Las Vegas Sands Announces $100,000 Sands Cares Donation to 100 Black Men Las Vegas

Las Vegas Sands has contributed $100,000 through the Sands Cares global community engagement program to 100 Black Men Las Vegas in support of the organization’s youth mentorship, scholarship, and community service offerings.

The 2025 donation will enable 100 Black Men Las Vegas to offer new programs including a science, technology, engineering, and math initiative; the Pathways to Public Service program, which focuses on developing a pipeline of law enforcement and first responder professionals; and Realtist Academy, which prepares participants to become licensed real estate agents or mortgage brokers.

In addition, Sands Cares funding will help 100 Black Men Las Vegas pursue efforts to identify a permanent location for the organization.

“Sands has always understood our overall goal across all of our offerings, which work together to empower our youth and community members to be healthy, self-sufficient and successful. We’ve greatly expanded our reach over the past four years with Sands’ support, and the 2025 contribution is helping us grow current programs and introduce new initiatives to increase our positive impact even further,” Gentry Richardson, executive director of 100 Black Men Las Vegas, said.

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The Sands Cares contribution continues to help underwrite 100 Black Men Las Vegas’ youth leadership development programs, including the flagship Crossroads youth mentoring and life skills program for middle and high school students. Crossroads covers more than 30 critical social and emotional skills that equip participants to successfully engage in their education, professions, and community. In 2024, mentor programs served more than 1500 students in the Las Vegas area and helped students achieve a cumulative 20% grade point average increase over 2023.

Sands’ donation also continues underwriting of scholarships for local college students. Last year, Sands Cares funding contributed to a scholarship pool that cumulatively enabled 100 Black Men Las Vegas to distribute more than $80,000 in scholarships funds, and the organization aims to provide $100,000 in scholarships in 2025.

Finally, the Sands Cares contribution also supports direct community service programs, including a free monthly Virtual Youth Cooking Class and Thanksgiving with the 100 and Friends, the organization’s annual Thanksgiving dinner distribution event.

Sands’ partnership with 100 Black Men Las Vegas is aligned with the company’s focus on education and helping build the workforce of the future.