PBS Reno Receives $25,000 Grant from NV Energy Foundation
To schedule a PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom workshop, email education@pbsreno.org
RENO, NV (OCT 5, 2026) – PBS Reno is pleased to receive a $25,000 grant from NV Energy Foundation to support the PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom workshop program.
“Supporting local students and families is one of the most meaningful ways we can invest in the future of our communities,” said Ryan Bellows, NV Energy Vice President and General Counsel and NV Energy Foundation board member. “Through a $25,000 grant to PBS Reno’s Curiosity Classroom initiative, the NV Energy Foundation is helping provide engaging, hands-on STEM learning opportunities that inspire curiosity, encourage lifelong learning, and make educational resources more accessible to children across Nevada. We’re proud to partner with PBS Reno to help students build the skills and confidence they need to thrive both in and out of the classroom.”
PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom workshops include an engaging video clip, a read aloud, and fun hands-on activities. Each lesson is aligned to the Common Core Standards, Next Generation Science Standards and Nevada Academic Content Standards. All materials are supplied and a trained facilitator leads each 45- to 60-minute workshop.
During the 2025-2026 school year, PBS Reno delivered 6,873 workshops to 130,378 students in nine school districts in northern and central Nevada and northeastern California.
“The NV Energy Foundation is a treasured partner of PBS Reno,” said Kurt Mische, PBS Reno President & CEO. “The foundation generously supports our important work, which like NV Energy, serves everyone in our region.”
PBS Reno currently offers nearly 50 different workshops for students in preschool through 4th grade. For more information about PBS Reno Education Services and PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom workshops, call 775.600.0551 or email education@pbsreno.org.
About PBS Reno
In fiscal year 2024-2025, PBS Reno reached 592,189 monthly viewers in northern and central Nevada and northeastern California across several platforms including three broadcast channels (PBS Reno 5.1, Reno Create 5.2, and PBS KIDS on PBS Reno 5.3), a YouTube channel, YouTube TV, online, livestreams, and digital platforms. PBS Reno provides PBS national programming and award-earning, locally-produced content, with many local segments posted weekly to PBS Reno’s YouTube Channel. PBSReno.org provides engaging interactive content, including the video portal at watch.PBSReno.org that streams all locally-produced content and most PBS national content. PBS Reno serves students, teachers, parents and caregivers through immersive educational services including Curiosity Classroom Workshops that bring classroom lessons to life with standards-based lessons and activities. Through the support of local corporations and foundations, as well as thousands of individual members, PBS Reno has been delivering public television and educational services to the communities it serves since September 29, 1983.
About NV Energy Foundation
The NV Energy Foundation provides charitable grants to nonprofit organizations and causes most important to NV Energy customers and our community. Funding priorities include environmental stewardship, education, workforce development, utility assistance, food insecurity, homelessness, affordable housing, and public safety. NV Energy customers do not fund the NV Energy Foundation or the company's charitable giving.
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