Program areas at LANL
K12 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 k12 program focuses on four primary areas: growing and supporting teachers; whole child development (the social and emotional well being of our students); advocacy and steam education. Within steam education, the Foundation runs and administers the inquiry science education consortium (isec). Through isec we provide k-6th grade world-class next generation science standard science curriculum, materials and quality professional development. In 2022, the isec program had partnerships with 46 elementary schools across 6 school districts and 4 northern pueblos, and served 600 teachers and 11,000 students. Additionally, the lanl Foundation awarded a total of $1,510,754 through 132 grants to non-profits, schools, and tribal communities in our region. The total of $505,254 was awarded in 36 grants towards college, career and community patways and 37 grants totaling $320,000 were awarded to support whole child development. Additionally, 17 grants for $305,000 were awarded to growing and supporting teachers, 19 grants funded steam initiatives for $188,000, 12 grants for $60,000 funded community capacity projects, 8 grants for $102,500 funded wildfire relief and response, and 3 grants totaling $30,000 were awarded as 25th anniversary grants.
Early childhood - the lanl Foundation invests in early childhood strategies including home visiting programs that provide early education and strengthen the role of parents and caregivers as the child's first teachers. We also work with the eight northern indian pueblo council (enipc) and eight northern pueblos with programs and systems to support young children and their families. We created the rio arriba county early childhood collaborative to align efforts around early childhood in rio arriba county and work on statewide early childhood advocacy.
Scholarships - 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.