Cox Charities, the philanthropic arm of Cox Communications in Las Vegas, presented $95,000 in grants to 29 local nonprofit organizations on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
The awards were presented to a representative of each of the local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations listed below. The presentation was made at a bi-annual employee gathering led by senior leaders of the Cox Southwest Region. Approximately 800 of the Company’s just over 1,600 employees attended the festive awards program.
Cox Charities is an employee funded and managed workplace giving program begun in 2007. It has awarded more than $1.7 million in charitable grants to over 100 diverse nonprofit organizations/agencies that serve children/families, education/STEAM and diversity.
Cox Charities 2018 Grant Recipients
1. Acing Autism, $2,500
2. After School-All Stars, $3,000
3. Andson Foundation, $5,000
4. Boys Town Nevada, $2,657
5. CASA Foundation, $2,500
6. Communities in Schools of Nevada, $5,000
7. Edward Kline Memorial Homeless Veterans Fund, $2,500
8. Family & Child Treatment of Southern Nevada, $2,500
9. Foster Kinship, $1,000
10. Friends of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Foundation, $5,000
11. Grant a Gift Autism Foundation, $2,500
12. HELP of Southern Nevada, $1,500
13. Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada, $2,500
14. Las Vegas Clark County Library District Foundation, $2,500
15. Las Vegas Philharmonic, $2,172
16. Miracle Flights, $2,500
17. Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation, $2,500
18. Nevada Child Seekers, $5,000
19. Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation, $5,000
20. Nevada Diabetes Association for Children & Adults, $5,000
21. Opportunity Village Foundation, $3,000
22. Refuge for Women Las Vegas, $5,000
23. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas, $5,000
24. Street Teens, $2,000
25. Serving our Kids Foundation, Inc., $5,000
26. The Animal Foundation, $2,000
27. The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, $5,000
28. The Public Education Foundation (PEF), $3,000
29. The Smith Center For The Performing Arts, $2,172
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