Application Process

New Mexico Community Foundation has as its first requirement a letter of inquiry for both fiscal sponsorships and non-profit partner agreements. This letter must be submitted on-line using the letter of inquiry form.

The letter of inquiry must provide brief, but basic, information about your project: its mission, planned activity or delivery of services, its current stage of development, and the proposed budget/funding. We will respond within ten business days. The letter of inquiry is intended not only to provide information to NMCF, but is also meant to serve as a guide to your thinking as you plan the development of your project. To the extent that such information has been determined, the letter should provide as clear a picture as possible of such things as how the project complements the mission of NMCF, a clear fund-raising plan, what funds have been confirmed, how far along the project is, how long it is expected to last, and who is involved in the project.

If your project meets the necessary preliminary criteria, we will then invite you to submit an application, a process which provides more detailed information to enable NMCF to make a final decision as to whether or not to act as fiscal sponsor or administrative agent for your project.

Once a decision is made by NMCF to accept a project, the project principal will specify what services are needed, which will determine NMCF fees, and a fiscal sponsorship agreement or administrative agreement will be executed.