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Meet Our New Executive Director
Con Alma’s Board of Trustees has hired Linda Candelaria-Dodd as the foundation’s new executive director starting January 3. Linda has served as a Con Alma trustee member since …CONTINUE READING
2023 Heroes of Health
Lisa Patch, a director of health services for Alamogordo Public Schools, and Rayven Ward, a 13-year-old advocate from Rio Communities, are Con Alma Health Foundation’s health heroes this …CONTINUE READING
2023 Grant Recipients
This year we are awarding a total of $1.8 million in grants, which includes $1 million to strengthen maternal health outcomes as well as $650,000 to work toward …CONTINUE READING
2023 Statewide Grant Recipients
Con Alma Health Foundation grants focus on ensuring that all New Mexicans have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives. To that …CONTINUE READING
2023 Northern New Mexico Health Grant Recipients
Northern New Mexico Health Grants Group Promoting the health and wellness of the people of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, and northern Santa Fe counties through a partnership between …CONTINUE READING
Volunteer Fulfills Mission to Help People
This profile about one of our steadfast volunteers, Nathan Padilla of Roswell, is the second in a series recognizing our volunteers and staff to show appreciation for the …CONTINUE READING
Recognizing Work and Commitment in Improving Health in New Mexico
This profile about one of our steadfast volunteers, Twila Rutter from Clovis, is the first in a series recognizing our volunteers and staff to show appreciation for the …CONTINUE READINGExecutive Director Search
Con Alma Health Foundation seeks a strategic and visionary Executive Director to help define its next chapter of development. Con Alma, a private health foundation based in Santa …CONTINUE READING
2023 Con Alma Grant Guidelines Review
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Sharing a Message of Hope
Congratulations to our executive director, Denise Herrera, PhD, for being recognized as a prominent leader in Health Education by the University of Texas-Austin. The College of Education invited her to …CONTINUE READING
MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving
Lever for Change and MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced an open call that will award $1 million in unrestricted funds to 250 community-led, community-focused organizations. To be eligible, …CONTINUE READING
The Trouble with TANF
Congratulations to NM Center on Law and Poverty and its partners, NMCAN and Crossroads for Women, for their impactful campaign about how the state’s burdensome rules for TANF …CONTINUE READING
Welcoming Change: Improving Our Grantmaking
I invite you to review this Landscape Study, conducted by Insight Allies, which summarizes a 10-year review of our grantmaking practices. We asked grantees and applicants what it’s …CONTINUE READING
Grant Recipients
Con Alma Health Foundation has awarded $530,000 to 26 nonprofits working to improve health and uplift underserved populations across New Mexico. Some grants focus on statewide initiatives, while …CONTINUE READING
2022 Northern New Mexico Health Grants Group Grant Recipients
Con Alma Health Foundation grants focus on ensuring that all people have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives. To that end, …CONTINUE READING
2022 Technical Assistance Grants
Con Alma Health Foundation grants focus on ensuring that all people have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives. To that end, …CONTINUE READING
2022 General Operating and Project Grants
Con Alma Health Foundation grants focus on ensuring that all New Mexicans have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives. To that …CONTINUE READING
MacKenzie Scott’s Generous Gift to Con Alma Health Foundation
Con Alma recently received a $5 million gift from global philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott. This investment will further Con Alma’s mission to advance health equity and improve …CONTINUE READING
2022 Heroes of Health
Tina Cordova Meet Tina Cordova, co-founder of Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, and this year’s Hero of Health for her advocacy on behalf of New Mexicans exposed to nuclear …CONTINUE READING
We’re Taking a Break from Twitter
Con Alma Health Foundation is pausing our Twitter engagement due to growing concerns about the platform’s safety and security. As an organization committed to advancing health equity and …CONTINUE READING
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