Open Foundations · Nevada

Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation

Reno, Nevada · EIN 880346537. 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 $869K across 27 grants in 2024, a median of $20K each.

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$869K
paid in 2024
27
grants paid
$20K
median grant
63%
to first-time recipients
$19.5M
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
WHITTER TRUST COMPANY
Address
100 WEST LIBERTY STREET 890, RENO, NV, 89501
Phone
7757423127
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NO SPECIFIC FORM IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL REQUEST. APPLICANTS WILL BE PROVIDED FORMAL APPLICATION IF THE FOUNDATION HAS AN INTEREST IN THE REQUEST.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
GRANTS ARE GENERALLY LIMITED TO PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE SHOWN TO HAVE SOME BENEFIT TO CHILDREN, AND TO PROGRAMS IN THE RENO AND LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AREAS

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543159349102829. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

school

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 27 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Junior Achievement of Northern Nevada IncNV$100,000BIZTOWN CAMPUS
2Junior Achievement of Southern NevadaNV$100,000JA INSPIRATION CENTER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
3Nevada Museum of ArtNV$100,000CAPITAL/CONSTRUCTION
4Sky TavernNV$100,000REDRIVE OF SKY RIDGE CHAIR LIFT AND AMERICA LIFT
5University of Nevada Reno FoundationNV$100,000COLLEGE OF BUSINESS BUILDING
6Spread the Word NevadaNV$50,000TO SUPPORT A NEW BUILDING TO HELP EXPAND SERVICE AREA
7Cristo Rey St Viator Las VegasNV$34,000CORPORATE WORK STUDY PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025
8Cleveland Clinic FoundationNV$25,000NEVADA EXPLORATORY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER
9Discovery Children's MuseumNV$25,000OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DISCOVERY LAB
10Nevada Museum of ArtNV$25,000OPERATING SCHOOL TOURS SUPPORT (1 OF 5)
11Las Vegas Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of AmericaNV$20,000GIVING TUESDAY OUTREACH APPEAL
12Northern Nevada Children's Cancer FoundationNV$20,000$10K FOR INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM & $10K FOR HOPE FOR HOLIDAYS PROGRAM
13Olive CrestNV$20,000STRONG FAMILIES PRG, CHIDREN & FAMILY RESOURCE CTR & TEEEN & YOUNG ADULT PRG
14Tahoe FundCA$20,000TO SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF OLD MOTEL BUILDINGS & TRANSFORMATION OF THE WETLANDS
15Women's Resource Medical Centers of Southern Nevada IncNV$20,000VALUES PRENATAL PROGRAM

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202030$747K
202124$864K
202219$830K
202314$645K
202427$869K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Nevada89%
California11%

Who decides

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

G Blake SmithPRESIDENT · 2024
G Blake Smith IiVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Michael J MelarkeySECRETARY · 2024
Timothy CashmanTREASURER · 2024

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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