Human Services
Covenant Pathways
VANDERWAGEN, NM
Total revenue
$406K
Total expenses
$330K
Net assets
$336K
Grants received
$1.1M
31 grants
EIN
473515588
Tax year
2024
Mission
Covenant Pathways farm (Spirit Farm) was developed to be a living example of how we can recover and reclaim traditional farming and spiritual practices, along with modern practices, to establish resiliency in our way of life, reducing the dependency on the very food system that is harming us. We apply ancestral Indigenous wisdom integrating creative solutions energized by nature that provides experience and training to grow nutrient rich foods in the southwest high desert. Spirit Farm uses all organic practices, including microbiological composting, to heal the hard high desert southwestern soil. Our mission is to generate opportunities that impact individuals and communities with Native traditions that attach the human spirit to the Earth. In addition, we provide additional opportunities for growers to increase the quantity and quality of their produce, as well as use less water, which is a critical step when growing food in our climate.
Programs
2 programs
Community Education/Training: Provided bi-monthly workshops in the community and at our farm to create awareness and train others on soil microbes and how important they are to healing the soil, growing nutrient rich foods, restoring the natural water cycles and removing excess carbon from the atmosphere, Indigenous regenerative agriculture, microbiological composting trainings, food preservation, growing in a greenhouse, animal husbandry, etc. With extensive experience in both traditional Navajo growing practices as well as regenerative farming techniques, with the expertise required to assist growers, Covenant Pathways equips local indigenous growers start and expand their farms, sharing much of the 50+ tons of compost made annually on site. The organization also provides materials and hands on assistance to growers in several nearby communities. Visitors, native and non-native come to the farm to tour and experience the self-sufficiency of the farm.
Bio Char Implementation - a program under Spirit Farm to make Biochar to be added to the compost. Biochar has potential to increase the biomass of plants, healing the soil through a natural process. This year the organization is preparing to receive the biochar machine that has the capability to not only make the biochar, but use the heat to warm water that is then piped underneath the soil in the greenhouse, warming the soil in order to extend the growing season.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
7 listed
James Skeet
Executive Director
$41K
50 hrs/wk
Joyce Skeet
Program Director
$39K
60 hrs/wk
Byron McMillan
board president
—
1 hrs/wk
Vanessa Vandever
board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Percy Anderson
board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Chanselyn foster
board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Natana Begay
Business Manager
$28K
30 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$1.1M from 18 funders · 31 grants · 2017–2024
$250K · 1 grant · 2024
$156K · 2 grants · 2020
$150K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
$120K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
$73K · 3 grants · 2020–2023
$67K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
$50K · 2 grants · 2022–2023
$48K · 2 grants · 2017–2018