LANL manager awards $265k to NM groups

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - The company that manages Los Alamos National Laboratory will give $265,000 in one-time grants to nonprofit organizations in northern New Mexico.

Los Alamos National Security will provide Community Giving grants to 24 organizations in Los Alamos, Espanola, Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Carlsbad. The grants ranged from $1,000 to $25,000.

The organizations feed the homeless, build commercial kitchens for people with developmental disabilities and provide high-cost specialty equipment for critically ill children.

Community Programs Office Director Kurt Steinhaus says the response from nonprofit organizations was tremendous.

A group of six lab employees reviewed applications for the grants, which also support the volunteer work of lab employees who volunteered at each of the nonprofits receiving grants.