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First Choice Power Matching Grants

When First Choice Power employees and retirees support charitable and educational organizations, the First Choice Power Fund, a division of the PNM Resources Foundation, will match their donations.

Matching Grants provide the opportunity for employees and retirees to double their contributions to qualifying Texas 501(c) 3 organizations or post-secondary educational institutions nationwide. 

Program guidelines: To receive a Matching Grant, you must:

  • Be a full-time or part-time First Choice Power employee or a First Choice Power retiree
Complete part one of the application. 
  • Forward your check and a printout of the application below to the organization you wish to support
  • The organization will complete part two and return the application to the First Choice Power Fund at

First Choice Power Fund
Alvarado Square
Albuquerque, N.M., 87158-1225

Matching Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis from a pool of funds established annually by the PNM Resources Foundation Board of Trustees. The PNM Resources Foundation reserves the right to suspend, amend or terminate the Matching Grants program at any time without notice. 

Requirements
  • The monetary contribution must come from an individual; corporate grants do not qualify
  • Contributions must be in the form of cash or marketable securities. Grants, in-kind, dues, membership fees and pledges will not be matched
  • Minimum match per calendar year is $25, maximum is $1,000

First Choice Power Matching Grants Application

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