| Sector |
Recipient |
Amount
|
Purpose of Grant |
| Administrative: |
Grassroots.org |
750 |
Support for free technologies and resources to nonprofit organizations. |
|
CarbonFund.org |
750 |
Reforestation/Avoided Deforestation Project |
| All Creatures: |
Eagle Nest School's Barn Project |
3,000
|
Support for barn project at Eagle Nest School. |
|
Equine Spirit Sanctuary |
3,000
|
Horse rescue and rehabilitation program offering therapeutic and educational equine experiences. |
|
Horse Protection Association of Florida |
3,000
|
Equine rescue, rehabilitation, education and adoption. |
|
Kindred Spirits Sanctuary |
2,000
|
Abandoned farm animal care and rehabilitation. |
|
Stirrups 'n Strides |
3,000
|
Enhancing the quality of life for individuals who have physical, mental or emotional challenges through therapeutic horseback riding and driving program. |
|
The Wildlife Center |
2,000
|
Conservation and restoration of native wildlife and their habitats through education, strategic partnerships and responsible rehabilitation. |
|
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation |
1,000
|
Saving former racing Thoroughbred horses from possible neglect, abuse and slaughter. |
|
Windhorse Sanctuary |
3,000
|
Permanent, safe, stable, and natural home for abused and displaced horses, dogs and cats. |
| Discretionary: |
American Friends Service Committee |
1,000 |
Community Peace Gardens: Peace Education Program in Los Angeles which works with youth and local communities to create and sustain a culture of peace. |
|
American Friends Service Committee |
1,250 |
Haiti Program--Education and Peace building in Haiti Communities. |
|
Arts Without Boundaries Foundation |
500 |
Support for Strings Program in the free fine art and music instruction and mentoring program for elementary and high school students in Bozeman, Montana. |
|
Bremerton Services Association dba Chuckwagon Senior Nutrition Program |
1,000 |
Senior nutrition program. |
|
Church World Service for Japan Disaster Relief |
1,000 |
Support for disaster relief in Japan. |
|
Foundation of Montana State University-Billings |
500 |
Education is Our New Buffalo Scholarship Fund. |
|
Friends of the Casa Materna |
1,500
|
Support for Follow-up Program of Casa Materna in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. |
|
Friends of Public Radio |
500
|
General support of public radio. |
|
|
500 |
Support fundraising efforts for local drug court program. |
|
Interfaith Caregivers of Bainbridge Island |
2,000 |
Volunteer services including transport, errands, companionship, housekeeping, advocacy, and support groups for the elderly, people in recuperation, family caregivers, and nursing home residents. |
|
Mercy Corps |
1,000 |
East Africa Drought Response: Support for Somalia |
|
Northern Plains Resource Council |
500 |
Educational outreach effort, based in the use of technologies such as social-media and cell-phones, to encourage Northern Cheyenne Reservation youth to educate their family members on coal development facts. |
|
Partner for Surgery |
2,000 |
Supporting healthcare needs in rural Guatemala. |
|
Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch through Localogy |
500
|
Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch camp. |
|
Spirit Wind Horse Rescue |
1,000
|
Support for feed and veterinary care of rescued horses in Colorado. |
|
Steven Shames Foundation |
2,000
|
Educational leadership initiative for abandoned children affected by AIDS, war, and poverty. |
|
The Soldiers Project |
1,000
|
Free psychological treatment to military service members who have served or who expect to serve in the conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan, and their families and other loved ones. |
|
Tides Center for The List Project |
1,000 |
Support for The List Project goal of successful and safe resettling of Iraqis who are imperiled due to their affiliation as employees of the United States Government and Military. |
| Education: |
Adopt-a-Classroom |
2,500 |
Supporting classrooms in need, particularly those areas hardest hit by the storms in MO or MT. |
|
Black Stallion Literacy Foundation, now Horse Tales Literacy Project |
1,000 |
Support for children's reading program in Marion County, Florida, through the Black Stallion Literacy Project (now Horse Tales Literacy Project). |
|
Enos Garcia School PTA |
1,000 |
Promoting literacy and education by assisting in stocking the new Enos Garcia Library. |
|
Institute for Peace Studies |
7,000
|
Educational programs promoting peace. |
|
Islandwood |
2,500 |
Scholarship funding for graduate students to Johnny Appleseed: the Tenets of Green. |
|
Kateri Education Fund |
3,000 |
Providing education and vocational training opportunities for Guatemalan women and girls. |
|
San Antonio Food Bank |
1,500 |
Support for Kids Café program in San Antonio. |
|
SOMOS--Society of the Muse of the Southwest for Taos Big Read |
1,000 |
200 copies of Sherman Alexie's, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian; a novel for young people chosen to complement Love Medicine, the official book for The Big Read. |
|
Stephen Shames Foundation |
500 |
Educational leadership initiative for abandoned children affected by AIDS, war, and poverty through their program L.E.A.D. Uganda. |
| Emergency and Contingency: |
American Refugee Committee |
1,000
|
Support for 11 clinics in the remote Magwi County of southern Sudan. |
|
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant |
500 |
Partnership Grant with Asia Connection Inc. to support the asylum application process for refugees who cannot afford the related expenses, including translation services and psychiatric evaluations. |
|
Church World Service for Japan Disaster Relief |
5,000
|
Support for disaster relief in Japan. |
|
Mennonite Central Committee |
5,000 |
East Africa Drought Response. |
|
The Vietnam Project |
1,000 |
Humanitarian organization established to improve the quality of life for poor, disadvantaged, and disabled people in Vietnam. ACI Partnership Grant. |
|
Tides Center for The List Project |
2,000 |
Support for The List Project goal of successful and safe resettling of Iraqis who are imperiled due to their affiliation as employees of the United States Government and Military. |
| Health: |
Burma Humanitarian Mission |
1,500 |
Providing trauma care and long-term healthcare to Karen and other ethnic groups in Burma. |
|
National College of Midwifery |
4,000 |
Increasing state networking and advocacy. |
|
Nguyen Nga Rehabilitation Center |
2,500 |
Providing opportunities and support for mentally and physically challenged individuals in Vietnam. |
|
Northern New Mexico Birth Center |
4,000 |
Financial assistance to clients in need. |
|
Partners in Sustainable Development International for Kailakuri Health Center-Bangladesh |
4,000
|
Support for Kailakuri Health Center in Bangladesh, whose aim is "health for the poor, by the poor." |
|
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation |
4,000 |
Restoring mobility to the disabled. |
| Home Community: |
Bridges Project for Education |
4,000
|
Comprehensive college and financial aid counseling, focusing on students who are the first-generation in their families to pursue higher education. |
|
Community Against Violence |
1,000
|
Individual and group counseling for children impacted by domestic violence. |
|
DreamTree Project |
1,000
|
Community-based organization for homeless, abused, and neglected youth. |
|
Men Engaged in Nonviolence for Women Engaged in Nonviolence (WIN) Program |
1,000
|
Mentorship and support group programs for young women. |
|
Neighborhood Art Project (NAP) through Harwood Museum of Art |
1,000
|
An innovative outreach program that brings quality art activities into Taos’ low-income neighborhoods.
|
|
Northern NM Friends of Animals through Four Corners Animal League |
1,000
|
Northern New Mexico Friends of Animals networks to address the needs of domestic, agricultural and wild animals, and offers care, adoption and spay/neutering services. |
|
Oo-Oonah Art Center through Taos Day School |
1,000
|
Heritage Project: Tiwa Culture and Language program. |
|
Rivers and Birds |
4,000
|
Funding for one 5th grade class to have the benefit of Rivers and Birds' entire water curriculum.
|
|
Shared Table |
3,000
|
Providing food and other necessities to people in need in Taos County. |
|
Taos Coalition to End Homelessness |
1,000
|
General support for the Taos homeless shelter and related expenses. |
|
Youth HeartLine |
2,000
|
Counseling and legal services for abused children. |
| Justice: |
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women |
5,000 |
In support of CSVANW's mission: “To stop violence against Native women and children by advocating for social change in our communities. The CSVANW takes ownership and responsibility for the future of Native women and children by providing support, education, and advocacy using our strengths, power and unity to create Violence-Free Communities” |
|
Creativity for Peace |
5,000
|
Promoting peace by nurturing young Israeli and Palestinian female leaders and peacemakers at Peace Camp in New Mexico. |
|
Hand in Hand |
5,000
|
Enhancing reconciliation, equality, partnership and coexistence between Arab and Jewish children, their families and communities through a network of integrated, bilingual schools for Jewish and Arab children. |
|
Rabbis for Human Rights, North America |
5,000 |
Support for programs to secure justice for the Palestinian people and reconciliation for the hostile factions in Israel and the Occupied Territories. |
| Scholarship: |
Florida Thoroughbred Charities |
12,000 |
Scholarship support for "non-traditional" students. |
|
University of New Mexico Foundation |
12,000 |
Scholarship support for "non-traditional" students attending UNM-Taos. |
| Sustainability: |
American Friends Service Committee |
2,500
|
New Mexico Economic Justice: The People of the Land. |
|
American Friends Service Committee |
1,000
|
Community Peace Gardens: Peace Education Program in Los Angeles which works with youth and local communities to create and sustain a culture of peace. |
|
Conservation Trust for Florida |
2,000
|
"Protecting Horse Country" through the promotion of conservation easements and the education of landowners on conservation and stewardship options, and the potential benefits thereof. |
|
Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Project through Painted Desert Demonstration Project, Inc., dba The STAR School |
3,000
|
Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture's Youth in Sustainability Leadership Project. |
|
New Mexico Solar Energy Association--Taos Chapter |
2,000 |
Support for the organization, development and promotion of "Solar Educators Day." |
|
Northern Plains Resource Council |
1,500 |
Educational outreach efforts to distribute factual information on coal development to residents of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. |
|
Partners in Sustainable Development International for Kailakuri Health Center-Bangladesh |
1,500 |
Support for Kailakuri Health Center in Bangladesh, whose aim is "health for the poor, by the poor." |
|
Red Willow Center through Taos Community Foundation |
2,500
|
Installation of an expanded solar thermal system in order to meet the heating requirements of Red Willow Center's biomass district heating system and continue to enhance Taos Pueblo youth's education on sustainability. |
|
Sustainable Berea |
1,000
|
Supporting the continued development of a sustainable community by contributing toward a paid staff member.
|
|
Western Lands Project |
3,000
|
Research, educational outreach and advocacy to keep public lands public. |
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