Our Sands Cares Accelerator Members
The nonprofit organizations invited to join the Sands Cares Accelerator are creating greater impact in our communities, and with the clients and causes they serve. Read about their accomplishments.
Current Members
The LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada
Sands Cares Accelerator Goal: Build marketing and communications capability to sustain the organization’s future
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The Food Bank Singapore
Sands Cares Accelerator Goal: Build its Bank Card Program, which provides smart wallets that are pre-loaded with virtual credits for food resources, by digitizing its processes and increasing its outreach to more beneficiaries
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Our Graduates
Inspiring Children Foundation
Graduated in 2019
Sands Cares Accelerator Goal: Build staff and organizational structure
“When we joined the Accelerator, we were a high-quality program with the inability to scale. Although we’ll always be grassroots – we are a much more sophisticated and capable organization, and we have begun the process of taking our groundbreaking work and results and applying it to larger groups of people. We now have a bigger organization, bigger partnerships and bigger supporters. Through the help of Sands, we are able to impact more people than ever before, and we can now tell our story on a bigger stage and in bigger ways, because of the resources Sands has provided.”
Trenton Alenik
CEO
Inspiring Children Foundation
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth
Graduated in 2021
Sands Cares Accelerator Goal: Build NPHY’s strategic plan for the next phase of its evolution
“Working with Sands through the Sands Cares Accelerator and over the course of our relationship has been a game-changer for NPHY. We have had a thought partner and resources to bring our ideas to life around redefining and evolving our approach to addressing youth homelessness. We’ve gone from merely signaling we need to do more about youth homelessness to being a formidable leader in designing solutions to address the incidence of youth homelessness. Sands has been a great partner in helping us chart our course.”
Arash Ghafoori
CEO
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth
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Green Our Planet
Graduated in 2022
Sands Cares Accelerator Goal: Grow its school hydroponics garden program, launch the HydroHealth corporate hydroponics garden program and improve marketing capability
“We are now the largest science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) school garden and hydroponics program in the United States. We have been able to mature our organization and infrastructure to meet this growing demand in large part due to the financial support, guidance and mentoring we received through the Sands Cares Accelerator.”
Ciara Byrne
Founder and Co-CEO
Green Our Planet
Art Outreach Singapore
Graduated in 2023
Sands Cares Accelerator Goal: Launch and sustain the HEARTH Program, a community art space and resource for Singaporean artists
“With the backing of the Sands Cares Accelerator, HEARTH has flourished into a go-to independent art space, setting the national benchmark for exposure, visibility and professional support. We now operate one of the largest and most productive independent art spaces in the industry, positioning us not only as a leader in the field, but as a model and reference for others in the arts community.”
Mae Anderson
Chair
Art Outreach Singapore
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Green Future Macau
Graduated in 2024
Sands Cares Accelerator Goal: Launch and sustain the Sap Fong, an environmental protection and recycling social enterprise that provides Macao businesses with waste sorting and recycling services
“Starting from scratch wasn’t easy—especially in the first year. We faced setbacks and long working hours, and many things didn’t go as planned. But we learned that success requires adaptability and persistence. The Sands Cares Accelerator was instrumental in our growth, especially as a team from an environmental background with limited experience in business management, marketing and pricing.
“Through regular expert meetings, Sands China’s marketing and e-commerce team guided us in promoting our recycling services effectively. The advertising, brand management and visual media team helped us create a beautiful video, and of course the sustainability team has always been incredibly supportive. For example, they’ve offered platforms like the Sands Shopping Carnival and hotel recycling initiatives for Sap Fong, along with providing practical insights on hotel waste management practices that helped us refine our services.”
Joey Choi
Vice President
Green Future Macau
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