Boyd Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated purposes are charitable, religious, scientific, public-safety testing, literary and educational work, amateur sports competitions, and preventing cruelty to children or animals, so a small nonprofit should first check that its work fits one of these.
- The filing states no geographic focus, although its recorded grants go mainly to Nevada organisations, so an organisation elsewhere can still ask but should explain how its work meets those purposes.
- The typical grant band is $1,000 to $100,000, with a median of $7,500 and about 8 in 10 of its 84 grants to organisations falling in that band, so a modest request in that range suits it, though its largest grant was about $1,550,000.
- The foundation accepts applications and gives no deadlines in the filing, and 59% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, so a first approach should be carefully prepared and a return request may be well received.
- Organisations providing athletic facilities or equipment fall under a stated limitation on amateur sports grants and should check that before applying.
Overview
Boyd Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Las Vegas, NV.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Foundation limits awards to charitable, religious, scientific, public-safety testing, literary and educational purposes, amateur sports competitions subject to its stated limitation on organisations providing athletic facilities or equipment, and the prevention of cruelty to children or animals. Trustees exercise judgement and discretion within those guidelines. In the recorded grants, most funding went to Nevada organisations, including education and health institutions, legal-aid and social-service bodies, youth and animal-welfare organisations, museums, sports groups and veterans' organisations. The filings describe the grants as nonrestricted rather than specifying project uses.
Themes
- Religious purposes
- Scientific purposes
- Public safety testing
- Literary purposes
- Education
- Amateur sports competitions
- Child/animal cruelty prevention
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Nevada.
How to apply
Applicants complete the Foundation's application for funds, providing the applicant's name, tax-exempt status, FEIN and contact information, amount requested and tax-exempt purpose, intended use of funds, and the sources of most applicant income and contributions.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 59% 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 84 grants to organisations were $7,500 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Trustees decide awards at their discretion under the foundation's stated guidelines.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
1 other state: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 60% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 59% of grant dollars went to organisations Boyd Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 39 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- UNLV Foundation · Nonrestricted$1,553,5002024 tax year
- Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada · Nonrestricted$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Catholic Charities · Nonrestricted$110,0002024 tax year
- Nathan Adelson Hospice · Nonrestricted$110,0002024 tax year
- BPS Foundation · Nonrestricted$100,0002024 tax year
- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation · Nonrestricted$65,0002024 tax year
- St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Nonrestricted$55,0002024 tax year
- Tunnel to Towers Foundation · Nonrestricted$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Sean W Johnson — Trustee
- Taylor J Boyd — Trustee
- Samuel Boyd JR — Trustee
- Bruno Mark — Trustee
- William R Boyd — Trustee
- Marianne E Boyd Johnson — Treasurer
- Samuel J Boyd — Secretary
- William S Boyd — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,613,926 | $1,416,500 | $55,801,753 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,764,258 | $1,538,500 | $73,970,652 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,772,545 | $3,470,500 | $108,115,293 | 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.
Sources
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Applying to Boyd Family Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (702) 233-0186
- Las Vegas, NV