Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico
/OVERVIEW: The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico supports access to care, healthy living and wellness, condition management, business partnerships and healthy kids and families in New Mexico.
FUNDING AREAS: Health, access to care, healthy living and wellness, condition management, business partnerships and healthy kids and families
IP TAKE: This health insurance company funder approaches health giving in a broad way and also contributes to emergency response efforts in the state.
PROFILE: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico (BCBSNM) is a health insurance company with a community giving program that is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company has a culture that values giving and contributing to the local community. It aims to promote “accessible, cost-effective quality health care for customers” and to “align corporate giving and sponsorship decisions with this mission in an effort to achieving successful outcomes.” BCBSNM funds local efforts for access to care, healthy living and wellness, condition management, business partnerships and healthy kids and families.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico offers grants for community-oriented projects and has financial limitations for sponsorship spending. Access to care grants support awareness and understanding of access issues for low-income and uninsured households. Healthy living and wellness grants fund projects that promote healthy lifestyles and have a media plan. BCBSNM’s condition management grants go towards projects that help people living with chronic diseases. BCBSNM builds relationships with the business community, and its Healthy Kids, Healthy Families program is a signature program and ongoing commitment focused on physical activity, nutrition safe environments and disease prevention.
Grants range between about $10,000 and $500,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving in the BCBSNM newsroom. Awards focus on New Mexico. Past local grantees include the La Casa, Inc. domestic violence program, Roadrunner Food Bank and the All Together NM Fund.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits and public-school systems that provide health educational opportunities. The grant application period is from mid-January to mid-November for general grants, while the Healthy Kids, Healthy Families program accepts applications between June 1 and July 31. Other opportunities that are open to grant requests are in-kind video production and sponsorships. Direct general questions to the staff at grantsadministration@hcsc.net.
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