Nevada · Private foundation
The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $210k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 8 | $210k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $280k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $226k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $213k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $190k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $170k | 14% |
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 Policy Research Institute | $266,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Competitive Enterprise Institute | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Institute for Justice | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Reason Foundation | $195,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Buffalo Creek Art Center Inc | $172,575 | 6 | 15% |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($410k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation
- How much does The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation give?
- The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $210,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Social Science (28%), Public Benefit (22%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nevada Policy Research Institute ($266k), Competitive Enterprise Institute ($225k), Institute for Justice ($225k).
- Does The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation based?
- The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation is based in NV.
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