New Mexico Funding & Opportunities

Union Pacific Foundation Community Ties Giving Program: Local Grants
Grants to nonprofits to support direct services and capacity building efforts aimed at improving the quality of life in communities served by Union Pacific in the areas of safety, workforce development, community spaces, environmental sustainability, and local needs. Special emphasis is given to programs and organizations that advance the diversity, equity, and inclusion of underrepresented populations in target communities.

Sustaining New Mexico Fund
Grants to strengthen communities in New Mexico by promoting social equity, supporting self-sufficiency, and improving the quality of life for all. Preference will be given to organizations in rural areas.

New Mexico Quality of Life Small Grants Program
Grants to improve or enhance programs and services that increase the quality of life of New Mexicans with disabilities. Priority will be given to projects in rural areas or tribal lands.

Con Alma Health Foundation Grants
Grants for projects designed to improve health and advance health equity for people who live in New Mexico. A focus is on rural areas, tribal communities, immigrant families, and people of color.

New Mexico Allied Health Loan for Service Program
Forgivable loans for certain allied healthcare profession students who agree to practice in an underserved area of New Mexico upon completion of their education.

New Mexico Medical Loan for Service Program
Forgivable loans for medical students who agree to practice in an underserved area of New Mexico upon completion of their education.

New Mexico Nursing Loan for Service Program
Forgivable loans for nursing students who agree to practice in an underserved area of New Mexico upon completion of their education.

Community Facility Loans
Loans to help develop and improve essential community facilities in the rural West.

Environmental Infrastructure Loans
Loans to finance water and waste facility projects in the rural West, including the early funds small rural communities need to determine project feasibility and to pay pre-development costs prior to receiving state and federal funding.

New Mexico Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of New Mexico, allowing them to remain in the United States.