The Foundation's giving guidelines

General guidelines:

• The majority of our grants go to organizations within the state of New Mexico
   
• Grants made to organizations outside of New Mexico are usually in support of research projects at colleges, institutes, or universities
   
• The Foundation makes grants to nonprofit agencies recognized as such at the federal level (i.e., 501 (c)(3) agencies)
   
• The Foundation does not make grants to individuals
   
• The Foundation maintains a focus on "high-engagement" philanthropy as "the best means of achieving our social goals" (to quote Letts & Ryan)
   
• The Foundation facilitates high-engagement grantmaking relationships by using an eFoundation model, which encourages extensive use of Internet and web-based technologies
   
• Grant requests, request reviews, project tracking, and project reporting are handled primarily via the Internet and the web
   
• Organizations are expected to have a high degree of familiarity with Internet and web-based technologies
   
• The Foundation uses the GuideStar service as a part of its request review process (all organizations must first register with GuideStar before submitting a request)
   
• The Foundation is theory-based—we use attachment theory as a theory of social change
   
• Organizations are encouraged to learn about how the Foundation views the application of attachment theory to the world of philanthropy by reading the practical application article by Dr. Pistole—“Preventing Teenage Pregnancy”—along with the Foundation's study guide to this article (see the Resources area for information on how to request these articles)
   

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