How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Nevada?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Nevada, currently Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Engelstad Family Foundation, Tahoe Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nevada from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Nevada?

Corporation for Public Broadcasting gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Nevada, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Nevada?

$174M reached 243 arts and culture organizations in Nevada, from 643 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Nevada.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Nevada · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Nevada

$174M reached 243 arts and culture organizations in Nevada, from 643 funders, with no single one dominating.

$174M

granted

243

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

643 funders gave $174M to 243 arts and culture organizations in Nevada across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in Nevada; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Nevada is Corporation for Public Broadcasting, at $16M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Nevada Museum of Art, at $37M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Nevada

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Nevada, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Corporation for Public Broadcasting$16M 2Engelstad Family Foundation$11M 3Tahoe Community Foundation$10M 4National Philanthropic Trust$8M 5Community Foundation of Northern Nevada$8M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M 8Tarble Foundation Fka Louise a Tarble Foundation$5M 9Windsong Trust$4M 10Nevada Community Foundation Inc$4M

Arts and culture organizations in Nevada that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

233 other arts and culture organizations$56M

Nevada Museum of Art$37M The Smith Center for the Performing Arts$24M Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc$17M Nevada Ballet Theatre Inc$8M The Harrah Automobile Foundation National Automobile Museum$5M Reno Philharmonic Association Inc$5M Nevada News Bureau Inc$5M

How to find arts and culture funders in Nevada

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Start with the funders already active in Nevada
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Nevada are Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Engelstad Family Foundation, Tahoe Community Foundation. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
51% of arts and culture money in Nevada comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nevada.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Nevada?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Nevada, currently Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Engelstad Family Foundation, Tahoe Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nevada from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Nevada?: Corporation for Public Broadcasting gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Nevada, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Nevada?: $174M reached 243 arts and culture organizations in Nevada, from 643 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Nevada.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.