LACF New:
The Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) announced that, thanks to generous donors and endowment funds, 18 community nonprofit partners will receive more than $81,000 in combined funding in 2025.
This amount is nearly double the total given in 2024, due to contributions from individuals, the Anchorum Health Foundation, Anderson Charitable Foundation, and the Enterprise Bank & Trust Community Endowment Fund.
“We are thankful to generous donors who contribute to LACF endowment funds,” LACF Executive Director Elizabeth Martineau said. “Your donation is invested to provide a funding stream that benefits local nonprofits every year. It is a gift that will be giving back to our community for many years to come.”
Grant committee members from the community and the LACF board evaluated each application to determine funding.
“These grants reflect the Foundation’s deep commitment to strengthening nonprofits so that they are better able to fulfill their mission,” LACF President Linda Daly said. “We congratulate our grant recipients and look forward to partnering with them to serve our neighbors. They are making a difference here at home.”
2025 Grantees:
First Born Program of Los Alamos County
Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board
The Family YMCA – Wildcat Youth Basketball
Pajarito Environmental Education Center
Self-Help Inc of Northern NM
Mesa to Mesa – Los Alamos Group Home floor
10 for 10 $1,000 Grants:
Los Alamos Retired Senior Organization (February)
All Individuals First (March)
Friends of Bandelier (April)
Los Alamos Little Theatre (May)
Endowment Funds supporting our grants:
Community Youth Sports Endowment
Diane Warther Soran Endowment for Community Programs
Enterprise Bank & Trust Community Endowment
Judy Dudziak Endowment for Community Music Organizations
Los Alamos Arts Council- Seed Fund
Los Alamos Community Endowment
Los Alamos Community Foundation Leadership Fund
Paul A. and Susan E. Bombardt K-12 Music Education Endowment for Los Alamos Public Schools
Rosalie Heller Annual Memorial Lecture Endowment
Self Help, Inc. of Northern New Mexico
To learn more about all of the 2025 grantees, visit losalamoscf.org/2025-grants/.
To donate to the Los Alamos Community Foundation, visit losalamoscf.org.
About the Los Alamos Community Foundation:
Established in 2015, the Los Alamos Community Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in our community by inspiring, facilitating and supporting enduring philanthropy and building the capacity and success of our local nonprofit organizations. The Los Alamos Community Foundation currently stewards seventeen locally endowed funds and has total assets of over $1.5M. For more information about the Los Alamos Community Foundation or to donate, visit www.losalamoscf.org.