MacKenzie Scott grants reach New Mexico organizations
Nearly a dozen nonprofits that are based in New Mexico or doing business here are the latest grant recipients from MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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Nearly a dozen nonprofits that are based in New Mexico or doing business here are the latest grant recipients from MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Last year, the event raised $218,525 for four local nonprofits — breaking the organization's record for the event. But ABQCF president and CEO Randy Royster said this year will be even bigger.
Laura Lingad of WiseChoice Foods LLC have been honored as 2021 Top Women in Grocery from Progressive Grocer Magazine. Elliott, president of the company, was named in the category of Senior-Level Executives. Lingad, director of operations, was in the Rising Star Category — the 15th Top Women in Grocery class, considered the most prestigious honor for female leaders in the grocery industry. Other honorees included female Laura Lingad executives from Coca-Cola, Target and Instacart. WiseChoice Foods is locally owned and operated in Albuquerque by Steven B. Chavez, and has been certified minor...
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts has been working with students at Pchyolka Organization in Kaliningrad, Russia. (Courtesy of Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts) Never stop learning. That’s an ideal the leaders at Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts are cultivating – especially during the pandemic. The Albuquerque-based nonprofit has been providing students in Kaliningrad, Russia, with t...
Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Government Center on Civic Plaza. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The financial fallout from the Balloon Fiesta cancellation has officially landed in the city of Albuquerque’s books, but pinpointing it is a tricky proposition. Newly released numbers show that the city’s total gross receipts tax revenue for October was $1.77 million, or 4.4%, less than the same month in 2019. Direct year-to-year comparisons are difficult, due to significant variations between 2019 and 2020. That includes both COVID-19 and changes in how much revenue th...