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Nevada Humanities Inc

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$215k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$867kEducation$231kPublic Benefit$82kYouth Development$45kRecreation & Sports$35kEnvironment$25kCivil Rights$20kHealth$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $174,672, the rows itemized in this filing. The $215,271 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,599 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $141k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $33k
$6,750
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOARD OF REGENTS$33,192
LATINO ARTE AND CULTURE$9,265
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART$8,700
THE HOLLAND PROJECT$7,750
IAF INC$7,650
LAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM$7,500
CAPITAL CITY ARTS INITIATIVE$7,500
WESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER$7,500
NEVADA WOMEN'S FILM COLLECTIVE$7,425
FRIENDS OF AVI KWA AME NATIONAL MONUMENT$6,750
CITY OF LAS VEGAS OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS$6,750
DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING$6,750
NEVADA STATE PRISON PRESERVATION SOCIETY$6,750
WRITING DOWNTOWN$6,663
RENO BIKE PROJECT DBA KWNK-LP 977FM$6,263
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WRITING DOWNTOWN: $7k → 13%WRITING DOWNTOWN: $5k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 28 repeat orgs$284k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
26

Total granted

$1.1M
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+35%

Still filing today

86%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsSocial ScienceOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • WF
    WESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $66k · revenue +5%
  • LV
    LAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
    4× · 2020–2024 · $59k · revenue +29%
  • DC
    DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    5× · 2020–2024 · $58k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • IC
    Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • RP
    RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +63%
  • SH
    SPARKS HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -27%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Nevada Automobile Museum

To provide the public with display of classic, antique, rare and contemporary automobiles.

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2
Nevada Gold Mines Heritage Fund
Philanthropy
3
Friends of Nevada State Museum Las Vegas

The friends of nevada state museum las vegas mission is to inspire and educate a diverse public about the history and natural history of nevada.

Arts & Culture
4
Nevada Northern Railway Foundation

The primary purpose is to increase public awareness and appreciation for the history of white pine county. this is accomplished through the use of historic steam train rides and a museum dedicated to maintaining and preserving an integral…

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5
Nevada Veterans Memorial Plaza

To honor and preserve the legacy of our fallen brothers and sisters who have given their life in service to our country since nevada became a state in 1864

Arts & Culture
6
California Desert Arts Council Llc
Arts & Culture
7
Wind River Valley Artist Guild
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8
The Nevada Bighorns Foundation
Education
9
Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum the Virginia & Truckee Division

FNSRM provides resources and services for the NeVada State RailRoad Museum, including fund raising, advocacy, and volunteer work ranging from visitor service to restoration and operation of the equipment in its collection.

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10
Nevada Theatre Commission

Maintain historic building

Arts & Culture
11
Classic Las Vegas Archive

To ensure that the history of las vegas is safely preserved and easily available to educators, historians, students, and the world wide media through the special collections at unlv and the world wide web.

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12
The Beverly Theater Llc
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sierra Arts Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boulder City Chautauqua. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 60 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
32/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC: $66,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INCLAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $59,249 · Arts & CultureLAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $58,213 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUMNevada Museum of Art: $55,850 · Arts & CultureNevada Museum of ArtTHE NEON MUSEUM: $55,792 · Arts & CultureTHE NEON MUSEUM300 STEWART AVENUE CORPORATION: $50,400 · Arts & Culture300 STEWART AVENUE CORPORATIONTHE HOLLAND PROJECT: $45,050 · Arts & CultureTHE HOLLAND PROJECTCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $41,500 · Arts & CultureCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INCSIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+23 more: $297,804 · Arts & Culture+23 moreBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $172,391 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM …THE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: $35,000 · OtherTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATIO…WOMEN IN FILM NEVADA: $33,725 · OtherWOMEN IN FILM NEVADAInter-Tribal Council of Nevada: $20,000 · OtherCITY OF HENDERSON: $16,900 · OtherSPARKS HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND MUSEUM: $15,000 · Other+11 more: $82,072 · Other+11 moreNorthern Nevada Literacy Council: $50,912 · EducationNEVADA CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: $39,163 · EducationComstock Foundation for History and Culture: $9,987 · EducationProject REAL: $26,075 · Social ScienceSPRINGS PRESERVE FOUNDATION: $17,500 · EnvironmentGREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $7,200 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF DANGBERG HOME RANCH: $16,000 · PhilanthropyBOULDER CITY CHAUTAUQUA: $5,500 · PhilanthropyRENO BIKE PROJECT INC: $12,338 · Recreation & SportsTRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION: $6,750 · Recreation & SportsWriting Downtown Inc: $12,063 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$764,858Other$375,088Education$100,062Social Science$26,075Environment$24,700Philanthropy$21,500Recreation & Sports$19,088Human Services$12,063

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC: $66,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetLAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $59,249 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $58,213 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $55,850 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEON MUSEUM: $55,792 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNorthern Nevada Literacy Council: $50,912 over 3y, 1.7% of budget300 STEWART AVENUE CORPORATION: $50,400 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HOLLAND PROJECT: $45,050 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $41,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEVADA CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: $39,163 over 4y, 21% of budgetSIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetProject REAL: $26,075 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetNEVADA TEST SITE HISTORICAL: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL CITY ARTS INITIATIVE: $24,250 over 3y, 17% of budgetTHE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC: $21,760 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJAZZ OUTREACH INITIATIVE: $21,063 over 3y, 10% of budgetSPRINGS PRESERVE FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPoetry Promise Inc: $16,490 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF DANGBERG HOME RANCH: $16,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNOTE-ABLE MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPARKS HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND MUSEUM: $15,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetHISTORIC FOURTH WARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHISTORIC RENO PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $13,043 over 1y, 26% of budgetRENO BIKE PROJECT INC: $12,338 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWriting Downtown Inc: $12,063 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $11,134 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNORTHEASTERN NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCI: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVegas City Opera Formerly Sin City Opera: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHEST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetComstock Foundation for History and Culture: $9,987 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetBURLESQUE HALL OF FAME INC: $9,920 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLATINO ARTE AND CULTURE: $9,265 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetIAF INC: $7,650 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetNew Reno Little Theater: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $7,200 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetRobert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation: $6,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION: $6,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $6,075 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDAM SHORT FILM SOCIETY: $5,400 over 1y, 17% of budgetNEVADANS FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION: $5,400 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetDAVID J DRAKULICH ART FOUNDATION: $5,063 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetThe Shoshone Museum Association: $5,063 over 1y, 6.9% of budget
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.

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.

NV Energy Charitable …Community Foundation …John Ben Snow Memoria…Tahoe Community Found…The Nell J Redfield F…The E L Cord Foundati…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…Commission for the La…Thelma B & Thomas P H…United Way of Souther…Dermody Properties Fo…Estelle J Kelsey Foun…
NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV45.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Tahoe Community Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Dermody Properties Foundation · Estelle J Kelsey Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nevada Humanities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nevada Humanities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's 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
    23report 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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