News & Updates

Enterprise Holdings is hosting their 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, benefitting United Way of Central New Mexico on May 24, 2018 at Paako Ridge. Don’t miss this fun opportunity to help our community! For more information and to download the registration form, click here.

Jason Harrington, CEO of HB Construction, will chair the 2018-2019 Board of Directors of United Way of Central New Mexico (UWCNM). He was elected at the organization’s annual meeting on March 13, 2018. Harrington also serves on UWCNM’s Mission: Families Vision Council. Other officers who were also...

United Way of Central New Mexico’s new family stability effort, Mission: Families, is surging ahead. This focused initiative will increase the number of families in central New Mexico with the resources to care for and support their children so they can succeed in education and in life.

Tax Help New Mexico is a free service for people whose household income is $54,000 or less, or those who are 65 years or older.  The service includes the opportunity to sit down with an IRS-certified preparer to identify any potential tax credits a person may be eligible for and help file both the...

Absenteeism in the younger grades, where students largely rely on parents to get them to school, can be a product of poverty. In Albuquerque, N.M., and elsewhere, schools are starting to track attendance student-by-student to better target support. Read the full article in The Christian Science...

America’s Promise Alliance, with generous support from AT&T, awarded a GradNation Acceleration Grant to Mission: Graduate as part of the GradNation campaign. The campaign strives to raise the high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020. Read the full Albuquerque Journal article

Twenty Rio Grande High School (RGHS) AVID students kicked off Groundhog Job Shadow Week at United Way of Central New Mexico in early 2018. They learned how UWCNM operates, participated in mock interviews and helped plan a career fair to be held at RGHS in the fall. Read the Albuquerque Journal...

Thank you to all of our donor group members for working to advance our community through your time, talent and donations. In case you missed the latest donor group news, read our new newsletter and learn about all of the ways to stay engaged with United Way of Central New Mexico.

With a new year comes new possibilities and a fresh focus. We're looking forward to introducing new donors to UWCNM, collaborating with our partners and working with our many volunteers. In our article, Neighbors Helping Neighbors below, learn how one UWCNM grant can have a huge impact on many...

Over the last couple of months, United Way of Central New Mexico has been raffling off a $500 credit on Southwest Airlines to support our internal workplace campaign. All proceeds from the raffle go to support the Community Fund and other UWCNM programs. On Wednesday we selected the winner at our...