Public Charity

UNLV RESEARCH FOUNDATION

UNLV RESEARCH FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in LAS VEGAS, NV. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $833K revenue, $816K expenses, $22.6M total assets. 3 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $486K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 880501398 LAS VEGAS, NV Engineering & Technology NTEE: U40 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$833K
Total Expenses$816K
Total Assets$22.6M
Grant Records3
Funding Total$486K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AND SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUPPORTING, PROMOTING, AND REPORTING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS, AS AN ENTITY OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION / NSHE AND COMMERCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE CREATED AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NEVADA.

Where $100 goes at Unlv Research Foundation

How Unlv Research Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$96 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $96 for programs

$96
The mission of the foundation is to support unlv research by developing and maintaining unlv research and technology parks to enhance intellectual, scientific, and financial growth for the…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Bo Bernhard
TREASURER/SECRETARY (LEFT 3/20/25) Casey Wyman
MEMBER/DIRECTOR Christopher Heavey
MEMBER/DIRECTOR Dan Tuntland
MEMBER David Belding
MEMBER/DIRECTOR David D Ross

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Top Grant Purposes

Education
$400,000 1 grant
General Support
$43,350 1 grant
Unspecified
$42,936 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $833K $816K $22.6M
2024 $1.2M $1.1M $22.5M
2023 $6.7M $678K $27.8M
2022 $2.8M $614K $19.3M
2021 $352K $332K $9.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $352K to $833K (+137%), with total assets most recently reported at $22.6M.

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