New Mexico Appleseed: 2022 - 2023 Donor Impact Report
The last 15 years have been a testament to what can be achieved when a community comes together to tackle complex social issues with determination and vision. We have seen policies change, lives improved, and hope restored. Our journey is far from over, and we look forward to the next 15 years and beyond with enthusiasm and optimism, knowing that, with your continued support, we can create a New Mexico where poverty is not a barrier but a bridge to a better future.
New Mexico Appleseed: Our 2022 Impact Report
New Mexico Appleseed focuses on systemic solutions to the causes and consequences of poverty. We work from the tiniest communities to the state, tribal and federal government to define problems and create solutions. New Mexico Appleseed's work is thoughtful, innovative, and effective.
Students Experiencing Homelessness: A Conditional Cash Transfer Pilot
Having inadequate housing has been correlated in research with detrimental effects on a child’s ability to meet their full potential at school.
In partnership with the LANL Foundation (LANLF), Cuba Independent School District (CISD), and West Las Vegas School District (WLVSD), New Mexico Appleseed designed, implemented, and evaluated this intervention to provide educational and financial support to inadequately housed students.
Creating a ‘Compassionate Exception’—New Mexico Appleseed’s innovative concept—allowed for flexibility with the requirements when the reality of highly mobile and under-resourced students’ lives made meeting those requirements difficult. Learn more about this and other key findings of our pilot project in this report (June 2022).
New Mexico Appleseed: Our 2021 Impact Report
In every society throughout history, some have more and some have less. However, we believe everyone should have enough, and we won’t stop fighting until every person in New Mexico truly has enough—stability, opportunity, resources and equality to reach their potential. At New Mexico Appleseed, we've had enough of not enough. Thanks to your investment in our work, here is a look at what we achieved in 2021 and a glimpse of our work ahead:
New Mexico Appleseed: Impact Report 2020
New Mexico Appleseed addresses the multiple dimensions of poverty, and thanks to our generous donors, every year our work impacts tens of thousands of low income New Mexicans. From working to keep more than 200,000 kids fed during the shutdown to creating a pilot in which 120 homeless students received basic needs stipends in exchange for attending school and participating in tutoring, Appleseed advocates for New Mexico's most vulnerable families.