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Faces & places

The New Mexico Humanities Council recently distributed $558,269 from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to 33 New Mexico nonprofits.

Following are the local grant recipients:

◆ CENTER in Santa Fe: $15,000.

◆ Embudo Valley Library and Community Center in Dixon: $15,000.

◆ Friends of the City of Las Vegas Museum & Rough Rider Memorial Collection: $20,000.

◆ IndigenousWays in Santa Fe: $20,000.

◆ Institute for Tolerance Studies in Santa Fe: $9,574.

◆ Littleglobe Productions in Santa Fe: $20,000.

◆ Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos: $21,000.00.

◆ Museum of New Mexico Foundation in Santa Fe: $17,000.

◆ National New Deal Preservation Association in Santa Fe: $18,000.

◆ New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas: $18,000.

◆ RENESAN Institute for Lifelong Learning in Santa Fe: $20,000.

◆ Santa Fe Art Institute: $15,000.

◆ Southwest Seminars in Santa Fe: $18,000.

The Envision Fund, an initiative of the Santa Fe Community Foundation, recently announced $85,000 in grants to nine LGBTQ-focused nonprofit organizations across New Mexico.

The latest round of grants, which range from $5,000 to $15,000, supports the fund’s three core priorities: creating an HIV-free generation in New Mexico, combating discrimination against the LGBTQ community and supporting school-based programs that create a safe environment for all students.

2021 grantees include the following:

◆ Casa Q in Albuquerque.

◆ Common Bond New Mexico Foundation.

◆ Casa de Salud: Justice Access Support and Solutions Health in Albuquerque.

◆ New Mexico Legal Aid.

◆ New Mexico State University Foundation.

◆ Santa Fe Public Schools’ Office of Student Wellness.

◆ Santa Fe Dreamers.

◆ Sky Center/New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project in Santa Fe.

◆ Transgender Resource Center New Mexico in Albuquerque.