Marshall L. and Perrine D. McCune Charitable Foundation

MISSION The Marshall L. and Perrine D. McCune Charitable Foundation is dedicated to enriching the health, education, environment, cultural, and spiritual life of New Mexicans. The Foundation memorializes its benefactors through proactive grantmaking that seeks to foster positive social change. VALUES We embrace a set of values inherent to all aspects of our organization. These are inspired by our organizational leadership, our grantmaking experience, and perhaps most importantly, our relationships with New Mexicans and communities in New Mexico. These values include: Collaboration: We believe that collaboration is key to confronting our state’s greatest challenges. We value opportunities to work cooperatively with our nonprofit and philanthropic partners to identify shared goals, build alignment of purpose and co-create the outcomes we wish to see in the world. Transparency: We believe that decisions and agreements made in the dark cast no light on the world. We value transparency in all our processes and practices to ensure that our partners trust our decisions as fairly supporting their individual communities within a shared statewide ecosystem of work and success. Leadership: We believe that large-scale change never happens spontaneously or in a vacuum. We value the primary, positive role of informed, community-based leadership in creating change in the sectors and organizations we serve as well as within the philanthropic community. Community Relevance: We believe that solutions developed elsewhere may not always be relevant to the diverse peoples and communities that comprise New Mexico’s unique cultural landscape. We value the promise of place-based solutions by funding work that is immersed in local knowledge, reflects and respects local cultures and is relevant to each community we serve. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We believe in principles of diversity, equity and inclusion to drive decision making and effect change. We value programs and services provided by organizations whose internal structures ensure diverse community participation and whose leaders share the history and culture of the communities served. Risk Taking and Innovation: We believe that some of the best solutions are developed through a thoughtful process of trial and error. We value organizations that challenge conventional approaches by embracing innovation and engaging in measured, well-considered risk-taking to develop and implement the most relevant programs and services for their communities. A Culture of Learning and Continuous Improvement: We believe that some of the best lessons are learned from having the freedom to take chances and make mistakes. We value organizations that aspire to a culture of learning and continuous improvement through practices of sharing, listening and building upon the wisdom gained through thoughtful and reflective community work.