· Private foundation
Estelle J Kelsey Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $338k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $620k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RENOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION | $250,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS | $200,000 |
| NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART | $150,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA FOUNDATION ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT | $90,000 |
| NEVADA STATE PRISON PRESERVATION SOCIETY | $80,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF NORTHERN NEVADA | $32,200 |
| FOOD BANK OF NORTHERN NEVADA | $30,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY | $25,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WESTERN NEVADA | $25,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHERN NEVADA | $20,000 |
| RENO-SPARKS GOSPEL MISSION | $20,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $20,000 |
| CARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA | $20,000 |
| GOOD SHEPERD'S CLOTHES CLOSET | $15,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $319k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.
44 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RHRenown Health Foundation7× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +633%
- NMNevada Museum of Art9× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +199%
- UOUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation7× · 2019–2025 · $924k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO SCHOOL OF MEDICINEone grant, 2018 · $50k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA INTERCOLLEGIATE DEPARTMENTone grant, 2024 · $50k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTone grant, 2024 · $50k
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…
As nevada's federally designated primary care association, nvpca promotes access to affordable, comprehensive & quality health care for nevada's underserved populations. we support & advocate on behalf of member community health centers,…
CSNV is engaged in comprehensive community development projects that promote neighborhood revitalization and economic development, community education and civic action, housing, development; cultural awareness, equity and
To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.
To provide the public with display of classic, antique, rare and contemporary automobiles.
To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.
Wild horse protection, preservation, rescue and care work.
To provide social, emotional, educational, and psychological support and programs to families of all children diagnosed with life threatening or critical illnesses and provide healing arts and wellness programs to adults touched by cancer…
To nurture the spirit of generosity and volunteerism of the community, we focus our philanthropic efforts in fostering quality healthcare of the highest standards for Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital.
The Associations mission is to be the voice and advocate for oral health care in Nevada.
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 66 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.
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- Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada ↗
- Who funds Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc ↗
- Who funds THE 1701 GROUP FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF RENO-SPARKS ↗
- Who funds CARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds EDDY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD'S CLOTHES CLOSET ↗
- Who funds NEVADA STATE PRISON PRESERVATION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ARTOWN ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada ↗
- Who funds Sierra Kids Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds For Kids Foundation ↗
- Who funds Northern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services ↗
- Who funds RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds NEVADA HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗
- Who funds CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS ↗
- Who funds NOTE-ABLE MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES ↗
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: Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Dermody Properties Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · William N Pennington Foundation · Renown Health · The Marshall R Matley Foundation · Minnie B Leonette Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Estelle J Kelsey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Estelle J Kelsey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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