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Nevada Bar Foundation

The NEVADA BAR FOUNDATION (the foundation) was formed to promote/provide law related education to members of the public, develop/improve legal education, engage in research in the field of law and legal practice, assist qualified individuals in the study of law, and to fund the charitable and tax exempt activities of the state bar as…

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$6.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Crime & Legal$28MHuman Services$135kPublic Benefit$30kCivil Rights$25kEducation$8k
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $518k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $260k
  • $250k+5 grants · $12M
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA$6,465,600
NORTHERN NEVADA LEGAL AID$1,776,300
NEVADA LEGAL SERVICES$1,656,000
SOUTHERN NEVADA SENIOR LAW PROGRAM$922,800
VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS FOR RURAL NV$683,300
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INNOCENCE CENTER$100,000
NEVADA RURAL COUNTIES RSVP$55,000
NORTHEAST NEVADA SAFE$55,000
SAFE NEST$50,000
ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN OF RURAL NV$40,000
CENTER OF ACCESS TO QDROS$40,000
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER$40,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NV$35,500
IMMIGRATION HOME FOUNDATION$35,500
NEVADA INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC$30,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEVADA INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC: $30k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $40k → 10%NEVADA INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC: $23k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 10%SOUTHERN NEVADA SENIOR LAW PROGRAM: $442k → 13%SOUTHERN NEVADA SENIOR LAW PROGRAM: $377k → 13%SOUTHERN NEVADA SENIOR LAW PROGRAM: $363k → 13%IMMIGRANT HOME FOUNDATION: $63k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NV: $36k → 13%IMMIGRATION HOME FOUNDATION: $36k → 13%IMMIGRANT HOME FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%IMMIGRATION HOME FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NV: $20k → 13%IMMIGRANT HOME FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%SOUTHERN NEVADA SENIOR LAW PROGRAM: $923k → 13%SOUTHERN NEVADA SENIOR LAW PROGRAM: $33k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$25M · 24 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against -1% for the ones you funded once.

24 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
5

Total granted

$25M
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
-1%

Still filing today

79%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationCrime & LegalCivil RightsArts & CultureHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LA
    LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
    4× · 2020–2024 · $14M · revenue +93%
  • NL
    NEVADA LEGAL SERVICES INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +42%
  • SN
    Southern Nevada Senior Law Program
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +117% · 43% of their budget

Funded once

  • CA
    CASA ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • CC
    CLARK COUNTY LAW FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -1%
  • CF
    CASA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -17%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Healthy Nevada
Health
2
Nevada Peer Support Network Inc
Health
3
Nevada Bar Foundation

The nevada bar foundation (the foundation) was formed to promote/provide law related education to members of the public, develop/improve legal education, engage in research in the field of law and legal practice, assist qualified…

Crime & Legal
4
Nevada Agricultural Foundation
Food & Nutrition
5
Nevada Alliance for Latino Education and Justice

Community Service and Education The Nevada Alliance for Latino Education & Justice works to increase the civic engagement and leadership skills of low-income, urban youth and adults through

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6
Nevada Healthright

Nevada HealthRight exists to serve the forensic healthcare needs of Nevada residents and visitors by providing excellence in clinical forensic healthcare services, violence prevention, education, and research.

Health
7
Native Voters Alliance Nevada

To uplift the indigenous community by building political power.

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8
Opportunity Alliance Nevada

Partner to provide tools to grow financial capability in nv

Education
9
American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada Inc

The american civil liberties union incprotects and defends the civil liberties of all persons in nevada as provided by the united states constitution and bill of rights, as well as federal and state laws.

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10
Crime Stoppers of Nevada Inc Fka Secret Witness of Las Vegas Inc

Crime Stoppers of Nevada, Inc. was created to involve the public in the fight against crime. Crime Stoppers of Nevada, Inc. provides citizens with a vehicle to anonymously supply Law Enforcement with information about a crime or wanted…

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11
Casa of Natrona County

To provide the court with objective information regarding the status of children involved in abuse or neglect cases. Duties of the appointed advocate would include gathering information, developing recommendations, and providing written…

Human Services
12
Nevada State Eb-5 Regional Center Inc
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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nevada Legal Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is Our Nevada Judges Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 20 years old; the field is 8. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number36%24%<5yr17%17%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr14%35%20–35yr7%14%35–55yr8%3%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value36%1%<5yr17%2%5–10yr18%9%10–20yr14%65%20–35yr7%16%35–55yr8%7%55yr+

The field is 36% startups (under 5 years old) — 24% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 21% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
21%
2,371/11,239

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
18/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $14,302,838 · Civil RightsLEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA+3 more — $384,000 · Civil RightsNEVADA LEGAL SERVICES INC — $3,659,400 · Crime & LegalNEVADA LEGAL SERVICES I…NORTHERN NEVADA LEGAL AID — $1,776,300 · Crime & LegalNORTHERN NEVADA LEGAL A…+3 more — $193,750 · Crime & LegalWASHOE COUNTY LEGAL SERVICE — $2,139,880 · OtherWASHOE COUNTY …VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS FOR RURAL NEVAD — $878,780 · OtherVOLUNTEER ATTO…SAFE NEST TEMPORARY ASST FOR DOMEST — $143,000 · OtherADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN OF RURAL NEVADA — $138,000 · Other+11 more — $368,000 · Other+11 moreSouthern Nevada Senior Law Program — $2,136,880 · Human ServicesSouthern Neva…VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS FOR RURAL NEVADANS — $683,300 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEER ATT…The Immigrant Home Foundation — $149,446 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER — $120,000 · Human ServicesNORTHEASTERN NEVADA CASA — $117,000 · Human Services+2 more — $108,000 · Human ServicesNEVADA RURAL COUNTIES RSVP INC — $185,000 · Arts & CultureOur Nevada Judges Inc — $41,802 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION — $21,000 · EducationSOUTH ASIAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF LAS VEGAS — $20,000 · EducationLAS VEGAS NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION — $15,000 · EducationCLARK COUNTY LAW FOUNDATION — $14,500 · EducationAndale Foundation — $10,000 · EducationNEVADA CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT — $7,500 · EducationSAFE NEST FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Philanthropy
Civil Rights$14,686,838Crime & Legal$5,629,450Other$3,667,660Human Services$3,314,626Arts & Culture$185,000Education$129,802Philanthropy$100,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $14,302,838 over 4y, 16% of budgetNEVADA LEGAL SERVICES INC — $3,659,400 over 4y, 20% of budgetSouthern Nevada Senior Law Program — $2,136,880 over 5y, 43% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA LEGAL AID — $1,776,300 over 1y, 33% of budgetRocky Mountain Innocence Center — $192,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetNEVADA RURAL COUNTIES RSVP INC — $185,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetCASA OF CARSON CITY — $152,500 over 5y, 28% of budgetThe Immigrant Home Foundation — $149,446 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN OF RURAL NEVADA — $138,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetNortheastern Nevada SAFE — $120,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER — $120,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNORTHEASTERN NEVADA CASA — $117,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetSAFE NEST FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetProject REAL — $80,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC — $65,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $55,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC NURSING — $52,500 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetCENTER FOR ACCESS TO QDROS — $50,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetOur Nevada Judges Inc — $41,802 over 2y, 46% of budgetWASHOE CASA FOUNDATION FKA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES — $39,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION — $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAS VEGAS NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCLARK COUNTY LAW FOUNDATION — $14,500 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetBill of Rights Institute — $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEVADA FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCASA FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetNO TO ABUSE-NEVADA OUTREACH NEVADA OUTREACH TRAINING ORGANIZATI — $8,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEVADA CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT — $7,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNevada Latino Bar Association — $7,500 over 1y, 5.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

NV Energy Charitable …John Ben Snow Memoria…Nevada Community Foun…United Way of Souther…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…Mgm Resorts FoundationCommunity Foundation …America's CharitiesMightycause Charitabl…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…
NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Southern Nevada · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · America's Charities · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Nevada Bar Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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