Funding search · EIN 237358959 · Reno, NV

Nevada Humanities

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

97
grants reported
$1.1M
total given
2020–2023
filing years
$6,760
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20202023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Board of Regents2 grants · $60,417
  • Board of Regents - Unlv2 grants · $53,825
  • Western Folklife Center4 grants · $51,000
  • Discovery Childrens Museum4 grants · $48,213
  • The Holland Project4 grants · $45,050
  • Las Vegas Natural History Museum3 grants · $44,249
  • Nevada Museum of Art4 grants · $40,850
  • Nevada Center for Civic Engagement4 grants · $39,163
  • Northern Nevada Literacy Council2 grants · $36,679
  • The Neon Museum2 grants · $35,392

Giving over time

$149,723
2020
$567,501
2021
$164,806
2022
$174,672
2023

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

  • $33,192

    Board of Regents · Reno, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $32,000

    Board of Regents - Unlv · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $30,000

    Discovery Childrens Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $30,000

    The Mob Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $30,000

    Western Folklife Center · Elko, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $29,999

    Las Vegas Natural History Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $29,929

    Northern Nevada Literacy Council · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $29,729

    The Neon Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $27,225

    Board of Regents · Reno, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $25,000

    Sierra Arts Foundation · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $21,825

    Board of Regents - Unlv · Las Vegas, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $20,000

    Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $20,000

    Knpb Channel 5 · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $20,000

    National Automobile Museum · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $20,000

    Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $20,000

    Project Real · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $20,000

    The Holland Project · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $18,900

    Board of Regents - Unr · Reno, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $15,000

    Historic Fourth Ward School · Virginia City, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $15,000

    Nevada Center for Civic Engagement · McCarran, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $15,000

    Nevada Women'S Film Collective · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $15,000

    Sparks Heritage Foundation and Museum · Sparks, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $13,100

    Nevada Center for Civic Engagement · Reno, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $13,043

    Historic Reno Preservation Society · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $11,134

    North Central Nevada Historical Society · Winnemucca, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,800

    The Holland Project · Reno, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $10,000

    Capital City Arts Initiative · Carson City, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    City of Henderson · Henderson, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    Community Chest · Virginia City, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch · Minden, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    Jazz Outreach Initiative · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    National Atomic Testing Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    Note-Able Music Therapy Services · Reno, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    Springs Preserve Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    The Smith Center for the Performing Arts · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $10,000

    Vegas City Opera · Henderson, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $9,987

    Comstock Foundation of History and Culture · Silver City, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $9,920

    Burlesque Hall of Fame · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $9,265

    Latino Arte and Culture · Reno, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $8,700

    Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $7,750

    The Holland Project · Reno, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $7,650

    Iaf · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $7,500

    Capital City Arts Initiative · Carson City, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $7,500

    Las Vegas Natural History Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $7,500

    Western Folklife Center · Elko, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $7,425

    Nevada Women'S Film Collective · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $7,200

    Great Basin National Park · Reno, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $6,900

    City of Henderson · Henderson, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $6,760

    Las Vegas Philharmonic · Las Vegas, NV · 2021

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    Department of Teaching and Learning · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    Friends of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    Nevada State Prison Preservation Society · Carson City, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    Capital City Arts Initiative · Carson City, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    Las Vegas Natural History Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation · Reno, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    Western Folklife Center · Elko, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,750

    Desert Space Foundation · Henderson, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $6,750

    Northern Nevada Literacy Council · Reno, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $6,750

    Western Folklife Center · Elko, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $6,663

    Writing Downtown · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,525

    Nevada State Museum Carson City · Carson City, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,500

    Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc Dba Pbs Renochannel 5 Public Broadcas · Reno, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,500

    The Holland Project · Reno, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,300

    Discovery Childrens Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $6,263

    Reno Bike Project Dba Kwnk-Lp 977fm · Reno, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,075

    Discovery Childrens Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,075

    Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,075

    Nevada Women'S Film Collective · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,075

    Project Real · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,075

    Reno Bike Project Dba Kwnk-Lp 977fm · Reno, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,075

    Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum · Reno, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $6,075

    National Juneteenth Observance · Las Vegas, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $6,075

    Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $6,000

    Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch · Minden, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,873

    Poetry Promise · Las Vegas, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $5,838

    Discovery Childrens Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,663

    Jazz Outreach Initiative · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,663

    Nevada Center for Civic Engagement · McCarran, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,663

    The Neon Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,500

    Boulder City Chautauqua · Boulder City, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,400

    300 Stewart Avenue Corporation Dba the Mob Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,400

    Dam Short Film Society · Boulder City, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,400

    Henderson Writers Group · Henderson, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,400

    Neon Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,400

    Nevada Center for Civic Engagement · McCarran, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,400

    Nevadans for Cultural Preservation · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,400

    Writing Downtown · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,400

    City of Las Vegas - Office of Cultural Affairs · Las Vegas, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $5,400

    Jazz Outreach Initiative · Las Vegas, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $5,400

    Our Story · Reno, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $5,311

    Poetry Promise · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,306

    Poetry Promise · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,225

    Nevada Women'S Film Collective · Las Vegas, NV · 2020

    Operating support

  • $5,063

    David J Drakulich Art Foundation for Freedom of Expression · Reno, NV · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,063

    Shoshone Museum Association · Soshone, CA · 2023

    Operating and/or program support

  • $5,000

    Note-Able Music Therapy Services · Reno, NV · 2020

    Operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.