Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice
The Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice is a left-of-center organizing group that hosts a variety of events and organizational meetings among activist groups in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Among the groups Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice has hosted are the Albuquerque chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, an anti-Israel group, and Stop the War Machine, an anti-war activist group. The center also conducts charitable activities including food distribution. Among the board members of the group is Albuquerque anti-war activist Bob Anderson. 1 2 3
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Background
The Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice was founded in 1983 and has operated its physical space since 2003. The group states that “Having this physical space on unceded land of the Tiwa People has allowed community members to organize and activate around community and global issues, including mobilizing against the Iraq War, nuclear disarmament and racial justice.” 1
The group hosts several member organizations for which it provides a variety of services including meeting space, and also allows non-member activist groups to book event spaces at the center. 1
The group has employed anti-Israel rhetoric, stating “As we near the eighth month of the brutal genocide of Palestinians, organizers in Albuquerque have come to terms with an era of extreme repression for people who advocate for peace. It is the time to reinvigorate our local struggle so that we can make meaningful change in our community which in many ways is a center of the war economy. The Peace Center is a vital aspect of this work, and could serve as a place to educate, strategize and activate organizers of Albuquerque.” 1
The group also calls itself an activist hub where organizers can meet and host events with the goal of encouraging anti-war politics in Albuquerque. The member groups that meet at the center are referred to as PAJOLA (Peace and Justice Organizations Linking Arms). 1
Affiliated Groups
Several local activist groups host events at the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice. Among them are the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, a “small, but very close and committed group to socially responsible Unitarian Universalist ideals”; Stope the War Machine, an anti-war group; Workers for a New Southwest; ABQ Workers School; and Jewish Voice for Peace. 3
Stop the War Machine is an anti-war group led by Bob Anderson, a local activist who is also on the board of the Center. Stop the War Machine’s website highlights Anderson’s arrest while protesting a “panel of speakers for think tank Sandia National Laboratories [that] were promoting the building of a new generation of nuclear weapons” at the University of New Mexico. 4
Jewish Voice for Peace is an activist organization highly critical of the state of Israel. It explicitly seeks to create “a wedge” within the American Jewish community to weaken broader American support for Israel. The group “unequivocally oppose[s] Zionism” and supports allowing Palestinians to live on land within Israel vacated by Arabs during the Israeli War of Independence. The group supports the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement to delegitimize and isolate the Jewish state. 5 6
The center has also hosted several anti-nuclear events and protests in partnership with activist groups, including Veterans for Peace. 7
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses
| Year | Total Assets | Total Revenue | Total Expenses | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $158,291 | $75,548 | $51,177 | View |
| 2023 | $150,901 | $89,225 | $60,802 | View |
| 2022 | $146,079 | $96,997 | $142,006 | View |
| 2021 | $141,938 | $72,206 | $105,637 | View |
| 2020 | $167,512 | $96,059 | $103,281 | View |
Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
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Grant Activity
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $300,969
- Number of Grants: 51
- Number of Funders: 17
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years: