The Encantado Foundation News:
SANTA FE – In its first year of grantmaking, The Encantado Foundation announced Monday that it awarded more than $440,000 to New Mexico nonprofit organizations through its 2022 Community Based Grant and Impact Grant Programs.
The recipients of these grants, which were selected from among applications received between April 2022 and November of 2022, represent a variety of STEM-oriented organizations, initiatives and events from Santa Fe, Bernalillo, Sandoval and Taos counties.
Through its two grantmaking programs, The Encantado Foundation strives to help strengthen the digital workforce in Central and Northern New Mexico by supporting efforts to stimulate the development of hire-ready candidates for STEM-related positions, particularly in the areas of cyber security, application development and management, and IT operations, and especially among those from underrepresented communities in tech careers.
“Our grant selection committees were thrilled and inspired by the number and caliber of grant applications we received in the first year of our Grant programs,” said Executive Director Jay Galván Heneghan of The Encantado Foundation. “In 2023, we hope to support even more efforts aimed at providing New Mexicans with the education, skills, and training they need to obtain high-paying tech sector jobs in our state.”
Through these funding opportunities, The Encantado Foundation seeks to grant financial awards to organizations and initiatives that:
Details about how to apply for the Foundation’s 2023 Community Based Grants and Impact Grants can be found at www.TheEncantadoFoundation.org.
About The Encantado Foundation:
The Mission of the Encantado Foundation is to stimulate the development of hire-ready candidates for STEM-related positions, particularly in the areas of cyber security, application development and management, and IT operations. We seek to foster the professional development of individuals who wish to be a part of the digital workforce — including those from underrepresented communities in tech careers such as women, people of color, native people, and people with physical limitations — while also reshaping the way that workforce resources are acquired by technology-related employers.
The Encantado Foundation was formed by Encantado Technical Solutions, LLC. (ETS) a Joint-Venture between Edgewater Federal and ECS Federal upon award of the Sandia National Laboratories Third-Party Telecommunications and Information Technology (TPTIT) Support Services contract to ETS by the National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS), to provide comprehensive enterprise and mission-embedded IT support for Sandia National Laboratories personnel and the lab’s infrastructure at multiple locations across the United States.
2022 Impact Grant Recipients
CNM Ingenuity Deep Dive Boot Camps
Albuquerque-based CNM Ingenuity (CNMI) was awarded $200,000 to fund their Deep Dive Approach: Creating Opportunities to Participate in New Mexico’s Digital Workforce project. CNMI is seeking to increase opportunities for learners and workers to participate in the digital workforce through its Deep Dive accelerated workforce training program. CNMI expects to provide tuition assistance and support paid internships through its Technology Solutions Lab internship program.
New Collar Network
The New Collar Network, previously known as the North American Digital Fabrication Alliance, was awarded $198,313 to support their Pathways to New Collar Jobs in 3D Printing for Native American and Hispanic Populations initiative. The New Collar Network seeks to expand its pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs and enhance its digital badge micro-certification program. By increasing access to New Collar Jobs, the organization seeks to increase access to jobs, internships, and registered apprenticeships for its program’s graduates from diverse backgrounds.
2022 Community Based Grant Recipients (Up to $5,000)
Explora: A space for youth and teens to learn about and explore possibilities and interact with STEAM.
Proposed use of funds: Financial support benefiting one of the organization’s longest-running programs, the Career Pathways Internship (CPI) program. CPI develops, introduces, and mentors teens into STEM career pathways.
R4 Creating: Increasing opportunities for changing “Learners to Leaders” in STEM with a four-point focus: (1) Introduce & Explore; (2) Experience & Learn; (3) Apply & Practice; (4) Launch.
Proposed use of funds: Operational support to fund staffing and rental costs related to implementing STEM programming.
STEM Santa Fe: Provides STEM programming & mentoring to introduce students to STEM professionals and careers.
Proposed use of funds: Support for STEM projects with middle school and high school aged students. Grant funds will be used to pay college student mentors for projects and during summer workshops. Funding will also be used to support the purchase of science materials for educational programming.
Supercomputing Challenge: Teaches computational science skills, focused on problem-based projects, with middle and high school students.
Proposed use of funds: Funds were used to support the 33rd annual kickoff event at New Mexico Tech, covering costs for 17 teams to attend the event.
Breakthrough Santa Fe: Santa Fe area middle school academic support mentoring program, specifically for 6th graders.
Proposed use of funds: Financial support to fund stipends for math & science teachers for summer program plus STEM supplies for science course experiments.
MathAmigos: Focused on providing teachers with research-based strategies to inspire students to love math & deepen mathematical thinking with students.
Proposed use of funds: Organization is seeking to increase the number of $150 stipends to include 13 additional teachers to attend teacher training workshops early 2023.
STEM Boomerang: Dedicated to stopping New Mexico’s talent brain drain and to retain STEM professionals employed in New Mexico.
Proposed use of funds: STEM Boomerang is seeking to host an in-person career fair to assist out-of-state STEM professionals and graduates who wish to “boomerang” back to the state. Fair will also have virtual access.
STEMarts Lab: Empowering youth through art, science, and technology in rural and underserved communities.
Proposed use of funds: Expansion of the STEMarts Apprenticeship program for girls in Northern Mexico. Funds will be used to cover instructional and travel costs to bring apprentices together for in-person sessions.
Taos Education Collaborative: A hub for connecting students and services, for learners Pre K through adult education.
Proposed use of funds: Funding is sought to finance a pilot project to support a STEM Pathways program for 50 students in 5th-12th grade and post- secondary learning in Taos County.
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