A coffee shop that funds a mission.
Wired Coffee Co. is the cafe inside the Cortez Makerspace, one of three programs run by Fundamental Needs, a 501(c)(3) public charity. Sit down with a latte and you are steps from a laser lab, an off-grid solar-water workshop, and a room of students building their futures.
We give 10% of profits to the Fundamental Needs programs next door, and the shop itself helps keep the makerspace running.
Clean water on the Nation
Off-grid solar water systems for Diné families across the Navajo Nation, built and installed by local high-school students under a teach, train, and hire model. 240+ homes served since 2021, from Rock Point to Shiprock and Kayenta.
A shop for the whole town
Laser lab, 3D printers, silkscreen, woodshop, and the new xTool MetalFab on Main Street. Opened January 2026, now 200+ members and 30+ workshops, with certification pathways in solar, fabrication, and the trades.
Students who pitch, then run it
The I.D.E.A. Lab at Southwest Open School lets students earn credit while launching real ventures, with pitch competitions at Kirtland Central too. Some of the students who pitched here now run this counter.
Where your cup goes.
Your $5 latte
Keeps the lights, lasers, and doors open
So a student gets paid to install clean water on the Nation
“A sanctuary of productivity, powering ideas and the local workforce.”
Fundamental Needs Inc · 501(c)(3) · EIN 85-3603760
Dolores & Cortez, Colorado