Capacity Builders in the News

Designing woman: Basket weaver Sally Black - Santa Fe New Mexican

August 11, 2017 - She was concerned at first that she would not be able to sell her work in Santa Fe this summer, but Michael Billie at the Navajo support organization Capacity Builders Inc. told her there was another ...

Aztec Ruins event focuses on Native American art - Farmington Daily Times

July 21, 2017 - The national monument partnered with the N.A.T.I.V.E. Project to develop and organize the event. The N.A.T.I.V.E. Project is a program offered by Capacity Builders Inc. that provides financial and tec ...

Changes planned for annual Shiprock Marathon - Farmington Daily Times

May 13, 2017 - Roxanne Gilbert, a program manager for Capacity Builders Inc., said the nonprofit organization will have a booth on Friday but the art fair it was organizing on Saturday has been cancelled due to weat ...

Free classes planned for would-be entrepreneurs - Farmington Daily Times

April 25, 2017 - FARMINGTON — Free classes to help those aspiring to start a business are being offered next month in Farmington and Kirtland. The Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs is offered by Capacity ...

Navajo Nation Highlights the Value of the Environmental Justice - USDA.gov (press release) (blog)

January 29, 2016 - The grant to Capacity Builders Inc., a local nonprofit, helps them deliver training for chapter officials and community members on how to identify, nurture and fund local business opportunities. This ...

Shiprock native finishes film on Navajo rug - Farmington Daily Times

December 31, 2015 - Ultimately, he said, he generated enough donations to cover his travel costs, and he credited Michael Billie of Capacity Builders Inc. and the N.A.T.I.V.E. Project with supplying him with a grant and ...

Ceremony held for new AmeriCorps members - Farmington Daily Times

October 17, 2015 - They are offered by Capacity Builders Inc., the San Juan County Partnership and DNA People's Legal Services, according to Cindy Charley, a project specialist at Capacity Builders. Capacity Builders ha ...

Grant aims to help business development - Farmington Daily Times

October 8, 2015 - Capacity Builders Inc. will use the award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Development Grant program to provide training sessions and other leadership workshops in the Nenahnez ...

USDA Awards Grants to Native American Communities to Strengthen Small Businesses and Create Jobs - USDA.gov (press release)

July 21, 2014 - WASHINGTON, July 21, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing support to Native American communities in 18 states to help strengthen tribal business and create ...

Nonprofit gym receives $600K federal grant - ABQ Journal

December 2, 2013 - Gym Lou's 24-hour fitness center, located at 416 W. Broadway St., is a nonprofit operated by Capacity Builders Inc., or CBI, which applied for the grant. Within the next few months, Gym Lou's plans to ...