COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive. Founded in the U.S. through grassroots action in 1951, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has grown to become one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than a million members and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and over 400 scientists, we impact conservation in 76 countries and territories.

Friendship Circle provides a fully-inclusive and non-judgemental environment that nurtures relationships and helps to create lifelong friendships for individuals with disabilities. Friendship Circle is founded upon the belief that within each person is a soul, and that soul is equal and worthy of boundless love. Everyone is deserving of friendship, and everyone can be a friend.

Located at the original water source for the Las Vegas Valley, the Springs Preserve is a 180-acre cultural institution that celebrates Las Vegas' dynamic history while focusing on its sustainable future. Visitors to the Springs Preserve will discover boundless opportunities to explore ancient and modern history, natural landscapes, archaeological sites, native plants and animals, and current water resource challenges. The campus includes the OriGen Museum, Nevada State Museum, two interactive exhibition spaces (WaterWorks and Boomtown 1905), a colorful botanical garden, an art gallery, a kids’ learning center, natural trails system, restored wetlands, seasonal butterfly habitat, preserved historical structures, and trackless train rides.

B.E. A S.H.E.R.O. Foundation’s mission is to provide resources needed to support, sustain and empower young girls and women under the age of 25 who have been abused, abandoned, and exploited. We accomplish this by bringing other agencies with similar missions together and being a resource center for these organizations.

The American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative, Go Red for Women, is a comprehensive platform designed to increase women’s heart health awareness and serve as a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women globally. It’s no longer just about wearing red; it’s no longer just about sharing heart health facts. It’s about all women making commitment to stand together with Go Red and taking charge of their own heart health as well as the health of those they can’t bear to live without.

The Boy Scouts of America, Las Vegas Area Council helps deliver the programs of the Boy Scouts of America to the youth of southern Nevada and western Arizona. The Las Vegas Area Council works in partnership with local chartering organizations, community partners, parents and more than 7,381 volunteers to help serve the nearly 19,709 youth registered to Scouting programs across the country. Lexicon Bank is proud to support The Council with a cash donation to help fund resources and materials for upcoming events.

From our base in Las Vegas, Nevada—a unique, vital, and surprising city for creativity and the arts—our programs serve both local and international audiences. The question that guides all aspects of our work is how writers and their honest, artful expression can galvanize community, support open societies, and facilitate creative approaches to the most vexing problems of our time.

Established in 2014, the Charity Series of Poker is a non-profit company founded to organize and promote charity poker tournaments and other events that raise money and awareness for worthy charities and causes. We strive to make it easy for poker players and celebrities to give back to their communities and the world in a very tangible way while playing the game we all love.

Communities In Schools is a national organization that ensures every student, regardless of race, gender, zip code, or socioeconomic background has what they need to realize their potential in school and beyond. Communities In Schools of Nevada is the fifth largest state office of the nation's leading dropout prevention organization. CIS of Nevada has affiliate offices in Elko, Reno, and Las Vegas, with programs in 75 schools, working with over 75,000 students.

Collaboration Center Foundation at Las Vegas Ranch is a 5-acre campus serving individuals and families touched by Autism and other Intellectual, Developmental and Physical Disabilities of ALL ages. Services on CCF’s campus include speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavior therapy, physical therapy, education therapy and academic tutoring, life skill camps, healthcare transition, recreation, grandparent support group, sibling workshops, parent education and more.

Prior to opening its doors in a new location at Symphony Park and with a new name, the DISCOVERY Children’s Museum, Lied Discovery Children’s Museum was located in the historic Cultural Corridor in Downtown Las Vegas. The museum’s co-founders, Robin Greenspun and Mark Tratos, arranged a partnership between the Junior League of Las Vegas and the Allied Arts Council founding a private, nonprofit educational institution in 1984. A bond issue authorizing the building of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library and Discovery Museum in 1985 gave the museum a permanent home, which opened its doors to the public on September 9, 1990.