LANL Foundation

Name

LANL Foundation

Legal name

LANL Foundation

Website

https://lanlfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Philanthropy

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK), Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA), College Access, Scholarships & Student Success Nonprofits (BPAGADAE)

Keywords

• Education philanthropy
• Scholarship programs
• Community grants
• Early childhood education
• Workforce development

Headquarters

HQ city

Espanola

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: The foundation operates as a nonprofit that accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals, the LANL workforce, Triad National Security, and community members to fund scholarships and education programs.
2. Planned Giving and Legacy Gifts: The foundation offers planned giving opportunities including real estate gifts, stock donations, IRA qualified charitable distributions, donor-advised fund grants, and cryptocurrency donations to build a lasting endowment.
3. Event and Program Sponsorship: Corporate and individual sponsors support events and programs that invest in learning and human potential from cradle to career.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LANL Foundation is a private nonprofit organization that funds education programs, scholarships, and community grants across seven counties in Northern New Mexico. It operates cradle-to-career programs (Early Childhood, K-12, and Pathways), administers scholarships in partnership with the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund (LAESF) Advisory Committee, and awards competitive and invitational grants to schools and community organizations.

Product overview

LANL Foundation operates as a unified portfolio of education-focused programs, scholarships, and grants supporting Northern New Mexico communities. The Foundation's core offerings include: Three major program areas (Early Childhood, K-12, and Pathways) that provide educational support from prenatal through career; Scholarship programs spanning Four-Year Undergraduate, Career Pathways, and National Security Workforce Graduate levels; Competitive and Invitational grant programs funding education and community organizations; and Research & Advocacy services that inform education policy. The Foundation partners closely with the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund (LAESF) Advisory Committee and has awarded over 2,600 scholarships totaling over $13 million since 1999.

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Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Since 1999, awarded more than 2,600 scholarships totaling over $13 million
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund (LAESF) Advisory CommitteecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 1999, LANL Foundation has partnered with the LAESF Advisory Committee to award scholarships to Northern New Mexico students. Most donations to LAESF come from the LANL workforce and Triad National Security. The partnership has awarded more than 2,600 scholarships totaling over $13 million.
• New Mexico Public Education Department (PED)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn June 2025, LANL Foundation was selected by PED to lead the statewide stakeholder engagement process for the Martinez/Yazzie Consolidated Action Plan—an unprecedented outreach effort to ensure community voices shaped the Comprehensive Remedial Action Plan for New Mexico's public education system.
• Encantado FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with LANL Foundation and Kersti Tyson, PhD to co-chair the Northern NM STEAM Coalition and host the STEM Innovation Action Team statewide convening in November 2024.
• Realty Gift FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLANL Foundation partners with Realty Gift Fund headquartered in Santa Fe to accept real estate donations, allowing donors to avoid capital gains taxes and receive tax deductions while providing significant cash proceeds to nonprofits.
• Northern NM STEAM Coalition / STEM Innovation Action TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed by co-chairs Kersti Tyson, PhD (LANL Foundation) and Monica Martinez Archuleta, PhD (Triad/LANL), this collective of STEM education advocates works to advance STEM innovation across New Mexico.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hispanic Scholarship Fund: National organization administering large-scale scholarship programs for Hispanic students pursuing higher education. Comparable at the scholarship program level — large applicant pool, multi-tier award structure, college/career pathways focus — though operating nationally rather than within a regional boundary.
• Mott Foundation: National private foundation that has historically run one of the largest K-12 education grantmaking portfolios in the U.S. Comparable as a mature education-focused grantmaking foundation with grantee support, advocacy, and research outputs that parallel LANL Foundation's program categories at a much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Thornburg Foundation: Santa Fe-based private foundation supporting education, economic development, and community programs throughout New Mexico. Comparable as a same-state private foundation operating with scholarships, grantee support, and education-focused initiatives in the same regional ecosystem.
• Santa Fe Community Foundation: Northern New Mexico's largest community foundation, administering donor-advised funds, scholarships, and grants across a similar regional footprint. Most direct local comparable for grantmaking infrastructure, scholarship administration, and donor stewardship in the same service geography.
• New Mexico Community Foundation: Statewide community foundation in New Mexico administering donor-advised funds, scholarships, and competitive grants. Comparable as the state's flagship community foundation with overlapping scholarship cycles, grantee support, and donor advisory services that overlap LANL Foundation's portfolio.
• Con Alma Health Foundation: New Mexico-based foundation focused on health equity that also funds education-adjacent programs and operates across the state. Comparable as a regional community foundation with grant cycles, donor-base development, and advocacy work overlapping LANL Foundation's nonprofit program portfolio.
• Encantado Foundation: New Mexico foundation supporting education, youth development, and STEAM initiatives, which has explicitly partnered with LANL Foundation on the Northern NM STEAM Coalition and STEM Innovation Action Team. Active collaborator rather than pure competitor, but operates with a similar education-grantmaking model in the same region.
• Daniels Fund: Private foundation established by cable television founder Bill Daniels that funds education, youth development, and community needs across Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Directly comparable to LANL Foundation in mission (education-focused philanthropy), model (scholarships + grants + direct programs), and geographic scope (Mountain West region including New Mexico).

Emerging players

• American Indian College Fund: National nonprofit providing scholarships and support for Native American students, with strong programs across New Mexico's tribal communities. Comparable as a scholarship-focused nonprofit whose eligible students overlap LANL Foundation's Native Workforce Partners and Pueblo/Tribal-serving scholarship recipients.

Regional players

• United Way of Northern New Mexico: Regional nonprofit umbrella funding education, health, and human-service programs across a similar Northern New Mexico footprint. Comparable at the donor-pooling and regional-grantmaking level, but with a broader human-services remit rather than education-exclusive mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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