The JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW MEXICO is a Community Supporter! ~ "SLEEP-AWAY" Camp Scholarships deadline Mar. 14th Apply Now! ~ OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR!
"Sleep-Away Camp" Scholarships ~ apply now!
Dear Friends – The longer days are a reminder that summer camp is around the corner! The Jewish Community Foundation is offering scholarships (up to $500 per child) to attend Jewish "sleep-away" camp.
Please share this information with families who might be interested in applying – or with others who can help publicize this scholarship opportunity.
The application deadline is March 14th. Here is a link to the scholarship application or you can access it via our website.
(We're partnering with the online platform, Kaleidoscope, so families must create an account to access the application.) If you have any questions, please reach out.
Warmly,
Erika
Erika Rimson Executive Director Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico 505.348.4472 www.jcfnm.org 5520 Wyoming Blvd., NE Albuquerque, NM 87109
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Sarah Winger to be the next JCFNM Executive Director
The Foundation is excited to announce that we have hired Sarah Winger to be our next Executive Director. Her start date is February 17. Erika Rimson will be retiring at the end of February and is committed to ensuring a smooth transition. Sarah comes to us from UNM Hospital where she is the Director of CareLink Services, a behavioral health program. Sarah served on the Jewish Community Foundation of NM Board for five years and is an active member of the New Mexico Jewish community.
We look forward to welcoming Sarah, a talented, experienced leader who cares deeply about Jewish life, building connections and helping others. We’ll be hosting an informal gathering at the JCC in February to meet Sarah. Stay tuned for details.
We are grateful to Erika for her exemplary leadership and heartfelt commitment as our founding Executive Director. Our community is fortunate that she plans to continue her involvement in New Mexico’s Jewish communal life.
Sarah in Tel Aviv, Feb 2024
“I am so honored and incredibly excited to be stepping into the Executive Director role at the Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico. I look forward to building on Erika’s strong work to advance JCFNM’s mission. Together, we can make a lasting impact that will ensure a thriving Jewish community in New Mexico for generations to come.”
Be sure to read Israel Experience by Ben Bleiman, supported by the JCFNM Scholarship program.
Check out the brand new New Mexico Jewish Journal
A group of Jewish editors, writers and professionals came together over the last nine months to create a new independent, statewide online Jewish publication – see link below. The group recognized the vacuum that existed after the New Mexico Jewish Link ceased publication in 2022. Many meetings and hours of research, discussion, and planning resulted in the launch of the New Mexico Jewish Journal. The Jewish Community Foundation is proud to support this important community effort. Take a look and consider subscribing!
The Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico partners with individuals and organizations throughout New Mexico to strengthen and inspire a vibrant, caring Jewish community today…and ensure a Jewish tomorrow.
The Foundation strives to:
- Identify and help address evolving community needs,
- Educate about the power and joy of philanthropy,
- Inspire donors to match their values with their valuables to affect the community now and in the future, and
- Help donors of all ages, backgrounds and affiliations to give where and how they choose.
The Foundation provides options for individuals and families to engage in effective, meaningful charitable giving – consistent with the donor’s goals. It also offers endowment management to synagogues and organizations that wish to establish a permanent funding source to support their mission.
In collaboration with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the Life & Legacy initiative was introduced in 2019 to Assure Jewish Tomorrows in New Mexico. More than 325 endowment donors have made commitments to provide after-lifetime or current gifts to support their local Jewish organizations (in Albuquerque, Los Alamos & Santa Fe).
The Foundation administers a Community Fund to help maintain and enhance Jewish life in New Mexico. Due to the Jewish Federation of New Mexico’s (JFNM) dissolution in December 2022, the Foundation redirected assets to make one-time transition grants in 2023 to 15 organizations that had received support from JFNM. The Foundation partnered with the JCC of Greater Albuquerque in 2023 to make sure the Jewish Care Program’s vital services remained available to the community.
Annual scholarships from funds at the Foundation help: - Send Jewish youth to sleep-away camp and on Israel experience trips
- Make college a bit more affordable
80 scholarships were awarded to NM youth in the past 10 years.
Grants from the Immigrant & Refugee Assistance Fund are awarded annually to local organizations that provide education, workforce development opportunities, legal assistance and social services.
Interested in learning more about how the Jewish Community Foundation can help you?
Contact Erika Rimson, Executive Director
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