2024 Grants
Early Childhood Initiative
Breath of My Heart Birthplace $55,000 – to support quality midwifery care to underserved families in Rio Arriba County

Carnelian Center $11,000 – to establish the Parent Support Circle, which centers mental wellness for parents and caregivers

CASA, First Judicial District $25,000 – to train and support volunteers to advocate for the wellbeing of foster children, especially babies and toddlers

Child and Family Development Center, San Juan College $50,000 – to provide high-quality care and education to young children, families, students, and the broader community

Collaborative Teachers Institute $18,000 – to engage teacher leaders in workshops with artists to support curriculum development for young children

Embracing Equity $15,000 – to train early childhood professionals in a way that builds trauma-informed practice, belonging, and culturally-responsive care

Embudo Valley and Community Center $13,500 – to create the emergent New Paradigm Play Group for 0-3 year olds and their parents/caregivers

EnSueños y los Angelitos $20,000 – to support professional development for early intervention and preschool staff in Taos

Family Learning Center $4,000 – to improve the physical entrance to a preschool in Espanola Valley

Fathers New Mexico $25,000 – to strengthen father engagement and guidance in Santa Fe and Rio Arriba Counties

First Born of Northern New Mexico $20,000 – to provide quality home visiting services to expectant parents and families with children 0-3 years old

First Born State Program Office $25,000 – to support the strengthening of the early childhood workforce and building home visiting capacity

Food Depot $40,000 – to supply diapers and parent support materials to vulnerable families in Northern NM through Diaper Depot

Gerard's House $33,000 – to support families grieving the death of – or separation from – a loved one

Growing Up NM $34,500 – to improve the early childhood system and professionalize the early childhood workforce

Holy Cross Hospital-Family Navigators $18,500 – to inform youth and their families about sexuality education through free workshops

Imagine Children's Museum $20,000 – to expand programming for infants and toddlers with new exhibits for play and exploration

Keres Children's Learning Center $20,000 – to aid the revitalization of the Keres language by developing fluency in the infant/toddler classroom

La Familia Medical Center $47,000 – to assist with hiring a perinatal community health worker for high-risk patients during pregnancy

Las Cumbres Community Services $60,000 – to support the Que Cute program for expectant mothers and newborns

Many Mothers $23,000 – to train volunteers for in-home visiting, as well as expand the staffing and hours of the Family Center

Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition $25,000 – to provide lactation and doula services for Indigenous families and preserve traditional birth practices

NM Appleseed $20,000 – to increase access to WIC for prenatal women and young children

NMAIMH $17,000 – to offer ongoing professional development that focuses on trauma-responsive care for infants

NM Association for the Education of Young Children $30,000 – to support a regional conference on EC policy advocacy 

NM Center on Law and Poverty $40,000 – to ensure New Mexico's babies, toddlers, and mothers have access to programs and services that support their growth, health, and development

NM Child Advocacy Network $17,500 – to support young people to advocate for policy to improve outcomes for young parents and families

NM Doula Association $25,000 – to implement  the new Medicaid coverage for doula services 

NM Kids Matter Inc. $24,000 – to work on behalf of abused and neglected Native American infants and toddlers in foster care

NM Voices for Children $45,000 – to strengthen advocacy and policy measures that benefit young children and their families

NM State University Foundation: Strengthening Border Families Project $22,000 – to support the development of a culturally-sustaining curriculum for ages 0-3

Pegasus Legal Services for Children $15,000 – to sustain the Kinship Guardianship program, providing bilingual legal services for children under guardianship

Planned Parenthood of NM $25,000 – to share inclusive and comprehensive sexuality education programming in Santa Fe

Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation/Northern Roots $40,000 – to provide the "Northern Roots: Where Families Eat, Learn and Grow" to address EC hunger in Taos and San Miguel Counties

Presbyterian Medical Services/Early Childhood Care $20,000 – to expand nature-play instructional training to educators working with young children

Pueblo of Pojoaque $15,000 – to provide essential supplies to families with children 0-3 years old and to assist with relative replacement care

Queen Bee Music Association $10,000 – to offer free music classes for infants and toddlers and their caregivers in Northern New Mexico

Railyard Park Conservancy $30,000 – to support four free nature-based play opportunities for infants and toddlers in Santa Fe

Reach Out and Read $15,000 – to provide literacy services as part of pediatric visits for young children at high-need medical sites in Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Taos Counties

Santa Fe Birth Center $35,000– to care for all pregnant people with high quality, safe, and culturally-congruent birthing support

Santa Fe Children's Museum $45,000 – to support program activities for 0-3 through community gatherings, mobile outreach, educational resources, and SFPL Southside

Santa Fe Community College/Kids Campus $25,000 – to support expansion of the bilingual, inclusive curriculum at Kids Campus and research continuity of care in infant-toddler classrooms

Santa Fe New Mexican $15,000  – to contribute to the salary of a reporter hired through Report for America to cover child welfare in New Mexico

Santa Fe Public Schools-Adelante $22,000 –to provide bilingual case management and community advocacy for those 0-3 through the Early Childhood Project

Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences/CoLAB $15,000 – to grow Outside Southside programming: sensory nature play for infants and toddlers and community workshops for parents/caregivers and educators

Santa Fe Recovery Center $25,000 – to expand the existing playground to accommodate children 0–36 months

Southwest Women's Law Center $23,000 – to adapt the childcare system in NM to be more equitable for families and the childcare workforce

St. Elizabeth Shelter $27,000 – to sustain Casa Familia, the shelter for homeless single women and families

TBT Fund/The Birthing Tree $30,000 – to provide economically- and socially-disadvantaged pregnant families with doula services in their preferred language

TEWA Women United $22,000 – to support TEWA's Reproductive Justice Program, reclaiming and revitalizing traditional practices

Twirl Play & Discovery Space $21,000 – to assist with the community play space and programming for young children and their families/caregivers across Taos County

UNM – Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine $25,000 – to screen and treat children 0-3 at risk for hepatitis C in Sandoval County

UNM – Envision $25,000 – to train rural providers on neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) training and care

UNM – Family Development Program $18,000 – to strengthen team members’ knowledge and skills to work with early childhood coalitions across NM

UNM Section on Child Safety and Well-being $17,000 – to support early development and positive parenting through play for children ages 0-3 in foster care

Western New Mexico University $42,000 – to further develop therapeutic classrooms for children under three who have experienced developmental trauma

Youth Heartline $30,000 – to support Safe Exchange and Supervised Visitation Services for young children impacted by parental disputes

Youth Shelters and Family Services $35,000 – to provide case management services and strengthen assistance for homeless pregnant and parenting youth
Invited Grants
Audubon $20,000 – to maintain the delivery and growth of outdoor education programming

Earth Care NM $8,000 – to support youth-led work on climate action

Girls Inc. of Santa Fe $10,000 – to train and assist staff to work with low-income, underserved girls

NMILC $20,000 - to support marginalized communities through legal service, advocacy, and education

NM Wilderness Alliance $8,000 –to advocate for NM's wilderness, wildlife, and water and promote public lands stewardship

Somos Un Pueblo Unido $15,000 – to support immigrant workers' rights and economic conditions in eight NM counties through community organizing, leadership development, and grassroots policy advocacy

Think New Mexico $12,000 – to research and advocate for policy reforms including improving public education and addressing NM’s shortage of health care providers
2024 Brindle Fund @ the Santa Fe Community Foundation

In 2024, Brindle Fund support expanded across prenatal to three including early childhood education, multi-generational family support, access to care, reproductive health services, and community-based learning. Investments included professional development in early childhood education and clinical care, conference participation, and organizational research and evaluation support. Additionally, work to strengthen math literacy for infants and toddlers, provide car seats for parenting students, increase access to fresh local food for low-income families, and create early childhood creative movement classes comprised some of the Brindle Fund contributions. Finally, Brindle Fund contributed to the Week of the Young Child conference, media literacy for young learners, and support services for New Mexican fathers.