Nevada · Public charity
Reno Rodeo Association
The organization's mission is to produce the greatest rodeo in the world and through doing that honor our state's western heritage, promote the sport of rodeo, and give back to the community.
- $559k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $485k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,507
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Reno Rodeo Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 12 | $485k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $451k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $361k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $314k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $421k | 82% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $138k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $5k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Rodeo Foundation | $1,250,000 | 5 | 43% |
| Nevada Western Heritage Foundation | $130,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Sparks | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Truckee Meadows Firefighters Foundation Inc | $104,766 | 5 | n/a |
| Moms on the Run | $81,142 | 6 | 5% |
| Center for Adaptive Riding | $71,031 | 4 | 13% |
| Nevada Military Support Alliance | $66,375 | 5 | 8% |
| Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund Inc | $63,895 | 5 | 3% |
| K Donahue Foundation Inc | $51,952 | 5 | 14% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $42,288 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Rodeo Foundation | $1,250,000 | 5 | 43% |
| Nevada Western Heritage Foundation | $130,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Sparks | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Truckee Meadows Firefighters Foundation Inc | $104,766 | 5 | n/a |
| Moms on the Run | $81,142 | 6 | 5% |
| Center for Adaptive Riding | $71,031 | 4 | 13% |
| Nevada Military Support Alliance | $66,375 | 5 | 8% |
| Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund Inc | $63,895 | 5 | 3% |
| K Donahue Foundation Inc | $51,952 | 5 | 14% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $42,288 | 5 | n/a |
| Lead with Horses | $41,645 | 3 | 6% |
| Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Inc | $36,400 | 6 | n/a |
| The Children's Cabinet Inc | $25,251 | 1 | 0% |
| Eddy House | $19,073 | 2 | 0% |
| Horsemanship for Heroes | $15,910 | 2 | 3% |
| Family Respite Care of Nevada | $12,186 | 2 | 1% |
| Awaken INC | $11,507 | 1 | 1% |
| Sierra Nevada Junior Rodeo and Gymkhana Inc | $10,637 | 2 | n/a |
| Peer Support Network | $9,159 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Cabinet Foundation Inc | $6,423 | 1 | 1% |
| Yellow Felt Soul | $5,582 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Reno Rodeo Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Renown Health · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Reno Rodeo Association
- How much does Reno Rodeo Association give?
- Reno Rodeo Association reported 12 itemized grants totaling $484,610, out of $559,016 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Reno Rodeo Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (68%), Health (10%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Reno Rodeo Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Reno Rodeo Foundation ($1.3M), Nevada Western Heritage Foundation ($130k), City of Sparks ($120k).
- Does Reno Rodeo Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Reno Rodeo Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern Nevada, The Nell J Redfield Foundation, Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation.
- Where is Reno Rodeo Association based?
- Reno Rodeo Association is based in NV.
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