The Boyd Family Foundation
Las Vegas, NV · EIN 88-0220082. Reported 156 grants totalling $11.4M to 75 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Boyd Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $1,553,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlv Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $6,377,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $1,700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nevada Health & Bioscience Corp | Las Vegas, NV | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities | Las Vegas, NV | $271,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cristo Rey St Viator College Preparatory High School | Las Vegas, NV | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $173,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nathan Adelson Hospice | Las Vegas, NV | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Las Vegas, NV | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bps Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame | Las Vegas, NV | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Nevada Reno Foundation | Reno, NV | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Patriots & Paws | Huntington Beach, CA | $86,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $82,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $81,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| USO Nevada | Nellis Afb, NV | $77,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cedar-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Jude's Ranch for Children | Boulder City, NV | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Las Vegas Rescue Mission | Las Vegas, NV | $51,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Three Square | Las Vegas, NV | $51,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Grant a Gift Autism Foundation Ackerman Center | Las Vegas, NV | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Las Vegas Natural History Museum | Las Vegas, NV | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Olive Crest | Bellflower, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hope for Prisoners Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Als of Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nevada SPCA | Las Vegas, NV | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Rose Dominican Hospital | Henderson, NV | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bishop Gorman High School | Las Vegas, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Communities in School | Las Vegas, NV | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Green Our Planet | Las Vegas, NV | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Animal Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $22,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Nevada Mansion | Reno, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Power 2 Parent | Las Vegas, NV | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nevada Ballet Theatre | Las Vegas, NV | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| 72ND Military Police Company | Las Vegas, NV | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Edward Frederick Sorin Society | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shine a Light Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Las Vegas, NV | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Delta Rescue | Glendale, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Foster Kinship | North Las Vegas, NV | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Folded Flag Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heaven Can Wait Animal Society | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | Triangle, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pilots to the Rescue | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Unlv President's Inner Circle | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The National World War II Museum | New Orleans, LA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Public Education Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Las Vegas, NV | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nevada Military Support Alliance | Reno, NV | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| First Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Foster the City | Foster City, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nevada Outdoor Adventure Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwestern Pritzker School of Law | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Opportunity Village | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | Henderson, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shriner's Children | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vegas Pet Rescue Project | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Veteran Social Club | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| William Sansum Diabetes Center | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women in Sports Events | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Care Complex | Las Vegas, NV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA De Luz | Las Vegas, NV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sansum Diabetes Research Institute | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys Town Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faith Communications Corporation (sos Radio) | Las Vegas, NV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family Services Agency | Las Vegas, NV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Touro University Nevada | Henderson, NV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harrison House Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sisters of Benedict | Ferdinand, IN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
39 of 75 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 95 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $1,066,350 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 20 | $1,416,500 | $3,750 |
| 2023 | 25 | $1,538,500 | $7,000 |
| 2024 | 39 | $3,470,500 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 50 | $3,941,500 | $17,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in Nevada. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Nevada.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Boyd Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 6465 S Rainbow Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89118. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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