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LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC

LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC (Nevada) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,532,300 to it, the largest being LAS VEGAS EVENTS INC ($1,532,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$109k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$-61614
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Laughlin Tourism Commission Inc does

Mission

To broaden the current mix of customers and attract new markets segments to the Laughlin area by providing a broad array of services, amenities and special events.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Sponsored/participated in various events designed to attract new customers to the greater Laughlin area. In 2024, the activities conducted were community fireworks shows and an airshow at the Bullhead/Laughlin Airport. More than 16,000 individuals attended these shows.

  2. Engaged in destination advertising in the form of general advertising and ads which promoted the community and highlighted the various community events.

  3. Working with other entities to develop programs to attract new customers to the greater Laughlin area. These include working with the the local airport authority and outside airlines to increase scheduled air service to the Laughlin market, working with the local Chamber of Commerce and working with various visitors/tourism organizations within Nevada.

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($130k) Expenses 100 ($225k)2021 Revenue 130 ($170k) Expenses 43 ($96k)2022 Revenue 120 ($156k) Expenses 106 ($239k)2023 Revenue 148 ($193k) Expenses 93 ($209k)2024 Revenue 231 ($300k) Expenses 124 ($281k)2025 Revenue 84 ($109k) Expenses 38 ($86k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (84)Expenses (38)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $108k to $26k (−76%).

$34k
$108k
$26k
$9k
$27k
$49k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 36% · 2022 29% · 2023 69% · 2024 76% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,454 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$95k
’20
$74k
’21
−$83k
’22
−$17k
’23
$20k
’24
$23k
’25
6.8
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

202020212022202320242025
Listed455656
Joined·+2+2+2+1+3
No longer listed·12122
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $645k → $200k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$1.5M
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC's grant income comes from Nevada funders.

NV

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’23
Nevada out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · top quartile
Months of reserve6.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC?
LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC (Nevada) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,532,300 to it, the largest being LAS VEGAS EVENTS INC ($1,532,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,532,300 in grants to LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC?
LAS VEGAS EVENTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,532,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAUGHLIN TOURISM COMMISSION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing