Garfield Street Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Garfield Street Foundation supports arts and culture, higher education, animal welfare, youth and human services in New Mexico.

FUNDING AREAS: Arts and culture, higher education, animal welfare, youth, human services

IP TAKE: This real estate company-affiliated funder is all about supporting people in need in Santa Fe and offers an accessible way for local grantseekers to request funding.

PROFILE: Established in 1999, the Garfield Street Foundation (GSF) is a company-sponsored foundation based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The contributor for this foundation is BGK Property Management, LLC, which was acquired by Rosemont Real Estate. The foundation does not have full-time paid staff members but there are officers and directors at GSF that are led by the foundation president, Madeline Mahony. Mahoney is also the director of media relations for the Santa Fe-based Richardson Center for Global Engagement. GSF funds local efforts for arts and culture, higher education, animal welfare, youth and human services

The Garfield Street Foundation does not have a website to guide grantseekers. However, past tax records indicate that GSF focuses most of its efforts on providing economic assistance to Santa Fe families in crisis. In the local area, this funder often supports museums, botanical gardens, animal shelters, arts organizations, hospital foundations and educational institutions. It also awards grants to various organizations for assistance to indigent families.

Grants range between about $1,000 and $20,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on New Mexico and especially organizations in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Past local grantees include the Santa Fe Opera, Communities in Schools of NM and the Santa Fe Animal Shelter.

This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. GSF limits its awards to cultural and social service agencies, but there are no specific application forms to use. There are also no submission deadlines. Grantseekers should submit their application materials to the attention of Robin Smith via mail. Direct general questions to the staff at 505-982-2184 or 505-992-5100.

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