What We Do
Over the course of our tenure, we’ve honed our focus clearly on creating educational and artistic opportunities for students, teachers, and the community, while engaging in a statewide effort to reverse the trajectory of Nevada’s education system.
The Rogers Foundation is one of the largest privately funded charitable foundations in Nevada. Previously named Foundation of The Year and a 2019 Angel Award recipient.
Our Activities
We power Educate Nevada Now (ENN), a non-partisan education policy organization focused on ensuring that every Nevada child has access to a quality education, regardless of their family income or circumstances.
We offer scholarships ranging from $20,000 to $100,000 to Clark County public high school students to attend the college or university of their choice.
We funded multiple full ride scholarships, including tuition and board to high school seniors or first-year college transfer students to Kentucky Wesleyan College.
We fuel education non-profit CORE, the two-generation program that serves under-resourced students and their families from middle school to graduation and beyond to live choice-filled lives.
Along with The Smith Center, we presented The Heart of Education Awards, a ceremony to honor the work of Clark County K-12 public school teachers.
We support Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
We contributed to the success of artists of every nature through The Rogers Artist Residency by providing a home at The Rogers Art Loft and workspace at The Rogers Studio Gallery.
We opened The Beverly Theater, a fully programmed independent movie theater and entertainment venue designed to stage the uncommon cinematic, literary, and live experience.
Education is Key
We underwrite statewide educational reform efforts focused on educational equity through Educate Nevada Now.
Transforming Lives
Our Impact
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The Rogers Foundation awards nearly $2 million annually to students in Southern Nevada to pursue higher education.
We provide funding for statewide educational reform efforts focused on educational equity through Educate Nevada Now (ENN), a non-partisan education policy organization that strives to make fair and equitable education funding a reality in Nevada.
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We continue to support the arts with the creation of Las Vegas’ only independent movie house and live performance venue, The Beverly Theater.
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We uplift families by supporting programs including CORE whose mission is rooted in the belief that the most powerful way to ensure economic mobility and equity is to invest in children and their families.
recent recipients
Derek H.
Doreen L.
Dre B. W.
Easton L.
Eden Abebe
Eileen E.
Eli F. - Susan Tierney Award
Emilia D.
Emily H.
Emily J.
Emily R.
Emmanuel B.
Erin K.
Esteffany G. M.
Ethan P.
Eva S.
Eyasu S.
Frank V.
Gabriela M.
Gabriela O.
Gargi P.
Georgina M.
Gildardo A. - Susan Tierney Award
Gloria E.
Grace B.
What Our Recipients Are Saying
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To this day, I can't believe that I received this scholarship, and I am so grateful that the Rogers Foundation saw something in me. Receiving this scholarship taught me the impact of having complete strangers believing in you and taking a chance on you. I can only hope that I can one day pay it forward.
I believe that learning is one of the best gifts given to society, and I want nothing more than to swim in its wonders for as long as I can! I would like to thank everyone at The Rogers Foundation for the scholarship that was given to me. I know that I would not at all have been able to afford the ability to attend an out-of-state college in New York without your help.”
I applied for The Rogers Scholarship for the opportunity. Getting a full-ride scholarship is anyone's dream. I thought I had a pretty good chance of getting it and I was successful. It's taking these chances that can lead to the grandest of opportunities. Now I have four years of college paid for. Who would have thought?”
This will give my mom a great sigh of relief. I didn't want her to worry so much about me and my education and going to college.
“The Achiever’s Scholarship is the reason I am at UC Berkeley. Cost of attendance makes it impossible for a lot of students to even dream of attending certain out-of-state and private schools, but The Rogers Foundation made it a reality for me. Because of them, I don’t have to face thousands of dollars of debt to get an education and pursue something I’m passionate about.”
To this day, I can't believe that I received this scholarship, and I am so grateful that the Rogers Foundation saw something in me. Receiving this scholarship taught me the impact of having complete strangers believing in you and taking a chance on you. I can only hope that I can one day pay it forward.
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Educate Nevada Now is a non-partisan education policy organization focused on ensuring that every Nevada child has access to a quality education, regardless of family income or circumstances.
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