Nevada · Public charity
Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial
To provide funding to facilitate the education, commemoration, preservation and enhancement of historic resources in las vegas.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $660,962
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $429k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $2.1M | 9% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $2.1M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.7M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $655k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $887k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.2M | 17% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $2.0M | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Las Vegas | $4,485,601 | 8 | n/a |
| Boyd Productions LLC | $1,981,485 | 6 | n/a |
| The Neon Museum | $1,138,501 | 5 | 12% |
| Helldorado Rodeo and Parade | $898,499 | 3 | n/a |
| Nevada Preservation Foundation | $839,451 | 9 | 70% |
| Plaza Hotel & Casino | $775,963 | 4 | n/a |
| Westside School Alumni Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Slicktion Culture Productions | $448,245 | 3 | n/a |
| 300 Stewart Avenue Corporation | $350,769 | 6 | 8% |
| Heather Caputo Productions | $345,725 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Las Vegas | $4,485,601 | 8 | n/a |
| Boyd Productions LLC | $1,981,485 | 6 | n/a |
| The Neon Museum | $1,138,501 | 5 | 12% |
| Helldorado Rodeo and Parade | $898,499 | 3 | n/a |
| Nevada Preservation Foundation | $839,451 | 9 | 70% |
| Plaza Hotel & Casino | $775,963 | 4 | n/a |
| Westside School Alumni Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Slicktion Culture Productions | $448,245 | 3 | n/a |
| 300 Stewart Avenue Corporation | $350,769 | 6 | 8% |
| Heather Caputo Productions | $345,725 | 3 | n/a |
| Nevada Test Site Historical | $250,001 | 2 | 8% |
| Fremont Street Experience | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County | $215,667 | 1 | n/a |
| Kme Architects | $209,255 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $193,307 | 6 | n/a |
| Southern Nevada Public Television | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Las Vegas Apartments LLC | $99,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clark County School District | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Discovery Children's Museum | $88,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior League of Las Vegas | $64,762 | 2 | 7% |
| Las Vegas High School Alumni Association | $46,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Springs Preserve Foundation | $41,740 | 2 | 4% |
| Old Time Reunion LLC | $22,831 | 1 | n/a |
| Aviation Nation 2016 | $21,875 | 1 | n/a |
| Lv Genealogy Society - Moments Woodlawn Cemetary | $21,664 | 1 | n/a |
| Las Vegas Natural History Museum | $19,694 | 1 | 2% |
| As We Knew It LLC | $17,641 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Fort Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Nevada State Museum Las Vegas | $10,120 | 1 | 18% |
Where it is load-bearing
Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Nevada Humanities Inc · United Way of Southern Nevada · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial
- How much does Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial give?
- Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial reported 13 itemized grants totaling $2,141,515, out of $2,198,059 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Education (16%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Las Vegas ($4.5M), Boyd Productions LLC ($2.0M), The Neon Museum ($1.1M).
- Does Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nevada Humanities Inc, United Way of Southern Nevada, NV Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial based?
- Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial is based in NV.
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