· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $1.4M
- $250k+1 grant · $661k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYD PRODUCTIONS LLC | $660,962 |
| NEON MUSEUM | $200,000 |
| PLAZA HOTEL & CASINO | $200,000 |
| CITY OF LAS VEGAS | $180,000 |
| SLICKTION CULTURE PRODUCTIONS LLC | $174,195 |
| HEATHER CAPUTO PRODUCTIONS | $168,277 |
| CITY OF LAS VEGAS | $150,000 |
| NEVADA PRESERVATION FOUNDATION | $140,189 |
| KME ARCHITECTS | $135,835 |
| NEON MUSEUM | $72,224 |
| MOB MUSEUM DOCUMENTARY | $27,750 |
| UNIVERSITY NEVADA LAS VEGAS | $21,963 |
| FRIENDS OF NEVADA STATE MUSEUM LAS VEGAS | $10,120 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $216k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 14% of Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 78% of the giving stays in NV; by stated purpose, 89%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against -17% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTHE NEON MUSEUM5× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +152%
- NPNEVADA PRESERVATION FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $839k · revenue +39% · 70% of their budget
- NTNEVADA TEST SITE HISTORICAL2× · 2021–2022 · $250k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- WSWESTSIDE SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $500k
- FSFREMONT STREET EXPERIENCEone grant, 2020 · $225k
- EOECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY BOARD OF CLARK COUNTYone grant, 2024 · $216k · revenue +354%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Northeastern nevada historcial society is dedicated to the preservation of the hertitage, culture, and natural history of northeastern nevada. our ongoing goals are to establish a western art center and nourish the western culture that…
To provide the public with display of classic, antique, rare and contemporary automobiles.
Public museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, promotion, and exhibition of the history, pre-history, natural history, and cultural heritage of north central nevada.
The nevada state parks foundation is dedicated to enhancing and preserving the natural beauty, cultural heritage and recreational opportunities within the nevada division of state parks. the foundation is committed to supporting the…
To ensure that the history of las vegas is safely preserved and easily available to educators, historians, students, and the world wide media through the special collections at unlv and the world wide web.
FNSRM provides resources and services for the NeVada State RailRoad Museum, including fund raising, advocacy, and volunteer work ranging from visitor service to restoration and operation of the equipment in its collection.
To honor and preserve the legacy of our fallen brothers and sisters who have given their life in service to our country since nevada became a state in 1864
The organization is formed for the preservation, maintenance, restoration and support of the nevada governors mansion.
To educate its members and the public and to provide support to the operations of the nevada state railroad museum in boulder city, nevada.
Educating children and adults through interactive hands-on exhibits and educational programming.
To preserve and protect the special places and open spaces of nevada for future generations.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE NEON MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds NEVADA PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds 300 STEWART AVENUE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NEVADA TEST SITE HISTORICAL ↗
- Who funds ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY BOARD OF CLARK COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION ↗
- Who funds DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS ↗
- Who funds SPRINGS PRESERVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF NEVADA STATE MUSEUM LAS VEGAS ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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