Funding search · EIN 880364211 · Reno, NV
The Marshall R Matley Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 79
- grants reported
- $1.4M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $14,992
- 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.
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4 grants matching “curiosity” · $85,000
- $25,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2025
To support the Curiosity Program.
- $25,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2024
To support The Curiosity Classroom program
- $10,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2023
To support The Curiosity Classroom program
- $25,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2022
To support The Curiosity Classroom program
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Sierra Nevada Journeys4 grants · $248,005
- Renown Health Foundation4 grants · $135,000
- Pbs Reno4 grants · $85,000
- Eagle Valley Children'S Home3 grants · $75,000
- Unr Foundation4 grants · $67,500
- Urban Roots3 grants · $67,000
- Alzheimers Association3 grants · $65,000
- Sierra Kids Foundation4 grants · $55,000
- Northern Nevada Hopes2 grants · $50,000
- Coehd University of Nevada Reno2 grants · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 79 reported grants, largest first.
- $136,000
Sierra Nevada Journeys · Reno, NV · 2022
To fund Grizzly Creek Ranch capital campaign and Steam Camp Experience
- $50,000
Renown Health Foundation · Reno, NV · 2025
To ensure dependable funding for specialized pediatric care and therapies, support advanced equipment and interventions that improve quality of life, and to strengthen the hospitals long-term future.
- $45,000
University of Nevada Reno College of Education · Reno, NV · 2024
To support the distinguished scholar and annual award in special education and support the P2I program
- $40,108
Sierra Nevada Journeys · Reno, NV · 2025
To provide an annual, customized, overnight STEAM Camp experience for 60 youth with mental and physical disabilities.
- $40,108
Sierra Nevada Journeys · Reno, NV · 2024
To fund steam camp experience for 60 youth with disabilities
- $31,789
Sierra Nevada Journeys · Reno, NV · 2023
To fund steam camp experience for 60 youth with disabilities
- $30,000
Alzheimers Association · Reno, NV · 2025
To support local programs that serve individuals living with dementia and their caregivers in Northern Nevada.
- $30,000
Care Chest of Sierra Nevada · Reno, NV · 2024
To support medical resource programs
- $30,000
Renown Health Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023
To support equipment needs of the Children's Hospital NICU
- $30,000
Urban Roots · Reno, NV · 2023
To support accessibility at the farm and education
- $30,000
Renown Health Foundation · Reno, NV · 2022
To support equipment needs of the Children's Hospital NICU
- $25,000
Coehd University of Nevada Reno · Reno, NV · 2025
To provide direct student scholarships for participants in the Path to Independence program.
- $25,000
Coehd University of Nevada Reno · Reno, NV · 2025
To provide scholarships for students majoring in special education. Three $1,000 scholarships for undergraduates, four $5,000 scholarships for graduate students, one $2,000 scholarship for a masters or doctoral student.
- $25,000
Eagle Valley Children'S Home · Carson City, NV · 2025
To deliver services for current families and reduce waitlist.
- $25,000
Northern Nevada Hopes · Reno, NV · 2025
To support the first year of expenses for the east 4th St. clinic
- $25,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2025
To support the Curiosity Program.
- $25,000
Eagle Valley Children'S Home · Carson City, NV · 2024
To support the respite program
- $25,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2024
To support The Curiosity Classroom program
- $25,000
Renown Health Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024
To support the Conrad Breast cancer
- $25,000
Eagle Valley Children'S Home · Carson City, NV · 2023
To provide hours of care to children who have special needs
- $25,000
Northern Nevada Hopes · Reno, NV · 2023
To support the new clinic in behavorial health support
- $25,000
Unr Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023
To provide scholarships to students pursuing a degree in special education
- $25,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2022
To support The Curiosity Classroom program
- $25,000
Unr Foundation · Reno, NV · 2022
To support the DRC Technology Initiative program
- $22,000
Urban Roots · Reno, NV · 2022
To pay for ADA-complian ramp for kitchen and restroom
- $20,000
Alzheimers Association · Reno, NV · 2024
To serve families in Northern Nevada who are dealing with effects of Alzheimer's disease
- $18,800
Ucp · Sparks, NV · 2025
To support your life enrichment programs.
- $15,000
Amplify Life · Reno, NV · 2025
To serve over 220 unduplicated clients with disabilities and benefit an estimated 460 family members and care givers through summer and year-round programs that improve quality of life for clients.
- $15,000
Amplify Life · Reno, NV · 2025
To serve clients with disabilities
- $15,000
Sierra Kids Foundation · Reno, NV · 2025
To support the Foundation in providing financial assistance to eligible families to pay for all or a portion of the cost of an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy program
- $15,000
Special Olympics Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2025
To support your mission of empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities.
- $15,000
For Kids Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024
To fund Psycological and Wellbeing products
- $15,000
Sierra Kids Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024
To support access to care for children with a disability outside of School
- $15,000
United Cerebral Palsy of Nevada · Sparks, NV · 2024
To support the employ UCP program in Sparks, NV
- $15,000
Urban Roots · Reno, NV · 2024
To support seed-to-table education program
- $15,000
Amplify Life · Spark, NV · 2023
To support summer day programs
- $15,000
Alzheimers Association · Reno, NV · 2022
To serve families in Northern Nevada who are dealing with effects of Alzheimer's disease
- $15,000
Amplify Lifecamp Lotsafun · Spark, NV · 2022
To support summer and year round programs
- $15,000
Sierra Kids Foundation · Reno, NV · 2022
To provide educational scholarships to youths with developmental disabilities
- $14,992
Achieve Tahoe · Alpine Meadows, CA · 2025
To deliver 20 adaptive snowsports lessons to 10 youth with disabilities in the 2025-26 Winter season.
- $12,500
Lead With Horses · Reno, NV · 2025
To support the effective and lifesaving program that helps improve the social, emotional, physical, and behavioral development of children, youth, and adults.
- $12,500
Unr Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023
To provide technology options to students with disabilities
- $10,000
Arts for All Nevada · Reno, NV · 2025
To fund art workshops for students with intellectual disabilities, development delays, and other disabilities in the 2025-2026 school year.
- $10,000
Domestic Violence Resource Center · Reno, NV · 2025
To support of the construction of a new 41,000 square foot Resource Center with a 42-room (100 bed) onsite emergency shelter. Including four ADA compliant bedrooms and bathrooms.
- $10,000
Nevada Diabetes Association · Reno, NV · 2025
To support the annual Camp Buck program
- $10,000
Stephen J Wampler Foundation · Coronado, CA · 2025
To help fund their next Camp Wamp which offers one-week camp sessions for campers of all ages with physical disabilities
- $10,000
Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2024
To support the Boys and Girls club after school program
- $10,000
Northern Nevada Children'S Cancer Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024
To provide financial assistance and support programs
- $10,000
Care Chest of Sierra Nevada · Reno, NV · 2023
To support medical resource programs
- $10,000
Kids and Horses · Minden, NV · 2023
To support the healthy horse campaign
- $10,000
Northern Nevada Children'S Cancer Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023
To support Inspire Scholarship Program and fund four scholarships for cancer patients
- $10,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2023
To support The Curiosity Classroom program
- $10,000
Sierra Kids Foundation · Reno, NV · 2023
To support the spectrum learning center
- $10,000
United Cerebral Palsy of Nevada · Sparks, NV · 2023
To revitalize the day program into an interactive and community enrichment experience
- $10,000
Arts for All Nevada · Reno, NV · 2022
To fund art workshops for student with disabilities
- $10,000
Kids and Horses · Minden, NV · 2022
To provide equine assisted therapy to children with disabilities
- $8,700
Unr College of Liberal Arts · Reno, NV · 2024
To Support the museums Connor Fogal: Emerald Bay at the front door gallery
- $8,000
Marvin Piccolo School Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program · Reno, NV · 2024
To support the Enquine program
- $8,000
Marvin Piccolo School Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program · Reno, NV · 2023
To support providing therapeutic horseback rising for special needs students
- $8,000
Marvin Piccolo School - Handicap Riding Program · Reno, NV · 2022
To support the equestrian program
- $7,650
Williams Syndrome Association · Newark, NJ · 2025
To fund consulting for 34 individuals with Williams syndrome, living within a 150-mile radius of Reno, Nevada, which will help deliver critical,individualized guidance that can shape a person's future.
- $7,500
Reno Philharmonic · Reno, NV · 2025
To expand the RPA Kids proforma, ensuring more children have the opportunity to unlock their potential through music.
- $7,500
Arts for All Nevada · Reno, NV · 2024
To support the artist in residency program
- $7,500
Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum · Reno, NV · 2024
To support continuation of the museums misson driven work
- $7,500
Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum · Reno, NV · 2023
To support the 2024 exhibit "Mental Health: Mind Matters"
- $7,000
Reno High School · Reno, NV · 2025
To support the We The People Program.
- $6,548
Arts for All Nevada · Reno, NV · 2023
To fund steam camp experience for 60 youths with diabilities
- $5,200
Reno High School · Reno, NV · 2024
To support students going to Washington DC to compete in the finals
- $5,200
Reno High School · Reno, NV · 2023
To support students going to Washington DC to compete in the finals
- $5,000
Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2025
To continue supporting the program in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club, which changes the lives of Nevada's future generations.
- $5,000
Note-Able Music Therapy Services · Reno, NV · 2025
To support the annual music camp for kids and teens with disabilities.
- $5,000
Miracle Flights · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
To support free commercial air flights to families
- $5,000
Center for Adaptive Riding · Reno, NV · 2023
To support therapeutic horseback riding for people with disabilities
- $5,000
Kids and Horses · Minden, NV · 2023
To support special education and dementia programs
- $5,000
Miracle Flights · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
To support families in need of specialized medical care
- $5,000
Miracle Flights · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
To support flights for 5 kids and additional safety and health support
- $5,000
Note-Able Music Therapy Services · Reno, NV · 2022
To support an eight-week music and wellness workshop
- $5,000
Unr College of Education Icanbike Camp · Reno, NV · 2022
To support the iCan Bike Camp program
- $5,000
Unr Foundation · Reno, NV · 2022
Grant for the Distinguised scholar and annual award in special education
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