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Nevada · Private foundation

Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$869k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 30
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$20M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $340k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving26$869k62%
FY202314$745k50%
FY202218$830k50%
FY202124$864k54%
FY202030$747kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$892kArts & Culture$810kHealth$746kEducation$518kHuman Services$365kRecreation & Sports$285kEnvironment$190kReligion$134kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nevada Museum of Art$625,00051%
Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada$500,000415%
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$200,00020%
Little Flower School$150,0002n/a
Alliance for Childhood Diseases$150,00030%
YMCA of Southern Nevada$125,00012%
Tahoe Fund$105,00043%
Renown Health Foundation$100,00012%
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Las Vegas$100,0001n/a
Sky Tavern Inc$100,00014%
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All grantees of Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nevada Museum of Art$625,00051%
Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada$500,000415%
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$200,00020%
Little Flower School$150,0002n/a
Alliance for Childhood Diseases$150,00030%
YMCA of Southern Nevada$125,00012%
Tahoe Fund$105,00043%
Renown Health Foundation$100,00012%
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Las Vegas$100,0001n/a
Sky Tavern Inc$100,00014%
Junior Achievement of Northern Nevada$100,00015%
Discovery Children's Museum$100,00041%
Eddy House$87,00031%
Spread the Word Nevada$50,00010%
Collaboration Center Foundation$50,00013%
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada$50,00010%
Olive Crest$50,00030%
The Harrah Automobile Foundation National Automobile Museum$50,00011%
Teach for America Inc$50,00020%
Northern Nevada Dental Health Programs$50,000423%
Step 2 Inc$45,00012%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nothern Nevada Inc$40,00032%
Great Basin National Park Foundation$35,00027%
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada$35,00010%
Cristo Rey St Viator Las Vegas$34,0001n/a
Reno Bike Project Inc$30,00032%
Grant A Gift Autism Foundation$30,00012%
Nevada Health Centers Inc$30,00030%
She Recovers Foundation$30,00014%
Miracle League of Las Vegas$25,000113%
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc$25,00010%
Foster Kinship$20,00012%
Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows$20,00010%
The Animal Foundation$20,00020%
Womens Resource Medical Centers$20,00011%
Domestic Violence Resource Center$20,00021%
Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation$20,00011%
Las Vegas Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$20,00010%
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts$15,00010%
Special Olympics Nevada$10,00010%
Nevada Ski Team Boosters$10,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northern Nevada$10,00011%
Moment Foundation$10,00011%
Opportunity Village$10,0001n/a
Arts for All Nevada$10,00013%
Nevada Youth Empowerment Project$10,00014%
Youth In Pursuit$10,000196%
Reno Philharmonic Association Inc$10,00020%
Churchill Library Association$5,0001n/a
Nevada Basketball Academy Inc$5,0001n/a
Tahoe Rim Trail Association$5,00011%
Girls on the Run - Sierras$5,00012%
Angel Flight West Inc$5,00010%
High Sierra Industries Inc$3,60010%
Washoe County School District$2,1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($628k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNevada Museum of Art: $625,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southern Nevada: $500,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlliance for Childhood Diseases: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA of Southern Nevada: $125,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTahoe Fund: $105,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetRenown Health Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSky Tavern Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetJunior Achievement of Northern Nevada: $100,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetDiscovery Children's Museum: $100,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetEddy House: $87,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSpread the Word Nevada: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCollaboration Center Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCatholic Charities of Southern Nevada: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOlive Crest: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harrah Automobile Foundation National Automobile Museum: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Nevada Dental Health Programs: $50,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetStep 2 Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Nothern Nevada Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetGreat Basin National Park Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetReno Bike Project Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetGrant A Gift Autism Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNevada Health Centers Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShe Recovers Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMiracle League of Las Vegas: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoster Kinship: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Animal Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomens Resource Medical Centers: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDomestic Violence Resource Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNorthern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLas Vegas Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Nevada: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Northern Nevada: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMoment Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetArts for All Nevada: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetNevada Youth Empowerment Project: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetYouth In Pursuit: $10,000 over 1y, 96% of budgetReno Philharmonic Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTahoe Rim Trail Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGirls on the Run - Sierras: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAngel Flight West Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Sierra Industries Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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 …Dermody Properties Fo…The E L Cord Foundati…Community Foundation …Engelstad Family Foun…Thelma B & Thomas P H…Nevada Community Foun…The Bretzlaff Foundat…Cashman Family Founda…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…Peek Family Charitabl…United Way of Souther…
NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV62.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Engelstad Family Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc · Cashman Family Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · Peek Family Charitable Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada

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.

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About Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation

How much does Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation give?
Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $869,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (22%), Arts & Culture (20%), Health (18%).
Who are Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Nevada Museum of Art ($625k), Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada ($500k), University of Nevada Reno Foundation ($200k).
Does Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NV Energy Charitable Foundation, Dermody Properties Foundation, The E L Cord Foundation.
Where is Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation based?
Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation is based in NV.

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 75 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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