PACA receives our grant.
Since we began collecting member donations for our grant program in August 2013, our members have given over $325,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations. Beginning in 2022, ABQ Involved changed our grant giving model to award multiple grants per month, as well as additional grants for unexpected expenses and more immediate needs.
In 2023, ABQ Involved awarded grants to the following nonprofit organizations:
ABQ Center for Hope and Recovery
Albuquerque Black Economic Security & Solidarity (BLESS) Fund
Amy Biehl Charter School Foundation
Cancer Services of NM
Cornucopia Adult & Family Services
Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions
Cuidando Los Ninos
Domestic Violence Resource Center
Elevate the Spectrum
Endorphin Power Company
Feed NM Kids
Horizons
Immigrant and Refugee Resource Village of Albuquerque
Juneteenth Renaissance Institute
MANA de Albuquerque
New Mexico Reentry Center
New Mexico Women's Global Pathways
Next Step
NM Kids Matter
NM Out Business Alliance
NMDOG
Paws and Stripes
Pegasus Legal Services for Children
Public Lands Interpretive Association
Pumped NM
ReadWest
Red Lipstick Society
Running 505
Saranam
Steelbridge
STEM is Child's Play
Supercomputing Challenge
The Grief Center
The Rock at NoonDay
Veterans Integration Center
Youth Development, Inc.
In 2022, ABQ Involved awarded grants to the following nonprofit organizations:
ABQ Reads
Albuquerque Center for Hope and Recovery
Amparo
APD Chaplain Unit
Argos
Asian Business Collective
Best Buddies
Dental Care in Your Home
Domestic Violence Resource Center
Endorphin Power Company
Food Is Free
Girls on the Run
GO Unlimited
Heading Home
Hole in the Heart
IncredAble Adaptive MMA
Jobs for America’s Graduates NM
Locker #505
NDI
New Mexico Women's Reentry Center
NM AIDS Services
NM Ballet Co
NM Child First Network
Open Space Alliance
Paws and Stripes
Rio Grande Community Farm
Rio Rancho Creative
Saad Kidilye
SAFE House
Seed 2 Need
Storehouse
Susan’s Legacy
Transgender Resource Center of NM
The Children's Collection
The Children's Hour
Three Sisters Kitchen
$41,979.88 awarded
NM Kids Matter was awarded $3140
Hero’s Path Palliative Care was awarded $3398
Silver Horizons was awarded $3540.12
Serenity Mesa was awarded $3478.67
Children’s Grief Center was awarded $3427.33
Dakota Tree Project was awarded $3365.79
Crossroads for Women was awarded $3465.45
NM Child First Network was awarded $3396.79
Every Ability Plays Project was awarded $3665.44
Mandy’s Farm was awarded $3750.18
La Cosecha CSA/Agri-cultura Network was awarded $3697.56
Valencia Shelter Services was awarded $3654.67
$40,069.37 awarded
Fathers Building Futures was awarded $3180.15
Supportive Housing Coalition was awarded $3218.99
NM Kids Matter was awarded $3139.00
Encuentro was awarded $3215.23
Food is Free ABQ was awarded $3271.00
Desert Forge Foundation was awarded $3291.00
NM Child First Network was awarded $3491.00
Storehouse was awarded $3481.00
Downtown Growers Market was awarded $3471.00
Adaptive Sports Program of New Mexico was awarded $3536.00
IRRVA was awarded $3325.00
HopeWorks was awarded $3450.00
$37,748.12 awarded
Reading Works was awarded $2968.13
Rio Grande Food Project was awarded $3113.13
IRRVA was awarded $3035.13
The Storehouse was awarded $3143.13
Battle Tested Creative Outlets was awarded $3326.86
Girls on the Run Rio Grande was awarded $3336.62
Albuquerque Youth Symphony was awarded $3261.09
Horizons Albuquerque was awarded $3012.46
Enlace Comunitario was awarded $3117.30
TenderLove Community Center was awarded $3132.28
Saranam was awarded $3088.38
Crossroads for Women was awarded $3213.61
$34,303.62 awarded
Catholic Charities Center for Refugee Support
IncredAble Adaptive MMA
NM Philharmonic
ABQ Area Firefighters Random Acts
Best Chance
Barrett Foundation, Inc.
La Plaza de Encuentro
Fathers Building Futures
Casa Q
Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless
Share your Care
A New Day
$26,275 awarded
Blackout Theater
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ABQ Involved volunteers and their kids help paint a room at an Albuquerque non-profit agency during UNM's Spring Storm 2013.
We have participated in over one hundred volunteer projects since 2013, and we continue to offer 3 volunteer events every month!
Our projects range from cleaning parks, sorting food, winterizing a farm, preparing Thanksgiving meals, cooking food for children and families in need, cleaning kitchens, repairing playgrounds, serving food to the needy, helping walk and water dogs for adoption, and assisting fundraising efforts.
Our work has benefited the following local organizations, among others:
Rio Grande Open Space
Roadrunner Food Bank
Mandy's Farm
Crossroads for Women
Children's Grief Center
Ronald McDonald House
Meals on Wheels
Cuidando de los Ninos
UNM Spring Storm
Noon Day Ministries
PACA
Saranam
NM Natural History Museum
Kayak NM
Title I APS Homeless Project
Ranchito de los Ninos
Storehouse
Querencia Green
Girls on the Run
ABQ Involved volunteers helped clean up the riverbank near Central Avenue.