Greenspun Family Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Greenspun Family Foundation supports children and youth, higher education, the physically and mentally challenged, religion and homelessness causes in Nevada.

IP TAKE: This funder maintains a low profile but accepts unsolicited funding requests, and prioritizes groups that serve children and the disabled.

PROFILE: Established in 1989, the Greenspun Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Henderson, Nevada. This is the foundation of Hank Greenspun (1909-1989), who was the publisher of the Las Vegas Sun newspaper and a real estate developer in the Las Vegas area. During his lifetime, Greenspun was known for his ties to the Watergate political scandal, feuds with Senator Joe McCarthy, and supplying arms to Israeli military forces. The foundation supports local efforts for children and youth, higher education, the physically and mentally challenged, religion and homelessness.

Grants for Higher Education, Mental Health, and Housing and Homelessness

The Greenspun Family Foundation does not have a website to guide grant seekers. However, tax records and local news coverage reveal that this foundation often funds the arts, cancer care, and higher education causes in its home community. It also supports Jewish issues and scholarship programs. The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Hank Greenspun School of Communication at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are named after this grantmaking organization’s founder.

Past local grantees include the Las Vegas-based Nevada Cancer Institute, the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, and Nevada State College.

Important Grant Details

Grants range between about $300,000 and $850,000. Grantmaking focuses on the state of Nevada and the Las Vegas area in particular.

According to tax records, this foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. There is no designated application form, so grant seekers should submit application materials via mail to the foundation and to the attention of the screening committee. There are no submission deadlines. Direct general questions to the staff at 702-259-4023.

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CONTACT:

2360 Corporate Circle Ste 330

Henderson, NV 89074