News Release

Oct. 20 , 2005

PNM Resources Foundation Announces $182,000 in Grants
for N.M. Nonprofits’ Education, Economic Development Programs

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Albuquerque: The nonprofit, shareholder-funded PNM Resources Foundation has announced awards to 22 New Mexico organizations that support educational and economic development programs that benefit youth, seniors and adults. The grants total $182,000.

"These nonprofits' programs bring valuable resources to those in our state who need them most," said Diane Harrison Ogawa, PNM Resources Foundation executive director. "The PNM Resources Foundation is proud to partner with these organizations to help build a stronger and brighter future for our state."

Some of the programs that received funding include:

• Cornerstones Community Partnerships , Native American Preservation Studies and Applied Learning Curriculum, Santa Fe, $15,000. Native American youth will learn about traditional vernacular architecture as a means for understanding the importance of culture, historic preservation and sustainable building practices.
  
• Goodwill Industries of New Mexico , Supported Employment Program: Material Assistance for Program Clients, Albuquerque, $10,000. Those who have barriers to employment will learn new skills as well as get help finding a job, keeping a job and performing well at it.
  
• New Mexico Community Education Association , Building Youth Assets, Taos, $15,000. This program aims to reduce the dropout rate among students in middle schools, high schools and UNM-Taos.
  
• New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering , Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) career workshops for students in grades 6-12, Los Alamos, $5,000. The network will nurture girls' interest in science and math courses and encourage them to consider careers in engineering, computer science and biometrics.
  
• Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless , Children's Outreach, Albuquerque, $5,000. This program will help reduce the barriers homeless families with children face in their attempts to improve their health and living situation.

The other nonprofit organizations that received funding are:

• Angel Flight West, New Mexico Service Expansion, Corrales, $5,000
  
• Center of Protective Environment, Learning for Life, Alamogordo, $12,000
  
• City of Farmington / All Veterans Memorial Park Committee, All Veterans Memorial Park Entry Beautification Project, Farmington, $7,909
  
• Community Against Violence, Outreach and Education, Taos, $5,000: implement violence prevention curriculum for elementary school students, teachers and parents in the Taos.
  
• Food Depot, Food Rescue and Distribution, Santa Fe, $5,000
  
• Keshet Dance Company, Youth Outreach Programming, Albuquerque, $15,000
  
• Literacy Link-Leamos, Computer Aided Learning Center, Silver City, $9,612
  
• Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Living Traditions Educational Outreach Program, Santa Fe, $5,000
  
• New Mexico Forestry Division, New Mexico Forest Re-Leaf Tree Planting Grant Program, Rio Rancho, $20,000
  
• New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum and Study Center, Ten Thousand Acts of Resistance: Remembering the Children of the Kindertransport, Albuquerque, $7,381
  
• P B & J Family Services, Health & Healing Center, Albuquerque, $10,300
  
• Pecos Valley Alliance, Pecos Valley Teen Center Cafe Cha Cha Cha, Dexter, $27,000
  
• Rivers & Birds, Watershed Learning Project, Arroyo Seco, $20,000
  
• Southwest Youth Services, New Mexico Native American Soccer Project, Corrales, $20,000
  
• Teach For America - New Mexico, Teach For America • New Mexico Expansion 2005-2010, Gallup, $15,000
  
• Values Through Music, Violence Prevention Project, Corrales, $30,000
  
• Volunteer Center of Grant County, Partners for Seniors, Silver City, $7,500