Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Inc.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Junior Achievement
Through age-appropriate curricula taught by business and community volunteers, Junior Achievement programs begin at the elementary school level, teaching children how they can impact the world around them as individuals, workers and consumers. Junior Achievement programs continue through the middle and high school grades, preparing students for future economic and workforce issues they'll face.
Where we work
External reviews

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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We are enabling young people to own their economic success.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Provide a delivery model in partnership with educators and the business community
Deepen relationships to ensure young people have multiple Junior Achievement experiences
Provide experience-based learning to enable students to gain knowledge through a variety of age-appropriate hands-on activites to help them understand the relationship between school learning and successful participation -- application in our economy.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Junior Achievement of New Mexico has over 20 years in New Mexico and has developed a strong volunteer base from the business community as well as a reputation among educators to be a value-added component to their educational efforts.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Not every child in New Mexico receives the Junior Achievement program.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
K-12 Students
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Paper surveys,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
We are adding more financial literacy feedback requests in our k-12 program surveys.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship?
Due to feedback from the people we serve, we have added virtual and hybrid program delivery options that allows us to reach more students. Also, volunteer diversity is crucial for students to imagine future success.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We act on the feedback we receive,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback,
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 03/22/2022
Erin Dominguez
US Bank
Term: 2020 - 2022
John Kennedy
Linda Vega
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Gender identity
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Disability
Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.