Get Outdoors Nevada

Legal name: Outside Las Vegas Foundation

Overview

Mission

To connect Nevadans and visitors from all backgrounds and ages to the state’s diverse outdoor places.

What it reported doing in 2025

Outreach programs: get outdoors Nevada serves as an important community connector, bridging our local community of residents with the various municipalities and land agencies that manage public lands and outdoor recreation spaces across southern Nevada. In particular, our organization serves as both the contracted facilitator for the regional open space and trails collaborative and as the official philanthropic partner, or "friends group" for lake mead national recreation area. In these capacities, we invest time and resources into developing, supporting and building community awareness around major outdoor-focused projects and initiatives such as the vegas valley rim trail or restoration of historic railroad tunnel trail. We also provide educational outreach programming across a wide variety of community-based events, all focused on building increased awareness and connection with the outdoors through initiatives that include "leave no trace- and "meet your mojave."

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262537847
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2009
Headquarters
Las Vegas, NV, US
Phone
702-997-3350
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -109.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $511K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $55K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSEPH KENNEDY (FY25 ED): $54,814 total reported compensation
  • JUSTIN COHEN (TREASURER): $2,100 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.