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The Albuquerque Tourism Marketing District (ATMD) is offering grants of up to $50,000 to businesses and nonprofits with projects that create experiences, improve or develop infrastructure or grow arts and culture programs. Applicants must be located in New Mexico and registered as a federally recognized for-profit or nonprofit entity.

According to the Visit Albuquerque website, ATMD is a coalition of approximately 150 local lodging properties that have organized efforts in order to increase demand for overnight visitation to the city. ATMD provides additional funds to expand marketing of Albuquerque, enhance visitor services and develop destination assets. This year, 5% of ATMD revenue supports annual tourism grants.

There are two types of funding opportunities for the 2023 grant cycle.

Applicants for an Innovator grant may apply for up to $50,000 for project implementation. A one-to-one funding match is required for the amount requested. 

Applicants for an Incubator grant may apply for up to $10,000 for project implementation. Two letters of support are required and should be from entities or stakeholders that will benefit directly from the proposed project. A total of up to six Incubator Visit Albuquerque Tourism Grants will be awarded in the 2023 grant cycle.

The application deadline is 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2023. Interested applicants can attend one of the informational workshops offered via Zoom video conference on March 13 and April 3.

Find details at Visit Albuquerque.

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Visit Albuquerque offers tourism grants to local businesses and nonprofits

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Tania Armenta knows a thing or two about tourism in Albuquerque.

“Without a doubt, tourism is one of Albuquerque best economic development strategies,” she said.

Armenta is the president and CEO of Visit Albuquerque, and she says tourism brings about $2 million a year to the economy.

Now, Visit Albuquerque is offering tourism grants to local businesses and nonprofits.

“We’re really looking at ways that we can increase the volume of visitation here, continue to share the great story of Albuquerque, and so in that we have a variety of project types that could be a new experience, could be infrastructure, it could be something with arts and culture,” Armenta said.

There are two types of grants applicants may get: 

The “Innovator Grant” awards up to $50,000 and it’s a one-to-one match. If you put up $50,000, Visit Albuquerque would award $50,000.

The “Incubator Grant” awards up to $10,000 and needs two letters of support.

“The funding for this comes from the Albuquerque Tourism Marketing District, which was implemented just July 1 of 2022, unanimously passed by city council,” said Armenta.

The district is made up of 150 hotels who came together to create more overnight stays in the city.

“We know people have ideas about new offerings. Certainly, in coming from the pandemic, there’s been these new businesses that are popping up, and we want to support that we want to continue to add the vibrancy, the excitement,” said Armenta.

For more information and how to apply, click here . 

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New state tourism grant program to give $2 million to communities around New Mexico

NEW MEXICO  (KRQE) – New Mexico’s Tourism Department is giving out nearly two million dollars to communities around the state to help take care of and improve local tourist attractions. ‘Destination Forward’ is the New Mexico Tourism Department’s newest grant program which just got underway this summer.

“This program was inspired because here at the New Mexico Tourism Department we believe that our job is more than destination promotion; it is destination stewardship,” said Cody Johnson, communications director with the New Mexico Tourism Department.

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Ten localities around the state, from Farmington to Roswell, were chosen to get this one-time appropriation of state funding to help with tourism-related infrastructure projects. One of those recipients is the Village of Fort Sumner in De Baca County—home to the ‘Billy the Kid’ gravesite.

There is an idea for a new exhibition there detailing the history of De Baca County—from the Bosque Redondo Memorial to Billy the Kid’s time to present day—got more than $200,000 dollars. “I hope our tourism explodes! I mean, for a small community that’s what we have to rely on is tourism. So hopefully we’ll bring in a lot of tourists and see how warm our community is decide to stay here!” says Louie Gallegos, mayor of the Village of Fort Sumner.

Gallegos said this money will also help them build ADA-compliant sidewalks through the cemetery and put up better lighting.

“Demand for travel to New Mexico has never been higher. So we want to make sure that communities can adequately manage that demand. And that comes in the form of making sure our infrastructure is maintained,” Johnson says.

In northern New Mexico, the City of Farmington was awarded the most money—$500,000—to build onto facilities at their Gateway Park creating a covered pavilion for a myriad of community events and an outdoor amphitheater near the Animas River. “This is a, kind of creating a central gathering place for the community at Gateway Park. Gateway Park currently is where our museum sits; it’s right along the river. It has a beautiful backyard kind of terrace where you can host events–you know, wedding receptions, picnics, whatever you want to do there,” said Warren Unsicker, director of economic development in the City of Farmington.

“It shows a sense of pride in the community that when people visit, they notice and they want to stay longer they want to bring their friends and they are generally quite surprised with what they find here,” Unsicker said.

Eight other communities also received funding: the City of Bayard received $50,000 for preservation plans for an historic building in the mining district; the City of Clovis received $17,000 to design, develop, and install interpretive signage at the Hillcrest Park Zoo; the City of Grants received $384,000 dollars to install grandstands at the Grants Multipurpose Arena; the City of Roswell received $100,000 dollars for the planning and installation of wayfinding and downtown gateway improvements for their main street; Curry County received $380,000 dollars to install an LED video screen at the Curry County Events Center and Fairgrounds; McKinley County received $100,000 dollars to plan and design improvements to Red Rock Park RV Campground; the Northwest Council of Governments received $100,000 dollars for the planning and development of more tourism assets along the Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway; and Sandoval County received $50,000 dollars for the renovation of an historic building at El Zocalo Plaza.

“It’s a new program but it’s also an extension of kind of a previous program that really did support and emphasize tourism development and infrastructure projects in rural New Mexico,” Johnson said.

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Each year, Albuquerque Community Foundation awards grants through an annual grant cycle. Awards are granted to organizations providing services that support residents in the four-county Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan Area (Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia). The Annual Grant Cycle is supported by over 90 endowment funds. In order to respond to the community’s specific needs, distributions from the funds are pooled and aligned directly with the Foundation’s fields of interest .

The Foundation is committed to evolving our grantmaking practices to increase funding to traditionally under-resources communities, to breaking down power dynamics in the funding process by including greater equity of voice and to great transparency in the selection process. In 2023, the Foundation adopted a new Mission, Vision and Values, a commitment to Values-Aligned Philanthropy and an Anti-Hate Policy Statement , and we seek to fund organizations that align with these principles.

While we do understand the need to avoid changing the application each year, we are continuously seeking to improve the questions and scoring rubric (available here) to support the above stated principles and provide greater clarity and guidance to both the nonprofits and the grant panel. This scoring rubric will be used by all panelists on the review committee.

The final change to expect this year is that the Foundation has determined to remove the strategic grant lens of “Access to Economic Opportunity”. In our efforts to solicit and act on feedback, and through extensive conversations with various community stakeholders, it was decided that this lens is no longer aligned with the Foundation’s overall impact and needed further evaluation. Over the coming year(s), we will seek to explore how the Foundation would like to evaluate our impact across all areas of our work and what strategic lens offers the greatest support to the communities we serve.

• We will continue to host PEEP (Party to Enhance Equity in Philanthropy) events this year to create space for nonprofits to share their work with one another, with staff, Trustees, Committee members and community members. These will be informal events intended to support community building and relationships.

Save the Dates for 2024 PEEP Events: May 30  and September 26 

• We will continue to host Coffee Chat hours. Community Impact staff at available during the application cycle to offer support in answering any questions or provide space for feedback. Coffee Chat hours will be available twice per Round and folks can join at any time. Join us for a Coffee Chat via Zoom .

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While we do understand the need to avoid changing the application each year, we are continuously seeking to improve the questions and scoring rubric (available here) to support the above stated principles and provide greater clarity and guidance to both the nonprofits and the grant panel. This scoring rubric will be used by all panelists on the review committee. If you're interested in participating on a review panel, please sign-up here .

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Through the Annual Grant Cycle, we make grants in seven diverse priority areas. This allows us to meet a broad spectrum of needs while also following Albuquerque’s changing demands.

Please note: Organizations can ONLY apply for one field-of-interest in our Annual Grant Cycle.

Arts & Culture

Grants in this field of interest support artistic and cultural expression of diverse communities and providing access to these experiences through the following:

• Creative arts education including music, visual arts, and dance for youth (K-12) performing arts organizations
• Enhancing cultural arts
• Theater and/or Dance

Grants encompass a wide range of educational supports to ensure historically marginalized communities receive opportunities that positively impact their lives and careers. This may include:

• Literacy education for K-12, early childhood education, and after school initiatives
• Addressing adult literacy, vocational/career training and adult basic education, as well as programs to benefit seniors
• Learning experiences for those with special needs and skills-based education programs

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Grants in this field-of-interest support preservation of environment, wildlife, and historic buildings with specific focus on:

• Protecting natural land and resources, including the health and protection of wildlife
• Preservation of archaeological sites and/or historical buildings, landmarks, attractions and venues
• Climate justice efforts to improve environmental conditions (energy and water conservation, water recycling, renewable energy, etc.)
• Educational programs and/or projects with strong community involvement related to any of the above

Economic & Workforce Development

Grants in this field-of-interest support intentional and inventive endeavors to ensure community wealth building for under-resourced populations, which can include:

• Working towards ensuring a robust local economy
• Contributing to social, economic, and environmental progress for entrepreneurs and the state's workforce
• Providing innovative support systems for entrepreneurs

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Grants aid individuals as they transition to more self-sustainable lifestyles, with an emphasis on fostering self-sufficiency and nurturing families, specific to supporting traditionally underserved populations. This field-of-interest focuses on these specific areas:

• Individuals experiencing displacement, homelessness, and/or individuals returning from incarceration
• Assistance for sexual assault and domestic violence programs and/or support for survivors of crime
• Support for vulnerable populations including children, families and seniors, youth aging out of foster care and individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Grants in this field-of-interest address essential needs for marginalized populations including the following programs:

• Providing emergency care/services
• Addressing food insecurity
• Mental and behavioral health needs, including addressing substance abuse
• General healthcare needs including home healthcare and hospice
• Supporting dental health needs for individuals

Animal Welfare

This grant opportunity will support the diverse programs for animal needs including:

• Spay and neuter
• Basic animal health
• Resources on how best to care for animals
• Veterinary career support, including veterinary techs
• Education about wildlife and ecosystems
• Programs involved in the training and certification of service animals

Need To Know Grants

Need to Know grants provide an opportunity for nonprofits to submit rolling grant requests throughout the year. By submitting these requests, your organization can keep us informed of new programs or ongoing funding needs throughout the year.

If your organization submitted a grant application in the Annual Grant Cycle and was not selected, it will rollover into a Need to Know grant.

• Need to Know grants must serve populations within one of the following counties: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and/or Valencia.
• The Foundation will review requests monthly, but there is no deadline to submit and there is no designated date on which the Foundation makes funding decisions. This is a rolling process throughout the year. If your organization receives funds, we will contact you directly.
• While grants may vary in size, we suggest you submit your requests in the $5,000 – $10,000 range.

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Through the Annual Grant Cycle, we make grants in six diverse priority areas. This allows us to meet a broad spectrum of needs while also following Albuquerque’s changing demands.

If your organization submitted a grant application in the Competitive Grant Program and was not selected, it will rollover into a Need to Know grant.

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San Juan County Commission will consider awarding contract for outdoor rec master plan

County received grant to cover two-thirds of cost of plan's development.

San Juan County commissioners will meet Tuesday in Aztec to consider awarding a contract to an Albuquerque firm to develop a master plan for outdoor recreation in the county.

Commissioners will vote on a proposal to award a contract for $99,999 to the Pland Collaborative of Albuquerque, a landscape architecture and planning firm, to help put the plan together. The county received a grant for $66,666 from the state late last year to help pay for the project, and the county will provide $33,333 in matching funds, according to county spokesman Devin Neeley.

County officials are interested in exploring what outdoor recreation opportunities may exist for McGee Park and other areas, Neeley said, and the plan is designed to answer those questions. He said the process of generating the plan likely would include a series of public meetings, and an online survey could be conducted to generate public input.

The process of creating the plan is expected to take 11 months, he said.

More: San Juan County seeks federal funding for firefighting, law enforcement equipment

The commission will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 in the commission chambers at the San Juan County Administration Building, 100 S. Oliver Drive in Aztec. The meeting is open to the public and also will be streamed live on the county’s YouTube page.

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Projects, Events, and Festivals (PEF) furthers CAH’s mission by encouraging progress in the arts and humanities in the District of Columbia. This program supports individuals and nonprofit arts, humanities, arts education, and service groups. Strong applicants showcase their contributions to DC as a world-class cultural capital. This grant opportunity program goals::

• Provide access to high-quality arts and humanities experiences for all District of Columbia residents.
• Improve quality of life by supporting vibrant community projects within the arts and humanities.
• Strengthen the creative economy through investments in local individuals and organizations. 

PEF is open for projects of all sizes that show District impact and engage District residents and visitors.

CAH encourages community-based projects. They share traits like location, interests, or impact. Arts and humanities projects may include concerts, art shows, readings, or festivals. These festivals feature dance, folk art, film, music, theater, and other art forms. CAH encourages unsure applicants to contact a CAH grants manager.

FY 2025 PEF Request for Applications

The Commission on the Arts and Humanities seeks applications for the FY25 Projects, Events, or Festivals (PEF) Grant Program. 

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College aid officials warn FAFSA mess will delay many grant and loan offers until May

Leaders of the college financial aid system assailed the Education Department over this year’s FAFSA debacle , warning that ongoing delays are extending institutions’ timelines for offering packages that many students’ decisions hinge on.

“If there was a financial aid director or even a college president that delayed financial aid on their campus for up to six months, the professional price that would be paid for that would be pretty steep,” Justin Draeger, head of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

The hearing by the GOP-led House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development came one day after Education Department officials disclosed that at least 30% of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms submitted so far this year could contain errors resulting from widespread application glitches or other issues.

Those forms are set to be reprocessed in coming weeks, and many will start being sent to schools by May 1, the agency said.

The federal government can typically turn around FAFSA information within days, but the lags this year have extended for months. Colleges and universities are already well behind schedule due to the botched overhaul of the application process — one that was meant to be easier and in many cases more generous, but has instead landed millions of households and campus officials in bureaucratic limbo.

“It’s not a trivial task to roll this out, but this rollout has been disastrous and, frankly, inexcusable,” Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., said Wednesday.

The hearing signaled growing bipartisan frustrations over the FAFSA chaos, much of it focusing on the Education Department, which Draeger said faced a “crisis of credibility.”

Agency leaders didn’t testify at Wednesday’s hearing, but a spokesperson said Tuesday that officials have identified and fixed errors in the online application system “affecting the accurate processing of large numbers of FAFSA forms.”

A Department of Education spokesperson acknowledged that “implementing this new system has brought certain challenges” but pushed back on lawmakers’ criticism, saying it “has prioritized the overhaul of the FAFSA form and has been moving full speed to implement the bipartisan law to make this experience far better” for applicants. “We will continue to listen and be responsive,” the spokesperson said.

The department estimates roughly 7 million applications have already been submitted and sent off to schools and scholarship organizations, though some may need to be reprocessed. In the meantime, it said it has returned to normal FAFSA processing times of one to three days.

Also on Wednesday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to the chief of General Dynamics, the military contractor that oversaw the FAFSA refresh under a nine-figure deal. They demanded more information on the project and accused the company of a “near-total failure” that they said is “harming millions of students and hundreds of colleges.”

General Dynamics didn’t comment.

FAFSA is a critical first step for many schools and scholarship programs to calculate the additional aid they offer students beyond what the federal government may provide. The holdups have already forced households to make tough decisions . Some have slashed retirement savings to free up tuition money, while others are putting down deposits at cheaper safety schools rather than holding out for more support from prestigious four-year colleges.

Even if reprocessed FAFSA forms are sent to schools in coming weeks, many institutions will need at least two more to turn around their own aid packages, Mark Kantrowitz, a student financial aid expert, testified Wednesday. That means some aid offers might not reach students until after the traditional May 1 decision deadline — or even beyond those that have been extended further to deal with the fallout.

Schools are taking different approaches to handling the delays. Some are sending out estimated aid offers, while others are holding off altogether for now.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has yet to send out a single financial aid package because of the “poor quality of the data and the late receipt” of students’ FAFSA information, Rachelle Feldman, the school’s vice provost for enrollment, told lawmakers. The school, which enrolled over 32,000 students last fall, is hoping to distribute aid offers by the first week of May — months behind its typical time frame of January to March.

FAFSA completion rates were down 40% as of March 29 compared to the same period last year, according to the National College Attainment Network. Congress estimates that FAFSA complications have affected 18 million students looking to attend college next year.

“Most high school seniors have yet to receive an aid offer,” NCAN chief Kim Cook said Wednesday, adding that low-income and minority students are lagging behind the national FAFSA submission rate.

Many are still “being asked to commit by May 1,” she said. “Our greatest fear is that they will decide they can’t.”

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Psychology professor and team awarded $750,000 grant for autism research

By Jordan Rogers 04-12-2024

University of Miami researchers are part of a team that recently won a $750,000 grant from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) to conduct groundbreaking multidisciplinary research on children with autism.

Daniel Messinger , a professor of psychology, pediatrics, electrical and computer engineering, and music engineering in the psychology department at the College of Arts and Sciences , is part of the research team.

SFARI’s human cognitive and behavioral science grants prioritize research “that produces foundational knowledge about the neurobehavioral differences associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD),” according to the foundation’s press release .

Messinger is collaborating with University of Miami professors Lynn K. Perry in the psychology department and Chaoming Song in the physics department and their graduate students, as well as professors at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles. Together, they will execute a multidisciplinary project that incorporates cutting-edge technology into autism detection research in children ages 3 to 5.

The grant will support the research team with three years of funding.

“It is lovely to involve people from such different fields,” Messinger said of the complex project his team has devised. “Aside from psychology, the research incorporates physics and electrical and computer engineering. Each person on the ’Canes team does their part.”

It might initially seem as if these fields have little in common. However, with creativity and collaboration, the connections start to materialize.

“The first major task is forming working relationships and finding questions that everyone is interested in,” Messinger explained. “Then it’s about submitting conference papers on our research on the kids, writing manuscripts together, and applying for research funding while thinking about everybody’s needs.”

For the Miami-based portion of the project, the research team will test children in classroom settings, including the University of Miami's Linda Ray Intervention Center . The kids will wear specially made vests fitted with movement and location trackers, as well as non-invasive microphones, which will record diverse forms of data.

Song, an associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, will be responsible for monitoring the children’s movements in the lab. “He looks at whether or not kids are in social contact when they are in close physical proximity,” said Messinger.

Anchen Sun, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, will oversee the experiment’s audio component in collaboration with a graduate student in the psychology department.

“He takes the audio recordings and figures out who is speaking and what they are saying,” Messinger explained. “Kids with ASD might speak with a higher pitch in their voice. This vocal data is an important byproduct for the detection of autism.”

Messinger has a long track record of producing high-quality scholarship with colleagues in his field. He recently contributed research to a multi-authored journal article alongside University of Miami psychology professors Batya E. Elbaum and Lynn K. Perry . The article, “ Investigating Children’s Interactions In Preschool Classrooms: An Overview of Research Using Automated Technologies ,” can be found in the journal Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

The stakes are high for this cutting-edge research, which promises to shed some important light on how autism intersects with other topics.

“The work has an equity and social justice component as well,” said Messinger. “More boys are diagnosed with autism than girls. Having more objective knowledge on the topic would help us to understand why.”

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Welcome to Albuquerque

At the heart of New Mexico beats the pulse of a vibrant city. In Albuquerque, diverse cultures , authentic art and dynamic traditions have helped shape our centuries-old story. No matter your interests, the city has countless opportunities for you to explore. Sample traditional New Mexican cuisine that takes minutes to make and hundreds of years to prepare, experience world-class museums , stroll along Central Avenue under the vintage neon glow of Route 66 , or soar high above the city in the hot air ballooning capital of the world — a sight sure to change your perspective.

Immerse yourself in our painted skies, abundant space and more than 310 days of sunshine, which make it possible to ski the slopes of the Sandia Mountains and play a round at one of our award-winning golf courses , all in the same day. Albuquerque is an oasis in the high desert, full of rich history and inspiring ideas. Plan your trip today , and leave Albuquerque viewing your own world in a whole new light.

ABQ365 Blog 

Our team of locals keep you up to date on what to do, where to go, and where to eat and drink all around Albuquerque. Check out the ABQ365 Blog for insider tips.

Explore the city's art galleries, museum exhibitions, sporting events, eateries, fine dining, live music and cultural performances all in one place. The ABQ365 blog and calendar of events is the easiest way to discover the here and now.