Nevada · Public charity
United Way of Southern Nevada
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, inc. (the organization or united way) is a not-for-profit corporation governed by a local volunteer board of directors. The organization was incorporated in 1957 and its operations are primarily in clark county. The organization is one of more than 1,200 local, independent united ways across the country.…
- $15M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 53
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $240,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 57
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations United Way of Southern Nevada funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $415k 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 | 53 | $2.0M | 34% |
| FY2024 | 51 | $1.9M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $49k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $1.5M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $2.3M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $2.7M | 55% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $1.3M | 30% |
| FY2018 | 57 | $1.3M | 35% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Labor Agency of Nevada Inc | $617,733 | 7 | 22% |
| Leaders in Training | $613,670 | 6 | 54% |
| Fulfillment Fund of Las Vegas | $495,786 | 6 | n/a |
| Help of Southern Nevada | $460,665 | 6 | 2% |
| Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow | $379,385 | 6 | 4% |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $350,818 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada | $340,628 | 6 | 0% |
| Nevada Health Centers Inc | $325,788 | 6 | 0% |
| Hopelink of Southern Nevada | $320,205 | 5 | 6% |
| YMCA of Southern Nevada | $304,102 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 193 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($508k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Southern Nevada supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 149 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Mgm Resorts Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Wynn Resorts Foundation · Canarelli Family Foundation · Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · Three Square · Engelstad Family Foundation · Mondays Dark · Raiders Foundation Nv · The Zions Bancorporation Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities
How this is measured
About United Way of Southern Nevada
- How much does United Way of Southern Nevada give?
- United Way of Southern Nevada reported 53 itemized grants totaling $2,030,385, out of $14,628,844 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Southern Nevada fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Education (12%), Health (11%).
- Who are United Way of Southern Nevada's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Labor Agency of Nevada Inc ($618k), Leaders in Training ($614k), Fulfillment Fund of Las Vegas ($496k).
- Does United Way of Southern Nevada fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southern Nevada?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mgm Resorts Foundation, NV Energy Charitable Foundation, Nevada Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Southern Nevada based?
- United Way of Southern Nevada is based in NV.
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