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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.

$3.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$351k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $2,149,443, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,425,269 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,275,826 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+1 grant · $351k
$117,612
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A PLUS LEARNING CENTER$351,325
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA$248,439
UNDER THE MAGIC PINE TREE$210,000
WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$164,378
ABC HALO DAYCARE CENTER STEAD$150,000
HIGH DESERT MONTESSORI SCHOOL$150,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY$135,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHERN$125,573
BIGGEST LITTLE LEARNING CENTER$117,612
ALPHABET ACADEMY$104,822
ABC HALO DAYCARE CENTER SUN VALLEY$97,500
FROM CRADLES TO CRAYONS$82,500
SUNSHINE & RAINBOWS INC$65,573
LITTLE BEAR PRESCHOOL$60,000
SMALL WONDERS$53,752
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $651k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $164k → 9%WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $114k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHERN: $126k → 10%Northern Nevada Dream Center: $7k → 13%WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $39k → 9%Northern Nevada Dream Center: $6k → 13%Wells Family Resource Center: $13k → 9%Healthy Communities Coalition: $15k → 11%WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $13k → 9%Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $25k → 10%Ridge House Inc: $7k → 10%Children's Cabinet Inc: $65k → 10%Children's Cabinet Inc: $25k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 10%BLACK WALL STREET OF RENO: $13k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 25 repeat orgs$903k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
12

Total granted

$4.0M
$517k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+20%

Still filing today

52%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $385k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WF
    WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
    5× · 2017–2025 · $343k · revenue +92% · 35% of their budget
  • HD
    HIGH DESERT MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL
    2× · 2024–2025 · $264k · revenue +1%
  • SN
    SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $252k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • AS
    A STEP AHEAD
    one grant, 2024 · $138k
  • ZA
    ZOO'N AROUND
    one grant, 2024 · $123k
  • NN
    Northern Nevada Literacy Councilgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $88k · revenue +123%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Sierra Nevada Childrens Services

Sierra Nevada Children's Services enhances the community by supporting quality childcare and empowering families to aspire to life-long success.

Human Services
2
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
3
Sierra County Child Abuse Council

Child abuse awareness and prevention

Crime & Legal
4
Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe

The mission of the Club is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe has been a cornerstone of the…

Unclassified
5
Westcare Nevada Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
6
Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Unclassified
7
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nothern Nevada Inc

To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
8
Carson City Community Counseling Center

To provide high quality outpatient care for low and no income community members suffering from emotional disturbances, family disruption, communication disorders, anger management issues, psychiatric problems, substance abuse and acute and…

Health
9
Healthy Nevada
Health
10
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
11
Community Chest Inc

Community chest's mission is to act as a catalyst for change and a center for resources to help people help themselves and others as we build strong and healthy families and communities.

—
12
Child Advocates of Nevada County

Child Advocates of Nevada County provides advocacy, education and prevention services to Nevada County's children to ensure they grow up free from abuse and neglect.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Cabinet Inc; the most unlike its peers is Saint James Antiochian Orthodox Church. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A PLUS LEARNING CENTER: $621,658 · OtherA PLUS LEARNING CENTERBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $293,120 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONUNDER THE MAGIC PINE TREE: $288,225 · OtherUNDER THE MAGIC PINE TREETHE SALVATION ARMY: $263,181 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBIGGEST LITTLE LEARNING CENTER: $193,792 · OtherBIGGEST LITTLE LEARNING CENTERABC HALO DAYCARE CENTER STEAD: $150,000 · OtherSUNSHINE & RAINBOWS INC: $148,714 · OtherFROM CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $148,255 · OtherA STEP AHEAD: $138,225 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET FOUNDATION INC: $125,076 · OtherZOO'N AROUND: $123,324 · OtherLITTLE BEAR PRESCHOOL: $108,425 · OtherALPHABET ACADEMY: $104,822 · Other+12 more: $383,333 · Other+12 moreWELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $342,562 · Human ServicesWELLS FAMILY RE…Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $190,073 · Human ServicesCatholic Charit…THE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC: $90,109 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S …+5 more: $67,767 · Human Services+5 moreSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS: $251,689 · Youth DevelopmentSIERRA NEVADA …BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY: $229,063 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $147,544 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS…+1 more: $17,000 · Youth DevelopmentHIGH DESERT MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL: $264,130 · EducationNorthern Nevada Literacy Council: $87,500 · EducationCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $109,785 · Arts & CultureFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $41,323 · Food & NutritionSAINT JAMES ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: $5,123 · Religion
Other$3,090,150Human Services$690,511Youth Development$645,296Education$351,630Arts & Culture$109,785Food & Nutrition$41,323Religion$5,123

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $342,562 over 5y, 35% of budgetHIGH DESERT MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL: $264,130 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS: $251,689 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY: $229,063 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada: $190,073 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $147,544 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET FOUNDATION INC: $125,076 over 2y, 85% of budgetCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $109,785 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC: $90,109 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorthern Nevada Literacy Council: $87,500 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $41,323 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,469 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT MANA: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTHY COMMUNITIES OF LYON AND STOREY COUNTIES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $13,372 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA DREAM CENTER: $12,600 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetRIDGE HOUSE INC: $7,198 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT JAMES ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: $5,123 over 1y, 4.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds WELLS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HIGH DESERT MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CABINET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC ↗
  • Who funds Northern Nevada Literacy Council ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT MANA ↗
  • Who funds TAHOE FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY COMMUNITIES OF LYON AND STOREY COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN NEVADA DREAM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BLACK WALL STREET OF RENO NV ↗
  • Who funds RIDGE HOUSE INC ↗

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 …John Ben Snow Memoria…NV Energy Charitable …The Nell J Redfield F…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…Helen Close Charitabl…The E L Cord Foundati…Tahoe Community Found…Deborah and Tj Day Fo…Roxie and Azad Joseph…Estelle J Kelsey Foun…Greater Nevada Credit…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 42 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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