The Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation recently awarded some $3.5 million in Educational Enrichment, Community, and Educational Outreach grants to nonprofit organizations serving several counties in Northern New Mexico.
Educational Enrichment grants are awarded to support critical public school needs, including curriculum development and support, drop-out prevention and intervention, literacy, math/science/technology education, teacher training and support, and technology infrastructure. These grants are offered to eligible school districts based on an allocation formula derived from the number of Laboratory employees and subcontract personnel residing within a given school district.
Community Outreach grants support critical needs in the region, strengthen public education, and enhance community improvement, and the delivery of social services.
Educational Outreach grants support advocacy, early childhood education, quality and cost effective teacher training and support, and math, science and technology education.
Organizations in Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Taos counties received grants, according to Nicolla Covey, program officer for the Lab Foundation.
Recipient organizations and grant amounts are as follows:
• Abiquiu Boys and Girls Club - $5,000
• ACCION New Mexico (Albuquerque) - $5,000
• Adelante! (Santa Fe) - $15,000
• Agua Fria Elementary School (Santa Fe) - $5,000
• Albuquerque Public Schools - $22,676
• Amigos del Valle (Española) - $8,000
• Amigos Unidos Inc. (Taos) - $7,500
• Bernalillo Public Schools - $10,168.03
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico (Santa Fe) - $10,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Chimayo - $15,000 (year two of multi-year funding awarded in 2005)
• Boys and Girls Club of Northern New Mexico (Taos) - $10,000
• Buckaroo Ball (Santa Fe) - $5,300
• CareNet Pregnancy Center of the Española Valley - $5,000
• CASA, First Judicial District (Santa Fe) - $7,500
• Casa Mesita Group Home (Los Alamos) -$13,155 (first year of multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• Chama Valley Independent Schools - $12,286.37
• Community Against Violence Inc. (Taos) - $10,000
• Community Wellness Center (Taos) - $15,000
• Cooking with Kids (Santa Fe) - $7,500
• Cornerstones Community Partnerships (Santa Fe) - $10,000
• Cuba Independent Schools - $2,118.34
• Educational Outreach Pueblo Scholarships to support Cochiti, Jemez, Nambe, Picuris, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara, Taos, and Tesuque pueblo students pursuing undergraduate degrees in 2006-2007 - $19,000
• Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council (San Juan Pueblo) -$10,000 (first year of multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• El Centro de Los Ninos (Tierra Amarilla) - $11,063
• El Rito Elementary School - $3,000
• Española Public Schools - $1,182,880.81
• Española Valley High School - $15,000 (year two of multi-year funding awarded in 2005)
• Estrella Nativa (Las Vegas) - $10,000
• Estrella Nativa (Las Vegas) - $10,000 (first year of multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum (Albuquerque) - $10,000
• Fine Arts for Children and Teens (Santa Fe) - $10,000
• First Born® Program (Espanola) - $100,000
• Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library - $9,000
• Futures for Children (Albuquerque) - $27,000 (multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe) - $7,500
• Gerard’s House (Santa Fe) -$7,500
• Health Centers of Northern New Mexico (Española) - $10,000
• Health Centers of Northern New Mexico (Española) - $8,000
• Jemez Mountain Schools (Gallina) - $22,454.40
• Jemez Valley Public Schools (Jemez Springs) - $111,000.99
• Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Inc. (Albuquerque) - $10,000
• LA Cares (Los Alamos) - $5,000
• LANL Foundation 10th annual Conference on Education (Santa Fe) - $25,000
• LANL/Northern New Mexico Pueblo Elementary Schools Consortium (Española) - $10,000
• Las Vegas City Schools - $4,236.68
• Law Access New Mexico (Albuquerque) - $4,000
• Lensic Performing Arts Center (Santa Fe) - $5,000
• Little Forest Playschool Inc. (Los Alamos) - $3,750
• Los Angelitos Early Childhood Services (Taos) - $7,500
• Luna Community College (Las Vegas) -$7,500
• McCurdy School (Española) -$8,371
• Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools - $47,450.81
• Mora High School Agriculture Department - $14,148
• Mora Independent Schools - $2,542.01
• New Mexico Association of Grantmakers (Santa Fe) - $5,000
• New Mexico Community Education Association (Taos) - $10,000
• New Mexico Humanities Council (Albuquerque) - $7,000
• New Mexico School for the Deaf (Santa Fe) - $5,000
• New Vistas (Santa Fe) - $12,000
• NGO New Mexico (Santa Fe) - $5,000
• New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department (Santa Fe) - $7,500
• Northern New Mexico College (Española) - $10,000 (first year of multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• Northern Pueblos Institute (Española) - $10,000
• Outside In (Santa Fe) - $7,500
• PB&J Family Services Inc. (Bernalillo) - $25,000 (year three of multi-year funding awarded in 2004)
• Pecos Independent Schools - $4,236.68
• Pecos Panthers PTA - $3,750
• Penasco Independent Schools - $40,248.45
• Pojoaque Valley Schools - $198,276.58
• Rio Arriba Juvenile Justice Board (Española) - $10,000
• Rio Rancho Public Schools - $98,714.51
• Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (Albuquerque) - $10,000
• Sangre de Cristo Girl Scout Council (Santa Fe) - $15,000 (first year of multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• Santa Fe Children’s Museum - $10,000
• Santa Fe Community Foundation/Unidos: Funders Allied with Youth - $10,000
• Santa Fe Indian School - $10,763
• Santa Fe Public Schools - $10,000
• Santa Fe Public Schools - $780,396.30
• Santa Fe Science Initiative - $10,000
• The Santa Fe School for the Arts - $5,000
• Self Help Inc. (Los Alamos) - $7,500
• SER Jobs for Progress Inc. (Santa Fe) - $10,000 (year two of multi-year funding awarded in 2005)
• SFPS Teen Parent Center (Santa Fe) - $7,500
• Southwestern College (Santa Fe) - $5,000
• St. Vincent Hospital Foundation (Santa Fe) - $7,500 (first year of multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• Strengthening Quality in Schools (Albuquerque) - $5,000
• Taos Municipal Schools - $32,622.43
• Think New Mexico (Santa Fe) - $10,000 (year three of multi-year funding awarded in 2004)
• UNM-Los Alamos - $10,000 (first year of multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• UNM-Los Alamos at Bernalillo - $7,500
• UNM-Taos $7,500 (first year of multi-year funding awarded in 2006)
• West Las Vegas Schools - $3,813.01.
Since 1998, the foundation has awarded more than 1,500 grants totaling $18 million for initiatives in public education, early childhood development, teacher training and support, math/science/technology education, advocacy, social services, and community improvement.
For more information, go to the foundation’s Web page.
