Community Grant-Making — Del Norte LOV Foundation

Community Grant-Making Program

To help improve lives of youth and families across New Mexico, the Del Norte LOV Foundation is proud to offer our bi-annual Community Grant-Making program, which provides special programmatic funding to non-profit organizations in New Mexico.

We congratulate the 2025 Spring Cycle Recipients of our Community Grant-Making Program!

Click here to view the 2025 Spring Cycle Grant Recipient slide deck.

The Del Norte LOV Foundation Employee Foundation Committee selected the following nonprofit organizations to receive a programmatic grant of $2,500 each:

At-Risk Youth grant awards to

Gerard's House to support their Healing Through Connection: Supporting Grieving Youth with Art and Community Program
Global Give A Book, Inc. to support their STEM Literacy Project for APS Title I Homeless Children Program
Scott's House Inc to support their Free Extended Respite and Hospice Care to Support Families With At-Risk Youth Program

Arts & Culture grant award to

Santa Fe Indigenous Center to support their Honoring Native Nations Powwow on the Santa Fe Plaza Community Enrichment Project

Community Enrichment grant awards to

Many Mothers to support their Family Center and Peer Support Group Support Program
The Pojoaque Valley Schools Education Foundation to support their Student Tutoring: Building Bridges Program

Education & STEM grant award to

Cooking with Kids, Inc. to support their Cooking with Kids-Del Norte LOV Foundation Classroom Program

Important things to know:

Our bi-annual Community Grant-Making Program will distribute a total of $35,000 among 14 grantees for the 2025 year. A total of $17,500 will be given to seven recipients during our respective Spring and Fall Cycles.
The 2025 Spring Grant Cycle is closed. Notifications will go out in early May.
Applications for our 2025 Fall Grant Cycle will open on Monday, September 15, 2025 and close on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Notifications will go out by early December.
Thank you for your interest!

Guidelines:

Del Norte LOV Foundation Community Grant applicants must be registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (or have an equivalent fiscal sponsor) that align with our mission to improve the lives of youth and families in the communities that DNCU serves, including Bernalillo, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and Santa Fe counties.
Grant applicants need to address and benefit one of the following impact focus areas: at-risk youth, community enrichment, education & S.T.E.M., and arts & culture (you may make the case of support for more than one area).
Applicants must apply for for programmatic funding, not for salary wages nor operational expenses.
Applicants must not support any one particular religion or belief system.