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The New Mexico Impact Fund

Convenings Grant Application

Open Cycle

OVERVIEW

The New Mexico Impact Fund is a mini-grant program offering funding to active W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) grantees. The primary focus of this program is to utilize collaboration and coordination among organizations and key stakeholders as a means to make a more significant impact toward improving the lives of children and families. WKKF has provided a grant to The Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico to establish and administer the New Mexico Impact Fund (NMIF).

WKKF places the optimal development of children at the center of the work and also explicitly calls for healing the profound racial gaps and inequities that exist in communities. WKKF believes in supporting and building upon the mindsets, methods and modes of change that hold promise to advance children’s best interests generally, and those of vulnerable children in particular. Concentrating resources on early childhood (prenatal to age 8), within the context of families and communities, offers the best opportunity to dramatically reduce the vulnerability caused by poverty and racial inequity over time.

Through a lens of racial equity, community engagement and leadership, proposals to the NM Impact Fund should address the systemic and structural barriers that cause vulnerability for children and families around health, education and family economic security, with a specific focus on families with young children (prenatal to age 8). Within New Mexico, WKKF focuses on Bernalillo, Doña Ana, San Juan and McKinley Counties, and on tribes and Native American communities. For more information about WKKF’s priorities, please visit www.wkkf.org.

REQUEST TYPES

In response to feedback received directly from grantees, through our community conversations and through the 2015 WKKF grantee survey, we have added the CONVENINGS component to the fund to further support our grantees in coming together to strategize, coordinate and maximize the impact of the work.

CONVENINGS

Purpose

Grantees have indicated how valuable it is to bring WKKF grantees together to learn, deepen relationships and develop strategy. Thus, the New Mexico Impact Fund’s CONVENINGS grants will provide NM grantees support for strategic convenings with other WKKF grantees and partners. Awarded grantees will be responsible for defining the convening purpose, developing the agenda, and fully managing all aspects of the convening. Applicants must demonstrate in their proposal how the convening will help advance WKKF priorities. Funds could be used to pay for convening related expenses such as facility fees, meals, participant travel expenses, and speaker fees. All activities must be strictly nonpartisan, in accordance with all IRS regulations.

Grant amount

The New Mexico Impact Fund’s CONVENING grants will be for a maximum of $2,500.

Partner requirements

CONVENING proposals must involve at least two (2) active WKKF grantees.

Reporting

At the end of the grant period (exact due date will be included in the grant agreement), the lead organization will submit a brief report (not to exceed three pages) to the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico summarizing the following: attendees (name, organization and total number), purpose, outcomes, and next steps. The report format will be included with the award letter and grant agreement.

TIMETABLE

The New Mexico Impact Fund’s CONVENINGS grants operate on an open cycle. Timelines for the approval and award of proposals are within 30 days of the request. Proposals must demonstrate if there is a need for an accelerated timeline.

STIPULATIONS

The New Mexico Impact Fund CONVENINGS grants will not support:

·  Direct service/program implementation

·  Capital requests

·  General support requests

·  Indirect costs

·  Scholarship or tuition assistance

·  Endowments

·  Lobbying

·  Existing collaborative work that is not significantly enhanced through this proposal

New Mexico Impact Fund Application

Proposals should provide the following information and should not exceed two pages (excluding budget):

1.  Lead organization information (must be a current WKKF grantee of record)

a. Organization name
b. Contact name and role within project
c. Address
d. Work phone
e. Mobile phone
f. Email
g. Website
h. Tax status proving 501(c)(3) public charity designation (attach a copy of your IRS Determination Letter)

2.  Indicate your request type: Convening

3.  Collaborative partner organization(s) information (please complete for each partner)

a. Organization name
b. Contact name and role within project
c. Address
d. Work phone
e. Mobile phone
f. Email
g. Website
h. Tax status
a. Organization name
b. Contact name and role within project
c. Address
d. Work phone
e. Mobile phone
f. Email
g. Website
h. Tax status

4.  Name of proposed project

5.  Objective of proposed activity

6.  Brief description of proposed activity

7.  Brief description of evaluation process used to assess progress towards the objective

8.  Timeline (should not exceed one year)

9.  Requested amount and project budget (additional budget information and detail may be requested as needed)

You will receive a message confirming receipt of your application. If you do not, please send a message to Courtney Lopez, Assistant Director, at to ensure your application was received.

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