Giving Tuesday is the one day of the year where you’re encouraged to give back to the community in one way or another. This year, let us be your guide to organizations within New Mexico that work to support communities through extensive programming and volunteering. All of the places below help create a loving atmosphere where no one is left out. Help be a part of that change and even leave feeling better about yourself at the end of the day.
Your Guide for Giving Tuesday 2024
Santa Fe Opera
Gifts of all sizes to the Santa Fe Opera help support the areas most important to our mission. The Santa Fe Opera works to advance the operatic art form with performances of the highest quality in a unique setting with a varied repertoire of new, rarely performed, and standard works; to ensure the excellence of opera’s future through apprentice programs for singers, technicians and arts administrators; and to foster an understanding and appreciation of opera among a diverse public.
Southwestern Association for the Arts
The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Native arts and cultures. Established nearly a century ago, SWAIA is best known for its flagship event, the Santa Fe Indian Market. Every donation to SWAIA benefits its efforts to promote Native arts and sustain the traditions that make them so unique.
The Food Depot
Established in 1994, The Food Depot aims to make healthy food accessible to communities across nine counties—26,000 square miles—of Northern New Mexico.
Nonprofit partner agencies and innovative hunger-relief programming provide an average of 700,000 meals each month to more than 40,000 individuals. Resource navigation services and advocacy efforts also support clients as they achieve food security. The Food Depot is proud to be an award-winning and Charity Navigator four-star nonprofit.
Communities in Schools of New Mexico
Communities in Schools of New Mexico works inside high-poverty public schools to surround students and families with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CISNM Student Success Facilitators provide direct services and coordinate community-based resources to support and improve academic achievement, attendance, family engagement and wellbeing, and behavioral health. Last school year, 99% of students receiving intensive support from CISNM stayed in school, and 100% of seniors graduated.
Cooking with Kids
Cooking with Kids provides free nutrition education programming to over 7,000 public school children in 31 schools in northern New Mexico. Their joyful, hands-on approach to healthy cooking and eating helps kids accept new foods and supports healthy eating efforts at home. Plus CWK’s programs are backed by research (and years of experience) that show when kids help prepare healthy foods, they’re more likely to eat and enjoy them!
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Since 1997, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has celebrated the art, life, and independent spirit of Georgia O’Keeffe with visitors from around the world. Your support makes our work possible—from presenting our collections in Santa Fe and Abiquiú to creating free and low-cost art programs that inspire young and old. This Giving Tuesday, please consider making a year-end gift today!
Girls Inc.
Girls Inc. empowers girls to thrive through mentorship, supportive spaces, and impactful programs tailored to their unique challenges. With guidance from our trained staff, girls build confidence, resilience, and the skills to succeed. Community support fuels these experiences, creating opportunities for girls to lead strong, smart, and bold lives. By giving, you support a powerful community of future leaders, helping each girl realize her potential and make a positive impact on the world.
International Folk Art Market
Founded in 2004, with a mission to create economic opportunities for and with folk artists worldwide while celebrating and preserving folk art traditions, the International Folk Art Market envisions a world that values the dignity and humanity of the handmade, honors timeless cultural traditions, and supports the work of artisans serving as entrepreneurs and catalysts for positive social change.
The annual International Folk Art Market, held in Santa Fe’s Railyard Park, brings together the world’s best folk artists. This year’s market will take place from July 10-July 13, 2025. Tickets go on sale January 1.
Lightning Boy Foundation
The Lightning Boy Foundation is dedicated to empowering Indigenous youth through traditional hoop dance and cultural education. Founded in memory of Valentino “Tzigiwhaeno” Rivera, the foundation offers classes, mentorship, and performance opportunities to inspire pride and preserve Native traditions. By fostering creativity, resilience, and cultural connection, Lightning Boy Foundation makes a lasting impact on young lives. Consider donating to support the mission and help Indigenous youth thrive through cultural expression and dance.
Museum of International Folk Art
Since its founding in 1953, the Museum of International Folk Art has been a place to connect people through creative expression and cross-cultural understanding. Remaining one of New Mexico’s most popular museums, the museum has gained national and international recognition as home to the world’s largest collection of folk art with some 163,000 objects from more than 150 nations. Help support the work of the museum.
New Mexico School for the Arts
NMSA, based in Santa Fe, is the state’s only four-year, statewide-enrolling, tuition-free public high school, offering young artists a dual-curriculum program that integrates a college-preparatory education with intensive pre-professional arts training. NMSA’s academic programming is funded by NM public school dollars, while its arts training and statewide community engagement programs are directed and funded by NMSA – Art Institute, a nonprofit organization that relies on the generosity of donors.
Santa Fe Art Institute
The Santa Fe Art Institute forges critical inquiry and cultural exchange among artists, creative practitioners, and the broader community. We support and amplify dynamic artistic practices that engage complex social issues, inspire individual transformation, and inform collective action.2025 is SFAI’s 40th anniversary! Celebrate with us and support our artist residency, open studios, exhibitions, and creative workshops that invite the local community of all ages into meaningful exchange with diverse local, national, and international artists.
Santa Fe Community College Foundation
Santa Fe Community College Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, has as its mission to provide financial assistance for students to succeed in college, in their communities, and in their lives by removing financial barriers such as tuition, textbooks, transportation, childcare, food, and emergencies. When our students succeed, their families thrive, and our communities prosper. Please consider giving the gift of education to a Culinary Arts student in need.
Santa Fe Soul Festival
Since 2018, the all-volunteer, non-profit Santa Fe Soul Festival has been educating the Santa Fe community about African and African American art and culture. We partner with the City of Santa Fe Cultural Arts Department for an annual Soul Festival that includes a Gospel concert. With the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, we invite the public to a free Juneteenth Picnic. Fulfilling our mission, we sponsor free lectures and performances at schools and other local venues. Please join us!
The Lensic Performing Arts Center
The Lensic Performing Arts Center is Santa Fe’s home for the arts. The state-of-the-art theater presents international and local artists. Their performances speak to the diverse audiences and interests of the community, including music, dance, comedy, lectures, and more. The Lensic is also the state’s largest performing arts education provider. It reaches 13,000 students annually, and programs events throughout New Mexico as Lensic 360. This even includes 50+ free events with the annual Santa Fe Summer Scene program.
The Spanish Colonial Arts Society
The Spanish Colonial Arts Society is a 99-year-old institution that operates the free admission Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum. It is the only nonprofit in the nation to continually collect and exhibit art of Hispano New Mexico from the 20th and 21st centuries while promoting its cultural heritage and living traditions. Please join us to explore the story of New Mexico through our unique collections and programming.
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, located on Museum Hill, offers expansive Indigenous American art exhibits. Plus, it also houses permanent display featuring more than 700 pieces of Navajo and Pueblo jewelry. The museum’s Case Trading Post sells work purchased directly from Native American artists. It’s a destination for those seeking contemporary or vintage jewelry and art. An independent, private museum, donations are always appreciated. Please come visit!
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