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Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Education$1.7MArts & Culture$1.3MHuman Services$963kYouth Development$659kRecreation & Sports$620kHealth$424kAnimals$330kFood & Nutrition$285kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $320k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $855k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNR Foundation$150,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind$125,000
UNR Foundation$125,000
Nevada Museum of Art$100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Northern NV$55,000
Greater Reno Comm Ice Skating Association$50,000
UNR Foundation$50,000
Renown Health Foundation$50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows$50,000
Food Bank of Northern Nevada$50,000
Northern Nevada Youth Golf Foundation$50,000
UofP McGeorge School of Law$40,000
Nevada Museum of Art$35,000
PBS Reno$30,000
Sierra Nevada Journeys$30,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $833k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $125k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100k → 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $100k → 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $100k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100k → 8%Helping Hands Hawaii: $5k → 9%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $75k → 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $50k → 8%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%Children's Cabinet: $25k → 10%Domestic Violence Resource Center: $20k → 10%CHILDREN'S CABINET: $20k → 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 10%Domestic Violence Resource Center: $20k → 10%Domestic Violence Resource Center: $10k → 10%Childrens Cabinet: $10k → 10%The Children's Cabinet: $5k → 10%CHILDREN'S CABINET: $3k → 10%SAFE TALK FOR TEENS: $10k → 10%Safe Talk for Teens: $10k → 10%Safe Talk for Teens: $5k → 10%Safe Talk for Teens: $5k → 10%SAFE TALK FOR TEENS: $5k → 10%Youth in Pursuit: $3k → 10%Youth in Pursuit: $3k → 10%Youth in Pursuit: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.2M · 52 repeat orgs$497k to everyone else

52 repeat relationships — 28 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
38

Total granted

$6.2M
$429k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+67%

Still filing today

79%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsHealthEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UO
    University of Nevada Reno Foundation
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +35%
  • NM
    Nevada Museum of Art
    6× · 2018–2024 · $745k · revenue +120%
  • GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $650k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • GR
    Greater Reno Ice Skating Community
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • TM
    TRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +77%
  • DR
    Desert Research Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Healthy Nevada
Health
2
Nevada Wildlife Federation

The Nevada Wildlife Federation is the Oldest 501(c)(3) statewide conservation organization dedicated to sustaining Nevada's wildlife through conservation and education.

Animals
3
Nevada Wild Horses

Wild horse protection, preservation, rescue and care work.

Animals
4
Fair Government Nevada

To promote fair government practices and for all other legal purposes

—
5
Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce

We advocate, we inform, and we connect

—
6
Nevada Realtors

To protect private property rights and enhance the success and profitability of the real estate profession.

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7
Northeastern Nevada Historical Soci

Northeastern nevada historcial society is dedicated to the preservation of the hertitage, culture, and natural history of northeastern nevada. our ongoing goals are to establish a western art center and nourish the western culture that…

Arts & Culture
8
Nevada Children's Foundation Inc

To support programs providing the highest quality service to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. these services include a residential program at eagle valley children's home and a respite program provided in the…

Human Services
9
Sierra Nevada Alliance

To protect and restore sierra lands, water, wildlife and rural communities. to engage and support efforts to adopt exemplary local sustainable community actions accross the sierra nevada that balance social, economic and environmental…

Environment
10
Nevada Mining Association

To further the interests of the mining industry in nevada.

—
11
Nevada Primary Care Association

As nevada's federally designated primary care association, nvpca promotes access to affordable, comprehensive & quality health care for nevada's underserved populations. we support & advocate on behalf of member community health centers,…

Health
12
Community Services of Nevada

CSNV is engaged in comprehensive community development projects that promote neighborhood revitalization and economic development, community education and civic action, housing, development; cultural awareness, equity and

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Cabinet Inc and the most unlike its peers is Kauai Spca. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 10. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number32%2%<5yr16%8%5–10yr18%19%10–20yr15%37%20–35yr9%23%35–55yr10%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value32%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr18%8%10–20yr15%17%20–35yr9%48%35–55yr10%27%55yr+

The field is 32% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/68
the rest of the field
19%
2,964/15,987

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

66 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 66 of the 95 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/66
Grantees still filing
56/66
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

University of Nevada Reno Foundation — $1,468,625 · EducationUniversity of Nevada Reno …University of the Pacific — $80,000 · Education+3 more — $23,500 · EducationNevada Museum of Art — $745,000 · Arts & CultureNevada Museum of A…BISHOP MUSEUM — $110,000 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUMCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC — $95,000 · Arts & CultureCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC B…ARTOWN — $65,000 · Arts & CultureARTOWN+4 more — $93,500 · Arts & Culture+4 moreGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $650,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $215,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS …DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER — $70,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE …THE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC — $63,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S CAB…Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada — $37,500 · Human Services+5 more — $60,000 · Human Services+5 moreRenown Health Foundation — $107,500 · OtherRenown Health FoundationUNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — $90,000 · OtherUofP McGeorge School of Law — $80,000 · OtherTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM — $80,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters Northern NV — $65,000 · OtherEAGLE VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOME — $65,000 · OtherFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc — $280,000 · OtherFood Bank of Northern Nevada I…THE GREATER RENO COMMUNITY ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION — $150,000 · OtherTHE GREATER RENO COMMUNITY ICE…+48 more — $944,000 · Other+48 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS — $275,000 · Youth DevelopmentSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS — $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentSky Tavern Inc — $255,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA — $60,000 · Recreation & SportsTRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Recreation & Sports+4 more — $17,000 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $200,000 · HealthNorthern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services — $80,000 · HealthNEVADA HEALTH CENTERS INC — $20,000 · HealthMOMS ON THE RUN — $16,500 · HealthBRISTLECONE FAMILY RESOURCES — $15,000 · Health+1 more — $10,000 · Health
Education$1,572,125Arts & Culture$1,108,500Human Services$1,095,500Other$1,861,500Youth Development$465,000Recreation & Sports$362,000Health$341,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation — $1,468,625 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNevada Museum of Art — $745,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $650,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc — $280,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS — $275,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSky Tavern Inc — $255,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $215,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GREATER RENO COMMUNITY ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION — $150,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS — $150,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM — $110,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRenown Health Foundation — $107,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC — $95,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM — $80,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetNorthern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services — $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific — $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER — $70,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetARTOWN — $65,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC — $63,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA — $60,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION — $47,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPet Network Humane Society — $45,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC — $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHEST INC — $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada — $37,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA LEGAL AID — $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSAFE TALK FOR TEENS — $35,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC — $32,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY — $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTruckee Trails Foundation Inc — $25,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Northern Nevada — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA — $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetNEVADA HEALTH CENTERS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH LAKE TAHOE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetReno Chamber Orchestra Inc — $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNEVADA MILITARY SUPPORT ALLIANCE — $17,500 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetMOMS ON THE RUN — $16,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPIONEER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $16,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBRISTLECONE FAMILY RESOURCES — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS — $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY RESPITE CARE OF NEVADA — $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetURBAN ROOTS GARDEN CLASSROOMS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBURNING MAN PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds University of Nevada Reno Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Nevada Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS ↗
  • Who funds Sky Tavern Inc ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GREATER RENO COMMUNITY ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS ↗
  • Who funds BISHOP MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Renown Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HARRAH AUTOMOBILE FOUNDATION NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Northern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services ↗
  • Who funds University of the Pacific ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ARTOWN ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pet Network Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CHEST INC ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN NEVADA LEGAL AID ↗
  • Who funds SAFE TALK FOR TEENS ↗
  • Who funds RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …The E L Cord Foundati…NV Energy Charitable …Renown HealthRobert Z Hawkins Foun…The Nell J Redfield F…Tahoe Community Found…John Ben Snow Memoria…Helen Close Charitabl…Dermody Properties Fo…Peek Family Charitabl…The Bretzlaff Foundat…
Community Foundation of Northern NevadaNV72.1× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The E L Cord Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Renown Health · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Helen Close Charitable Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · Peek Family Charitable Foundation · The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 95 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

    Source object · view filing

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