Funding search · EIN 463662700 · Zephyr Cove, NV

The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation

Name: The Steve & Lana Hardy Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

34
grants reported: $985,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “mercatus” · $120,000

$30,000
George Mason University Foundation - Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2025
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
George Mason University Foundation - Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
George Mason University Foundation - Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
George Mason University Foundation - Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
General and unrestricted.

Grant history

All 34 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Eisenhower Health Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$50,000
Eisenhower Health Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$35,000
Atlas Economic Research Foundation (Atlas Network) · Arlington, VA · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$35,000
Atlas Economic Research Foundation (Atlas Network) · Arlington, VA · 2022
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Atlas Economic Research Foundation (Atlas Network) · Arlington, VA · 2025
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Buffalo Creek Art Center · Garnderville, NV · 2025
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
George Mason University Foundation - Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2025
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Atlas Economic Research Foundation (Atlas Network) · Arlington, VA · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Buffalo Creek Art Center · Garnderville, NV · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
George Mason University Foundation - Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Nevada Policy Research Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Buffalo Creek Art Center · Garnderville, NV · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
George Mason University Foundation - Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Nevada Policy Research Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Buffalo Creek Art Center · Garnderville, NV · 2022
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
George Mason University Foundation - Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
General and unrestricted.
$30,000
Nevada Policy Research Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2025
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
General and unrestricted.
$25,000
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General and unrestricted.
$20,000
Nevada Policy Research Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2025
General and unrestricted.

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

The Skip Viragh Foundation195 grants · $122.3M
Engelstad Family Foundation186 grants · $113.2M
Renown Health136 grants · $87.4M

Similar grant size

The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.