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 2020–2023. 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
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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