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Donate now with your credit card. Below is a list of Nonprofit Endowments and Organization Funds to which you may want to contribute. You can search by keyword for a fund in the search box on the top menu bar or by typing Ctrl F on your keyboard.
Please fill out the “notes” section on the second page of the PayPal giving form. Let us know the specific fund name you are contributing to and if you are making the donation in someone’s memory or honor.
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The Community Foundation will provide you with a gift receipt for one-hundred percent of your credit card gift. Ninety-seven percent of your gift will be directly deposited to the fund selected. Three percent of your donation will cover the costs associated with credit card transactions. If you prefer to have 100% of your gift directed to the fund:
please mail a check to 50 Washington Street, Suite 300, Reno, NV 89503.
Donate to the COVID-19 Relief Fund to address long-term and big picture issues in northern Nevada arising from COVID-19.
It is our honor to administer the Mary J.Yamamoto Memorial Scholarship. Contributions to the Mary J.Yamamoto Memorial Scholarship can be made through your credit card or by check.
We will send a gift acknowledgment letter for your records within a few days of receiving your contribution. All gifts will be reported to the fundholder or designated organization. If you wish to be anonymous please let us know.
| Fund | Description | Donate |
|---|---|---|
| Community Housing Land Trust-Rent Assistance | Rent Assistance for residents of Village on Sage Street that have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| COVID-19 Relief Fund | Helping to meet needs of front line healthcare workers and related nonprofits arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| Donations to Unlisted Funds | Don't see your fund? Click here and write in name under special instructions on the payment page. | |
| CFWN Arts Fund | Field of Interest Arts Endowment | |
| CFWN Community Endowment | Permanent Fund that supports our mission to meet the needs of the people of northern Nevada | |
| CFWN Corporate Philanthropy Partners | Membership of companies that support the community engagement activities of the Community Foundation. | |
| CFWN Family Court Judicial Benevolent Fund | Designated Fund | |
| CFWN Operating Fund | Keeps the doors open and lights on. | |
| Audacity Fund Reno | Field of Interest Fund to support businesses founded by underserved populations | |
| Orville Belding Memorial Scholarship Endowment | Scholarship Fund | |
| Dixie Bradshaw's Principal Fund | Designated Fund | |
| Brewery Arts Center Endowment | Permanent Fund | |
| Camp Lamoille Recovery Fund | To rebuild the Elko Lions Club Camp Lamoille | |
| C*A*R*E* Chest Endowment | Designated Fund | |
| Celebrate Diversity Endowment | Area of Interest Fund | |
| Community Foundation of Douglas County (CFDC) | An affiliate fund endowment to support the communities of Douglas County. | |
| Community Foundation of Elko County (affiliate fund) | An endowed area of interest fund to benefit the communities of Elko County | |
| CFEC General Fund | Operating fund of the Community Foundation of Elko County | |
| Community Nutrition Education Endowment | Area of Interest Fund | |
| Cristoforo Colombo Lodge 1534 Sonos of Italy Fund | Area of Interest | |
| Dangberg Home Ranch Endowment | Designated Endowment to support the Dangberg Home Ranch forever. | |
| Ruth Kendyl Williams Depoali Memorial Fund | A Field of Interest fund to support support for Washoe County schools and teachers to improve their classrooms. | |
| Estipona Group | Area of Interest Fund to alleviate homelessness and support Community Improvement | |
| First United Methodist Foundation of Reno | A designated fund | |
| Family Estate Planning Series | Designated Fund to provide the Family Estate Planning Series to Reno public. | |
| Feeding Pets of the Homeless Fund | To Support Pets of the Homeless and its affiliated agencies. | |
| Friends of Nevada Wilderness Endowment | Designated Fund to support projects of Friends of Nevada Wilderness | |
| Great Basin National Park Foundation fund | Designated Fund to help enhance, preserve and protect the Great Basin National Park. | |
| Great Basin Outdoor School Endowment | Designated Fund to build an annual grant for the Great Basin Outdoor School. | |
| Immunize Nevada | Designated Fund to support Nevadan's access to vaccines. | |
| Kendall Bob Endowment 4th Ward School | A designated endowed fund to benefit Historic 4th Ward School | |
| KNPB Endowment | Designated Fund to support PBS Reno - television for the public good. | |
| Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Fund | Designated Fund to support he activities of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. | |
| Marilyn R Melton Endowment for the Humanities | Designated Fund to support supports humanities-based educational and cultural programs that articulate the Nevada experience, feature local culture and heritage, and facilitate the investigation of ideas that matter to the people of Nevada and their communities. | |
| Note-Able Music Therapy Services Endowment | Designated Permanent Endowment to support Note-Able Music Therapy create lasting change in the lives of people of all abilities through music. | |
| Nevada Commission for Women Fund | Provides support for the advancement of women for full equality in all areas. | |
| Nevada Land Trust Endowment | Designated Fund to help NV Land Trust protect key land, water, wildlife, open spaces and special places in Nevada. | |
| Nevada Military Support Alliance Endowment | Permanent endowment supports Nevada Military Support Alliance work. | |
| Nevada Museum of Art Fund | Designated Fund to help build upon collections while offering meaningful art and cultural experiences and fostering new knowledge in the visual arts | |
| NV Dream Tags Fund | Make grants to rehabilitate Nevada wildlife habitat | |
| Ortiz, Maison Fund | Designated to support the Maison Ortiz Youth Outdoor Skills Camp and/or related activities or programs. | |
| Reno Cares Fund | Substance abuse counseling, psychological or psychiatric services assistance through "Specialty Court" and "Fresh Start Therapeutic Court". | |
| Reno Central Rotary Scholarship | Scholarship Fund | |
| Reno Chamber Orchestra Endowment | Designated Fund | |
| Reno, City of, Charitable Foundation | Charitable Foundation to support city-wide projects like the Senior Games. | |
| Reno Police Foundation | Designated Fund | |
| Susanne and Gloria Young Foundation | Field of Interest fund to support women and children and education. | |
| Y.E.S. Youth Engaged in Service Fund | To support youth ages 5 to 25 interested in STEAM and community service. | |
| Reno Family Shelter Endowment | Designated Fund | |
| Reno Little Theater Endowment | Designated Fund | |
| Reno Philharmonic Endowment | Designated Fund | |
| Reno Pops Orchestra Scholarship Endowment | Scholarship Fund | |
| Restart Endowment | Designated Fund | |
| Senior Support Fund | Designated fund to help seniors in northern Nevada | |
| Soroptimist Internaltional of Truckee Meadows IGU-Nepal Project | Designated Fund | |
| Sparks Museum Endowment | Designated Endowment | |
| Sullivan, George D. Memorial Fund | Designated fund to support University of Nevada Police Department | |
| Tahoe-Pyramid Trail Endowment | Designated to benefit the Tahoe-Pyramid Trail | |
| Tappan Family Fund | A memorial fund | |
| Tonopah Community Fund | Scholarship Fund | |
| Tonopah Library Fund | Designated Fund | |
| Trinity Episcopal Church Endowment | Designated Fund | |
| Truckee River Fund | Designated fund to support project that benefit the Truckee River and its watershed. | |
| Twentieth Century Club Legacy Fund | Designated Endowment | |
| United Way of N. NV and the Sierra Endowment | Designated Fund | |
| Washoe CASA Foundation Fund | A designated fund to support the Washoe CASA Foundation activities | |
| Washoe Ability Resource Center Endowment | An endowment to support Washoe Ability Resource Center | |
| Wilbanks, Emily Jane, Memorial Fund | Scholarship Fund | |
| Women's Giving Circle | A Field of Interest Giving Circle | |
| Yamamoto, Mary Memorial Scholarship | A Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Zonta of Greater Reno Scholarship | Scholarship Fund | |
| Zonta Club of Greater Reno Endowment | Area of Interest |