Nevada · Nonprofit
STARTUP VEGAS
STARTUP VEGAS (Nevada) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $325,000 to it, the largest being THE BLACKSTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($325,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $345k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $325k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Startup Vegas does
Mission
StartUp Vegas is a 501c3 nonprofit whose mission is to boost the startup culture and create an environment of entrepreneurship. By building the infrastructure needed for a sustainable startup ecosystem, this grassroots effort will provide access and exposure for the community while enabling knowledge exchange and advancing the innovation economy of Southern Nevada.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Vegas Tech Summit.A multi-day event that centers on introducing CEOs, company founders, and technology leaders to the dynamic technology business environment of Las Vegas, NV.
$59,089 spent$27,860 earned by the program41% of program spendingThe Vegas Tech Academy - is a workforce-development training program designed to prepare local residents for high-demand tech careers in Southern Nevada. The program strengthen the regional talent pipeline by aligning industry needs with practical training and connecting graduates to high-quality job opportunities.
$49,354 spent34% of program spendingCommunity Events - Level Up, Link Up, Scale Up, etc.Various community events that help strengthen the skills and talents of the Las Vegas tech ecosystem. Includes think-tank style group discussions, co-working, collaborating, and networking events. Includes introducing various speakers to help bolster the Las Vegas Tech environment.
$35,257 spent$3,000 earned by the program24% of program spendingTechstars_Startup Weekend.Techstars_Startup Weekend is a three-day program where aspiring entrepreneurs can experience startup life. A creative and collaborative three-day educational event where anyone can develop and pitch new startup ideas. It's about pitching, business model creation, prototyping, designing, and market validation, in a friendly and supportive team environment.
$1,967 spent$269 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $145,667.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $229k to $42k (−81%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 52% · 2023 69% · 2024 90% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of STARTUP VEGAS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Marco Benvenuti
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of STARTUP VEGAS’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
STARTUP VEGAS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nevada, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
STARTUP VEGAS has grown faster than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STARTUP VEGAS
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
30% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STARTUP VEGAS: 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 STARTUP VEGAS?
- STARTUP VEGAS (Nevada) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $325,000 to it, the largest being THE BLACKSTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($325,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STARTUP VEGAS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $325,000 in grants to STARTUP VEGAS.
- Who is the largest funder of STARTUP VEGAS?
- THE BLACKSTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STARTUP VEGAS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing