HEAL Fund

The Foundation is pleased to announce a funding opportunity through our Healthy Entry for Asylee Lives (HEAL) Fund. This fund was created with the belief that adults, families, and children seeking entry into the United States to flee from persecution and violence in their home countries and other humanitarian circumstances deserve access to trauma-informed and responsive support that allows a successful transition to a safe, healthy, and productive life.  For the purposes of the HEAL Fund, the term asylee encompasses various immigration statuses including refugee, special immigrant juvenile status (SIJ), VAWA or other crime victim or witness statuses, victim of trafficking in persons (T visas) those with certain family-sponsored, work, education temporary visas, etc.

Eligible Organizations

• Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits in good standing with the IRS (or have a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)(3)). Grants cannot be made to individuals.
• New Mexico-based organizations whose mission is to provide services to immigrant populations can apply for general operating support.
• Organizations that serve all populations in New Mexico can apply for an immigrant-specific project or program.
• Grants must benefit individuals and/or families living in New Mexico.

Priorities

• Organizations whose mission is primarily focused on supporting immigrants.
• Organizations that have a strong immigrant representation and voice on their board and staff leadership.
• Organizations or programs impacted by shifts or elimination of Federal funding and/or programs.
• Programs already in existence will be prioritized.
• Programs that serve or collaborate across multiple focus areas (i.e. social, economic, health, mental health, legal, education).

Grant Range

• $5,000 to $15,000

Timeline

• Application opens: June 30, 2025
• Application deadline: On or before, July 23, 2025 at 5pm
• Grants announced: Mid-August 2025
• Grant period: September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026
• Grant report due: September 15, 2026

To apply for a 2025 HEAL Fund grant, click on the “Apply Here” button below. Please note that you cannot save and come back to the online application. Click here to fill out and save this Word document first, then paste your responses in the online application using the link below. If you do not get a confirmation email after online submission, email jwalker@newmexicofoundation.org or edavila@newmexicofoundation.org

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Recent Awards

New Mexico Foundation is pleased to announce it recently awarded a total of $265,000 to eight nonprofits through its HEAL Fund.

Border Servant Corps – $20,000 (Doña Ana County)

For general operating support to provide services to migrants at the Las Cruces Hospitality Center. From food, clothing, lodging, medical, case management, and travel assistance, Border Servant Corps seeks to welcome guests safely and sustainably; addressing immediate needs and implementing systems and structures that support consistent, long-term regional reception and care. 

El Calvario United Methodist Church – $20,000 (Doña Ana County)

El Calvario United Methodist Church provides basic emergency services such as food, clothing, shelter, transportation, financial assistance, social, and medical services from their shelter. Grant funds will help offset personnel costs allowing them to increase operations back up to full capacity. 

U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership – $20,000 (statewide)

The Border Philanthropy Partnership supports a network of organizations that build prosperity through leadership, collaboration, and philanthropy in the U.S.-Mexico Border region.  This funding supports Border Briefs publications that will advance and advocate work along the US-Mexico Border.  

Centro Sávila – $45,000 (Bernalillo County)

Centro Sávila provides urgent case management and clinical services while establishing trust and relationships necessary to provide deeper, long-term, trauma-informed, culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health and/or case management services. This grant assists Spanish-speaking and Muslim newcomers living in Bernalillo County, many of whom are recent Venezuelan and Afghan arrivals, in need of clinical or case management services.  

Humanitarian Outreach for Migrant Emotional Health (H.O.M.E.) – $25,000 (statewide)

H.O.M.E. serves high-need clients in a full range of circumstances that qualify for relief, including asylum, Violence Against Women Act cases, victims of human trafficking, victims of criminal activity, humanitarian parole, release from detention, cancellation of removal, and hardship. Working in partnership with local nonprofits, funding to H.O.M.E.provides forensic mental health evaluations for approximately forty New-Mexico based asylum seekers.  

Las Cumbres Community Services – $45,000 (Taos, Rio Arriba, Los Alamos and Santa Fe Counties)

For the Santuario del Corazon Program benefiting asylum-seekers and refugees in New Mexico. Funding will fully support family navigation services for 15 children and an anticipated additional 45 family members for one year.  

New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC) – $45,000 (Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Counties and El Paso, TX)

Funding is for legal programs benefiting asylum-seekers, refugees, and migrant workers in New Mexico. NMILC uses remote asylum workshops to assist non-detained asylum seekers in removal proceedings who do not qualify for other forms of humanitarian relief and who will be filing applications on their own behalf, without representation. The workshops guide asylum seekers through legal procedures and cultural orientation hurdles using volunteers, technology, and community education.  

Santa Fe Dreamers Project – $45,000 (Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Los Lunas, and Taos Counties)

Funding is designated for legal programs benefiting asylum-seekers, refugees, and migrant workers in New Mexico, inclusive of the Humanitarian Visa Program. Eligible case types include Violence Against Women Act cases, victims of human trafficking, victims of criminal activity, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.