Sep 4, 2013
Local Non-Profits Asked For Interest
Tijeras, New Mexico (August 23, 2013) –The Board of Directors of Talking Talons Youth Leadership, Inc., a Tijeras, NM youth-environmental leadership organization, has established the Talking Talons Community Fund and announced the first round of funding available to local non-profits.
The Community Fund was established to assist the mission and program delivery of non-profit organizations within Central New Mexico (Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe and Torrance Counties). Grants will be awarded to non-profit organizations whose mission is to provide youth-oriented environmental education, environmental leadership training, environmental science and/or animal rehabilitation projects and education.
“The Talking Talons Board decided to reinvest some of the monies we make by operating our Thrift Store into the community that supports us” Board Director Genevieve Barrett stated. “While in the past the Thrift Store has supported only our ongoing Program activities in local schools and our Collaborative Forests Restoration Program project, we are now financially able to begin to offer grants to other small non-profits”.
Talking Talons’ Community Fund will open its first round funding cycle with a request for Letters of Interest starting September 2, 2013. Two types of grants will be awarded based upon the responses that are received: ‘flash grants’ of up to $200 for immediately actionable projects, and ‘implementation grants’ of up to $2,000 to support longer term programs. Awarded projects will be those that maximize building youth connections to our environment, and maximize hands-on outdoor engagement opportunities, involve building environmental stewardship skills in creative ways and support Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education efforts. All projects need to have quantifiable outcomes.
“Because this is our first time working as grant funders, we expect to learn a lot about the community and the best ways in which we can invest in promising non-profits” Ms. Barrett stated. “We will be screening all grant submittals through a recently formed Community Fund Advisory Board made up of Directors of the Talking Talons Board, Talking Talons staff directors and members of the community.”
Additional information regarding Community Fund grant details, eligibility and application instructions will be available starting September 2, 2013 on the Talking Talons web site talkingtalons.com/communityfund.html
and our Thrift Store.
Talking Talons Youth Leadership was founded in the fall of 1988 within Albuquerque Public Schools by Wendy Crouch Aeschliman, an educator and a Registered Nurse. Talking Talons delivers high-quality, independently tested curriculum to educate Central New Mexico youth promoting environmental literacy, stewardship and leadership. Talking Talons’ programs are offered in school classrooms, community workshops and through the organization’s Biological Field Station located in the Cibola National Forest. Current funding for Talking Talons is from federal, state, corporate and private sources.
Talking Talons’ mission is “To elevate youth to become effective advocates and ethical stewards of themselves, wildlife and the environment.”
The Talking Talons Thrift Store is located at 12159 N. Highway 14 in Cedar Crest and is open Monday through Saturday from 10AM to 5PM and Sunday from 10AM until 3PM.
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