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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Nevada, currently Future of Life Institute, The Bessemer Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nevada from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Nevada?

Future of Life Institute gives the most to science organizations in Nevada, $57M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Nevada?

$59M reached 7 science organizations in Nevada, from 19 funders. 0% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Nevada

Funding is concentrated: Lightcone Foundation alone draws 96% of every science grant dollar in Nevada. One funder dominates the giving, Future of Life Institute, at 96% of the total.

$59M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

19 funders gave $59M to 7 science organizations in Nevada across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
0% of that came from funders also based in Nevada; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Nevada is Future of Life Institute, at $57M.
The science organization drawing the most is Lightcone Foundation, at $57M.

Largest funders of science in Nevada

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

1Future of Life Institute$57M 2The Bessemer Giving Fund$400k 3National Philanthropic Trust$313k 4Greater Washington Community Foundation$200k 5American Online Giving Foundation Inc$198k 6Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$185k 7Geological Society of Nevada$165k 8Silicon Valley Community Foundation$150k 980-20 Foundation$130k 10Community Foundation for Southeast$100k

Science organizations in Nevada that draw the most

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

Lightcone Foundation$57M

How to find science funders in Nevada

1
Start with the funders already active in Nevada
The funders giving the most to science in Nevada are Future of Life Institute, The Bessemer Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
100% of science money in Nevada comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Nevada.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Nevada?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Nevada, currently Future of Life Institute, The Bessemer Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Nevada from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Nevada?: Future of Life Institute gives the most to science organizations in Nevada, $57M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Nevada?: $59M reached 7 science organizations in Nevada, from 19 funders. 0% 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.