The Encantado Foundation

05/04/2026

Our mission is to stimulate the development of hire-ready candidates for STEM-related positions, specifically in cybersecurity, application development & management, and/or IT operation roles in Central and Northern New Mexico.

We're thrilled to realize our mission through our open, competitive Impact Grant program, which collectively awarded $400,000 in grants to advance hire-ready initiatives in partnership with VetsinTech, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Foundation, Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, and New Mexico Highlands University Foundation.

We invite you to read the Foundation's recent blog post highlighting each awardee and their respective efforts focused on advancing the digital workforce, starting in June 2026 and beyond.

Please join us in congratulating each Impact Grant awardee! VetsinTech, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Foundation, Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, and New Mexico Highlands University Foundation.

Impact Grants Advance Hire-Ready Technology Initiatives in New Mexico $400,000 awarded to organizations amplifying the digital workforce Published on Monday, May 4, 2026 Albuquerque, NM: Four organizations have been awarded...

04/08/2026

We’re thrilled to partner with Girls Inc. of Santa Fe in support of their recent STEAM focused Spring Break Camp via our Community Based Grant program, which increases access to STEM learning opportunities and/or career pathway support in Central & Northern New Mexico.

We invite you to follow Girls Inc. of Santa Fe to stay up-to-date with their mission that inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

03/12/2026

Last week, we hosted 47 leaders for another successful round of Speed Networking at Santa Fe Community College’s High Education Center. This event is designed to foster meaningful connections amongst STEM social innovators, educators, and leaders from Central and Northern New Mexico. We appreciate our partnership with Santa Fe Community College (NM) to host these special events.

Each individual participant, representing one of 30 grantee organizations, had an opportunity to share about their organizations and programs, learn from their peers, and explore ways to support one another in advancing their respective missions. We’re grateful for their leadership.

Leaders analyzed their nonprofit business model, shared relevant analog or digital resources, discussed partnership development, named their STEM aspirations, examined their revenue lifecycle phases, and experienced each other’s fellowship.

Attendees represent organizations that deliver STEM specific and/or adjacent STEM workforce development, out of school time education, AI literacy, veterans & military spouses, innovation & networking, adult learning, positive youth development, clubs, community colleges, universities, and charitable support organizations here in New Mexico.

01/28/2026

01/28/2026

We are proud (and frankly impressed) to share that this past December our youth-led Creative Tech Studio showcased their "Taos Tours" mobile application on TCA Stage 🤩 ! The app was built from concept to MVP by a talented team of 4 youth interns, who committed to a 6-month long intensive program facilitated by UNM-Taos HIVE, in collaboration with TCA and The Encantado Foundation . Students gained hands-on experience in software development, product design, and user experience research – all in service of a locally relevant project that has tangible, positive community impact in Taos. The app is currently in user testing and set to publicly launch in Spring 2026 - so keep an eye out and join us in congratulating this group of next generation Taos creatives and innovators! Way to go, Creative Tech Studio👏 💫 👾 🚀

12/27/2025

We applaud Española Glove Works, NM MESA, and Northern New Mexico College’s efforts working with the brilliant students at Española Valley High School & NNMC to advance the goals of this all important work that helps individuals with Parkinson’s. We invite you to read the recently published news article about this effort in the Abiquiu News, linked below ⬇️

Great article by Jessica Rath in the Abiquiu News about Northern & EVHS MESA program's collaborative "Española Gloveworks" Parkinson's glove project.
Read it here: https://abiquiunews.com/news-and-features/getting-help-for-parkinsons-disease


Learn more about Española Gloveworks here: (https://sites.google.com/espanolagloveworks.org/home)

12/24/2025

Please join us in congratulating the Gallup Children’s Museum on a successful learner intern experience. Their team of brilliant students developed a 3D printed Archimedes Screw Ball Lift & AR Sandbox. Special thanks to their partnership with the Octavia Fellin Public Library. Play Sharity Gallup

11/28/2025

Thanks to the Encantado Foundation, HIVE and TCA were able to collaborate on a tech accelerator for youth! The young adult students designed a tourism app and would love the community's support when they showcase it! See more details on the flyer. See you there!

The Encantado Foundation Taos Center for the Arts

UNM-Taos

11/11/2025

Special thanks to New Mexico Tech's Miner Mayhem STEM Outreach Lab for their efforts hosting youth engagement camps in Socorro and Albuquerque this past summer. We're grateful for our partnership via our Community Based Grant program with the Mayhem Outreach Lab, which supported hands-on exploration in robotic navigation, machine learning, image processing, and the math behind robotics.

The Community Based Grant funding program, is an open, competitive funding opportunity that seeks to advance STEM learning opportunities and/or career pathway exploration in Central and Northern New Mexico.

11/11/2025

This summer, the Encantado Foundation partnered with New Mexico Tech’s Miner Mayhem STEM Outreach Lab as part of the university’s summer camps in Socorro: Buzz Camp, Summer STEM Experience, and Rocking Around NM programs, as well as NMT summer camps at EXPLORA in Albuquerque.
The grant funded a New Mexico Tech teaching assistant who delivered workshop content to more than 90 students and 20 New Mexico teachers. Beyond the short-term impact of supporting NMT student work as teaching assistants, the Encantado Foundation also supported the purchase of ardupilot, controllers, and a variety of GPS sensor systems to build new rovers and robots for teaching summer camps now and in the future.
Through these various teacher and student training sessions, the team funded by the Encantado Foundation explored topics including robotic navigation, machine learning, image processing, and the math behind robotics.
These events provided students with the opportunity to engage in a combination of 1-day and week-long STEM learning experiences.
We thank the Encantado Foundation for partnering with us to support the development of STEM and math skills in NM students!
• Photo 1: EXPLORA high school camp students remotely operating a robotic arm on a Mayhem Rover platform
• Photo 2: EXPLORA middle school camp student-designed MESA Combat Robot
• Photo 3: EXPLORA middle school camp MESA Combat Robot match
• Photo 4: Summer STEM camp student-designed compliant robotic gripper
• Photo 5: The internal electronics of the Rock Bot platform during its most recent upgrade
• Photo 6: The most recent iteration of the Rock Bot platform being used to remotely navigate a simple wooden