Bold Futures

What Bold Futures does

Bold Futures is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999 (originally as Young Women United, rebranded to Bold Futures in 2019) that advances reproductive justice in New Mexico through five interconnected programming pillars: policy change, research, place-based organizing, culture shift, and healing justice. The organization operates two offices — a general office in Albuquerque and a regional presence in Las Cruces, both established in 2017 — and is led by Executive Director Charlene Bencomo, with a 14-person named staff and board spanning roles in policy, research, birth justice, community advocacy, and operations. Its portfolio of 'products' consists of community-based research publications, policy briefs, and educational resource guides (e.g., 'Accessing Abortion in New Mexico' with a dedicated Spanish-language site, 'Creating Pathways to Birth Equity', 'Attitudes Towards Reproductive Healthcare Among Adults Living in New Mexico'), alongside cultural artifacts such as the feature film 'All the World is Sleeping', the 'Heart of New Mexico' podcast, bilingual billboards, and city bus murals.

The underlying operating model is community organizing rather than technology: six touchstone groups (Doulas & Birth Keepers, CHARLAS, Camp Revolution, ChangE Warriors, Queer/Trans Circle, Black Leader's Circle) with 30+ actively engaged leaders feed every other programming pillar, and a coalition model extends reach through partners like Equality New Mexico, Strong Families NM, UNM Health Sciences Center, the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native American Women (CSVANW), the NM Department of Children, Youth and Families (CYFD), and the NM CHISPA coalition. Bold Futures does not sell products or services; tax-deductible contributions are its only disclosed funding channel. Quantified policy outcomes over 25 years include the 2021 repeal of New Mexico's abortion ban, the 2022 Indian Family Protection Act (described as a platinum standard for Indigenous child welfare in all 50 states), 2023 gender-affirming care protections and Reproductive and Gender Affirming Health Care Freedom Act, 2017 pharmacist contraception prescribing protocol (since replicated in 29 states), Ban the Box in 2019, HB 84 freestanding birth center licensure in 2015, HB 300 excused absence for pregnant and parenting students in 2013, and 1,100+ petitions collected across 27 of 33 NM counties in support of SB 53 data privacy legislation.

The customer base is comprised of structurally served communities — women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, Indigenous communities across 23 NM tribes/pueblos/nations, rural borderland residents, Spanish-speaking/Latine families, and young parents — alongside institutional partners in state government, tribal governments, and national advocacy coalitions. Funding sources, financials, headcount beyond the named leadership roster, and donor mix are not publicly disclosed in available materials; growth signals are primarily legislative, programmatic, and coalition-based rather than revenue-driven.

Name

Bold Futures

Legal name

Bold Futures

Website

https://boldfuturesnm.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bold Futures is a New Mexico-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1999 that advances reproductive justice for women, people of color, LGBTQ+, Indigenous, rural, and Spanish-speaking communities through policy advocacy, community-based research, place-based organizing, culture-shift programming, and healing justice across offices in Albuquerque and Las Cruces.

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Product category

Reproductive Justice Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (81331)

akta.pro primary industry

Sexual & Reproductive Health & Family Planning (SRH/FP) Programs (BPADAIAD)

Keywords

• Reproductive justice advocacy
• Community-based research
• Policy change organizing
• Culture shift campaigns
• Healing justice programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Bold Futures is a 501(c)(3) reproductive justice nonprofit organization that delivers community-centered advocacy through five program pillars: policy change, research, place-based organizing, culture shift, and healing justice. It produces original research, runs narrative and culture-change campaigns, supports leadership pipelines for directly affected communities (women of color, LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous people, young parents, and rural New Mexicans), and engages New Mexico state-level legislative processes on reproductive and gender justice issues.

Product overview

Bold Futures NM is a nonprofit reproductive justice organization operating through five interconnected programming pillars: policy change, research, place-based organizing, culture shift, and healing justice. The organization offers educational resources and guides (Accessing Abortion in New Mexico, Reproductive Healthcare Success Guide), media projects (All the World is Sleeping film, Heart of New Mexico podcast, culture shift billboards), community leadership programs (Touchstone Groups), and research publications. Rather than a unified tech product, the organization provides a portfolio of advocacy resources, community organizing programs, and educational materials designed to advance reproductive justice in New Mexico by and for women and people of color.

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Products and services

• Policy Change Advocacy Program State-level legislative and policy advocacy program advancing reproductive and gender justice in New Mexico. Aimed at New Mexico policymakers and the broader public, with advocacy informed by the organization's community-based research. Delivered through coalition engagement, direct lobbying, and public education on legislation affecting reproductive health, birth equity, and LGBTQ+ rights.
• Community-Based Research Program Original participatory research program investigating reproductive and gender justice issues affecting women of color, LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous communities, young parents, and rural New Mexicans. Research outputs inform the organization's policy advocacy and culture change work, and are intended to shift the evidence base available to movements and policymakers.
• Place-Based Organizing Program Community organizing program operating in specific New Mexico geographies, building leadership pipelines and base-building infrastructure among directly affected communities. Designed for women of color, LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous communities, young parents, and rural New Mexicans who participate as organizers, leaders, and members.
• Culture Shift Campaigns Narrative change and storytelling campaign program aimed at shifting public discourse on reproductive and gender justice. Delivered through digital content, social media, podcasting, and storytelling initiatives targeting New Mexico communities and broader national audiences engaged with reproductive justice.
• Healing Justice Program Healing-centered programming that supports the wellbeing of communities targeted by reproductive and gender injustice. Designed for women of color, LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous communities, young parents, and rural New Mexicans participating in the organization's broader organizing and research work.
• Bold Futures Podcast Audio podcast produced and distributed by Bold Futures as part of its culture shift program, sharing reproductive justice narratives, interviews, and storytelling with community members and broader audiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• Repealed an antiquated abortion ban in 2021, protecting New Mexico as a safe haven state for abortion care in a post-Roe landscape
• +9 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• NM CHISPA CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 January 2026Bold Futures is part of the NM CHISPA coalition, which represents LGBTQ+, reproductive justice, immigrant rights, and democracy organizations. The coalition organized a press briefing at the New Mexico state capitol calling on the legislature to pass the Community Health & Information Safety & Privacy Act (SB 53). Bold Futures contributed over 1,100 signed petitions from residents across 27 of 33 New Mexico counties in support of the bill.
• Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native American Women (CSVANW)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Change Warriors touchstone group includes representatives from CSVANW along with community leaders with firsthand experience with the child welfare system, former NM CYFD workers, and the NM Tribal ICWA Consortium. Together they create and facilitate public education opportunities for decision makers.
• NM Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Change Warriors group includes former NM CYFD workers who contribute their expertise to child welfare reform advocacy, helping elected officials understand New Mexicans' demand for policy change regarding substance use, pregnancy, and parenting.
• Equality New Mexico (EQNM)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Bold Futures worked alongside long-time partners at Equality New Mexico (EQNM) to expand the Human Rights Act in New Mexico. This collaboration resulted in public entities being covered by the Human Rights Act, prohibiting taxpayer-funded discrimination of LGBTQ+ people. The language was also updated to clearly protect all queer and trans people from discrimination statewide.
• Transgender Resource Center of New MexicocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023QT leaders collaborated with the Transgender Resource Center and Equality New Mexico to organize focus groups to develop effective messaging for the 2023 New Mexico Legislative Session supporting gender-affirming care and reproductive healthcare protections.
• La Vida Project (Las Cruces)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023QT leaders collaborated with La Vida Project in Las Cruces in support of LGBTQ+ youth and informed attendees about reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare legislation at Las Cruces Pride events.
• NewMexicoWomen.orgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023QT leaders participated in NewMexicoWomen.org 'listening circles' and supported the protection and expansion of reproductive healthcare with an LGBTQ+ lens.
• Indian Family Protection Act Core Group (Tribal Leaders, NM CYFD, CSVANW, NMTIC)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Bold Futures worked closely with Tribal leaders, legislators, Indigenous community members, impacted women and families, the NM Children, Youth & Families Department (CYFD), the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW), and the NM Tribal Indian Child Welfare Consortium (NMTIC) — which includes Tribal ICWA social workers representing 23 tribes in NM — to develop and pass the Indian Family Protection Act (IFPA), signed into law in the 2022 legislative session.
• Strong Families New MexicomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Bold Futures partnered with Strong Families New Mexico and the UNM Health Sciences Center on the Reproductive Healthcare Success Project (RHSP) to determine the location for a new UNM-based healthcare center. Both organizations also co-led research on attitudes toward reproductive healthcare among rural New Mexicans.
• UNM Health Sciences CentermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Bold Futures partnered with Strong Families NM and the UNM Health Sciences Center for the Reproductive Healthcare Success Project (RHSP) to help determine the location for a new UNM-based healthcare center. Project participants represented a wide range of New Mexico's population, healthcare providers, organizations, and state regions.
• New Mexico Doula AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Bold Futures was instrumental in the creation of the New Mexico Doula Association and continues to work closely with them. Bold Futures considers supporting Diné doulas a strategic priority given the long history of Indigenous birth workers and the crisis in perinatal outcomes disproportionately impacting Indigenous communities.
• NM Medical Board, Nursing Board, and Pharmacy BoardmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Bold Futures led advocacy and education efforts resulting in passage of a pharmacy protocol approved by the Medical Board, Nursing Board, and Pharmacy Board, allowing trained and licensed pharmacists in New Mexico to prescribe contraception. The protocol went into effect in June 2017.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains / Planned Parenthood New Mexico: Direct reproductive health and access peer operating in New Mexico. Shares Bold Futures' abortion access, contraception, and sex education agenda with complementary service-delivery capacity.
• Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW): New Mexico Indigenous-led advocacy partner formally engaged in Bold Futures' ChangE Warriors touchstone group and IFPA coalition. Direct peer in Indigenous child welfare and gender justice policy.
• Strong Families New Mexico: Direct in-state peer and explicit co-research partner of Bold Futures on the Reproductive Healthcare Success Project (RHSP) and rural New Mexico attitudes research. Operates the same reproductive justice and family policy space in New Mexico.
• Equality New Mexico (EQNM): Long-time coalition partner that co-led the Human Rights Act expansion with Bold Futures. Operates as a peer advocacy organization in New Mexico focused on LGBTQ+ rights, with overlapping mission and constituency.

Broad incumbents

• Forward Together: National reproductive justice organization advancing policy, organizing, and culture shift led by and for women of color. Highly comparable mission model, with broader geographic scope than Bold Futures.
• National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC): National Indigenous-led technical assistance and policy center addressing violence against Native women and child welfare (including ICWA). Comparable to Bold Futures' IFPA work at a broader national scale.
• SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective: National reproductive justice collective for women of color. Most direct national sibling organization to Bold Futures in theory, mission, and constituency-centered organizing model.
• National Women's Law Center (NWLC): National legal and policy advocacy organization focused on women's rights, including reproductive health and gender-affirming care protections. Comparable as a peer policy advocacy organization, with broader national scope.

Regional players

• Southwest Women's Law Center: New Mexico-based legal advocacy nonprofit focused on gender equity, economic security, and health access. Directly comparable as a peer advocacy and policy organization in the same geography.

Emerging players

• Indigenous Women Rising: Native-led nonprofit addressing reproductive health, justice, and bodily autonomy for Indigenous communities. Direct peer in mission and constituency with a younger organizational footprint.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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