PNM Resources Foundation grant winner announcement brings relief to organizations throughout the state
(Albuquerque, N.M.) – Twenty-one New Mexico nonprofits will be able to spend less on electric bills and more on providing essential services to the community after receiving a PNM Reduce Your Use grant from the PNM Resources Foundation.
The 2019 Reduce Your Use grants awarded more than $100,000 to help nonprofits throughout New Mexico complete projects that reduce their energy use and lower their electric bills. Funded projects include efficient lighting, solar panel installations, updating heating and cooling systems, window coverings, ceiling fans, energy saving appliances, and much more. The completion of these projects will not only save energy and money, but will also mean a cleaner, healthier environment in many cases for their clients and staff.
“PNM is committed to working with our customers to find ways they can save energy,” said Laurie Roach, PNM Resources Foundation director. “Reduce Your Use Grants specifically help nonprofit organizations make their energy saving ideas a reality.”
The 2019 PNM Reduce Your Use nonprofit grant winners are:
- Flickinger Center for Performing Arts (Alamogordo) - $5,000
- 516 Arts (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Albuquerque Christian Children’s Home (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Animal Humane Association of New Mexico (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Casa Q (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- El Camino Real Academy Education Foundation (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Explora Science Center & Children’s Museum (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Fusion Theatre Company (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Heading Home (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Mandy’s Special Farm (Albuquerque) - $4,000
- New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Foundation (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of New Mexico (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- St. Vincent de Paul Society (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- The Storehouse, Inc. (Albuquerque) - $5,000
- Rebuilding Together Sandoval County (Bernalillo) - $4,982
- Bienvenidos Outreach Inc. (Santa Fe) - $5,000
- Kitchen Angels (Santa Fe) - $5,000
- Santa Fe Community Foundation (Santa Fe) - $5,000
- Santa Fe Council on International Relations (Santa Fe) - $3,000
- El Refugio, Inc. (Silver City) - $5,000
Nonprofits statewide collected more than $2 million through the PNM Reduce Your Use grant since the program began. PNM and the PNM Resources Foundation have awarded more than $23 million in the past 6 years to nonprofit organizations. Since 1983, the PNM Resources Foundation has helped improve the quality of life in New Mexico by supporting nonprofit organizations. Founded by PNM shareholders, the PNM Foundation is a separate, nonprofit, tax exempt corporation governed by a board of trustees comprised of PNM employees. No customer funds are part of the PNM Resources Foundation endowment. For more information on how each award winner will use the grant money to reduce their energy usage, visit PNM.com/community.
About PNM
With headquarters in Albuquerque, PNM is the largest electricity provider in New Mexico, serving more than 525,000 customers in dozens of communities across the state. PNM is a subsidiary of PNM Resources, an energy holding company also headquartered in Albuquerque. For more information, visit PNM.com.