Research

Welcome to the Thoma Foundation Grants Research page! Our grants teams is constantly researching topics in philanthropy, rurality, art, education, and beyond. On this page, we share our own learnings based on conversations with other leaders in these fields alongside the articles, reports, podcasts, and books that are driving our evolving thinking and grant-making strategies. 

Questions about our grant-making? Don’t hesitate to reach out to us at grants@thomafoundation.org

 


Education
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Watch: NM Southern Summit Breakout Sessions

Date Posted: April 5, 2022

This video presents the Nonprofit Breakout Sessions and Brainstorming/Share Out Session at the 2021 Carl & Marilynn Thoma New Mexico Education Funders Southern Summit. This discussion invited local educators, administrators, and students ...

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Transcript: NM Southern Summit Nonprofit Leader Panel

Date Posted: April 4, 2022

Watch the video that accompanies this transcript here. This is the transcript of the Nonprofit Leaders Panel from the 2021 Carl & Marilynn Thoma New Mexico Education Funders Southern Summit. To learn ...

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Rural
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Watch: NM Southern Summit Nonprofit Leaders Panel

Date Posted: April 4, 2022

Read the transcript that accompanies this video here. This video presents the Nonprofit Leaders Panel at the 2021 Carl & Marilynn Thoma New Mexico Education Funders Southern Summit. This discussion invited local ...

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Watch: NM Southern Summit Nonprofit & Funder Interviews

Date Posted: March 29, 2022

This video presents a series of interviews with fellow funders and nonprofit leaders conducted by Mario Valencia at the 2021 Carl & Marilynn Thoma New Mexico Education Funders Southern Summit. This discussion ...

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Transcript: NM Southern Summit Educational Stakeholders Panel

Date Posted: March 24, 2022

­­ Watch the video that accompanies this transcript here.  This is the transcript of the Educational Stakeholders Panel from the 2021 Carl & Marilynn Thoma New Mexico Education Funders Southern Summit. To ...

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Watch: Southern Summit Educational Stakeholders Panel

Date Posted: March 23, 2022

Read the transcript that accompanies this video here. This video presents the Educational Stakeholders Panel at the 2021 Carl & Marilynn Thoma New Mexico Education Funders Southern Summit. This discussion invited local ...

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Part 3: Nonprofit Work & Philanthropy—Perspectives from Southern NM

Date Posted: March 22, 2022

How do funders and nonprofits work together effectively to achieve shared goals in education? The speakers who participated in our Nonprofit Leaders Panel at the 2021 Thoma Foundation New Mexico Education Funders ...

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Part 2: The Stories We Tell with Data in New Mexico

Date Posted: March 7, 2022

In Part 1 of this blog series (read here), we explored the effect of the “deficit model” on New Mexico students, teachers, and communities and how funders and nonprofits might reframe our ...

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Part 1: The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Education in New Mexico

Date Posted: February 24, 2022

“So many of the students I work with [at Doña Ana Community College] and frankly, at most institutions in New Mexico, are on the wrong side of the economic divide, the cultural ...

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NM Southern Summit Bios

Date Posted: February 24, 2022

Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing learnings and takeaways from the 2021 Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation New Mexico Education Funders Southern Summit. To read more about this blog ...

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