New Society Fund
OVERVIEW: The New Society Fund broadly supports social justice, education and literacy, conservation and environmental justice, economic opportunity, and community development in New Mexico and beyond.
IP TAKE: This progressive New Mexico-based funder has no website, lacking transparency and clear grantmaking guidelines. However, it is accessible and encourages grantseekers to send a letter of inquiry by snail mail to its P.O. Box. The foundation awards grants nationally, but tends to prioritize organizations located in New Mexico.
PROFILE: The New Society Fund is based in Tesuque, New Mexico. While it does not operate a website, tax filings indicate that it funds a wide range of programs in the realm of social justice, including racial justice and immigrant rights, human rights, education and literacy, conservation and environmental justice, work and economic opportunity, and community development.
Grants for Work and Opportunity
Though the New Society Fund does not have a website to guide applicants, tax filings suggest an interest in funding organizations that promote economic justice and community development in New Mexico and beyond. Past grantees for economic opportunity include Prosperity Works, American Indian College Fund, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, and Federation of Southern Cooperatives.
Grants for Environmental Conservation
Tax filings suggest an interest in funding environmental conservation. It appears to prioritize environmental education in this area of funding. Past grantees for the environment include Conservation Voters New Mexico, Wild Earth Guardians, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, and EcoViva.
Grants for Civic and Democracy
Taxes suggest an interest in funding progressive policy outfits and think tanks, as well as grassroots activism. Grantees include the Tides Foundation, Institute for Policy Studies, Grassroots Leadership, Southwest Organizing Project, and National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
Grants for Global Development
Though the New Society Fund does not have a website to guide applicants, tax filings suggest an interest in funding organizations that support economic development, human rights, and renewable energy around the world. Grantees include International Labor Rights Forum, Border Network for Human Rights, Wildearth Guardians, and Lambi Fund of Haiti.
Grants for Education
Though the New Society Fund does not have a website to guide applicants, tax filings suggest an interest in funding organizations that promote broader access to quality education in New Mexico and beyond. Education grantees include the Partners in Education Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, and the Highlander Center.
Important Grant Details:
Grants generally range from $1,000 to $20,000. While the foundation has no explicit geographical restrictions, its grantmaking tends to prioritize organizations operating in New Mexico.Â
Grantseekers may mail a letter of inquiry to the foundation’s P.O. Box in New Mexico, care of G. Cameron Duncan, Jr.
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CONTACT:
G. Cameron Duncan, Jr.
P.O. Box 836
Tesuque, New Mexico 87574