Music Organizations Grant Program

Music Organizations Grant Program is sponsored by Los Alamos Community Foundation. Provides unrestricted operating support to nonprofits whose work expands knowledge and appreciation of classical, orchestral and band music, light opera, marching band, and choral performances for adult populations.

Grantmaking - Los Alamos Community Foundation Los Alamos Community Foundation > Grantmaking LACF makes a concrete financial impact on nonprofit organizations in Los Alamos and the region by providing several types of grant funding. Since 2019, LACF has provided over $307,621 in funding for local nonprofits in Los Alamos County. For a list of current grant opportunities, please click here .

Most grants are funded through endowments. Please consider a donation to increase one of our current endowment funds , or contact us to create a new fund that supports your passion. Nonprofit Organizational Grants are awarded each year through a competitive selection process led by LACF’s Board of Directors.

Each year, a new selection committee is formed to score and review grant proposals, and award funding. Selection committees are comprised of community members with relevant expertise and member(s) of LACF’s Board of Directors. LACF staff oversees the grant award process.

LACF administers endowed funds established by local philanthropists for specific purposes. Examples of such endowed funds include: Los Alamos Community Endowment for Youth Sports (established by Paul and Jill Cook), Judy Dudziak Endowment for Community Music Organizations (established by Don Dudziak), and Pajarito Plateau Heritage Preservation Endowment (established by Georgia Strickfaden).

Each Spring, LACF conducts a competitive selection process to award grant funding to nonprofits in each of these categories. The amount of funding available is determined by the endowment earnings over the past year. Selection committees are formed for each category of funding.

Committee members include the fund creator, community members with relevant expertise, and a member of LACF’s Board of Directors. LACF staff oversees the grant award process. Community members create endowed funds at LACF to benefit specific nonprofit organizations.

Examples of such endowed funds include: Community Endowment for UNM-Los Alamos (established by Pat Soran and Ann Hayes), Paul A. and Susan E.

Bombardt K-12 Music Education Endowment for Los Alamos Public Schools (established by Paul and Sue Bombardt), Los Alamos Little Theatre Endowment (established by Ken Milder), Self Help Inc. of northern New Mexico (established by Linda Zwick, Leslie Wallstrum, and Todd Urbatch), and Los Alamos Arts Council (established by David Hampton). Each Spring, LACF provides grant funding to each designated organization.

The amount of funding is determined by the endowment earnings over the prior year. Donor Advised Funds and Partnership Grants Our first Donor Advised Fund was established in 2024 with Anchorum Health Foundation (AHF). This 5-year funding commitment began with a $150,000 donation from AHF designated for grants and programs that improve the health and wellness of the Los Alamos community.

“Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board (JJAB) utilized $4,250 in grant funding to implement Casebook, a cloud‐based, case management database. The database immediately created efficiencies for staff with the ability to eliminate the use of multiple Excel spreadsheets and Word documents, and reduce the need for paper case files.

It has also allowed for additional tracking of youth in programs and services, tracking of referrals, and enhanced staff activity time reporting. Going forward, the system will continue to assist JJAB staff but will also benefit the youth and families served by having a secure system that will allow for less time focused on organizing forms and paperwork and more time focused on providing services. ” –Lisa Zuhn, Executive Director