Serving Our Communities Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 85-4198386 · since 2021socfoundation.com·Missouri, Nevada·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$184k

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$1,650 to $50,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$25,000

Typical grant (median)

6 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The foundation's four pillars are thriving children and youth, food security and community health, economic mobility and workforce development, and community resilience and systems change, and it also funds the infrastructure behind programmes.
A charity working in these areas, and in its stated priority areas of Nevada and Missouri, should judge its fit before getting in touch.
Its typical grant falls between $1,650 and $50,000, with a median of about $12,000, so a request near the middle of that range is realistic, although its largest grant was $130,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
The foundation describes its approach as long-term and relationship-centred, and 67% of its grant dollars in its latest filing went to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, so a first approach through its contact form is best treated as the start of a conversation.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so you can make contact at any time.

Overview

Serving Our Communities Foundation is a US private foundation based in Carson City, NV.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Foundation invests in organisations working across four pillars: thriving children and youth; food security and community health; economic mobility and workforce development; and community resilience and systems change. Its funded partners span Nevada and Missouri, with a commitment to building stronger, more equitable communities from the ground up. Its investments are deliberate, aligned to those pillars and selected because they address a genuine gap in a community it is committed to serving. It describes its approach as long-term and relationship-centred, sustaining engagement with partners rather than making a single gift. It also invests in the infrastructure behind programmes as well as the programmes themselves.

Themes

Thriving Children and Youth
Food Security and Health
Economic Mobility
Community Resilience

Geographic Focus

Priority: Nevada; Missouri.

How to apply

Organisations doing meaningful work in the foundation’s focus areas across Nevada and Missouri can submit their information through its contact form. The foundation will be in touch to explore potential alignment and begin a conversation about partnership and funding.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 67% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 26 grants to organisations were about $12,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

It selects deliberate investments aligned to its four pillars and chosen to address a genuine gap in a community it is committed to serving.
It favours sustained engagement with partners, built through long-term relationships rather than single gifts.
It invests in the infrastructure behind programmes as well as the programmes themselves.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Nevada58%

Missouri41%

District of Columbia1%

California<1%

The largest single recipient received 33% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 67% of grant dollars went to organisations Serving Our Communities Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.

Grants

6 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $25,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 6 grants in tax year 2024 by size

Under $1k17%

$1k–$2.5k0%

$2.5k–$5k0%

$5k–$10k17%

$10k–$25k17%

$25k–$50k33%

$50k–$100k17%

Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)

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

Unr School Of Medicine Foundation · Ucan and research
$75,0002024 tax year
Lutheran High School Association · Special ed teachers
$41,7502024 tax year
Ujima · Urban farms
$40,0002024 tax year
Frizzy By Nature · Safe space for the black and brown community
$10,0002024 tax year
National Childrens Alliance · Advocacyadvocacy
$6,3782024 tax year
Rady Childrens Hospital · Programsprograms
$3502024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Alexandra Marson — Director
Samuel Marson — Director
Dave Marson — Treasurer
Jan Marson — President
Shena Bahn — Director

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$626,139	$145,098	$12,397,925	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$1,222,739	$519,420	$13,375,489	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$1,419,750	$184,478	$13,702,425	Filing for 2024 tax year

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.