How much does United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra give?

United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra reported 17 itemized grants totaling $2,149,443, out of $3,425,269 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Human Services (18%), Youth Development (13%).

Who are United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: A Plus Learning Center ($622k), Wells Family Resource Center ($343k), Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education ($293k).

Does United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern Nevada, John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158, NV Energy Charitable Foundation.

Where is United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra based?

United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra is based in NV.

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Nevada · Public charity

United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra

UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEVADA AND THE SIERRA's mission is to unite communities to improve lives. Uwnns's vision is to create opportunities for children, families, and individuals to realize their full potential.

$3.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 17
Itemized grants FY2025: 14
Organizations funded FY2024: 93%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $2.1M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $117,612
Largest grant, FY2025: $351,325
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 14; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $2.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 93% of the organizations United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionReligionOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	17	$2.1M	29%
FY2024	14	$1.3M	93%
FY2023	1	$13k	0%
FY2022	5	$70k	60%
FY2021	11	$296k	18%
FY2020	9	$391k	100%
FY2019	5	$173k	20%
FY2018	7	$255k	29%

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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 2025.

Education$2.7MHuman Services$866kYouth Development$628kReligion$248kPublic Safety & Disaster$229kAnimals$123kFood & Nutrition$61kArts & Culture$54kOther$0

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
A Plus Learning Center	$621,658	2	n/a
Wells Family Resource Center	$342,562	5	35%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$293,120	2	n/a
Under the Magic Pine Tree	$288,225	2	n/a
High Desert Montessori Charter School	$264,130	2	3%
The Salvation Army	$263,181	2	n/a
Sierra Nevada Journeys	$251,689	3	3%
Boys and Girls Club of Mason Valley	$229,063	2	1%
Biggest Little Learning Center	$193,792	2	n/a
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada	$190,073	3	1%

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All grantees of United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
A Plus Learning Center	$621,658	2	n/a
Wells Family Resource Center	$342,562	5	35%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$293,120	2	n/a
Under the Magic Pine Tree	$288,225	2	n/a
High Desert Montessori Charter School	$264,130	2	3%
The Salvation Army	$263,181	2	n/a
Sierra Nevada Journeys	$251,689	3	3%
Boys and Girls Club of Mason Valley	$229,063	2	1%
Biggest Little Learning Center	$193,792	2	n/a
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada	$190,073	3	1%
Sunshine & Rainbows Inc	$148,714	2	n/a
From Cradles to Crayons	$148,255	2	n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows	$147,544	4	0%
A Step Ahead	$138,225	1	n/a
The Children's Cabinet Foundation Inc	$125,076	2	85%
Zoo'N Around	$123,324	1	n/a
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc	$109,785	3	1%
Little Bear Preschool	$108,425	2	n/a
The Children's Cabinet Inc	$90,109	2	0%
Northern Nevada Literacy Council	$87,500	1	7%
Small Wonders	$68,652	2	n/a
Under the Magic Pine Tree	$52,150	1	n/a
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc	$41,323	3	0%
East Fork Fire District	$30,000	1	n/a
Nevada Rural Housing Authority	$25,000	1	n/a
Washoe County Human Services Agency	$22,500	2	n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$20,469	1	0%
Project Mana	$20,000	2	1%
Frontier Community Action Agency	$17,780	2	n/a
Tahoe Family Solutions Inc	$17,000	2	n/a
Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House	$16,000	2	0%
Healthy Communities of Lyon and Storey Counties	$15,000	1	0%
Living Stones Church	$13,576	1	n/a
Community Services Agency	$13,372	1	0%
Northern Nevada Dream Center	$12,600	2	3%
Black Wall Street of Reno Nv	$12,500	1	n/a
Ridge House Inc	$7,198	1	0%
Community Bible Church	$6,803	1	n/a
Saint James Antiochian Orthodox Church	$5,123	1	5%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($352k), not named here.

United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 19.

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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.

Community Foundation of Northern NevadaNV25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · Helen Close Charitable Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Deborah and Tj Day Foundation · Roxie and Azad Joseph Foundation · Estelle J Kelsey Foundation · Greater Nevada Credit Union

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 United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra

How much does United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra give?: United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra reported 17 itemized grants totaling $2,149,443, out of $3,425,269 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Human Services (18%), Youth Development (13%).
Who are United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: A Plus Learning Center ($622k), Wells Family Resource Center ($343k), Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education ($293k).
Does United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern Nevada, John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158, NV Energy Charitable Foundation.
Where is United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra based?: United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra is based in NV.