Nevada · Nonprofit
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC (Nevada) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,497,518 to it, the largest being THE FOLEY FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,450,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Canarelli Family Foundationshared funderslocal
- Boston Bruins Alumni Association Incportfolio match
- Minnesota Wild Foundationportfolio match
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.
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.
40% of VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% 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
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $205k → $595k.
6 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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: $140k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Vegas Golden Knights Alumni Association Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 27 of 28 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
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 70% · 2019 33% · 2020 69% · 2021 75% · 2022 56% · 2023 42% — 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
46% of VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Nevada, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $435k 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 28 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Canarelli Family Foundationshared funderslocalNV · backs 44 organizations that share your funders · funds 86 organizations near you
- Boston Bruins Alumni Association Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Minnesota Wild Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St Louis Blues Alumni Assnportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nhl Foundation US Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Teammates for Kids Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lynne Ruffin-Smith Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Southern Nevadashared funderslocalNV · backs 42 organizations that share your funders · funds 143 organizations near you
- Nevada Community Foundation Incshared funderslocalNV · backs 63 organizations that share your funders · funds 155 organizations near you
- Mgm Resorts Foundationshared funderslocalNV · backs 58 organizations that share your funders · funds 143 organizations near you
- Engelstad Family Foundationshared fundersNV · backs 38 organizations that share your funders
- Three SquarelocalNV · funds 189 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- The Folded Flag Foundation Inc · exempt
- Vegas Junior Golden Knights Foundation · exempt
- Henderson Silver Knights Foundation · exempt
- Black Knight Sports and Entertainment LLC · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC?
- VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC (Nevada) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,497,518 to it, the largest being THE FOLEY FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,450,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $4,497,518 in grants to VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE FOLEY FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,450,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 28funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing