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Nevada Outdoor School

Nevada Outdoor School (Nevada) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,469,021 to it, the largest being NEVADA VOLUNTEERS ($1,928,123). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$959k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$2.5M
Net assets
$286k
9/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%
01What it does

What Nevada Outdoor School does

Mission

Nevada Outdoor School inspires exploration of the natural world, responsible stewardship of habitat and dedication to community. Our vision is for Nevadans to be healthy and engaged citizens who feel connected to the natural world and choose to explore the outdoors responsibly.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. AmeriCorps State Corporation for National & Community Service: Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) is a subgrantee for the AmeriCorps State Formula Program in Nevada. The AmeriCorps program at NOS offers opportunities for partner non-profit and government agencies to host a national service member to help advance their mission. Some of the national service members from this grant also serve with Nevada Outdoor School to assist with the planning, implementation and devliery of our outdoor education programs.

    $202,879 spent
    23% of program spending
  2. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grants: Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) has maintained an assistance agreement with the BLM since our organization was founded in 2002. Currently we have a statewide assistance agreement that helps support our outdoor education, community outdoor events and off highway vehicles safety eduction throughout the state. We also have an assistance agreement with the Elko District to support their California Trail education programs at the California Trail Interpretive Center and with the Winnemucca District to support various community hikes, clean up projects and youth outdoor education initiatives.

    $178,904 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. State of Nevada, Division of State Parks, recreational trails programs grants. Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) has maintained a strong and consistent funding partnership with Nevada State Parks for several years. These grants support expenses for our youth outdoor eduction, outdoor skills trainings and community outreach programs and any trail or campground maintenance projects.

    $123,541 spent
    14% of program spending
  4. AmeriCorps State Corporation for National & Community Service: Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) is a subgrantee for the AmeriCorps State Formula Program in Nevada. The AmeriCorps program at NOS offers opportunities for partner non-profit and government agencies to host a national service member to help advance their mission. Some of the national service members from this grant also serve with Nevada Outdoor School to assist with the planning and implementation of our education programming.

    $361,463 spent
    42% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $866,787.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($645k) Expenses 100 ($628k) Net assets 100 ($3.0M)2018 Revenue 118 ($762k) Expenses 121 ($760k) Net assets 100 ($3.0M)2019 Revenue -352 ($-2269121) Expenses 110 ($690k) Net assets 2 ($68k)2020 Revenue 93 ($597k) Expenses 96 ($605k) Net assets 2 ($59k)2021 Revenue 110 ($709k) Expenses 109 ($686k) Net assets 3 ($81k)2022 Revenue 114 ($738k) Expenses 121 ($759k) Net assets 2 ($59k)2023 Revenue 152 ($982k) Expenses 135 ($846k) Net assets 7 ($202k)2024 Revenue 175 ($1.1M) Expenses 163 ($1.0M) Net assets 10 ($315k)2025 Revenue 149 ($959k) Expenses 158 ($993k) Net assets 9 ($286k)
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Revenue (149)Expenses (158)Net assets (9)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 2018 to 2019, from $3.1M to $84k (−97%).

$3.0M
$3.1M
$84k
$72k
$100k
$76k
$203k
$352k
$302k
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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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 60% · 2018 59% · 2020 70% · 2021 78% · 2022 60% · 2023 82% · 2024 72% · 2025 72%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of Nevada Outdoor School’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’17
$2k
’18
−$3.0M
’19
−$8k
’20
$23k
’21
−$21k
’22
$137k
’23
$104k
’24
−$34k
’25
2.2
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.

Chief executive

Melanie Erquiaga

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed578553343
Joined·+2+2+1+1+0+1+1+1
No longer listed·01412102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $258k → $386k.

4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Nevada Outdoor School’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.

How concentrated its funding is

Nevada Outdoor School leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Nevada Outdoor School.

78%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 87% · 2019 81% · 2020 92% · 2021 85% · 2022 62% · 2023 78% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of Nevada Outdoor School's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

90% of Nevada Outdoor School's grant income comes from Nevada funders.

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CO
NE
VA
GA
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Nevada out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $132k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

Nevada Outdoor School's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve2.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding Nevada Outdoor School receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.

Federal$1.2M
grants $1.2Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$1.2M
  • Department of Agriculture$26k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like Nevada Outdoor School

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Nevada

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 9%Fundraising 4%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NV

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Nevada Outdoor School: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Nevada Outdoor School?
Nevada Outdoor School (Nevada) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,469,021 to it, the largest being NEVADA VOLUNTEERS ($1,928,123). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Nevada Outdoor School have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $2,469,021 in grants to Nevada Outdoor School, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Nevada Outdoor School?
NEVADA VOLUNTEERS is the largest funder on record, with $1,928,123 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Nevada Outdoor School 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing