Nevada · Private foundation
Luna Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $91k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Luna Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $91k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $91k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $122k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $140k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $91k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada | $158,710 | 6 | 4% |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Moonridge Foundation | $51,084 | 5 | 1% |
| Cancer Support Community | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Just One Project | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Born This Way Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Schools Abroad Inc | $11,214 | 1 | 0% |
| Regina Apostolorum Foundation Inc | $8,840 | 2 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Theatre Company | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Smith Center for the Performing Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada | $158,710 | 6 | 4% |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Moonridge Foundation | $51,084 | 5 | 1% |
| Cancer Support Community | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Just One Project | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Born This Way Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Schools Abroad Inc | $11,214 | 1 | 0% |
| Regina Apostolorum Foundation Inc | $8,840 | 2 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Theatre Company | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Smith Center for the Performing Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Candlelighters for Childhood Cancer | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| HIP HOP Public Health Inc | $700 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($261k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Luna Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Wynn Resorts Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Mgm Resorts Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Tao Jones Charitable Foundation Inc · Raiders Foundation Nv · Canarelli Family Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Luna Foundation
- How much does Luna Foundation give?
- Luna Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $91,464 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Luna Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Youth Development (24%), Education (17%).
- Who are Luna Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada ($159k), University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation ($75k), The Moonridge Foundation ($51k).
- Does Luna Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Luna Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Luna Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wynn Resorts Foundation, Nevada Community Foundation Inc, Mgm Resorts Foundation.
- Where is Luna Foundation based?
- Luna Foundation is based in NV.
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