related skills and opportunities. Grants will fund projects that offer Career Technical Education (CTE) or Work-Based Learning (WBL), integrating mentorship, leadership development, and transition supports to help youth navigate education and career pathways.

Applications were reviewed and awarded by a committee composed of Strategy Table members, public funders, community stakeholders, and young people whose backgrounds represent those the Strategy Table aims to prioritize. By strengthening local organizations’ abilities to offer support and opportunities to all young people in Northern New Mexico, the Youth Fund is putting them on a pathway to successful careers and fulfilling lives.

CURRENT GRANTEES

Regional Resource Hub Grant

United Way of Northern New Mexico

Career Technical Education & Work-Based Learning Grants

Assistance Dogs of the West – $81,660 for an expanded student trainer work-based learning program.
College and Career Plaza – $75,000 to connect high school students to paid, hands-on learning experiences.
Forest Stewards Guild – $60,000 for the Forest Stewards Youth Corps wildland fire and forestry career program.
Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship – $100,000 for the New Mexico Climate Justice Leadership Development Program focused on Indigenous youth.
Las Vegas City Schools — $100,000 to strengthen CTE programs at Robertson High School.
Moving Arts Española – $100,000 to expand Bowie’s Backstage, a career launchpad in culinary arts, agriculture, and digital media.
National Latino Behavioral Health Association – $91,666 for the Connecting Our Voices: Youth Education and Workforce Pathways initiative, which creates equitable CTE pathways for youth ages 13 to 29, integrating academic learning with career preparation and internships.
Northern Youth Project – $100,000 for peer mentorship and hands-on internships rooted in traditional agriculture and community leadership.
Peñasco Independent Schools – $81,600 to develop a new on-site work-based learning program.
Pojoaque Valley School District – $75,000 to expand CTE offerings in the construction trades.
Pueblo of Santa Ana Tamaya Wellness Center – $100,000 for the Tamaya Elite Sports, Education, and Leadership Program focused on esports, digital media production, coding, and personal development.
R4 Creating – $100,000 for the Student Internship Development Program, which provides underserved youth with paid work-based learning experiences, career readiness training, and technical skill development in STEM fields.
River Source – $90,000 to provide green career training focused on watershed restoration and climate resilience.
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps – $100,000 for an individual placement program connecting youth to careers in land management and public service.
Contigo Immigrant Justice (Formerly Santa Fe Dreamers Project) – $60,000 for a paralegal internship program that expands immigration legal services.
Santa Fe Public Schools – $100,000 for CTE Senior Pathway Internships, supporting SFPS’s commitment to graduate each student as a career-ready, skilled individual who will contribute to their community’s upward growth.
Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo – $100,000 for the Skills for Success program, focused on culturally relevant vocational training in traditional arts.
Trees, Water & People – $85,000 to enhance land management employment skills for Native American youth.
YouthWorks – $100,000 for paid, hands-on job training in construction, culinary, and other fields focused on Opportunity Youth.