PRESS RELEASES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Most Recent Announcements
We are happy to welcome Abigail to Con Alma Health Foundation!
Please join us in welcoming Abigail Ropp to our small and mighty Con Alma team. Before becoming our office manager, Abigail held roles in database and office administration at other nonprofits, including Roadrunner Food Bank, ProPublica Illinois, and Connections for...
Funding Opportunity: Community Rebuild Grants
Community Rebuild Grants Are Open - We are accepting applications for grants that will support nonprofits in addressing the disproportionate impact Covid-19 has had on communities and the nonprofit sector in New Mexico. Opens: Thursday, September 23, 2021 Closes:...
Discovering Possibilities in an Uncertain Time
As I wrap up my first month with Con Alma Health Foundation, I am mindful of this historic time of global uncertainty as well as possibilities. I often consider this era to be a triple pandemic as we’re simultaneously experiencing a global health crisis, economic...
Vaccine Rollout Grant Recipients
The New Mexico Immigrant Law Center and New Mexico Black Leadership Council are among the 27 nonprofits receiving grants for the first phase of Con Alma Health Foundation’s vaccine equity project. We are awarding $600,000 statewide to ensure Covid-19 vaccines are...
Economic Impact of Nonprofit Organizations in New Mexico
"Nonprofit organizations make substantial contributions to the quality of life and economic well-being of the people of New Mexico. These organizations provide health care, social and educational services, advocate for social and environmental change, support...
From Relief to Resilience
Con Alma was recently featured in the new Asset Funders Network brief, From Relief to Resilience. This brief responds to the urgency of the moment’s need for more just paths to economic resilience moving forward. Case Study
Con Alma Health Foundation’s Board of Trustees Announce New Executive Director
Con Alma Health Foundation’s Board of Trustees announced today that Denise Herrera, PhD, MCHES, will take over as its new executive director on June 1. Dolores E. Roybal is retiring after 15 years of service to Con Alma. In that time, she cultivated partnerships to...
Vaccine Rollout & Community Rebuild
We are working on a $2.5 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation that will help ensure COVID-19 vaccines are distributed equitably across the state and support communities to address the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on them. Con Alma will award...
Vaccine Equity & Funding Opportunity
Please join us on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 from 10:00 – 11:30am for a NM Vaccine Equity Webinar hosted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which will include information on COVID-19 vaccine equity strategies, data, research, and upcoming funding opportunities for...