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Community Foundation of Northern Nevada

To strengthen our community through philanthropy and leadership by connecting people who care with causes that matter.

$18M
Granted FY2024still arriving
207
Grants FY2024still arriving
24
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$16MArts & Culture$13MEnvironment$10MRecreation & Sports$7.9MReligion$6.7MYouth Development$5.4MPublic Benefit$5.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$5.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 207 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 207 grants below total $15,974,772, the rows itemized in this filing. The $17,583,583 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,608,811 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k41 grants · $307k
  • $10k–50k116 grants · $2.3M
  • $50k–250k33 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+17 grants · $10M
$20,000
Median grant
24
States reached
$178M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Harrah Automobile Foundation$1,596,522
Washoe County$1,116,720
Domestic Violence Resource Center$1,099,500
National World War II Museum$1,075,000
United States Diving Foundation Inc$660,000
Leap Forward$600,000
State of Nevada Department of Wildlife$555,000
Friends of Laguna Seca$500,000
Sage Ridge School$427,040
UNR Foundation - Morrill Hall Alumni Center$414,341
Nevada Humane Society Inc$329,703
Sky Tavern$323,356
CoachArt$300,000
Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows$293,500
Eddy House$283,863
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $4.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Two Top Mountain Adaptive Sports Foundation: $10k → 9%Road Warrior Foundation: $10k → 11%Communities United For Children & Families: $25k → 17%Leap Forward: $600k → 13%Wounded Warrior Project: $15k → 14%Leap Forward: $20k → 11%Vivint Gives Back: $10k → 8%INDIANAPOLIS STARS DIVING CLUB INC: $40k → 5%Make A Wish Foundation Greater Bay Area Chap: $30k → 10%Plumas Rural Services: $25k → 13%INDIANAPOLIS STARS DIVING CLUB INC: $38k → 5%Charity Water: $25k → 17%Communities In Schools of Nevada: $65k → 13%Communities In Schools of Nevada: $50k → 13%Yolo Crisis Nursery Inc: $50k → 16%Communities in Schools of Nevada: $30k → 13%Yolo Crisis Nursery Inc: $13k → 16%Communities In Schools of Nevada: $30k → 13%FISH-Friends in Service Helping: $11k → 13%Edward Charles Foundation: $13k → 14%FISH-Friends in Service Helping: $11k → 13%FISH-FRIENDS IN SERVICE HELPING: $10k → 13%FISH-Friends in Service Helping: $10k → 13%Center for Healthy Aging: $15k → 10%Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $93k → 10%Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $65k → 10%Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $24k → 10%Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $24k → 10%Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $18k → 10%Nevada Youth Empowerment Project: $16k → 10%Karma Box Project: $10k → 10%Domestic Violence Resource Center: $1.1M → 10%Eddy House: $284k → 10%The Children's Cabinet Inc: $232k → 10%The Children's Cabinet Inc: $219k → 10%Eddy House: $100k → 10%Eddy House: $84k → 10%The Children's Cabinet Inc: $80k → 10%Women and Children's Center of the Sierra: $68k → 10%Casa de Vida: $62k → 10%The Children's Cabinet Inc Main Office: $52k → 10%Domestic Violence Resource Center: $43k → 10%Women and Children's Center of the Sierra: $35k → 10%Domestic Violence Resource Center: $31k → 10%Women and Children's Center of the Sierra: $20k → 10%Women and Children's Cente of the Sierra: $19k → 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $16k → 10%Project 150 Reno: $23k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
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MI
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OR
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IA
IN
OH
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CO
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DE
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FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Community Foundation of Northern Nevada’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 57% of the giving stays in NV; by stated purpose, 54%.

Community Foundation of Northern Nevadalessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$70M · 229 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

229 repeat relationships: 154 still active in FY2024, 75 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

229
189

Total granted

$70M
$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+18%

Still filing today

83%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FF
    Foundation For Excellence at Woodland Christian Schools
    5× · 2017–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +62% · 50% of their budget
  • TH
    THE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM
    7× · 2017–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +18% · 68% of their budget
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $3.4M · revenue +13%
  • TR
    Tahoe Rim Trail Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2.0M · revenue +65%
  • WO
    WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $1.5M · revenue +8% · 29% of their budget
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
4
Nevada Public Radio

Nevada public radio will enhance the quality of life and foster civic engagement by informing, education and inspiring our growing audiences.

Arts & Culture
5
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
6
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
7
Unlv Research Foundation

The foundation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the purposes of supporting, promoting, and reporting research activities at the university of nevada, las vegas, as an entity of the board of regents of the nevada system of…

Science & Tech
8
The Jmt Wilderness Conservancy

Working to restore the watersheds, wilderness, and wildlife in the high sierra nevada following the john muir trail (est. 1915) for all life in california.

Environment
9
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
10
Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc

To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.

Health
11
Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce

We advocate, we inform, and we connect

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12
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nevada Humanities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Innovations in Education - a Nelson Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

403 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. 403 of the 481 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.

35
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
102
Early backer (in before they grew)
388/403
Grantees still filing
279/403
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIFE POINTE CHURCH: $4,534,500 · OtherLIFE POINTE CHURCHTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: $4,533,622 · OtherTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEU…VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA INC: $3,386,636 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEV…Washoe County: $3,225,094 · OtherWashoe CountyNEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: $2,900,035 · OtherNEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,656,770 · OtherNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,345,233 · Other+104 more: $22,829,442 · Other+104 moreFoundation For Excellence at Woodland Christian Schools: $5,248,373 · EducationFoundation For Exc…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $3,097,150 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUST…University of Nevada Reno Foundation: $1,717,311 · EducationUniversity of Neva…SAGE RIDGE SCHOOL: $854,323 · EducationSAGE RIDGE SCHOOL+18 more: $3,545,617 · Education+18 moreTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $2,965,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIO…Nevada Museum of Art: $1,584,852 · Arts & CultureNevada Mu…WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AIR & SPACE MUSEUM: $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureWINGS OVE…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $301,340 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $1,001,777 · Arts & Culture+10 moreUNITED STATES DIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,806,964 · Recreation & SportsTahoe Rim Trail Association: $1,962,062 · Recreation & SportsSky Tavern Inc: $564,759 · Recreation & SportsTRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION: $315,624 · Recreation & SportsTahoe-Pyramid Trail Inc: $309,763 · Recreation & Sports+3 more: $359,336 · Recreation & SportsSUSANNE & GLORIA YOUNG FOUNDATION: $947,687 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $686,064 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCATAMOUNT FUND LTD: $425,000 · PhilanthropyNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $325,000 · PhilanthropyGreater Horizons: $313,262 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $228,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of Northern Nevada: $215,698 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEVADA AND THE SIERRA: $199,751 · PhilanthropyNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $183,614 · Philanthropy+14 more: $1,306,119 · PhilanthropyBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $1,432,744 · Youth DevelopmentSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS: $776,773 · Youth DevelopmentNEVADA AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 329: $610,545 · Youth DevelopmentCOACHARTORG: $585,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY: $535,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SACRAMENTO INC: $300,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $1,189,650 · Human ServicesEDDY HOUSE: $688,354 · Human ServicesLEAP FORWARD: $630,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC: $581,900 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $238,099 · Human ServicesTHE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY: $222,495 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN AND CHILDREN'S CENTER OF THE SIERRA INC: $149,026 · Human Services+5 more: $345,979 · Human Services
Other$45,411,332Education$14,462,774Arts & Culture$7,352,969Recreation & Sports$6,318,508Philanthropy$5,330,195Youth Development$4,440,062Human Services$4,220,503

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundation For Excellence at Woodland Christian Schools: $5,248,373 over 5y, 50% of budgetTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: $4,533,622 over 7y, 68% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA INC: $3,386,636 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $3,097,150 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $2,965,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetUNITED STATES DIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,806,964 over 6y, 55% of budgetNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,345,233 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $1,717,311 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,656,770 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $1,584,852 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetWINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AIR & SPACE MUSEUM: $1,500,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $1,432,744 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetTruckee River Watershed Council: $1,239,681 over 8y, 11% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $1,189,650 over 4y, 31% of budgetSpecial Assistance Fund For Energy(Safe): $951,586 over 2y, 99% of budgetSUSANNE & GLORIA YOUNG FOUNDATION: $947,687 over 8y, 81% of budgetSAGE RIDGE SCHOOL: $854,323 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetHELA BIMA WORLD: $825,000 over 6y, 99% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $812,014 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetKENNY GUINN CENTER FOR POLICY PRIORITIES: $782,275 over 8y, 35% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS: $776,773 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetNEVADA LAND TRUST: $717,662 over 6y, 46% of budgetKEEP TRUCKEE MEADOWS BEAUTIFUL: $691,090 over 8y, 17% of budgetEDDY HOUSE: $688,354 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $686,064 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEAP FORWARD: $630,000 over 3y, 58% of budgetTRUCKEE RIVER FOUNDATION: $620,538 over 4y, 61% of budgetNEVADA AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 329: $610,545 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetNorthern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services: $592,807 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCOACHARTORG: $585,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC: $581,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSky Tavern Inc: $564,759 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY: $535,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetTHE NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $516,195 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetAmerican Media Council Inc: $500,000 over 6y, 57% of budgetFRIENDS OF LAGUNA SECA: $500,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $500,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $498,118 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $452,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCATAMOUNT FUND LTD: $425,000 over 6y, 100% of budgetEXCEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $372,100 over 7y, 12% of budgetCARSON TAHOE REGIONAL HEALTHCARE: $361,184 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA WOMEN'S FUND: $358,466 over 8y, 13% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $350,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $338,141 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $325,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $322,264 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $320,264 over 1y, 1.5% of budget
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 Foundation For Excellence at Woodland Christian Schools ↗
  • Who funds THE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES DIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Tahoe Rim Trail Association ↗
  • Who funds University of Nevada Reno Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Nevada Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AIR & SPACE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS ↗
  • Who funds Truckee River Watershed Council ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Special Assistance Fund For Energy(Safe) ↗
  • Who funds SUSANNE & GLORIA YOUNG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAGE RIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HELA BIMA WORLD ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds KENNY GUINN CENTER FOR POLICY PRIORITIES ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds KEEP TRUCKEE MEADOWS BEAUTIFUL ↗
  • Who funds EDDY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds LEAP FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds TRUCKEE RIVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 329 ↗
  • Who funds Northern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services ↗
  • Who funds COACHARTORG ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC ↗
  • Who funds Sky Tavern Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds American Media Council Inc ↗

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.

NV Energy Charitable …The Nell J Redfield F…The E L Cord Foundati…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…Renown HealthTahoe Community Found…John Ben Snow Memoria…Dermody Properties Fo…Thelma B & Thomas P H…Peek Family Charitabl…Edna B & Bruno Benna …Helen Close Charitabl…
NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV116.2× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · Renown Health · Tahoe Community Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Dermody Properties Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Peek Family Charitable Foundation · Edna B & Bruno Benna Foundation · Helen Close Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Community Foundation of Northern Nevada funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Northern Nevada. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Willamette University: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
48report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 481 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home