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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMISSION FOR THE LAS VEGAS CENTENNIAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,120,520
Total expenses
$2,261,945
Contributions and grants received
$1,755,471
Grants paid
$2,104,714
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$327,015
Other revenue
$38,034
Total assets, end of year
$6,652,943
Total liabilities, end of year
$198,760
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,454,183
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,104,714
Management and general expenses
$157,231
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,104,714

Program services were 93.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,755,471

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $327,015 · excluded $327,015

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $38,034 · excluded $38,034

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,104,714 · program services $2,104,714

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,102 · management and general $2,102

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,620 · management and general $4,620

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $506 · management and general $506

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,820 · management and general $3,820

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,945 · management and general $10,945

  • 24a · Other expenses: INTERNAL CHARGES

    total $135,238 · management and general $135,238

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,590,512 · end of year $6,190,159

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $470,825 · end of year $462,784

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $465,729 · end of year $198,760

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,595,608 · end of year $6,454,183

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To provide funding to facilitate the education, commemoration, preservation and enhancement of historic resources in Las Vegas.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial was formed in 2003 to plan, organize, coordinate, and implement activities associated with the city's centennial anniversary from its founding in 1905. The Commission continues to be in operation, serving as a board that awards grants to applicants that are intended to encourage preservation of the city's history. Funding is provided to facilitate the education, commemoration, preservation and enhancement of historic resources in Las Vegas.

  • Plaza Hotel & Casino: 2023 Las Vegas Days Rodeo Funding was awarded for the costs associated with the production of the Las Vegas Days Rodeo. The Las Vegas Days (formerly Helldorado Days) Rodeo takes place at the Core Arena Annually. The event allows the community to come together once a year to celebrate the history of the city as it was associated with Helldorado Days, reminisce about past events and introduce newcomers to the event. Funding components included the following: (a) rodeo entrance and judging fees (b) the rental, transportation and feed for livestock, (c) water truck and tractor rentals, (d) rodeo announcers and entertainment staff, (e) event labor, (f) fire responder staff, (g) bleacher and portable toilet rentals (h) contests and buckle award, and (i) advertising banners. The rodeo event also included a coloring contest for children, a best beard/mustache contest, a "then and now" photograph pavilion and a chuck wagon display with actors dressed in period costumes.

    Expenses $200,000 · Grants $200,000

  • Nevada Preservation Foundation Home + History Event 2024 Funding was awarded for the costs associated with the planning and running of the Home & History 2024 Event. Home & History celebrates the history, people, and architecture of Las Vegas through a series of lectures and walking and driving tours at a variety of historic-aged places located throughout the city. Funding components included the following fees associated with the event: (a) salaries for event manager, staff and content developers, (b) printing and digital advertising costs for event brochures, signs and way finders, (c) hospitality and honoraria, (d) event volunteer apparel, (e) design, branding, marketing and consultant agency fees, (f) digital app software (g) bus and venue costs, (h) association chapter fees, and (i) modernism Week event tickets. A few events at the 2024 event were Hops + History in the Arts District, Paradise Palms Neighborhood Tour, Mid Mod Madness Tour, and the Vintage Vegas Home Tour.

    Expenses $168,020 · Grants $168,020

  • In accordance with the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial's mission to fund projects relating to the commemoration of the history of the city of Las Vegas, the Commission approved the following additional grants: 22-0150-CLC1 KCEP Radio Documentary 22-0499-CLC1 Mob Museum Documentary 22-0506-CLC1 Classic Las Vegas As We Knew It 22-0377-CLC1 Safari Motel Sign 22-0640-CLC1 The City of Las Vegas: 1960s 22-0730-CLC1 Westside Documentary 22-0731-CLC1 Duck Duck Shed 2023 22-0734-CLC1 Helldorado Documentary 23-0204-CLC1 Westside School Centennial Parade & Festival 23-0470-CLC1 Historic Westside Design Guidebook 23-0447-CLC1 HPC Grant 23-0325-CLC1 Old Time Reunion 2023 23-0605-CLC1 The City of Las Vegas: 1970-2005 24-0071-CLC1 HPC Grant

    Expenses $1,736,694 · Grants $1,736,694

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carolyn Goodman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Coffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cedric Crear

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hannah Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hugh Sinnock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Mowbray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Mills

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Louise Helton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Brandenburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Olivia Diaz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ric Truesdell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Bryan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Stoldal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Arnold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Prato

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Siebrandt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $122,758
    From this org
    $83,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,065
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $83,435
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $258
    Deferred
    $5,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,065
    Filer's total
    $122,758

  • Michael Howe

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Seth Floyd

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
Compensation is determined by The City of Las Vegas policy and salary schedule.
Schedule J, Part II COMPENSATION FROM AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL
NAME - DIANE SIEBRANDT, COMPENSATION FROM UNRELATED ORGANIZATION - 122758.000000, NAME OF UNRELATED ORGANIZATION - CITY OF LAS VEGAS, TYPE OF COMPENSATION - SALARIES AND WAGES

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Slicktion Culture Productions

    $227,084

    Costs associated with the production of a documentary film highlighting the history of black Las Vegas and the Historic Westside and the impact of local and national events on the community.

  • City of Las Vegas

    $225,000

    HPC funding

  • Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County

    $215,667

    missing - KCEP Radio Documentary

  • Plaza Hotel & Casino

    $200,000

    Costs associated with the production of the 2023 Las Vegas Days Rodeo

  • Neon Museum

    $200,000

    planning and running of the "Duck Duck Shed: Celebrating Las Vegas Architecture, De-sign, and Culture 2024"

  • Boyd Productions LLC

    $174,938

    Funding granted hire Boyd Productions to produce the 6th installment of the documentary about Las Vegas 1960-1969

  • Nevada Preservation Foundation

    $168,020

    planning and running of the Home + History 2025, 2026, and 2027 events

  • Heather Caputo Productions

    $154,438

    Costs associated with the production of a documentary film highlighting the history of Helldorado Days in Las Vegas

  • Boyd Productions LLC

    $131,800

    Funding granted hire Boyd Productions to produce the Part VII through Part X of the documentary film series, The City of Las Vegas, covering the years 1970-2005

  • Mob Museum Documentary

    $126,771

    Costs associated with the production of a documenatry film highlighting the history of the building of a U.S. post office and courthouse, and museum

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501289349303545

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