Open Foundations · Nevada

Nv Energy Charitable Foundation

Reno, Nevada · EIN 880244735. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.2M across 207 grants in 2025, a median of $8K each.

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$4.2M
paid in 2025
207
grants paid
$8K
median grant
9%
to first-time recipients
$26.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Lisa Harris
Address
PO Box 10100, Reno, NV, 89520
Phone
7758343067
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
No form required for charitable organizations.
Submission deadline
None for charitable organizations.
Restrictions on awards
The organization provides grants to qualified charitable organizations located within the service are of Nevada Power Company D/B/A NV Energy and Sierra Pacific Power Company D/B/A NV Energy. The organization will make contributions only to qualified public charities, and not individuals.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631199349101618. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 207 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1United Way of Southern NevadaNV$500,000REACH Program Support
2United Way of Northern Nevada & the SierraNV$448,442Employee Giving Matching Gift
3University of Nevada Reno FoundationNV$250,000Tahoe Environmental Observatory Network (TEON) - Protecting the Jewel of the Sierra
4United Way of Southern NevadaNV$243,484Employee Giving Matching Gift
5Three SquareNV$125,000Three Square Emergency Response
6Community Foundation of Northern NevadaNV$100,000America 250 Nevada
7Food Bank of Northern NevadaNV$100,000FBNN Emergency Response
8Rebuilding Together So NevadaNV$100,000Merlayne Affordable Rental Project
9The Public Education FoundationNV$100,000Public Education Foundation's Scholarship Plus
10Friends of the Marzen HouseNV$75,000Marzenville: Museum Heritage Electricity Project
11Serving Our Kids FoundationNV$75,000Feeding Their Dreams
12The Nature ConservancyNV$75,000Atwood Preserve Science Support
13Three SquareNV$75,0002025 Bag Childhood Hunger Campaign
14Walker River Paiute TribeNV$75,000Little League Ballfield
15Communities in Schools of NevadaNV$70,000Future Ready: Skills and Opportunities for K-12 Youth

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020152$3.0M
2021187$3.8M
2022228$2.7M
2023188$2.9M
2024204$4.9M
2025 (partial year)207$4.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Nevada95%
Arizona1%
Utah1%
California1%
Alaska1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Adrian CacuciAssistant Treasurer · 2025
Brandon BarkuffDirector · 2025
Lisa HarrisSecretary · 2025
Marie K SteeleDirector · 2025
Michael BehrensTreasurer · 2025
Ryan L BellowsGeneral Councel/Director · 2025
Tony F Sanchez IiiChair/Director · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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