CNM Foundation
About the CNM Foundation
The CNM Foundation is committed to the principle that no student should be denied the opportunity for an education or vocational training due solely to a lack of financial resources. The CNM Foundation works to help CNM meet its mission to create educational opportunities and community partnerships while pursuing a level of community college excellence that is worthy of local and national recognition.
Your gifts make it possible for our students to pursue the educational and career opportunities they deserve without the burden of financial obstacles. Thank you for helping them to become productive members of our community, which in turn helps our community thrive.
Featured Funds
Gifts to the CNM Foundation are tax-deductible and benefit CNM programs, scholarships, and activities that are not funded through state operating and capital budgets. The following funds are our greatest areas of need.
The Annual Fund provides funding where it is needed most and allows the College to proactively respond to our students' educational journeys.
The Feeding Families Fund aims to address food insecurity issues faced by our CNM students and their families.
The Rust Opportunity Assistance Fund provides emergency assistance to CNM students facing unforeseen financial obstacles.
Because veterans are paid while in school, they receive no funding during CNM's Winter Break. Consider a donation and help provide a wonderful holiday experience for their families.
The CNM Foundation offers many other scholarships and funds you can donate to in support of our community.
Ways to Give
Annual Reports and Audits
We make it easy to give to the CNM Foundation. You can make a donation through the following methods:
- Select a CNM Foundation Fund and make an online donation.
- Make a check payable to CNM Foundation, designated for the purpose of your choice, and mail it to 525 Buena Vista SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
- Honor someone special or recognize an important event or date with a memorial or commemorative gift.
- Make a donation to a charity of choice through our Leading the Way program if you are a CNM employee.
- Ask your HR department about an employee match. Many corporations will match their employees' gifts to the CNM Foundation dollar-for-dollar.
- Donate equipment or materials in good condition, which can be used in the classroom or as support for programs outside the classroom.
- Consider a named scholarship endowment. You can determine the endowment's name and criteria. Donors provide a minimum contribution of $20,000 payable over five years.
- Leave a legacy for the CNM Foundation in your will. The CNM Foundation is equipped to handle planned gifts including bequests, Designated Beneficiary Gifts, IRA Rollovers, Charitable Gift Annuities, and more.
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Show your CNM pride with a license plate that also supports student scholarships. To order a CNM Suncat Plate, download form MVD 11322 from the New Mexico MVD College License Plate website and mail your completed form to the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Department.
Please contact Clint Wells at [email protected] for more information about any of the donation methods.