Nevada · Nonprofit
University of Nevada Reno Foundation
University of Nevada Reno Foundation (Nevada) receives grants from 175 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,111,376 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($18,131,000). 108 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $102M
- Funders on record
- 175
- Grants received
- $73M
- Net assets
- $588M
What University of Nevada Reno Foundation does
Mission
Facilitate gifts & grants for the benefit of the University of Nevada, Reno to enhance the quality of education through charitable giving.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
University Programs: The University of Nevada Reno Foundation receives, manages & disburses funds in accordance with the designated restricted purpose for which the gifts were donated. Provides programmatic funding supporting students, faculty, research & the community in the area funds were raised for. There were 1,256 endowed funds in FY25.
$25,368,439 spentof which $25,368,439 as grants$478,484 earned by the program48% of program spendingCapital Projects: Assist in funding construction projects on campus. Some of the major projects include the College of Business building, Eric & Linda Lannes Basketball facility, Gateway Academic Building, Pennington Health Sciences Building, and the University of Arts Building.
$17,881,971 spentof which $17,881,971 as grants34% of program spendingUniversity Scholarships: Scholarship funding was used for both need and merit based scholarships. More than 3,781 donor-funded scholarships were awarded in FY25.
$8,803,349 spentof which $8,803,349 as grants17% of program spendingAlumni Programs: Funding was provided to Alumni Association and various alumni chapters to strengthen ties to the University community.
$400,195 spentof which $400,195 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $52,453,954.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $387M to $496M (+28%).
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.
78% of University of Nevada Reno Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 41 funders to 82 funders, grant income rose $3.7M → $9.8M.
28 of 175 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.1M from 10 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Renown Medical School Associates North Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money University of Nevada Reno Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of University of Nevada Reno Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 175 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
University of Nevada Reno Foundation has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
45% 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 University of Nevada Reno Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 54% · 2019 39% · 2020 37% · 2021 31% · 2022 27% · 2023 14% — 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
47% of University of Nevada Reno Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
90% of University of Nevada Reno Foundation's grant income comes from Nevada funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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
University of Nevada Reno Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like University of Nevada Reno Foundation
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 20 states
Part of a family of 10 related entities
- Tsth LLC · disregarded
- Wonder LLC · disregarded
- Nevada Sagebrush · disregarded
- Lake Campus LLC · disregarded
- Nevada System of Higher Education · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for University of Nevada Reno Foundation: 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 University of Nevada Reno Foundation?
- University of Nevada Reno Foundation (Nevada) receives grants from 175 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,111,376 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($18,131,000). 108 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does University of Nevada Reno Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 175 organizations giving $73,111,376 in grants to University of Nevada Reno Foundation, 108 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of University of Nevada Reno Foundation?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $18,131,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like University of Nevada Reno Foundation 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 175 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