COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Street Teens is dedicated to assisting homeless, abandoned and at-risk youth in the Las Vegas Valley.  Our primary goal is to meet the needs of our youth by providing essential wraparound services in a compassionate environment.  Active collaboration with community partners allows Street Teens to provide high-quality services while empowering our youth to take charge of their futures. 

Shine a Light is a 501(c)3 non profit homeless outreach and placement service that helps the hundreds of homeless men, women and children in the greater Las Vegas area. Our primary focus is individuals who live in the underground flood channels of Las Vegas. The program prides itself on going into the depths of the storm-drain system and engaging this underserved, hidden population on a personal level.

As Nevada’s statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, Silver State Equality brings the voices of LGBTQ+ people and allies to institutions of power in Nevada and across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just and fully equal for all LGBTQ+ people. Silver State Equality is a Nevada-based program affiliated with and supported by Equality California and Equality California Institute, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. Lexicon Bank is proud to support and serve as a sponsor of the 2020 Silver State Equality Awards which were celebrated on October 20, 2020.

Scleroderma Sprint is a supercar driving experience and gala benefiting the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center and increasing awareness to undiagnosed patients throughout Clark County and Nevada. We will literally race for a cure to Scleroderma on October 6, 2022, at SpeedVegas, the fastest racetrack in Las Vegas. After racing, a formal Gala will be held at Caesars Forum. The gala will be hosted by actor and comedian Bill Bellamy and there will be performances by Spiegelworld shows, including Absinthe. The menu will be curated by celebrity chefs including Emeril Lagasse, Robert Irvine, Aarón Sánchez, and Top Chef Master Rick Moonen. Scleroderma is an autoimmune, rheumatic, and chronic disease that affects the body by hardening connective tissue. Scleroderma is the deadliest of all autoimmune conditions. There is currently no cure for Scleroderma.

Spread the Word Nevada is the state’s largest children’s literacy nonprofit, distributing over 60,000 books a month to children in underserved neighborhoods. STWN has distributed more than 6.7 million free books to over 730,000 children in need since its inception in 2001. We are thrilled to help propel this important cause forward and get books into the hands and homes of children attending schools in underserved neighborhoods. When kids read, they succeed.

Susan G. Komen has invested more than $2.9 billion in groundbreaking research, community health outreach, advocacy and programs in more than 60 countries. Their efforts have helped reduce deaths from breast cancer by 40 percent between 1989-2016 and they are dedicated to working until they end breast cancer forever.

For over 25 years, The Center has cared for, championed, and celebrated LGBTQ+ individuals and underserved populations in Nevada. They function as the heart and home of the LGBTQ+ community by making connections, delivering programs, and providing a safe space for health and wellness, social services, arts and culture, advocacy, and community building. Ongoing Center programs support LGBTQ+ youth, adults, families, seniors, vets, people with disabilities, those living with HIV, and underserved populations.

The Just One Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is Southern Nevada’s largest mobile food pantry, serving more than 20,000 people monthly through the Food For All Project that focuses on bringing nutrition directly to food-insecure populations via its No-Cost Community Market, 46+ Pop Up & Give mobile food pantries, valley-wide pop ups and deliveries. The organization’s operational model is designed for flexibility and scalability, allowing The Just One Project to nimbly meet the needs of the community as demand grows and shifts.

The Shaquille O’Neal Foundation creates pathways for underserved youth, helping them achieve their full potential. The Foundation works to instill hope and bring about change in communities, collectively shaping a brighter future for our children.

From the very beginning, The Smith Center was envisioned as a world-class performing arts center that would develop and present the best and brightest in a broad range of first-rate programming and unite the residents of our community. A collection of venues that could both host the world’s finest performances from Broadway shows to world-class concerts, and support and encourage local artists. We wanted to bring the fine art of the world to Downtown Las Vegas, and bring the art of Downtown to the world.

Our mission is "To provide wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community." We combine food banking (warehousing canned and boxed goods), food rescue (obtaining surplus or unused meats, bread, dairy and produce from hospitality and grocery outlets) and ready-to-eat meals to be the most complete food solution for Southern Nevada.

United Way of Southern Nevada unites our community to improve people’s lives from cradle to career. We bring people, organizations and resources together to improve our community’s well-being. We surround our community’s most critical problems – and we fight. We provide support to nonprofits and help guide our community to the support they need most. With our partners including 700 companies and nonprofit organizations – we’re offering hope and help where it’s needed most.