PRESS RELEASES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Most Recent Announcements
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 be the keynote speaker at the Alderson Lecture and Awards...
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, organizations must have an annual operating budget of at least $1 million...
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 like to work with us, while also reviewing our own internal practices to better...
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 others serve people living in 22 counties, 14 pueblos and the Navajo...
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, the Foundation awards grants each year to support nonprofits’ efforts to improve their communities’...
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, the Foundation awards grants each year to support nonprofits’ efforts to improve their communities’...
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 end, the Foundation awards grants each year to support nonprofits’ efforts to improve their...
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 the health and well-being of all New Mexicans. “Con Alma is the only foundation in...
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 testing. She inspires us, for her unwavering commitment to fight for compensation and...