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AARP seeks volunteers to help
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide needs volunteers in New Mexico to help prepare taxes for low and moderate income taxpayers this upcoming tax season. Free training will be provided in December and early January. Basic computer skills are needed. Volunteers are asked to work one day per week from February through mid April at nearby senior, community, or multigenerational centers, libraries, or other local sites. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is an all-volunteer nonprofit free tax preparation service supported by grants from the IRS and the AARP Foundation. Please submit your application at //aarpfoundation.org/ taxaide volunteer or call us at 505-830-3096.
PNM Foundation aids 21 area nonprofits
Twenty-one New Mexico nonprofits will be able to spend less on electric bills and more on providing essential services to the community after receiving a PNM Reduce Your Use grant from the PNM Resources Foundation.
The 2019 Reduce Your Use grants awarded more than $100,000 to help nonprofits throughout New Mexico complete projects that reduce their energy use and lower their electric bills. Funded projects include efficient lighting, solar panel installations, updating heating and cooling systems, window coverings, ceiling fans, energy saving appliances, and much more. The completion of these projects will not only save energy and money, but will also mean a cleaner, healthier environment in many cases for their clients and staff.
“PNM is committed to working with our customers to find ways they can save energy,” said Laurie Roach, PNM Resources Foundation director. “Reduce Your Use Grants specifically help nonprofit organizations make their energy saving ideas a reality.”
The 2019 PNM Reduce Your Use nonprofit grant winners are:
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, Alamogordo, - $5,000.
516 Arts, Albuquerque $5,000.
Albuquerque Christian Children’s Home, Albuquerque - $5,000.
Animal Humane Association of New Mexico, Albuquerque - $5,000.
Casa Q, Albuquerque $5,000.
El Camino Real Academy Education Foundation, Albuquerque - $5,000.
Explora Science Center & Children’s Museum, Albuquerque - $5,000.
Fusion Theatre Company, Albuquerque - $5,000.
Heading Home, Albuquerque - $5,000.
Mandy’s Special Farm, Albuquerque - $4,000.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Foundation, Albuquerque $5,000.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of New Mexico, Albuquerque - $5,000.
St. Vincent de Paul Society, Albuquerque - $5,000.
Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico, Albuquerque - $5,000.
The Storehouse, Inc., Albuquerque - $5,000.
Rebuilding Together Sandoval County, Bernalillo $4,982.
Bienvenidos Outreach Inc., Santa Fe - $5,000.
Kitchen Angels, Santa Fe $5,000.
Santa Fe Community Foundation, Santa Fe - $5,000.
Santa Fe Council on International Relations, Santa Fe - $3,000.
El Refugio, Inc., Silver City - $5,000.
Nonprofits statewide collected more than $2 million through the PNM Reduce Your Use grant since the program began. PNM and the PNM Resources Foundation have awarded more than $23 million in the past six years to nonprofit organizations. Founded by PNM shareholders, the PNM Foundation is a separate, nonprofit, tax exempt corporation governed by a board of trustees comprised of PNM employees. No customer funds are part of the PNM Resources Foundation endowment. For more information on how each award winner will use the grant money to reduce their energy usage, visit PNM.com/ community.