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William N Pennington Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

William N Pennington Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$36M
Granted FY2022
63
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$5.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$21MEducation$13MYouth Development$8.4MCrime & Legal$7.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$5.4MHuman Services$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.0MArts & Culture$415kOther$0
02FY2022 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 63 grants below total $31,696,780, the rows itemized in this filing. The $36,329,555 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,632,775 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 · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $298k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+24 grants · $29M
$150,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$482M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE$5,300,000
RENOWN HEALTH$3,000,000
ELKO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY$2,900,000
GREAT BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION$2,075,000
ELKO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY$1,451,638
ELKO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY$1,450,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ELY$1,350,000
ADVOCATES TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$1,138,745
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ELKO$1,113,878
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ELKO$1,113,878
UNR$1,000,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS$1,000,000
MT. GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL$757,247
NEVADA HEALTH CENTERS INC.$750,000
CARE CHEST$573,122
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

23%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 17 repeat orgs$46M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
23

Total granted

$13M
$21M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+37%

Still filing today

82%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • NH
    NEVADA HEALTH CENTERS INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.5M · revenue +36%
  • CC
    CARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +72% · 26% of their budget
  • WN
    WESTERN NEVADA COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $865k · revenue +8% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • RH
    Renown Health Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $13M · revenue +251%
  • BO
    BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $2.4M
  • WP
    WHITE PINE COUNTY SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2021 · $1.3M
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.

03Its 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
Healthy Nevada
Health
2
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
3
Nevada Health Foundation Inc

The Corporation supports Nevada Health Centers, Inc. a Nevada nonprofit corporation ("NVHC") that qualifies as exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRC, and which is a federally qualified health center operating throughout the State of…

Health
4
Carson Valley Health Foundation

None

Health
5
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
6
Nevada Dental Association

The Associations mission is to be the voice and advocate for oral health care in Nevada.

—
7
Nevada Health Care Association

To provide leadership and support to members assisting them to advance both professional and community interests in long term care facilities.

—
8
Nevada Healthright

Nevada HealthRight exists to serve the forensic healthcare needs of Nevada residents and visitors by providing excellence in clinical forensic healthcare services, violence prevention, education, and research.

Health
9
Fair Government Nevada

To promote fair government practices and for all other legal purposes

—
10
Nevada Succeeds

Our membership is united in pursuit of immediate and continuous improvements to the state's education system. we support an ambitious, agressive and comprehensive reform agenda to dramatically increase the college and workforce readiness…

—
11
Westcare Nevada Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
12
Nevada State College Foundation

The mission of the nevada state college foundation board of trustees is to serve as ambassadors for nevada state college, to serve as fiduciary stewards of funds received by the foundation, and to raise funds in support of the educational,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is For Kids Foundation; the most unlike its peers is House Calls Ltd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 74 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
30/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Renown Health Foundation: $12,500,000 · OtherRenown Health FoundationELKO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: $5,801,638 · OtherELKO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYREGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE: $5,300,000 · OtherREGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICERENOWN HEALTH: $3,000,000 · OtherRENOWN HEALTHBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $2,365,000 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $1,510,508 · Other+41 more: $11,479,794 · Other+41 moreTRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,094,300 · EducationTRUCKEE MEAD…GREAT BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,400,000 · EducationGREAT BASIN …University of Nevada Reno Foundation: $1,000,000 · EducationUniversity o…+2 more: $79,008 · EducationBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA: $4,455,512 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY: $556,226 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $423,540 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…+1 more: $6,450 · Youth DevelopmentNEVADA HEALTH CENTERS INC: $1,500,000 · HealthCARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA: $1,049,570 · HealthCARSON TAHOE REGIONAL HEALTHCARE: $543,898 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $139,230 · Health+2 more: $167,887 · HealthELKO SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $557,741 · Human ServicesNEVADA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $288,000 · Human ServicesTHE EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $257,335 · Human ServicesTHE 1701 GROUP FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF RENO-SPARKS: $172,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesNEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $90,000 · Human Services+2 more: $70,000 · Human ServicesCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $364,983 · Arts & CultureNEVADA RURAL COUNTIES RSVP INC: $124,721 · Arts & CultureNOTE-ABLE MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES: $19,290 · Arts & CultureFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $491,470 · Food & Nutrition
Other$41,956,940Education$6,573,308Youth Development$5,441,728Health$3,400,585Human Services$1,585,576Arts & Culture$508,994Food & Nutrition$491,470

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA: $4,455,512 over 2y, 29% of budgetTRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,094,300 over 2y, 82% of budgetGREAT BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,400,000 over 1y, 89% of budgetNEVADA HEALTH CENTERS INC: $1,500,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA: $1,049,570 over 2y, 26% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWESTERN NEVADA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $865,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetELKO SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $557,741 over 1y, 80% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY: $556,226 over 1y, 11% of budgetCARSON TAHOE REGIONAL HEALTHCARE: $543,898 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $491,470 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $423,540 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $364,983 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE: $349,194 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEVADA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $288,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $257,335 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE 1701 GROUP FKA ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF RENO-SPARKS: $172,500 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $139,230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA RURAL COUNTIES RSVP INC: $124,721 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetFor Kids Foundation: $105,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $90,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC: $88,750 over 1y, 18% of budgetTRUCKEE MEADOWS PARKS FOUNDATION: $72,075 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetACCESS TO HEALTHCARE NETWORK INC: $62,887 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREAT BASIN INSTITUTE: $59,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA: $31,153 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetSAFE TALK FOR TEENS: $30,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetSky Tavern Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNOTE-ABLE MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES: $19,290 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetShakespeare Animal Fund: $15,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNorthern Nevada Math Club Inc: $12,648 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetTru Vista Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN - SIERRAS: $6,450 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetRENO BIKE PROJECT INC: $5,350 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

The E L Cord Foundati…NV Energy Charitable …Community Foundation …The Nell J Redfield F…Dermody Properties Fo…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…John Ben Snow Memoria…Helen Close Charitabl…Renown HealthEstelle J Kelsey Foun…The Marshall R Matley…Thelma B & Thomas P H…
The E L Cord FoundationNV55.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The E L Cord Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Dermody Properties Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Helen Close Charitable Foundation · Renown Health · Estelle J Kelsey Foundation · The Marshall R Matley Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation

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.

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 74 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $33M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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