The Charles and Phyllis M. Frias Charitable Trust

• The Charles and Phyllis M. Frias Charitable Trust gives with a priority on Clark County, Nye County, Lincoln County and Esmeralda County, and its themes are children, education and the less fortunate, so work outside these counties or themes is unlikely to fit.
• The trust does not accept unsolicited requests and operates by invitation only, so a grant writer should not plan to send in a cold application; building a relationship through partners working in this area is the realistic route in.
• On size, grants to organisations have ranged from $25,000 to about $2,050,000, with half of its 19 grants at $200,000 or less, so a request in that lower range is a reasonable benchmark even though some awards have been much larger.
• A high 96% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded in a previous filing, suggesting this is a relationship-led funder favouring established partners rather than a widely competitive open process.
• Because it states plainly that it does not accept unsolicited requests, nonprofits without an existing connection should not expect a direct, uninvited application to succeed.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada · To contribute to charitable purposes.
  $2,211,0002024 tax year
• Nevada Rural Housing · To contribute to charitable purposes.
  $1,528,2982024 tax year
• Mesquite Works · To contribute to charitable purposes.
  $874,0592024 tax year
• Clark County Public Education Foundation · To contribute to charitable purposes.
  $648,1402024 tax year
• Bishop Gorman High School · To contribute to charitable purposes.
  $150,0002024 tax year
• College of Southern Nevada Foundation · To contribute to charitable purposes.
  $130,4772024 tax year
• Project 150 · To contribute to charitable purposes.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Frias Elementary School · To contribute to charitable purposes.
  $48,6532024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.