News & Updates

Many people and organizations across our country and central New Mexico region have stepped up to meet the needs of the many impacted by Covid-19. Also aiding in that effort is a Mission: Families Emergency Action Group (EAG) that is seeking out and addressing needs of agencies and individuals...

United Way of Central New Mexico (UWCNM) has assisted the Morgridge Family Foundation (MFF) with the distribution of $77,000 in grants its awarding for a group of nine nonprofits serving central New Mexico. In order to help even more local nonprofits, UWCNM will launch a fundraising effort to match...

Since 2017, Mission: Graduate has been working with community partners and schools in central New Mexico in creating and implementing effective school-based attendance teams. That's one solution for improving attendance at schools. In this Right Now with Rodney interview, our CEO Rodney Prunty...

This week United Way of Central New Mexico launched the Feeding Families Fund to help seven central New Mexico agencies provide meals for their clients. The agencies will purchase meals from local restaurants so that families and restaurants can both meet their challenges.  

Our Mission: Graduate team is working to improve students’ understanding of and exposure to potential careers by creating a better system to connect students to high-quality career exploration opportunities. Our CEO Rodney Prunty sat down with Jessica Nojek to talk about how they're accomplishing...

Today, UWCNM, established the Feeding Families Fund: United We Eat to provide funds for agencies to feed families in their care. The agencies will then purchase food from local restaurants so that families and restaurants can both meet their challenges. About 1,326 meals will be provided to 314...

There is a new financial incentive for Americans to give generously to qualifying charities, including United Way of Central New Mexico. The final $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package (CARES ACT) provides additional tax benefits for charitable giving starting with the 2020 tax year. 

We're dedicated to the well-being of our community. To step into the fight, we teamed up with the Albuquerque Community Foundation (ACF) to deploy an Emergency Action Fund to support nonprofit organizations struggling with non-recoverable revenue expenses due to Covid-19.

Nonprofit organizations and small businesses with fewer than 500 employees can apply for support as part of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Recovery (CARES) Act.  The forgivable loans are designed to help organizations keep their employees on the payroll between now and the end...

UPDATE: Staff will continue to work remotely until May 15. Stay tuned for updates. United Way of Central New Mexico will be closing its office in Albuquerque as of Monday, March 23, 2020, to do our part to mitigate the spread of the Covid19 virus. This will remain in effect until May 1, although...