About Nevada Community Foundation
To steward our donors’ charitable giving, now and for generations to come and to provide leadership, vision and impactful community investment for Southern Nevada.
Focus Areas
community investmenteducation and scholarshipspublic policy and researchimmigrant and emergency reliefyouth leadership
Who They Fund
Nevada residentsNevada-based nonprofit organizationslocal Nevada communities/municipalities
Funding Style
place-based grantmakingdonor-aligned philanthropyresponsive/community-driven grants
About Nevada Community Foundation
Nevada Community Foundation Inc uses donor-aligned philanthropy to move large charitable dollars through Southern Nevada and across the state. Among its largest recent grants are $2,000,000 to Cornell University, $1,961,159 to The Mayor's Fund for Life, and $1,471,729 to the City of Las Vegas, showing a mix of higher-education, municipal, and community relief support. The foundation’s own program structure reinforces that role: it administers scholarship funds for students from pre-K through postgraduate study, runs named funds tied to COVID-19 response and youth leadership, and houses Accelerate Nevada as a research and public policy institute. Its published focus areas include community investment, education and scholarships, public policy and research, immigrant and emergency relief, and youth leadership. Grantmaking is regional, with a heavy concentration in Nevada recipients. The foundation also works as an intermediary for donor-created scholarship funds, handling criteria, promotion, applications, eligibility verification, and scholarship payments. That combination of donor stewardship, program administration, and place-based funding defines how Nevada Community Foundation Inc operates.
What Nevada Community Foundation Funds
Education is one of the foundation’s clearest recurring lines of work. Scholarship Funds administered by Nevada Community Foundation support students from pre-K through postgraduate study, and the foundation helps identify criteria, promote opportunities, accept applications, verify eligibility, and process scholarship payments. Public policy and research also appear in its portfolio through Accelerate Nevada, a research and public policy institute housed at the foundation. Community relief is another visible theme: the Governor’s Task Force / Nevada COVID-19 Response, Relief and Recovery Task Force fund was established in March 2020 to channel COVID-19 response, including PPE distribution and recovery efforts. Youth leadership shows up in the Regional Young Women’s Leadership Expo Fund, which is a named charitable fund the foundation works with in Nevada.
How Nevada Community Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $25,000, with a lower quartile of $10,042 and an upper quartile of $50,000. The recent list also shows several very large one-time awards, indicating a wide grant range alongside standard-sized support. The foundation operates as a community foundation and grantmaking intermediary rather than a direct service provider, and it also administers donor-created scholarship funds. Scholarship programs accept unsolicited applications, while several named funds and programs are not shown as open to unsolicited requests. The recent grants list shows multiple repeat recipients across 2023 and 2024, including Unlv Foundation, Nevada Grant Lab, St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Mann Charitable Foundation, Children of God, Saving Gizmos Friends, and the Nevada Center for Holocaust and Humanity.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$16.5M
Total Assets
$253.5M
Total Revenue
$36.7M
Total Expenses
$20.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Regional20 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
GIAN BROSCO
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