The Thomas Spiegel Family Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on supporting the local Jewish communal infrastructure, demonstrated by a single large gift to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. The grant, designated as general support, suggests the foundation prioritizes flexible funding to sustain community programs and operations rather than narrowly restricted projects. Its giving appears focused, local, and aimed at maintaining core services for the Las Vegas Jewish community.
Highly concentrated: a single, very large unrestricted grant to one primary local Jewish organization rather than many small or diversified gifts. This indicates a strategy of deep, targeted impact through major support to a flagship community institution.
A single $3,945,600 general-support grant to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas defines the Thomas Spiegel Family Foundation’s recent giving. That award, made in 2023, points to a model built around flexible support for a central Jewish communal institution rather than a spread of many program-specific awards. The foundation’s recent record also includes smaller general grants to Nevada-based organizations, which reinforces a local orientation and a preference for core support over tightly restricted project funding. Across the latest grants on file, the foundation gives within a narrow range of purposes and organizational types. It does not fund individuals, and its recent awards are made as grants rather than program-related investments. The pattern suggests a family foundation using a concentrated set of gifts to support community infrastructure, especially in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. Alongside the flagship federation award, the recent record includes support for the Nevada Military Support Alliance, the Las Vegas Metro Police Department Foundation, and American Friends of Magen David Adom, showing attention to communal and civic organizations with local ties.
The Thomas Spiegel Family Foundation’s clearest funding theme is Jewish communal infrastructure in Las Vegas. A 2023 general grant of $3,945,600 to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas shows direct support for an umbrella institution that can sustain community operations and services. A second theme is local civic and community wellbeing in Southern Nevada. In 2023, the foundation gave $2,000 to the Las Vegas Metro Police Department Foundation as general support, indicating interest in public-safety-related community infrastructure. Its recent giving also includes support for military-related service organizations. The Nevada Military Support Alliance received $5,000 in 2023 and another $100 in 2025, both as general grants. The foundation’s 2025 grant to American Friends of Magen David Adom, for $1,000, adds a humanitarian and emergency-medical dimension to the record while staying within a general-support approach.
The typical grant size is highly uneven: p25 is $1,650, the median is $3,500, and p75 jumps to $990,150. That spread reflects a portfolio anchored by one very large award and a much larger cluster of smaller general grants. The foundation’s recent record also shows repeat support to at least one recipient across multiple years, including the Nevada Military Support Alliance in 2023 and 2025. It functions as a family foundation and does not make program-related investments. Funding appears to be discretionary rather than individual- or investment-based.
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Most grants fall between $2K and $990K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$990K
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Notable grantees: Jewish Federation of Las Vegas
Giving is heavily concentrated in Nevada, which accounts for 75% of grants in the recipient-state data and is the top state by grant count. Las Vegas appears repeatedly in the recent grants, including the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Metro Police Department Foundation. Outside Nevada, the recent record includes Albany, New York; Petoskey, Michigan; and another Nevada recipient in Reno. All recorded grants in the current dataset go to U.S. recipients.
The recent grants point to support for Jewish communal infrastructure, local civic organizations, military support groups, and humanitarian or emergency-medical nonprofits. Examples include a general grant to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, general support for the Las Vegas Metro Police Department Foundation, and grants to the Nevada Military Support Alliance and American Friends of Magen David Adom.
Yes. Every listed recent grant is marked GENERAL, including the $3,945,600 award to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, the $300,000 grant to Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, and smaller awards such as $5,000 to the Nevada Military Support Alliance.
The grant-size distribution is wide: p25 is $1,650, the median is $3,500, and p75 is $990,150. That indicates a pattern of many small grants alongside one very large award in the recent record.
Nevada is the top state by grant count, and 75% of grants in the state-distribution data go to recipients in Nevada. Recent Nevada recipients include organizations in Las Vegas and Reno.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND | ALBANY, NY | $300,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM | LAS VEGAS, NV | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| NEVADA MILITARY SUPPORT ALLIANCE | RENO, NV | $100 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF LAS VEGAS | LAS VEGAS, NV | $951,851 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE | S LAKE TAHOE, CA | $500 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF LAS VEGAS | LAS VEGAS, NV | $3,945,600 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| NEVADA MILITARY SUPPORT ALLIANCE | RENO, NV | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| LAS VEGAS METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION | LAS VEGAS, NV | $2,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL EXPEDITIONS | PETOSKEY, MI | $600 | 2023 | GENERAL |
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND
$300,000GENERAL
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
$1,000GENERAL
GENERAL
LAS VEGAS METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION
$2,000GENERAL
SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL EXPEDITIONS
$600GENERAL