Earth Care New Mexico

What Earth Care New Mexico does

Earth Care New Mexico is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2001 and headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with a staff of approximately 10. It operates a portfolio of community-organizing programs targeting youth and families in Santa Fe's Southside and surrounding districts, organized around three intersecting missions: environmental justice, racial justice, and economic justice.

The organization's program portfolio includes YUCCA (Youth United for Climate Justice Campaign), Poder Familiar (parent and family leadership development), Santa Fe Mutualista (a mutual aid fund), Community Health (environmental justice campaign), Community Driven Planning (People's Health & Community Development Council), La Milpa Comunitaria (family food justice garden), Comunidad Sana y Salva (a partnership with Santa Fe County addressing PFAS contamination in La Cienega, La Cieneguilla, and Districts 2 and 3), Alternative Licensure Programs connecting professionals with foreign credentials to local employment, the #ShareMyCheck direct cash assistance program, and a youth soccer league at Cesar Chavez Elementary. Distribution is community-led rather than technology-mediated: services are delivered through direct organizing, coalition advocacy, public events, and partnerships with county government, schools, and advocacy organizations including ACLU-NM, NM Dream Team, Somos Un Pueblo Unido, and Innovation Law Lab.

Earth Care generates revenue through charitable donations, foundation grants, and government grants, with no pricing model and no commercial product. Notable programmatic outcomes include #ShareMyCheck raising nearly $1 million and serving approximately 2,500 households during its first COVID-19 pandemic year, the HB 9 Immigrant Safety Act advancing to the Governor's desk in early 2026, and youth soccer programming established at Cesar Chavez Elementary after nearly two decades of advocacy. The organization maintains no proprietary technology platform, no AI capabilities, and no disclosed parent or subsidiary entities.

Name

Earth Care New Mexico

Legal name

Earth Care New Mexico

Website

https://earthcarenm.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Earth Care New Mexico is a Santa Fe-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2001 that runs community-organizing programs in youth climate leadership, mutual aid, environmental justice, and immigrant rights for Santa Fe-area families and youth.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Organizing and Advocacy Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Education & Outreach (BPAGAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Justice & Community Environmental Health (BPAGAGAL), Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (Fair Trade, Food Access, Regenerative) (BPAGALAD), Environmental Education, Capacity Building & Community Engagement (BPADALAO)

Keywords

• Community organizing
• Environmental justice
• Youth leadership development
• Mutual aid services
• Grassroots advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Fe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Earth Care New Mexico primarily operates through charitable donations from individuals, foundations, and government grants. The organization accepts donations for specific initiatives including the #ShareMyCheck direct cash assistance program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Earth Care New Mexico is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organizing organization that recruits and trains grassroots leaders from the ground up across generations and cultures. It operates a portfolio of programs advancing environmental, racial, and economic justice, including YUCCA youth climate activism, Poder Familiar parent leadership, Santa Fe Mutualista mutual aid, La Milpa Comunitaria food justice, community health/environmental justice campaigns, Community Driven Planning, immigrant safety advocacy, direct cash assistance through #ShareMyCheck, and youth soccer programming.

Product overview

Earth Care New Mexico is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of community programs rather than a unified technology product. The core offerings include YUCCA (youth climate emergency campaign), Poder Familiar (parent and family leadership), Santa Fe Mutualista (mutual aid fund), Community Health (environmental justice), Community Driven Planning, La Milpa Comunitaria (food justice garden), Comunidad Sana y Salva (clean water initiative), Alternative Licensure Programs, #ShareMyCheck (cash assistance), youth soccer league, and training programs. These programs collectively work toward environmental, racial, and economic justice by equipping youth and families with tools for a healthy, just, and equitable future through grassroots organizing, leadership development, and direct community support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• YUCCA: Youth Climate Emergency Campaign demanding urgent action on climate change
• Poder Familiar
• Santa Fe Mutualista
• La Milpa Comunitaria
• Comunidad Sana y Salva
• #ShareMyCheck

Products and services

• YUCCA (Youth United for Climate Justice Campaign) Youth-led climate emergency campaign demanding urgent action on climate change through organizing across generations and cultures for environmental, racial, and economic justice.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly $1 million raised and distributed to 2,500 households through #ShareMyCheck
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Santa Fe CountycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Earth Care New Mexico partnered with Santa Fe County on the Comunidad Sana y Salva/Safe and Sound Communities campaign to address PFAS contamination and access to clean water in La Cienega, La Cieneguilla, and other areas of Districts 2 and 3. The partnership involves community engagement sessions, data collection, and development of evidence-based, community-led solutions for environmental justice.
• YUCCA (Youth United for Climate Justice)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYUCCA is the youth-led climate emergency campaign organized by Earth Care New Mexico that demands urgent action on climate change. The campaign organizes young people across generations for environmental justice.
• Santa Fe Public SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide youth soccer programming at Cesar Chavez Elementary School, creating safe, culturally rooted spaces for children on Friday and Saturday evenings.
• ACLU of New MexicocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner in advocacy for the Immigrant Safety Act (HB 9). ACLU of New Mexico led advocacy efforts alongside Earth Care and other organizations to pass legislation prohibiting state and local governments from contracting with ICE to detain individuals.
• EL CENTRO de Igualdad y DerechoscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner in immigrant rights advocacy and Immigrant Safety Act campaign. Immigration organizer Fabiola Landeros credited as key leader in the coalition.
• New Mexico Dream TeamcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner in Immigrant Safety Act advocacy. Campaigns manager Andres Esquivel contributed to public safety messaging around the legislation.
• Conservation Voters New MexicominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner connecting environmental and immigration justice. Director of equity & culture Arturo Castillo advocated for HB 9 linking private prison companies' environmental harm to immigrant detention.
• Innovation Law LabminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner providing legal organizing expertise on immigrant rights. Director of legal organizing Ian Philabaum supported Immigrant Safety Act advocacy.
• Contigo Immigrant JusticeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner in immigrant justice advocacy. Executive director Miles Tokunow provided statistics on ICE detention deaths and called for legislative action.
• Somos Un Pueblo UnidominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner representing immigrant workers in economic advocacy. Executive director Marcela Diaz connected immigrant safety to public safety messaging.
• NM Comunidades en Accion y De Fe (NM CAFe)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner in faith-based community organizing. Sylvia Ulloa represented NM CAFe in Immigrant Safety Act coalition advocacy.
• The Semilla ProjectminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoalition partner in political advocacy. Political director Jared Berenice Estrada advocated for HB 9+ strengthened legislation protecting immigrant families.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Movement Generation: Oakland-based organization integrating ecology, economy, and equity through grassroots climate justice organizing. Comparable intersectional environmental/economic justice framework with food sovereignty and climate work that overlaps La Milpa Comunitaria.

Regional players

• New Energy Economy: Santa Fe-based nonprofit advocating for clean energy transition and environmental justice in New Mexico. Comparable in geography, environmental justice orientation, and advocacy against polluting infrastructure projects.

Direct peers

• El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos: Albuquerque-based immigrant rights and economic justice nonprofit. Comparable as a New Mexico immigrant rights coalition partner with a parallel community organizing and leadership development model.
• Partnership for Working Families: National network of affiliate community organizations building power for working families through local organizing on economic and environmental justice. Comparable in its affiliate model combining direct service, advocacy, and leadership development.
• Indigenous Environmental Network: National nonprofit organizing Indigenous communities on environmental and climate justice with grassroots leadership pipelines. Comparable in its environmental justice focus, intergenerational organizing, and PFAS/extractive-industry opposition work.
• Somos Un Pueblo Unido: New Mexico statewide workers' rights and immigrant rights coalition. Comparable in immigrant rights coalition work, economic justice focus, and as an active partner alongside Earth Care on HB 9 advocacy.
• Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP): Albuquerque-based regional community organizing nonprofit advancing environmental, racial, and economic justice across the Southwest. Most directly comparable peer given overlapping geography, intersectional justice model, and grassroots leadership development focus.
• Conservation Voters New Mexico: New Mexico-focused environmental policy and advocacy organization. Directly comparable as an in-state coalition partner working on environmental justice, clean water, and equity, and an active Earth Care coalition member.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Popular Democracy: National network of progressive community organizing affiliates advancing racial, economic, and immigrant justice. Comparable as a federated organizing infrastructure with similar campaign portfolio and policy advocacy.
• People's Action: National umbrella of more than 40 state and local member organizations running door-to-door organizing on economic, racial, and environmental justice. Comparable at scale as a federated organizing model aggregating grassroots campaigns into national power.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/earthcarenm
• Instagraminstagram.com/earthcare_nm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/earth-care-nm

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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