Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    RGFP PROVIDES LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY'S WITH UP TO A WEEK'S WORTH OF EMERGENCY GROCERIES ONCE A MONTH, AND ALSO PROVIDES HEALTH-CATERED FOODS TO HOUSEHOLDS FACING CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. RGFP GROWS FRUIT AND VEGATABLES USING A RAIN CATCHMENT SYSTEM AND ALSO REDUCES LOCAL FOOD WASTE BY RESCUING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF SAFE, EDIBLE FOOD FROM LOCAL STORES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE THROWN AWAY. IN 2018, RGFP DISTRIBUTED 1,030,255 POUNDS OF FOOD, SERVING AN AVERAGE OF 3,714 PEOPLE EACH MONTH. RGFP ALSO ACTS AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR PNM'S GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ALBUUQERQUE BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL AID TO LOW-INCOME NEW MEXICANS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $1.7M

  • Community Food Security Initiatives

    IN A FOOD DESERT AND FOUNDED IN 1989 BY RIO GRANDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, RGFP IS A 501(C)3 ORGANIZATION SERVING LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FROM ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE AND MOSTLY RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST MESA AND SOUTH VALLEY NEIGHBORHOODS. PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, RGFP WAS A YEAR-ROUND INDOOR FOOD PANTRY. TODAY, ABOUT 775 PEOPLE ARE SERVED WEEKLY VIA BOTH OUTDOOR DRIVE-THRU AND WALK-IN FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS. RGFP ALSO SHARES FOOD WITH PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO HIGH-RISK, HARDER-TO-REACH POPULATIONS. RGFP IS MORE THAN FOOD. IT IS A COMMUNITY HUB WHERE PEOPLE CONNECT WITH SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND RESOURCES AND GET HELP ENROLLING IN IMPORTANT FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVE HOUSEHOLD CIRCUMSTANCES AND PREVENT HUNGER. THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE INCLUDES JOB SEARCH AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, IT CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES AND COST SAVINGS AS WELL AS UTILITY AND WATER BILL ASSISTANCE, IT PARTNERS TO SHARE NUTRITION AND COOKING EDUCATION, IT PROVIDES EMERGENCY CELL PHONES AND INTERNET ACCESS, AND DISTRIBUTES FREE BOOKS TO KIDS OF ALL AGES.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1M