Nevada · Nonprofit
NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (Nevada) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $760,017 to it, the largest being WINDSONG TRUST ($343,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $760k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Nevada School of the Arts does
Mission
At Nevada School of the Arts (nsa), our mission is to provide a dynamic and inclusive performing and visual arts education to a diverse community of students spanning all ages and backgrounds. While educating the artists and audiences of tomorrow, we strive to develop responsible and enlightened world citizens by igniting a lifelong passion for the arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To champion equity and access for all, nsa is steadfast in its mission to extend opportunities to under-resourced students in historically marginalized communities. We believe that the arts can serve as a catalyst for positive change, unlocking potential and providing a pathway to a brighter future.- serving 300 families annually- over 75k in scholarships awarded annually- community initiatives seek out talent in underserved areas- providing a cornerstone for arts education in southern nevada for 50 years
$725,972 spent$647,175 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $725,972.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $151k to $1.7M (+1041%).
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.
82% of NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Raja Rahman
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $82k → $33k.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS’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 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 87% · 2019 68% · 2020 44% · 2021 72% · 2022 100% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“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
27% of NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% give in more than one year at all.
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
NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Nevada, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$20k
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 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: 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 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
- NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (Nevada) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $760,017 to it, the largest being WINDSONG TRUST ($343,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $760,017 in grants to NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
- WINDSONG TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $343,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEVADA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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