News & Updates

The Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP) is a federal grant administered by United Way Worldwide. Congress sets the budget ($120 million) and then the National EFSP Board establishes the formula to distribute the funds to local jurisdictions. The formula is based on poverty, unemployment,...

UWCNM is excited to launch the theme for the 2016 Campaign - Connecting Our Community! This is a direct reflection of our mission to bring people and resources together to measurably improve lives and strengthen communities. Each graphic will depict a story of how UWCNM connects our community - and...

Please join us in congratulating the 2016-17 Community Fund and Affinity Group Grant Initiative award recipients! UWCNM donors, volunteers and staff are proud to support 95 excellent Education, Health, and Basic Needs/Financial Stability programs, improving the lives of tens of thousands of people...

United Way of Central New Mexico has provided an emergency grant for $10,000 to help residents who have lost their homes from the recent fire in Bernalillo and Torrance Counties. Dog Head Fire Donation Fund The "Dog Head Fire Donation Fund” will be administrated by the Bethel Community Storehouse...

UWCNM's June newsletter is headlined by an article expressing our solidarity with our friends and neighbors in Orlando, and information about how to give back. Read more - and the rest of the newsletter - below.

As summer nears, UWCNM is gearing up for an eventful 2016 Campaign - and we couldn't be more excited to do so under the leadership of 2016 Board Chair Kyle Beasley. So we sat down with him to get to know him a little better - and learn about his thoughts on what's to come this year:

Our Tocqueville Society is celebrating a milestone anniversary in 2016: 20 years of community support!

Spring has sprung and that means our Community Fund team are busy bees! Not only is our annual grantmaking proces well on its way, but we've had a staff promotion and are working toward developing a Community Impact Agenda. Check it all out - and more! - in our April newsletter below. 

Our March 2016 newsletter is hot off the presses and contains several important updates! Annual Meeting and Celebration We held our Annual Meeting and Celebration on March 8! We thanked outgoing Board Members, recognized staff for reaching milestone anniversaries with UWCNM, heard a report on...

United Way of Central New Mexico held its Annual Meeting on March 8, 2016. Kyle Beasley, of Bank of Albuquerque, was elected Chair of the 2016-17 UWCNM Board of Directors; he previously served as the Board’s Secretary/Treasurer and Chair of the organization’s Finance Committee. Mr. Beasley...