With your help, this year we were able to donate and support the following causes both at home and abroad. We gave to a variety of local and international non-profits, focusing primarily on areas of critical humanitarian need and global sustainability.
The entries here followed by a star rating have been vetted and assessed by Charity Navigator, an organization that evaluates the transparency, efficacy and impact of non-profits worldwide. Each charity they assess is assigned up to four stars based on the aformentioned criteria.
Planned Parenthood – $10,000
★★★★ – Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education. With nearly 600 health centers across the country, Planned Parenthood organizations serve all patients with care and compassion, with respect, and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care.
Read more about Planned Parenthood here.
Food Depot, Food 4 Kids Program – $10,000
★★★★ – 1 in 7 New Mexicans experiences food insecurity, a lack of consistent access to healthy foods. The Food Depot’s partner nonprofits and innovative hunger-relief programs provide food and support services to 40,000 people experiencing food insecurity. In 2023, The Food Depot’s fleet of vehicles traveled over 400,000 miles across nine counties. Our specific donations go to their Food 4 Kids program, which provides meals to children whose parents are unable to provide food for them at home.
Read more about the Santa Fe Food Depot here.
Center for Biological Diversity – $10,000
★★★★ – The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) believes that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, CBD works to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. CBD does so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive.
Read more about the Center for Biological Diversity here.
Doctors Without Borders – $10,000
★★★★ – Doctors Without Borders is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides aid to nearly 60 countries. Their primary focus is people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect or catastrophe primarily due to armed conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, malnutrition, or lack of healthcare infrastructure.
Read more about Doctors Without Borders here.
International Rescue Committee – $10,000
★★★★ – The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, including the conflict in Ukraine and the crisis in Afghanistan. The IRC helps to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. And the IRC fights for a world where women and girls have an equal chance to succeed.
Read more about the International Rescue Committee here.
Zeitz Foundation and Segera Wild Life Refuge – $10,000
The ZEITZ foundation creates and supports projects promoting an inclusive, holistic paradigm of conservation that enhances livelihoods and fosters intercultural dialogue while achieving long-lasting positive impact and sustainability. One of their projects, and home to the ZEITZ foundation, the Segera Conservancy is a 50,000 acre wildlife refuge in the heart of Laikipia, Kenya. The ZEITZ foundation, Segera and The Long Run share a holistic “4C” philosophy balancing Conservation, Community, Culture and Commerce, geared towards delivering tangible and sustainable benefits for land, wildlife and rural communities.
Read more about the Zeitz Foundation here.
United Nations Relief and Works Agency – $8,342
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees provides services that encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance and emergency assistance, including in times of armed conflict.
Read more about the United Nations Relief and Works Agency here.
World Central Kitchen – $8,000
★★★★ – Food is essential to life every single day, all over the world—and it is more important than ever in a crisis. The World Central Kitchen’s work is guided by the belief that food is a universal human right. World Central Kitchen teams across the world are deeply committed to serving delicious, chef-prepared meals to people with the dignity they deserve.
Read more about the World Central Kitchen here.
Santa Fe Interfaith Homeless Shelter – $5,000
Also known as Pete’s Place, the Santa Fe Interfaith Homeless Shelter offers a safe and secure place for the homeless as they overcome adversity and stabilize their lives. As the only minimal barrier shelter in Northern New Mexico, they provide a much needed respite for the most vulnerable and oft overlooked members of our community. In addition, they offer a range of support services, such as assistance with SNAP, health care, applying for work and substance abuse counseling.
Read more about the Santa Fe Interfaith Homeless Shelter here.
CAMFED – $5,000
★★★★ – The Campaign for Female Education is tackling poverty and inequality by supporting girls to go to school and succeed. Their model focuses on inequality and encourages wider social movement in the communities they serve by unlocking the benefits of girl’s education. Over almost 30 years, their education programs in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and Malawi have directly supported more than 3.3 million students and provided an improved learning environment for more than 5.7 million children.
Rainforest Action Network – $5,000
★★★★ – Rainforest Action Network preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns. RAN works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.
Read more about the Rainforest Action Network here.
Breakthrough Santa Fe – $5,000
Breakthrough Santa Fe supports motivated public middle school students whose identities have been historically excluded from higher education on their path to college. In addition, the program provides high school and college-age young adults with a rewarding experience as teachers and mentors.
Red more about Breakthrough Santa Fe here.
Advocates for Trans Equality – $2,500
★★★★ – Advocates for Trans Equality fights for the legal and political rights of transgender people in America. A4TE was founded in 2024 as the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), two long-time champions for the trans community, merged together as one organization. A4TE builds on their successes to boldly imagine a world where trans people live our lives joyfully and without barriers.
Read more about Advocates for Trans Equality here.
New Mexico Wildlife Center – $2,500
★★★★ – The New Mexico Wildlife Center connects people and wildlife through conservation education and rehabilitation because a world with wildlife is a better world. NMWC’s wildlife hospital treats between 650 and 900 injured and orphaned wild animals of more than 120 species annually, returning as many as possible to the wild.
Read more about New Mexico Wildlife Center here.
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust – $1,500
★★★★ – As one of Africa’s oldest wildlife charities and a leading conservation organisation, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) embraces all measures that complement the conservation, preservation and protection of wildlife. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust operates the most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program in the world.
Read more about Sheldrick Wildlife Trust here.
The Vera Institute of Justice – $1,000
★★★★ – VERA challenges racial and economic injustice and is committed to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. They provide legal representation to those who have been illegally convicted, unfairly punished or abused in state jails and prisons. They also provide re-entry assistance to formerly incarcerated people and ensure their assimilation back into society is smooth and complete.