Nevada · Public charity
Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter
Provide grants and donations to various nevada non-profit organizations and state agencies to be used for the protection and preservation of nevada wildlife.
- $712k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $153k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $132,734
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $132,734
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $153k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $315k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $298k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $292k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $234k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $339k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $264k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $280k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $1,063,297 | 7 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $423,628 | 7 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Nevada Bighorns Foundation | $210,000 | 3 | 65% |
| Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn | $50,000 | 1 | 60% |
| National Archery in Schools Programs Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Maison T Ortiz Youth Outdoor Skills Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | $11,699 | 1 | n/a |
| Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nevada Museum of Art | $8,612 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $1,063,297 | 7 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $423,628 | 7 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Nevada Bighorns Foundation | $210,000 | 3 | 65% |
| Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn | $50,000 | 1 | 60% |
| National Archery in Schools Programs Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Maison T Ortiz Youth Outdoor Skills Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | $11,699 | 1 | n/a |
| Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nevada Museum of Art | $8,612 | 1 | 0% |
| Maison T Ortiz Youth Outdoor Skills Camp | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| A&K Earth Movers | $6,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Visions Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Freedom Hunters | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sierra Snowmobile Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wild Sheep Legacy Foundation Attn Bryan Bartlett | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Wildlife Crimestoppers Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Utah State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter
- How much does Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter give?
- Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter reported 2 itemized grants totaling $152,734, out of $711,763 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (95%), Recreation & Sports (4%), Arts & Culture (0%).
- Who are Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services ($1.1M), National Wildlife Federation ($424k), Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc ($250k).
- Does Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter based?
- Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter is based in NV.
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