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Founded in 2007, the Rio Rancho Community Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 with a mission to promote charitable activities and excellence in community affairs within the City of Rio Rancho, communities in Sandoval County and Albuquerque’s Westside.
The Rio Rancho Community Foundation recieves funding through several sources including endowments, bequests, donations, memorials and it signature annual fundraising events, “The Mayors’ Gala”. The Foundation administers grants to nonprofit (501c3) organizations on an annual basis.
Mission of the Rio Rancho Community Foundation
The mission of the Rio Rancho Community Foundation is to promote charitable activities and excellence in community affairs within the City of Rio Rancho and the surrounding communities in Sandoval County and Albuquerque’s Westside. The Foundation is not organized to promote the educational activities of the Rio Rancho Public Schools or in any way promote fundraising for the Rio Rancho Public Schools.
The Purpose of the Rio Rancho Community Foundation
Additionally, the Foundation’s purpose is to receive and maintain a fund or funds, subject to the limitations and restrictions hereinafter set forth, for use and application to the promotion and success of the City of Rio Rancho and the surrounding communities in Sandoval County and Albuquerque’s Westside.
2011 Grants Awarded $37,737
Advocacy, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Children’s Grief Center
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Multicultural Council
Golloping Grace Youth Ranch
Haven House
Junior Achievement
NAMI
NM Cancer Center Foundation
Rio Rancho Astronomical Society
Rio Rancho Kiwanis Foundation
Sandoval County CASA
Special Olympics Rio Rancho
St. Felix Pantry
Storehouse West
Therapy Assistance Foundation
Watermelon Mountain Ranch
Westside Blind Friends
Rio Rancho Community Foundation
c/o Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce
4001 Southern Blvd., SE, Ste. B
Rio Rancho, NM 87124-2069
Email: rrcf@rrrcc.org
Telephone (505) 892-1533 x202
Fax (505) 892-6157
