Nevada · Nonprofit
THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY
THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY (Nevada) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,956 to it, the largest being Community Foundation of Northern Nevada ($222,495). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $266k
- Net assets
- $608k
What The Reno Initiative for Shelter and Equality does
Mission
Our initiative is to cultivate a greater sense of dignity and humility by providing equal access to shelter, knowledge, and opportunity. We seek to create a stronger community through the use of shared resources and mutual aid.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our place - the organization operates a low-barrier emergency housing facility for women and families in the reno-sparks community. The campus provides shelter and services for women, families, seniors, and their animal companions.
$2,740,937 spent$2,853,895 earned by the program63% of program spendingCrossroads - the organization operates sober supportive housing for men, women and families in the reno-sparks community. The care team serves a vital role by providing the necessary structure, oversight, safety and consistency needed to ensure participants long term success.
$1,098,904 spent$1,221,915 earned by the program25% of program spendingCommunity outreach - the organization's mobile outreach units provide on-the-spot haircuts, care bags and provide food and other supplies to those in need. Rise teams also assist individuals in navigating available resources with the goal of empowering individuals to access the support they need for a positive change.
$328,076 spent$342,073 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther programs - the organization provides peer-to-peer outreach services to unsheltered populations in the community. Services includes providing support, resources and options to unhoused individuals with the objective of minimizing trauma associated with relations and increasing the likelihood of future successful permanent housing. Additional services include of ongoing trash removal in areas along the truckee river using current and formerly unsheltered individuals on a contract basis and assisting in the reduction of opioid overdoses amongst the unsheltered.
$184,169 spent$207,266 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,352,086.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $194k to $531k (+174%).
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: 2020 94% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Benjamin Castro
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $0 → $8k.
6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 funders by total. 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
THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 53% · 2021 50% · 2022 62% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 20% 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
96% of THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $12k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside Nevada, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $254k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY?
- THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY (Nevada) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,956 to it, the largest being Community Foundation of Northern Nevada ($222,495). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $265,956 in grants to THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY?
- Community Foundation of Northern Nevada is the largest funder on record, with $222,495 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RENO INITIATIVE FOR SHELTER AND EQUALITY 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 10 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