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Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc

The vegas golden knights foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that serves as the primary charitable link between the nhl team and the las vegas community.through our namesake foundation, the vegas golden knights support las vegas non-profits that make a difference every day via direct grants and fundraising partnerships.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$142k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Public Benefit$1.6MHealth$1.4MRecreation & Sports$1.3MCommunity Improvement$1.0MPhilanthropy$988kHuman Services$960kEducation$682kCrime & Legal$510kOther$0
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 57 grants below total $1,666,167, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,823,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $157,333 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k42 grants · $597k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
$15,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEST BUDDIES OF NV$141,500
CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$125,000
FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION$118,549
VEGAS JUNIOR GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC$102,768
HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS FOUNDATION$100,500
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS - LIL KNIGHTS$100,000
BEHIND THE BLUE$100,000
OLYMPIA COMPANIES SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$60,000
THE SHADE TREE$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION$50,000
VETERAN COALITION INTERNATIONAL$50,000
NEVADA DONOR NETWORK FOUNDATION$50,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$30,000
CURE 4 THE KIDS FOUNDATION$25,000
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $880k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LEGACIES ALIVE: $10k → 12%MAKE A WISH OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $25k → 13%MAKE A WISH OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $25k → 13%MAKE A WISH OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $20k → 13%MAKE A WISH OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $20k → 13%MAKE A WISH OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $10k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $100k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $42k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $25k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $20k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $15k → 13%RED CROSS: $10k → 13%HANNAH BROWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10k → 13%NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%HANNAH BROWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $9k → 13%NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $8k → 13%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS: $96k → 13%THE LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $12k → 13%HELPING HANDS: $15k → 13%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 13%COLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%SAFENEST: $50k → 13%YMCA OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $20k → 13%PROJECT 150: $25k → 13%PROJECT 150: $25k → 13%YMCA OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $15k → 13%YMCA OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $10k → 13%PROJECT 150: $8k → 13%URBAN LEAGUE: $40k → 13%GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SO NV INC: $25k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $20k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $17k → 13%US VETS: $12k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $12k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $10k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $10k → 13%THE CENTER: $10k → 13%EAST VALLEY FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 13%US VETS: $5k → 13%EAST VALLEY FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 13%HOMEAID SOUTHERN NEVADA: $12k → 13%NEVADA HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 13%HOMEAID SOUTHERN NEVADA: $7k → 13%FOSTER KINSHIP: $10k → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MO
VA
TN
GA
TX
FL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 58 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

58 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
90

Total granted

$6.3M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+19%

Still filing today

84%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $694k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TF
    THE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +67%
  • VJ
    VEGAS JUNIOR GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $477k · revenue +77%
  • Best Buddies International Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $296k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • LR
    LEVY RESTAURANTS
    one grant, 2020 · $199k
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +2%
  • TE
    TFC ENTERPRISES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $138k
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
Nevada Council On Problem Gambling

The nevada council on problem gambling is a non-profit information and referral agency whose efforts are focused on reducing the impact of problem gambling on individuals, families and communities in nevada. it is the mission of the nevada…

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2
Healthy Nevada
Health
3
Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation

To provide social, emotional, educational, and psychological support and programs to families of all children diagnosed with life threatening or critical illnesses and provide healing arts and wellness programs to adults touched by cancer…

Health
4
The Nevada Bighorns Foundation
Education
5
Kids Chance of Nevada

Kids Chance of Nevada provides college and technical scholarships to the children of parents who have been killed or severely injured in a workplace accident in Nevada.

Education
6
Nevada Peer Support Network Inc
Health
7
Southern Nevada Medical Industry Coalition

To foster strategic alliances in the health care community, collaborating on workforce issues and being a proactive force for legislative initiatives to improve access and the delivery of health care in southern nevada.

Community Improvement
8
Nevada Volunteers

To solicit applications for americorps funding and to support the volunteer infrastructure in nevada.

Philanthropy
9
Prevent Child Trafficking Nevada Dba Alliance for Child Protection

Our mission is to prevent child trafficking by empowering young people to protect themselves and by educating and engaging the community to recognize the signs and to take safe and responsible action.

Education
10
Nevada Child Seekers

Nevada child seekers mission is to advocate for and engage in prevention, identification and location efforts on behalf of missing and exploited children.

Crime & Legal
11
Champions for Casa

Champions for casa is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works in partnership with the casa las vegas program to recruit, retain, and recognize casa volunteers. we were established with the vision of ensuring every child in foster…

Human Services
12
Mgm Resorts Foundation

The mgm resorts foundation brings the best of our employee volunteer and charitable efforts together with greater impact and greater choice. the mgm resorts foundation focuses employee charitable contributions to non-profit agencies and…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Nevada; the most unlike its peers is Asian Chamber of Commerce Foundtion. 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

129 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. 129 of the 178 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/129
Grantees still filing
82/129
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE: $383,593 · OtherOPPORTUNITY VILLAGEVEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS: $326,813 · OtherVEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTSCITY NATIONAL BANK: $316,063 · OtherCITY NATIONAL BANKLEVY RESTAURANTS: $199,489 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $150,000 · OtherBest Buddies International Inc: $295,760 · OtherBest Buddies International Inc+92 more: $2,717,473 · Other+92 moreTHE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION: $1,590,184 · Public BenefitTHE FOLDED FLAG FO…+5 more: $86,010 · Public BenefitNEVADA DONOR NETWORK INC: $150,000 · HealthNEVADA DONOR …OLIVE CREST: $150,000 · HealthOLIVE CRESTGrant A Gift Autism Foundation: $106,000 · HealthGrant A Gift …SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $106,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSP…ALLIANCE FOR CHILDHOOD DISEASES: $105,594 · HealthALLIANCE FOR …CANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER: $102,945 · HealthCANDLELIGHTER…MAXIMUM HOPE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthMAXIMUM HOPE …VMSN INC: $71,000 · HealthVMSN INCNEVADA DONOR NETWORK FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Health+17 more: $314,478 · Health+17 moreNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $525,000 · PhilanthropyNEVADA COMMU…OLYMPIA COMPANIES SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $120,000 · PhilanthropyOLYMPIA COMP…HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $100,500 · PhilanthropyHENDERSON SI…BEHIND THE BLUE: $100,000 · PhilanthropyBEHIND THE B…VETERAN COALITION INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · PhilanthropyLAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FUND: $40,000 · Philanthropy+10 more: $172,698 · Philanthropy+10 moreHELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $110,750 · Human ServicesHELP OF S…MAKE-A-WISH NEVADA: $100,185 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WI…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITI…MIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS: $96,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE L…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $68,700 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC …PROJECT 150: $57,772 · Human ServicesPROJECT 1…SAFE NESTTEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR: $50,000 · Human ServicesSAFE NEST…YMCA OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $45,000 · Human ServicesLAS VEGAS CLARK COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $40,000 · Human ServicesGAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $35,000 · Human Services+14 more: $199,968 · Human Services+14 moreVEGAS JUNIOR GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION: $476,817 · Recreation & SportsVEGAS GOLDEN CHARIOTS YOUTH SLED HOCKEY: $60,813 · Recreation & Sports+4 more: $41,200 · Recreation & SportsLas Vegas Metropolitan PD Foundation: $510,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$4,389,191Public Benefit$1,676,194Health$1,256,017Philanthropy$1,108,198Human Services$903,375Recreation & Sports$578,830Crime & Legal$520,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION: $1,590,184 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $525,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLas Vegas Metropolitan PD Foundation: $510,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetVEGAS JUNIOR GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION: $476,817 over 4y, 17% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $295,760 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $150,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetNEVADA DONOR NETWORK INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOLYMPIA COMPANIES SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetHELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $110,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGrant A Gift Autism Foundation: $106,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $106,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDHOOD DISEASES: $105,594 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER: $102,945 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetTHE SHADE TREE INC: $101,650 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetHENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $100,500 over 1y, 69% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH NEVADA: $100,185 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMAXIMUM HOPE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBEHIND THE BLUE: $100,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS: $96,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $82,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $75,700 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSPREAD THE WORD NEVADA: $75,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA: $72,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVMSN INC: $71,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $68,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVEGAS GOLDEN CHARIOTS YOUTH SLED HOCKEY: $60,813 over 3y, 12% of budgetPROJECT 150: $57,772 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNEVADA DONOR NETWORK FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetSAFE NESTTEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetASIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDTION: $50,000 over 2y, 69% of budgetVETERAN COALITION INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetGREEN OUR PLANET: $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLATIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 81% of budgetFEAT of Southern Nevada: $45,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetYMCA OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER LAS VEGAS: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLAS VEGAS CLARK COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FUND: $40,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAS VEGAS: $37,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN LAS VEGAS: $35,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDWARD KLINE MEM HOMELESS VETERANS FUND INC: $35,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetGAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUMC FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $31,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Mgm Resorts FoundationNevada Community Foun…Wynn Resorts Foundati…NV Energy Charitable …United Way of Souther…Canarelli Family Foun…Engelstad Family Foun…Raiders FoundationRaiders Foundation NvMondays DarkThe Mel & Ruth Wolzin…Three Square
Mgm Resorts FoundationNV86.4× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mgm Resorts Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Wynn Resorts Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Canarelli Family Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · Raiders Foundation · Raiders Foundation Nv · Mondays Dark · The Mel & Ruth Wolzinger Foundation · Three Square

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 Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
34report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc 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.

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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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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