The Creative Industries Division on behalf of the State of New Mexico and New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) seeks to award eighteen $100,000 grants to support the division’s work on the local level, through the establishment of Inter-Governmental Agreements between EDD and the local governments who are awarded funding.

Awarded funding must be expended by the end of the FY2024 fiscal year which occurs on June 30, 2024.

Grants may be awarded to a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state; an Indian nation, or federally/state recognized tribe or pueblo.

The New Mexico Economic Development Department through the newly established Creative Industries Division has issued a Call for Projects (CFP) is to solicit proposals and provide funding for local government projects and programs that demonstrate the potential to stimulate community or economic development through creative industries. Creative Industries Division Call for Projects (tfaforms.com)

Funding for these local projects and programs are made available through the Creative Industries Division of the New Mexico Economic Development Department enacted through HB 8 and HB 2 of the 2023 Legislative Session.

Note the deadline is August 21, 2023, 5pm.