· Private foundation
Jack Van Sickle Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k26 grants · $420k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE | $100,000 |
| TAHOE RIM TRAIL ASSOCIATION | $40,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF NORTHERN NEVADA | $30,000 |
| THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA | $25,000 |
| WASHOE LEGAL SERVICES | $25,000 |
| CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF | $25,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART | $20,000 |
| STEP 2 | $20,000 |
| NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM | $20,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WINNEMUCCA | $15,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ELY | $15,000 |
| KNPB | $10,000 |
| WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS2× · 2017–2018 · $346k · revenue +153%
- FBFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $290k · revenue +106%
- TRTahoe Rim Trail Association8× · 2017–2024 · $224k · revenue +65%
Funded once
- LFLITTLE FLOWER CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2021 · $25k
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.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada (BBBSN) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation that is a leader in youth mentoring services. Since 1971, BBBSN has been developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting impact on…
To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy
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 inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.
To further the interests of the mining industry in nevada.
To provide quality legal assistance and advocacy services for residents 60 years and older facing challenges of aging.
To support programs providing the highest quality service to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. these services include a residential program at eagle valley children's home and a respite program provided in the…
To promote fair government practices and for all other legal purposes
Wild horse protection, preservation, rescue and care work.
The Nevada Alumni Association is here to foster and cultivate a common bond of pride, affinity and connection among alumni, students, prospective students and friends of the University of Nevada, Reno through quality programs, services and…
The Mission of the SNTR is to Operate a ranch for at risk kids.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 31 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 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS ↗
- Who funds Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc ↗
- Who funds Tahoe Rim Trail Association ↗
- Who funds STEP 2 INC ↗
- Who funds Nevada Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds THE NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds University of Nevada Reno Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN NEVADA LEGAL AID ↗
- Who funds TRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada ↗
- Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA ↗
- Who funds SAFE TALK FOR TEENS ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC ↗
- Who funds VICTORY RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH LAKE TAHOE ↗
- Who funds Nevada Hands & Voices ↗
- Who funds RENO RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds EDDY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ↗
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: Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Renown Health · Dermody Properties Foundation · Helen Close Charitable Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Tahoe Community Foundation · Roxie and Azad Joseph Foundation · William N Pennington Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jack Van Sickle Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack Van Sickle Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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