Santa Fe Community Foundation

Does your organization have a strategic plan, or has it been on the to-do list for a while?

Join us in Las Vegas on June 23 for our Learning Hub session, Tips for Successful Strategic Planning. Facilitator Antionette Tellez-Humble will help you cut through the complexity and leave with practical tools and guiding questions to begin strategic planning conversations within your own nonprofit.

Learn more and register today: https://www.santafecf.org/events/tips-for-successful-strategic-planning

Tips for Successful Strategic Planning Designed with small organizations in mind, this session focuses on realistic approaches to strategic planning that can be adapted to organizations with limited staff, time, or resources. Participants will leave with practical tools and guiding questions they can use to start strategic planning conve...

What does it mean to truly be seen? Black Men Flower Project is cultivating belonging in a powerful and unexpected way: by placing flowers directly into the hands of Black men.

With support from the Santa Fe Community Foundation's Empower! Black Futures Community Fund, the Project is expanding this work throughout New Mexico and continuing to cultivate spaces where Black men and boys can thrive, connect, and receive their flowers — both figuratively and literally.

Read their story: santafecf.org/news-stories/black-men-flower-project

Most nonprofit leaders didn't set out to become HR experts, but managing people is an important part of the job.

Our Learning Hub's new HR Essentials series, led by Linda Strauss, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, is designed to help nonprofit leaders build confidence in the areas that matter most.

Join us on July 14 for the first session, Employment Law Essentials for Nonprofits. We'll cover paid sick leave requirements under the Healthy Workplaces Act, employee and contractor classification, exempt and non-exempt distinctions, and when accommodations may be legally required.

This is the first of four sessions running from July through October. Attend one session or join the full series.

Learn more & register: https://www.santafecf.org/events/hr-essentials-session-1

HR Essentials: Employment Law Essentials for Nonprofits Running a small nonprofit means wearing the HR hat whether you trained for it or not, and the cost of getting employment law wrong can do real harm to a mission-driven organization. This session covers the federal and New Mexico rules every nonprofit employer needs to have on their radar: complying....

What does it mean to build fundraising practices that are grounded in equity, reciprocity, and community power?

Facilitated by Marisa Page, our next Fundraisers' Forum explores the concept of decolonizing fundraising and how nonprofits can move beyond transactional models toward approaches that center relationships, shared values, and mutual accountability.

Join us on June 18 for a thoughtful conversation about fundraising practices that align with your organization's mission and community.

https://www.santafecf.org/events/decolonizing-practices-in-fundraising

Decolonizing Practices in Fundraising Join us to explore how nonprofits can center equity, reciprocity, and community power through fundraising practices that move beyond transactional models and toward more values-aligned approaches.

New Mexico faces one of the most severe healthcare worker shortages in the country, and the consequences are felt deeply by local communities. On the latest episode of Community Matters, Santa Fe Community Foundation President & CEO Christopher Goett sat down with Fred Nathan, Executive Director of Think New Mexico, to discuss what’s driving the shortage, what the research reveals about long-term solutions, and which reforms gained traction during the 2026 legislative session.

Listen now: santafecf.org/news-stories/think-new-mexico

Where will your education take you?

Scholarship applications close Monday, June 1. Through three funds — Currier, Sussman-Miller, and Las Campanas — we help local students cover the costs of certificates, undergraduate degrees, and graduate programs.

Whether you're starting out or continuing on, there's a scholarship waiting to be matched with your story. Eligibility varies by fund, so take a look and see what fits.

Learn more & apply: santafecf.org/causes/education

In New Mexico, 1 in 7 children loses a sibling or parent before age 18 — the highest rate of childhood bereavement in the country. The latest feature in our editorial series with Table Magazine spotlights Gerard's House, which has met this reality for nearly three decades. The Santa Fe nonprofit supports children and families navigating grief through through free, bilingual peer groups, individual sessions, crisis response, and programs like Nuestra Jornada for families with immigrant roots from Mexico and Central America.

"My heart fills when I see kids learning how to support themselves with tools they'll use over a lifetime," says Executive Director Nicole Maes-Gonzales, who has led the organization for eight years and been part of it since its founding in 1997.

Read the story: newmexico.tablemagazine.com/blog/gerards-house-children-families-loss/

The Art of Generosity: Gerard’s House Supports Children and Families Through Loss Gerard’s House supports children and families by providing free bilingual bereavement services to those experiencing loss.

Looking for meaningful work? We just added 10 new positions at local nonprofits to our Community Job Board, including Soil to Supper Director at Quivira Coalition.

Explore our job board today: https://www.santafecf.org/bulletin/community-job-board

"I didn't realize how much I needed a space like this until I was in it." That's one participant on Wisdom Weavers, our two-year cohort designed by and for women of color leading nonprofits across northern New Mexico.

Now in its second year, Wisdom Weavers brings together 22 executive directors, program managers, and fundraisers, weaving together three threads: professional development, healing-centered practice, and the cultural and ancestral wisdom these leaders already carry.

Nonprofit teams carry some of our region's most vital work — clean drinking water, housing, education, and care for youth, elders, and LGBTQ+ neighbors.Caring for the people who care for our communities is part of the work, not separate from it. Read the full story: https://www.santafecf.org/news-stories/wisdom-weavers

How do you build a thriving team when there's no HR department to lean on?

For executive directors leading rural New Mexico nonprofits, people management often falls to one person — without dedicated human resources staff, a big budget, or peers who have navigated the same challenges.

Join us Thursday, May 21 for our next Executive Director Learning Circle: Staff Leadership, Retention & Difficult Conversations. Presenters Marsie Silvestro and Sarah Silva will lead a discussion on staff retention, coaching and feedback, performance accountability, and building resilient teams.

Free event, registration required. Learn more & register: https://www.santafecf.org/events/staff-leadership-retention-difficult-conversations



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