How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Nevada?

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Nevada, currently National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Nextgen Climate Action, Nevada Volunteers. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nevada from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Nevada?

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Nevada, $77M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Nevada?

$169M reached 121 environment organizations in Nevada, from 312 funders. 16% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Nevada

Most of it comes from outside Nevada: only 16% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. One funder dominates the giving, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, at 45% of the total.

$169M

granted

121

organizations

16%

from in-state

The short version

312 funders gave $169M to 121 environment organizations in Nevada across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
16% of that came from funders also based in Nevada; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Nevada is National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, at $77M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Walker Basin Conservancy, at $70M.

Largest funders of environment in Nevada

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

1National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$77M 2Nextgen Climate Action$10M 3Nevada Volunteers$10M 4League of Conservation Voters Inc$6M 5Engelstad Family Foundation$5M 6Community Foundation of Northern Nevada$4M 7Western Conservation Foundation$3M 8New Venture Fund$3M 9United States Energy Foundation$3M 10Woka Foundation$3M

Environment organizations in Nevada that draw the most

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

Walker Basin Conservancy$70M

111 other environment organizations$35M

Green Our Planet$9M Great Basin Land and Water$9M Nevada Conservation League$8M Climate Foundation$7M Great Basin Institute$7M

How to find environment funders in Nevada

1
Start with the funders already active in Nevada
The funders giving the most to environment in Nevada are National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Nextgen Climate Action, Nevada Volunteers. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
84% of environment money in Nevada comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nevada.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Nevada?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Nevada, currently National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Nextgen Climate Action, Nevada Volunteers. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nevada from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Nevada?: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Nevada, $77M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Nevada?: $169M reached 121 environment organizations in Nevada, from 312 funders. 16% 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.