Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742853972
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Espanola, NM, USA
- Phone
- 5057538890
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,922,498
- Expenses
- $9,213,156
- Assets
- $123,259,353
- Liabilities
- $2,112,781
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
32 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANTHONY FOX INTERIM PRESIDENT (CEO (THRU 9/24)/VP OF INST. ADVANC)
- GWENDOLYN WARNIMENT (PRESIDENT & CEO (AS OF 9/24))
- JENNIFER PARKS (PRESIDENT & CEO (THRU 1/24))
Highest reported compensation
- MIHAELA POPA-SIMIL (VP OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS): $234,649 total reported compensation
- ALVIN WARREN (VP OF ADVOCACY & C3P PROGRAMS): $209,405 total reported compensation
- ANTHONY FOX INTERIM PRESIDENT (CEO (THRU 9/24)/VP OF INST. ADVANC): $182,365 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to inspire excellence in education and learning in northern New Mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy.
What it reported doing in 2024
K-12 education 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 k-12 education program partners with urban, rural and tribal schools and districts across northern New Mexico to strengthen students' education by supporting educator growth, and fostering culturally and linguistically sustaining, inquiry-based learning opportunities. Rooted in place and community, we provide resources, foster collaboration, and integrate hands-on stem, sel, and leadership development. Our aim is to collectively shape our educational ecosystemsensuring northern new mexicans are prepared to thrive in the 21st century. In our inquiry science education consortium program, in 2024, approximately 2,600 students & 135 teachers engaged across 20 schools in six districts including one bie school (ohkay owingeh community school) and one charter school (mccurdy charter school).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $33.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 91.5%; rating input score 92; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.38; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $235K · 32 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $405K reported
- Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 39 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 32 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.