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Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation

Our mission is to inspire excellence in education and learning in northern new mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.4MArts & Culture$564kEnvironment$514kYouth Development$487kCrime & Legal$310kEmployment$263kHuman Services$250kCommunity Improvement$222kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 31 grants below total $836,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,837,276 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,001,076 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $704k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$123M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING$75,000
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$50,000
PUEBLO OF JEMEZ$42,000
BRIDGES PROJECT FOR EDUCATION$30,000
STEMARTS LAB$27,400
PAJARITO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER (PEEC)$27,400
PUEBLO OF POJOAQUE$27,000
PUEBLO OF TESUQUE$25,000
THE FAMILY YMCA$25,000
TWIRL A PLAY AND DISCOVERY SPACE INC$25,000
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$25,000
SANTA FE MOUNTAIN CENTER$25,000
CHAMA VALLEY ARTS$25,000
YOUTHWORKS$25,000
SILVER BULLET PRODUCTIONS$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WORKFORCE MATTERS FISCAL SPONSOR FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESNESS INC: $10k → 16%THE TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $25k → 18%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $25k → 18%NONVIOLENCE WORKS INC: $20k → 18%THINK NEW MEXICO: $10k → 12%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 18%NONVIOLENCE WORKS INC: $20k → 18%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 18%RIO ARRIBA ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM: $5k → 18%NORTHERN YOUTH PROJECT: $5k → 18%COMMUNITY AGAINST VIOLENCE INC (CAV): $5k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 94% of the giving stays in NM; by stated purpose, 90%.

Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.7% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 66 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

66 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
67

Total granted

$5.1M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+23%

Still filing today

74%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GA
    GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
    4× · 2021–2024 · $269k · revenue +93%
  • PI
    PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    5× · 2018–2024 · $253k · revenue +49%
  • SF
    SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL
    4× · 2018–2022 · $197k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • NM
    NEW MEXICO APPLESEED
    one grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue -56%
  • NM
    NEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $300k · revenue +192%
  • CC
    CULTIVATING CODERS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $58k · revenue -52%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Leadership New Mexico

Strengthening new mexico by educating and connecting diverse leaders through experiential learning programs and activities.

Arts & Culture
2
Community Power New Mexico
Community Improvement
3
Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation

Our mission is to inspire excellence in education and learning in northern new mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy.

Education
4
Association of Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists of New Mexico
Science & Tech
5
Northeastern New Mexico Educational Foundation Inc

To provide leadership, build partnerships and enable the innovation necessary to reestablish local food and energy production, strengthen educational systems and establish placemaking in our communities while promoting northeastern new…

Arts & Culture
6
New Mexico Out-of School Time Network

To cultivate enriching experiences for children and youth beyond the school day. vision: all children and youth in new mexico have access to high quality out-of-school time (ost) opportunities regardless of zip code and income. the new…

Education
7
New Mexico Humanities Council

The new mexico humanities council (nmhc) supports and conducts innovative and imaginative programs throughout the state that lead to a greater understanding of, and motivate interest in, the richness of our human experience and heritage.…

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8
Jobs for Americas Graduates Nm Inc

Jobs for Americas Graduates - NM JAG-NM transforms communities, one student at a time, by re-engaging academically vulnerable high school students and preparing them to reach their potential through graduation and beyond.

—
9
Bold Futures Nm

Bold futures nm leads policy change, research, place-based organizing, and culture shift by and for women and people of color in new mexico. bold futures nm centers the lived experiences and expertise of those most impacted by an issue,…

Human Services
10
Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund

Cvnm education fund is a statewide, nonpartisan nonprofit committed to engaging the people of new mexico in our long-standing shared values of protecting our air, land, water, and the health of our communities. we do this by mobilizing…

Civil Rights
11
Central New Mexico Community College Foundation Inc

The cnm foundation is committed to the principle that no central new mexico community college student should be denied the opportunity for an education or vocational training due solely to a lack of financial resources. the cnm foundation…

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12
Comunidad De Colores

Our mission is to promote health equity in Northern New Mexico by improving quality and access to health services regardless of one's insurance status or ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Mexico Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Chama Arts Coalition. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

109 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 109 of the 141 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
105/109
Grantees still filing
77/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $268,600 · OtherGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN T…UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO: $187,804 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICOESPANOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $114,332 · OtherPUEBLO OF JEMEZ: $92,000 · OtherMORA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $90,000 · OtherNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $142,500 · OtherNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCOLLEGE AND CAREER PLAZA: $135,000 · Other+67 more: $1,582,219 · Other+67 morePARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $252,500 · EducationPARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SA…SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL: $197,350 · EducationSANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOLCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEW MEXICO: $155,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEW ME…NMC INC: $138,000 · EducationNMC INCBridges Project for Education: $130,000 · EducationBridges Project for EducationKERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $115,000 · EducationKERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERSANTA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationGROUNDWORKS NEW MEXICO KRISTI DORR: $76,500 · EducationSTEM Santa Fe: $65,000 · Education+23 more: $674,009 · Education+23 moreNEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER: $300,000 · Human ServicesLAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $90,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST: $50,000 · Human ServicesNONVIOLENCE WORKS INC: $40,000 · Human Services+7 more: $50,000 · Human ServicesMOVING ARTS ESPANOLA INCORPORATED: $173,000 · Arts & CultureSTEMARTS LAB: $97,400 · Arts & CultureSilver Bullet Productions: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCHAMA VALLEY ARTS: $50,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA FE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $33,450 · Arts & CultureYOUTHWORKS: $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOOKING WITH KIDS INC: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRUE KIDS 1: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA FE INC: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentLOCALOGY: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTHERN YOUTH PROJECT: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentPAJARITO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER: $131,400 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $110,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE ADVOCATES VOCES UNIDAS: $105,000 · EnvironmentTAOS LAND TRUST: $55,750 · EnvironmentSANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN: $42,000 · Environment+1 more: $7,400 · EnvironmentNEW MEXICO APPLESEED: $300,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$2,612,455Education$1,903,359Human Services$530,000Arts & Culture$468,850Youth Development$460,000Environment$451,550Community Improvement$305,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW MEXICO APPLESEED: $300,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetNEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER: $300,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $268,600 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $252,500 over 5y, 23% of budgetSANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL: $197,350 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMOVING ARTS ESPANOLA INCORPORATED: $173,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEW MEXICO: $155,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $142,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNMC INC: $138,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGE AND CAREER PLAZA: $135,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetPAJARITO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER: $131,400 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetBridges Project for Education: $130,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetYOUTHWORKS: $120,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetKERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $115,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE ADVOCATES VOCES UNIDAS: $105,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetSANTA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSTEMARTS LAB: $97,400 over 4y, 13% of budgetLAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $90,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEW MEXICO MESA INC: $85,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe Family YMCA: $83,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCOOKING WITH KIDS INC: $80,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTRUE KIDS 1: $80,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetGROUNDWORKS NEW MEXICO KRISTI DORR: $76,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA FE INC: $70,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSTEM Santa Fe: $65,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetREADING QUEST: $62,500 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetLOCALOGY: $60,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPUTER SCIENCE ALLIANCE: $60,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetCULTIVATING CODERS INC: $58,482 over 1y, 17% of budgetTAOS LAND TRUST: $55,750 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST: $50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSilver Bullet Productions: $50,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTwirl A Play and Discovery Space Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetNEW MEXICO SUICIDE INTERVENTION PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCHAMA VALLEY ARTS: $50,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetSANTA FE MOUNTAIN CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHRIVE Community School Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetTHE TAOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING ALLIANCE FOR NM: $50,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetNORTHERN YOUTH PROJECT: $50,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetCommunity Learning Network: $47,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MOUNTAIN REGION: $45,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCHAMA ARTS COALITION: $45,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN: $42,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFUTURE FOCUSED EDUCATION: $41,334 over 2y, 1.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NEW MEXICO APPLESEED ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MOVING ARTS ESPANOLA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEW MEXICO ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NMC INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE AND CAREER PLAZA ↗
  • Who funds PAJARITO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Bridges Project for Education ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHWORKS ↗
  • Who funds KERES CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE ADVOCATES VOCES UNIDAS ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds STEMARTS LAB ↗
  • Who funds LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO MESA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Family YMCA ↗
  • Who funds COOKING WITH KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUE KIDS 1 ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDWORKS NEW MEXICO KRISTI DORR ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA FE INC ↗
  • Who funds STEM Santa Fe ↗
  • Who funds READING QUEST ↗
  • Who funds LOCALOGY ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMPUTER SCIENCE ALLIANCE ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Santa Fe Community Fo…Marshall L and Perrin…New Mexico Community …Anchorum St VincentThornburg FoundationCon Alma Health Found…Albuquerque Community…Battelle Memorial Ins…Nusenda FoundationPnm Tnmp FoundationThe Taos Community Fo…The Frost Foundation
Santa Fe Community FoundationNM149.5× affinity81 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Fe Community Foundation · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · New Mexico Community Foundation · Anchorum St Vincent · Thornburg Foundation · Con Alma Health Foundation Inc · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Battelle Memorial Institute · Nusenda Foundation · Pnm Tnmp Foundation · The Taos Community Foundation Inc · The Frost Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 141 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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