Beverly Rogers

In 1962, Rogers moved from Pennsylvania to Nevada with her family, where her stepfather became a mechanic for a bowling alley, while her mother managed the office for an orthodontist.

[4] For a Las Vegas Review-Journal piece in 2021, the foundation reported approximately $89 million in disbursements toward projects relevant to its goals.

[1] In 2013, Rogers and her husband donated $10 million dollars to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Black Mountain Institute for writers.

In 2019, Rogers donated $5 million to the university's Special Collections to fund a curator of rare books and support the department's operations.

[7] In 2021, the Rogers Foundations unveiled plans to build a 14,000 square foot theater for film and performance in downtown Las Vegas on Sixth Street.