DOI – FY25 NAGPRA Repatriation Grants


Deadline: May 8, 2026
Award Amount: $1,000 to $25,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education, and Nonprofits
Description: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to museums, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for the purposes of assisting in consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (25 U.S.C. 3008). NAGPRA Repatriation grants assist museums, Indian Tribes, and NHOs to defray costs associated with the packaging, transportation, contamination removal, reburial, and/or storage of NAGPRA human remains or cultural items. Project activities may include, but are not limited to: Travel, Transportation, Testing or decontamination, Building containers for transport, Ceremonial materials, or Staff time. See Program Overview for more details on project activities.

NAGPRA GRANTS

Arts & Health Collaborative Planning Grant


Deadline: Open January 1-June 15, 2026
Award Amount: $5,000.00
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County, or Tribal Governments, Nonprofits, and Arts/Creatives
Description: Applicants must have received an NM Arts Awards in FY25. This grant supports organizations in developing a local, arts-based planning process aimed at improving individual and community well-being through enhanced social connectedness and belonging. The process focuses on engaging underserved populations and preparing organizations for future implementation and funding opportunities.

NMA AWARD

DOI – ABPP – Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant


Deadline: September 30, 2026
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: Yes
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits
Description: The National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) promotes the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic battlefields and associated sites as part of America’s shared heritage. Through the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (BLAG), the program helps state and local governments, Tribes, and nonprofits protect eligible Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War battlefield lands by funding fee-simple or easement acquisitions with a required non-federal match. The program supports community-driven stewardship and ensures public access to preserved lands, with an emphasis on expanding preservation efforts leading up to the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026.

ABPP FUNDING

Daily Grant Program


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $500
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: This program awards daily micro-grants to grassroots changemakers worldwide, offering seed funding to support early-stage, volunteer-led projects that aim to spark positive change in their communities. It also provides capacity-building support, peer connections, and opportunities to grow beyond the initial grant.

THE POLLINATION PROJECT

EMNRD – Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $250,000 to $1,000,000
Match: Yes
Eligible Entities: Businesses and Nonprofits
Description: Provides low-interest loans to eligible commercial entities for energy efficiency upgrades. The loan proceeds can be used for energy efficiency audits, upgrades, and retrofits that improve overall energy consumption. Loans are offered at a fixed interest rate of 2% and may range from $250,000 to $1,000,000, with terms not exceeding the useful life of the project or 15 years. Applicants must demonstrate that more than 50% of their revenue is earned in New Mexico or that more than 50% of their services are provided in the state.

EER LOAN FUND

100x Impact Accelerator


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: The 100x Impact Accelerator is a global program designed to support visionary social ventures poised to scale their impact to the level of billions. Selected ventures receive $150,000 in catalytic capital, access to a 12-week accelerator program, bespoke mentorship, and connections to policymakers and philanthropists.

100X IMPACT AWARD

NSF – Division of Environmental Biology


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher, Nonprofits, and Small Businesses
Description: The NSF Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) funds research and training in ecological and evolutionary biology. It supports projects investigating processes at levels from populations and species up to ecosystems and biogeographic scales. Funded work may include field, laboratory, or modeling studies, and interdisciplinary proposals crossing levels of organization or temporal/spatial scales are encouraged.

DEB FUNDING

Healthcare Connect Fund Program


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: 65% discount on eligible broadband connectivity expenses for eligible rural health care providers (HCPs)
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits, Higher Education, State, City, Township, County or Tribal Health Department/Agency
Description: The Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program provides a 65% discount on eligible broadband connectivity expenses for eligible rural health care providers (HCPs). You can apply as an individual health care provider or as a consortium, i.e., a group of HCPs that can be both rural and non-rural.

HCF PROGRAM

Community Possible Grant Program


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: Supports nonprofit organizations that create stable jobs, affordable housing, and vibrant communities. Grants are awarded in three focus areas: “Work” (workforce education and economic prosperity), “Home” (neighborhood stability and revitalization), and “Play” (arts, culture, and places to foster joy). The program aims to address immediate needs and systemic economic barriers to success.

U.S. BANK FOUNDATION

NSF – Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Higher Education and Nonprofits
Description: The Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth Program (SPSE) aims to advance fundamental knowledge about the ongoing dynamical processes over the age of the Earth that evolve the structure of planet Earth and underpin geohazards. SPSE supports research at all temporal and spatial scales, from the Earth’s core to its crust. Through laboratory, field, theoretical, and computational studies, the program encompasses a wide range of disciplines including structural geology, tectonics, and geophysics.

SPSE PROGRAM

Recovery Housing Program (RHP)


Deadline: Applications accepted as long as funds available.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits
Description: The RHP supports individuals in recovery on their path to self-sufficiency by providing stable housing and recovery services. Specifically, it funds the development or maintenance of housing and related support for those impacted by substance use disorders.

RHP FUNDING

NSF – Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Higher Education, Environment, and Nonprofits
Description: The Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes program supports research on the Earth’s near-surface environment and how that environment responds to change. The Program focuses on the complex interplay amongst and between hydrologic, geomorphic, and geochemical processes and how they regulate the structure and function of the Earth’s near surface. These processes drive weathering and soil development, control water availability and quality, and help regulate the Earth’s climate system, all of which are important for natural resource sustainability and mitigation of natural hazards. It is expected that the research funded in this program will advance fundamental knowledge in Earth surface processes, leading to transformational discoveries in Earth Sciences.

WLCZ FUNDING

NSF – STEM K-12 Research Funding


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education, and Nonprofits
Description: Supports fundamental, applied, and translational research to advance STEM teaching and learning in both formal (pre-K–12) and informal settings, encouraging innovative, multidisciplinary projects that leverage emerging technologies like AI to develop tools, frameworks, and new insights in STEM education.

STEM GRANT FUNDING

USDA – Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program


Deadline: December 31, 2026
Award Amount: $10,000 to $10,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Land Grant Institutions, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Nonprofits, and Businesses
Description: The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture. The six priority areas are:

Plant Health and Production and Plant Products; Animal Health and Production and Animal Products; Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health; Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment; Agriculture Systems and Technology; and Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities.

USDA AFRI

NSF – Plant Genome Research Program


Deadline: Rolling until grant funding unavailable.
Award Amount: Unspecified; total grant funding $30,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Higher Education and Nonprofits
Description: The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) supports genome-scale research that addresses challenging questions of biological, societal and economic importance. PGRP encourages the development of innovative tools, technologies, and resources that empower a broad plant research community to answer scientific questions on a genome-wide scale. Emphasis is placed on the scale and depth of the question being addressed and the creativity of the approach. Data produced by plant genomics should be usable, accessible, integrated across scales, and of high impact across biology.

Training, broadening participation, and career development are essential to scientific progress and should be integrated in all PGRP-funded projects.

PGRP FUNDING

DOC – Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance (PWEAA)


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $100,000 to $30,000,000
Match: Yes
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Nonprofits, Businesses, and Higher Education
Description: Provides funding to support economic development initiatives in distressed communities. These programs aim to enhance infrastructure, promote resilience, and foster job creation through investments in public works and economic adjustment projects. Priority is given to projects that align with EDA’s investment priorities, including equity, workforce development, and environmentally sustainable development.

EDA FUNDING

NSF – Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $50,000 to $600,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education, Nonprofits, and Business
Description: The Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science, (CIPAOS) program within the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) aims to catalyze new and transformative socio-technical partnerships supporting research data infrastructure ecosystems across domains through early-stage collaborative activities between cyberinfrastructure researchers, scientists, research computing experts, data management experts, research labs, university libraries, and other communities of practice. The CI PAOS program supports the NSF Public Access Initiative by encouraging innovation across the CI ecosystem to address accessibility, discoverability, reliability, reproducibility, sustainability, and utility of data products in alignment with NSF and national goals for public access and open science.

CIPAOS PROGRAM

NSF – Life and Environments Through Time


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education, Nonprofits, and Small Businesses
Description: The Life and Environments Through Time (LET) program supports research that advances knowledge about the patterns and processes relating to the origin and evolution of Earth’s climate, environments, life, and sedimentary record. This research takes place at the molecular, local, regional, and global scales from the Archean Eon through the Holocene epoch. LET-supported research can be useful for predicting and planning for future global change, and for the maintenance and security of ecosystem services and human societies

LET PROGRAM

Grassroots Organizing Grant Program


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $30,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: Two-year general operating support grants for small, constituent-led grassroots groups in the U.S. advancing social & environmental justice through collective action. Eligible organizations must have budgets under $350K and use grassroots organizing as their primary strategy.

BEN & JERRY FOUNDATION

NSF – STEM K-12 Program


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $3,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, Nonprofits, and Businesses
Description: The NSF STEM K-12 program in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) supports fundamental, applied, and translational research that advances STEM teaching and learning and improves understanding of education across the human lifespan and a range of formal and informal settings.

STEM FUNDING

NSF – Division of Environmental Biology Funding


Deadline: Rolling until grant funding unavailable.
Award Amount: $5,000 to $5,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Higher Education and Nonprofits
Description: The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Core supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, ecosystems, macrosystems, and biogeographic extents. DEB encourages research that elucidates fundamental principles that identify and explain the unity and diversity of life and its interactions with the environment over space and time.

Research may incorporate field, laboratory, or collection-based approaches; observational or manipulative studies; synthesis activities; phylogenetic discovery projects; or theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or computational modeling. Proposals should be submitted to the core clusters (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science).

PGRP FUNDING

The Amerind Museum Artist in Residence


Deadline: Rolling Monthly
Award Amount: $3,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Tribal Governments, Arts/Creatives, and Nonprofits
Description: This opportunity seeks emerging Native American artists (visual, performing & literary artists welcomed). The selected artists must reside at the Amerind Museum for 1 month at a time. The selected artist(s) will receive housing, workspace, and a $3,000/month stipend. The artist will be asked to give a public talk about their work and/or hold some open studio hours. While in residence, the artist can sell their work directly to the public. Depending on the nature of the artist’s work, the Amerind Museum may consider an exhibition or similar event by the selected artist. The artist must have reliable transportation.

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Skatepark Project Grants


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: Skatepark Grants empowers community-led projects that create safe and inclusive public skateparks, skate spaces, and skate spots in underserved communities. Organizations seeking to build free, public concrete skateparks in underserved communities are eligible to apply for a grant.

SKATEPARK PROJECT FUNDING

Federal Surplus Property Donation Program


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: N/A
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, or County Governments and Nonprofits
Description: The federal personal property donation program enables certain certain non-federal organizations to obtain property the federal government no longer needs. State agencies for surplus property (SASPs) are state-run organizations that administer the federal program for donating federal surplus property to public, tax-supported entities and eligible private nonprofit tax-exempt organizations.

SURPLUS PROPERTY PROGRAM

USDA – Circuit Rider Program – Technical Assistance for Rural Water Systems


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits
Description: Those applying must serve an area with a population of 10,000 or less. This program provides technical assistance to rural water systems that are experiencing day-to-day operational, financial or managerial issues. Rural water system officials may request assistance from the National Rural Water Association State Association or the local Rural Utilities Service office. Rural Utilities Service staff may also request assistance on behalf of the system.

CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM

National Register Signage Grant Program


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits
Description: This grant provides fully funded marker or plaque signage for public properties and historic districts that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The program covers design, fabrication, shipping, and inscription costs, allowing communities to commemorate and publicize their historic designation.

WGP FOUNDATION

USDA – Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program in New Mexico


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Dependent upon population and median household income.
Match: Dependent upon population and median household income.
Eligible Entities: City, Township, County or Tribal Governments and Nonprofits
Description: Those applying must be a rural area, classified as having no more than 20,000 residents. This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.

LOAN & GRANT PROGRAM

Albertsons Foundation – Southwest


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: K-12 Education and Nonprofits
Description: Albertsons Companies, Safeway and Vons Foundations funds organizations that strengthen the neighborhoods they serve. The Foundation prioritizes projects that align with mission priorities that include: Health and Humans Services, Hunger, Youth and Education, Veterans, and Supporting Diversity and Inclusion.

NOURISHING NEIGHBORS

B:Side Small Business Loans


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $25,000 to $5,000,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits and Businesses
Description: B:Side assists those to gain access to SBA loans and fund, but also assists those that cannot access a traditional bank loan. B:Side offers loans to assist with working capital, debt refinance, leasehold improvements, business acquisition, purchasing equipment, inventory, and furniture, and buying, building, or renovating commercial real estate.

B:Side Capital/Fund

CDEC Charitable Requests


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Unspecified amount
Match: None
Eligible Entities: K-12 Education, Higher Education, and organizations seeking to promote energy efficiency, the environment, and economic development.
Description: Continental Divide aims to serve the following counties in New Mexico: Bernalillo County, Cibola County, McKinley County, Sandoval County, Valencia County.

Continental Divide aims to support organizations that: Promote the efficient use of energy, such as weatherization or toward the planning, development or building of a renewable energy source, promote projects or activities that benefit the environment, promote projects or activities that create economic development, and/or projects or activities that benefit students in grades K-12 or students enrolled at an accredited New Mexico college or university within Continental Divide’s service territory.

CDEC FUNDING

The Yéigo Action Grant


Deadline: Monthly on the 10th
Award Amount: $100 and $5,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Tribal Governments, Film/Media, Arts/Creatives, and Nonprofits
Description: This opportunity supports the growing number of Native artists and culture bearers who need financial assistance with a professional development opportunity or a hardship hindering their creative practice. Applicants must be enrolled members of, or provide proof of lineal descendency from, a U.S. federally recognized or U.S. state-recognized tribe or be able to provide evidence of ancestry as an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian. This program offers grants between $100 and $5,000.

YEIGO GRANT

The Literacy Opportunity Fund


Deadline: Rolling: January 3, April 1, July 1, October 1.
Award Amount: Up to $6,000
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: This opportunity helps US-based nonprofit organizations do their work in transforming lives through adult literacy. The grant funds organization’s general operating expenses, such as salaries or teacher stipends, supplies or equipment, space rental, and more.

LOF Grant

Environmental Peace Project


Deadline: Rolling: July 1, February 1
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: NEF invites applications for innovative projects with the potential to enhance life on the planet, brighten the future, and advance peace. To that end, the foundation will award grants in support of pioneering yet practical projects in many endeavors, including but not limited to environmental initiatives that are working to eliminate pollution and save the planet’s ecosystems, community efforts that create models of social sustainability, educational innovations that prepare youth to become the socially responsible leaders, and strategies that offer economic improvement and opportunities. The foundation particularly seeks projects with the potential to be replicated so excellent ideas and work can multiply and benefit many.

NEW EARTH FOUNDATION

DAV Charitable Service Trust Grant Program


Deadline: Rolling: Final business day of January, April, July, and October.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits
Description: To support U.S. nonprofit organizations delivering direct services to sick, wounded, disabled, homeless, at-risk, or aging veterans—or their families and caregivers. Projects may include rehabilitation, mobility, therapeutic activities, shelter, food assistance, career training, and legal or educational services.

DAV GRANT TRUST

NMED – Water Infrastructure Projects and Funding


Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Dependent upon project.
Match: None
Eligible Entities: Nonprofits, Community Water Systems
Description: With the increase in demand and federal requirements for the DWSRF, The State of New Mexico will continue to choose the projects to fulfill the federal equivalency requirements. Additionally, the schedule by which the priority lists will be published will remain semi‐annual. Lists are produced in December and May with supplemental lists published in September and February if project interest and urgency exist. Criteria for project interest and urgency are included in this IUP to clarify when the supplemental lists will be produced. Project priority ranking criteria for emerging contaminants were updated to reflect increased value on providing water service to underserved communities or where wells are contaminated by emerging contaminants.

NMED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE