Nonprofit News
Health Begins Where We Live, Learn, Work and Play
Feb 15 2011February is Heart Month
A healthy diet and lifestyle are the best weapons you have to fight heart disease. Here's the tough part, though - The choices we make are shaped by the choices we have.
Individual behaviors - smoking, diet, drinking, and exercise - matter for health. But making healthy choices isn't just about self-discipline. Some neighborhoods have easy access... Read Article
2011 Women in Philantrhopy Funding Opportunity
Feb 3 2011The United Way of Central New Mexico’s Women in Philanthropy Women’s Self-Sufficiency Initiative is focused on empowering women to break the cycle of poverty by supporting women’s employability and access to education.
Women’s Self-Sufficiency grants are awarded to those agencies that are directly working to increase the capacity of women in Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and... Read Article
AARP Foundation Annouces 5th Annual Women's Scholarship Program
Feb 3 2011WASHINGTON, DC- The AARP Foundation today announced a call for entries to its fifth annual Women's Scholarship Program. The website only application opens February 1, 2011. The Scholarships will provide funds to women 40+ who are seeking new job skills, training and educational opportunities to support themselves and their families.
Eligible applicants must be:
•... Read Article
Do You Have a Strategy to Succeed in the "New Normal?"
Jan 27 2011As a non-profit Board member and a Publisher I am writing to present an idea to help non-profits successfully navigate in a time where government and grant funding is being cut and donations are becoming more difficult to come by. In the current environment it is more important than ever for non-profits to have a sound strategy to succeed.
To achieve that result we are launching... Read Article
NM Appleseed Calls on State Legislature to Bolster School Breakfast Program
Jan 25 2011When poor children get breakfast in school the payoff is significant: academic performance improves and absenteeism, tardiness and discipline problems decline, according NM Appleseed’s new report that lists its legislative goals.
The report, “Full Stomachs = Full Minds, a Legislators’ Guide to School Breakfast,” explains the primary 2011 legislative priorities of NM Appleseed’s... Read Article
Anti-Racism Day at the NM Legislature
Jan 21 2011and Justice for All...
Join your Voice in Supporting ANTI-RACISM Day.
The New Mexico Health Equity Working Group is sponsoring the first ever anti-racism day at the NM Legislature, Rotunda of the State Capital, on Thursday, February 10, 2011 from 3 - 4 PM. We hope you can participate in this important event.
More Organizations May File IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard)
Jan 14 2011The Internal Revenue Service today announced that small tax-exempt organizations may be able to shift to the simpler Form 990-N (e-Postcard) for their 2010 annual information reporting. The IRS today issued guidance (Revenue Procedure 2011-15) that will allow more tax-exempt organizations to file the e-Postcard rather than the Form 990-EZ or the standard Form 990.
For tax... Read Article
Update on NM Attorney General Charity Registration
Jan 11 2011All organizations desiring information about the New Mexico Attorney General's online registration system can go to www.nmag.gov and click on the "charities" tab.
UNM's Volunteer Management Certificate Program scholarships available
Jan 6 2011Scholarships are now available for the Spring Semester at UNM's Continuing Education's Volunteer Management Certificate Program. If you register for all three required courses, the reduced tuition will be $399. A minimum of 8 scholarships of $300 each semester will be awarded to help cover the tuition for these courses, which can earn 1.5 Continuing Education Credits with UNM. To... Read Article
NM Adolescent Health Strategic Plan Gathering
Dec 16 2010Youth wanted
Cultivating & Growing Positive, Meaningful Youth-Adult Relationships
Lets Work Together to Improve Youth Health in New Mexico
NM Department of Health Office of School & Adolescent Health are gathering youth representatives from various Schools/programs and/or organizations to help guide the development of the 2011-2013 NM Adolescent Health... Read Article