New Mexico · Nonprofit
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION (New Mexico) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,566,081 to it, the largest being BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE ($4,746,340). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.9M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $121M
What Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation does
Mission
Our mission is to inspire excellence in education and learning in northern new mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
K-12 education program - our k-12 program is supported by an endowment that supports public school children in the vicinity surrounding los alamos national laboratory (los alamos, mora, rio arriba, san miguel, sandoval, santa fe and taos counties). The k-12 education program partners with urban, rural and tribal schools and districts across northern new mexico to strengthen students' education by supporting educator growth, and fostering culturally and linguistically sustaining, inquiry-based learning opportunities. Rooted in place and community, we provide resources, foster collaboration, and integrate hands-on stem, sel, and leadership development. Our aim is to collectively shape our educational ecosystemsensuring northern new mexicans are prepared to thrive in the 21st century. In our inquiry science education consortium program, in 2024, approximately 2,600 students & 135 teachers engaged across 20 schools in six districts including one bie school (ohkay owingeh community school) and one charter school (mccurdy charter school).
$2,296,126 spentof which $991,568 as grants$29,510 earned by the program29% of program spendingEarly childhood program - the purpose is to enhance and strengthen the physical, mental, social and emotional well-being of children, families and communities through advocacy, collaboration and education with the overarching lens of justice, equity, inclusion, diversity and belonging.by building early childhood systems in northern nm that are sustainable to reduce the number of families and children who are experiencing trauma (toxic stress) and ensure children have equitable access to the opportunities they need for healthy well-being, education, and development.
$1,169,409 spent15% of program spendingScholarships - a variety of academic scholarships are provided to students pursuing undergraduate degrees, certifications, or trades, at an accredited institution. Our scholarships are merit based but account for student leadership and community service. Each year, the funding for these scholarships is raised primarily from los alamos national laboratory (lanl) employees, retirees and contractors. All of the scholarship recipients reside in one of seven northern new mexico counties: los alamos, mora, rio arriba, san miguel, sandoval, santa fe, and taos.
$4,440,193 spentof which $845,708 as grants56% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,905,728.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $104M to $121M (+16%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7% · 2022 2% · 2023 3% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Denise Montoya
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $540k → $2.1M.
13 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 56% · 2019 52% · 2020 47% · 2021 49% · 2022 37% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
58% of LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Building Equity LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION?
- LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION (New Mexico) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,566,081 to it, the largest being BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE ($4,746,340). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $14,566,081 in grants to LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION?
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $4,746,340 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing