The ABQ Accent | Ep 35 - Tara Gohr and Aly Sanchez

Tara Gohr, President/CEO, The Grant Plant

Aly Sanchez, Director of Strategy and Organizational Development

Tara Gohr and Aly Sanchez are part of the crew at the forefront of the grant writing world. They have about 50 years of experience between them in addition to the other 19 folks at The Grant Plant.

Tara and her sister, Erin O’Keefe Hielkema, started TGP in 2003 and since then it has been a central node of nonprofit and agency development across NM, having secured almost $4000 million for their clients!

Aly is a talented strategist and problem solver and has a knack for helping clients make cases and tell stories that only a seasoned grant writer-researcher-editor can.

This episode covered SO much about their incredible work on behalf of NM organizations - trainings, reports, innovations etc. You’ll see why these incredible women, at the end of the day, are standing up for their clients and encouraging folks to “plug into what you care about.”

You will also learn what the Mom Edit is, and, you have to know that they call a submitted grant “Planted.” On-point branding.

Highly encourage you to check out their website and subscribe to their very informative blog and grant opps: www.thegrantplantnm.com

Be sure to look at their upcoming trainings and take advantage of the Job Training ABQ: https://jobtrainingabq.org/

Report: Federal Funding Freeze on New Mexico’s Nonprofits and Philanthropic Sector: https://www.santafecf.org/news-stories/new-report-federal-funding-nm

Link to NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/new-mexico-federal-budget-cuts.html