MGM Resorts Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The MGM Resorts Foundation supports affordable housing, economic opportunity/workforce development, K-12 education, family services, food security, health and wellness, homelessness efforts, services for seniors, and services for veterans and military families in Southern Nevada and other U.S. communities.
IP TAKE: Funding areas here are very broad. The foundation prioritizes organizations serving or based in Southern Nevada.
PROFILE: Established in 2002, the MGM Resorts Foundation is a corporate foundation based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It raises money to support hundreds of charitable organizations. In addition to the corporate giving program, the company’s community engagement strategy involves employee volunteerism and employee workplace giving through the foundation. The foundation also collects and distributes donations made by non-employee third parties in the forms of grants. The foundation supports local efforts related to affordable housing, economic opportunity/workforce development, K-12 education, family services, food security, health and wellness, homelessness efforts, services for seniors, and services for veterans and military families.
Grants for Housing and Homelessness, Public Health and Access, Military and Veterans, and Community Development
The MGM Resorts Foundation has community grants councils in each of its regions of interest, including one in Southern Nevada. This council meets to evaluate grant proposals from local nonprofits and make grant decisions. MGM supports programs and projects for organizations that have been in operation for at least three years. Funding areas are broad, although the foundation does not support public schools, privately funded tuition-based schools, government agencies, athletic programs, pass-through agencies, special events or capital campaigns. The funder also hosts an annual women’s leadership conference to promote the professional development and advancement of women.
The foundation also made grants to support the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Past local grantees include Future Smiles, Shade Tree Incorporated, Help of Southern Nevada, and Southern Nevada Public Television.
Important Grant Details
Grants range between $10,000 and $90,000. Grantmaking focuses on Southern Nevada, as well as Detroit, Biloxi and Tunica in Mississippi, and Maryland. These are places where MGM employees live and work. Compared to other geographic interests, MGM typically provides the most support to Southern Nevada groups each year.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. MGM provides a link to the grant application on its website as the deadline approaches. The new funding cycle typically opens in early September, and the funder mails out grant decision letters in January. Direct general questions to the staff at foundation@mgmresorts.com.
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