Find a Las Vegas Charity to Support
Southern Nevada charitable organizations rely on volunteers, financial contributions, donated supplies, community partnerships, and participation in fundraising events. Use this guide to choose a cause and reach the organization through its official support pathway.
Before donating goods, review the organization’s current wish list or acceptance instructions. Charities may have limited storage space and may not be able to use every type of donated item.
Children, Students, and Family Health
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society funds cancer research and provides information and patient-support programs. Its Road To Recovery program uses screened volunteer drivers to provide transportation to cancer-related medical appointments when participating drivers are available locally.
Ways to help: Donate, participate in fundraising events, or apply to become a Road To Recovery volunteer driver.
Communities In Schools of Nevada
Communities In Schools of Nevada places site coordinators in participating schools to connect students with academic assistance, food, clothing, technology, social-emotional support, and other resources that help remove barriers to graduation.
Ways to help: Donate funds, school supplies, uniforms, or shoes; volunteer through an available program; or support a student-focused campaign.
Critical Care Comics
This volunteer-run nonprofit organizes costumed character visits and delivers comics and toys to children in hospitals. Volunteers also assist with comic sorting, toy preparation, events, fundraising, marketing, and costume support.
Ways to help: Donate funds, comics, toys, professional skills, or volunteer time. Volunteers must be at least 18, and hospital-facing roles have additional screening and facility requirements.
Goodie Two Shoes Foundation
Goodie Two Shoes provides new shoes and socks to children in need through organized distribution events in the Las Vegas Valley. Children are fitted on-site so they receive properly sized footwear.
Ways to help: Volunteer at a distribution event, make a financial contribution, organize an approved fundraiser, or explore corporate sponsorship.
Project 150
Project 150 provides free food, clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, scholarships, and other support to homeless, displaced, and disadvantaged high-school students so they can remain in school and graduate.
Ways to help: Volunteer, donate funds or current wish-list items, organize an approved collection drive, or support the scholarship program.
Ronald McDonald House Las Vegas
Ronald McDonald House Las Vegas provides lodging, meals, family-support spaces, and mobile health services that help families remain near children receiving medical care.
Ways to help: Prepare a meal, volunteer in an approved role, contribute requested supplies, support a fundraising project, or make a financial donation.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude researches and treats childhood cancer and other serious pediatric diseases. Southern Nevada supporters can donate, raise funds, volunteer for approved activities, or participate in the St. Jude Walk.
Local opportunity: The 2026 St. Jude Walk Las Vegas is scheduled for October 24 at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas.
Sunrise Children’s Foundation
Sunrise Children’s Foundation provides early-childhood education, Early Head Start, home-visiting, and WIC services through locations in Southern Nevada. Contributions support education and nutrition programs for participating children and families.
Ways to help: Make a one-time or recurring contribution or ask the organization about sponsorship opportunities.
Food, Housing, and Essential Needs
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada provides food assistance, home-delivered senior meals, emergency shelter, affordable housing, refugee support, immigration services, education, and family programs without regard to race, religion, or creed.
Ways to help: Volunteer, donate money or currently requested goods, host an approved drive, mentor a participating youth, or explore corporate engagement.
HELP of Southern Nevada
HELP of Southern Nevada operates housing programs, homeless-response teams, the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center, a diaper bank, behavioral-health services, weatherization assistance, and workforce programs.
Ways to help: Volunteer, make a financial contribution, donate current wish-list items, support the diaper bank, provide bottled water, or host an approved drive.
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth provides Southern Nevada youth experiencing homelessness with emergency assistance, shelter-related services, case management, education support, and other resources intended to help them achieve stability.
Ways to help: Donate funds, contribute current needs-list items, organize an approved drive, volunteer, or establish a community partnership.
Project Marilyn
Project Marilyn supplies period products to people who lack reliable access to them. Products are distributed through community partners in Southern Nevada.
Ways to help: Donate period supplies, sponsor a period, organize a packing party, volunteer, or make a financial contribution.
Serving Our Kids Foundation
Serving Our Kids Foundation prepares weekend food bags for Clark County students who may not have reliable access to food when school meals are unavailable.
Ways to help: Volunteer with meal-bag preparation, contribute through the organization’s current donation program, or support an approved food drive.
SHARE Village Las Vegas
SHARE Village Las Vegas provides affordable housing for veterans and families and operates food-assistance programs for residents and the broader community. It also connects participants with supportive services through partner organizations.
Ways to help: Volunteer, donate funds or approved pantry items, or contribute relevant professional skills to an active project.
The Just One Project
The Just One Project provides grocery access through its Food For All programs and connects Southern Nevada residents with case management and other stability services through Community Connect.
Ways to help: Volunteer at food markets, prepare or deliver groceries, assist with community events, or make a financial contribution.
Three Square Food Bank
Three Square is Southern Nevada’s regional food bank and a member of Feeding America. It supplies food through partner agencies, community distribution programs, and other hunger-relief initiatives.
Ways to help: Volunteer individually or as a group, donate funds or food through an approved program, or organize a coordinated food drive.
Domestic-Violence and Survivor Support
SafeNest
SafeNest provides emergency shelter, counseling, advocacy, court support, case management, prevention programs, and other services for people affected by domestic violence.
Ways to help: Donate money, contribute goods from the current wish list, volunteer, organize an approved fundraiser or donation drive, or establish a community partnership.
The Shade Tree
The Shade Tree provides shelter and support for women and children affected by domestic violence, human trafficking, homelessness, and related crises. Its campus also works with Noah’s Animal House to accommodate pets belonging to participating residents.
Ways to help: Donate funds, volunteer through an approved role, contribute items from the current needs list, arrange an appointment to deliver goods, or organize a coordinated donation drive.
Disability, LGBTQ+, and Community Services
Opportunity Village
Opportunity Village serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through employment services, day programs, inclusive housing, arts, recreation, and other community-based supports.
Ways to help: Volunteer at programs, events, the thrift store, or the Magical Forest; donate funds or goods; purchase participant-created products; or explore employing people through its workforce programs.
The LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada
The Center provides community space, health and wellness services, recovery support, youth and senior programming, events, and other services for Southern Nevada’s LGBTQ+ community.
Ways to help: Apply to volunteer, make a financial contribution, support an event, or explore a community partnership. Regular volunteers must be at least 18 and may be subject to screening requirements.
Vegas PBS
Vegas PBS provides public television, educational media, classroom resources, workforce education, community programming, and a Special Needs Resource Library for Southern Nevada.
Ways to help: Make a contribution, become a member, support public-media programming, or participate in an approved community partnership.
Veterans and Military Families
The Folded Flag Foundation
The Folded Flag Foundation provides educational scholarships and grants to eligible spouses and children of U.S. service members who died as a result of hostile action or in an accident related to U.S. combat operations. Its assistance can cover qualifying educational expenses from early education through college or trade school.
Ways to help: Donate, establish a recurring gift, participate in a fundraising event, or explore corporate support.
Animals and Environmental Conservation
Lion Habitat Ranch
Lion Habitat Ranch is a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary in Henderson that provides lifetime care for lions and other animals and offers educational visitor experiences.
Ways to help: Donate funds or requested supplies, sponsor an animal, volunteer, arrange business sponsorship, or purchase admission.
Nevada SPCA
Nevada SPCA operates an independent nonprofit animal shelter and provides adoption, foster care, veterinary-assistance, pet-food, microchip, and other community-support programs.
Ways to help: Adopt, foster, volunteer, donate requested supplies, organize an approved drive, or make a financial contribution.
Learn about Nevada SPCA and other Las Vegas pet-adoption organizations
Save Red Rock
Save Red Rock is a nonprofit conservation organization working to protect the safety, environmental health, and rural character of the Red Rock Canyon area.
Ways to help: Join the volunteer list, participate in an announced stewardship activity, become a member, support an active conservation initiative, or make a donation.
Volunteer Emergency Response
Red Rock Search and Rescue
Red Rock Search and Rescue is a volunteer Nevada nonprofit that assists public agencies with searches for missing and lost people. Donations support training, search operations, equipment, medical supplies, insurance, and operational costs.
Ways to help: Donate, provide an appropriate business grant or in-kind resource, or review the commitments and training involved in joining the team.
