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, Nevada Volunteers, Engelstad Family Foundation. 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, $32M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Nevada?

$56M reached 47 environment organizations in Nevada, from 154 funders. 22% 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 22% 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 57% of the total.

$56M

granted

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

154 funders gave $56M to 47 environment organizations in Nevada across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% 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 $32M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Walker Basin Conservancy, at $25M.

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$32M 2Nevada Volunteers$5M 3Engelstad Family Foundation$5M 4Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$2M 5Andre Agassi Foundation for Education$1M 6Bonneville Environmental Foundation$1M 7American Gift Fund$1M 8National Park Foundation$725k 9United States Energy Foundation$670k 10Voter Registration Project$562k

Environment organizations in Nevada that draw the most

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

Walker Basin Conservancy$25M Green Our Planet$8M Great Basin Land and Water$8M

37 other environment organizations$4M

Great Basin Institute$3M

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, Nevada Volunteers, Engelstad Family Foundation. 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
78% 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, Nevada Volunteers, Engelstad Family Foundation. 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, $32M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Nevada?: $56M reached 47 environment organizations in Nevada, from 154 funders. 22% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.