Las Vegas Sands Donates $515,000 to The WASH Foundation for Water and Hygiene Initiatives

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LAS VEGAS, June 26, 2025 ~ Las Vegas Sands, a leading global hospitality company, has once again demonstrated its commitment to making a positive impact in the world through its recent contribution of $515,000 to The WASH Foundation. This brings the company's total foundation contributions to its signature global Sands Cares partner to an impressive $6.1 million since 2014.

The WASH Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to provide safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to the 4.2 billion people who currently lack access to these basic resources. Sands' investment in The WASH Foundation is part of their 2025 Sands Cares initiative, which focuses on three main priorities: contributing hygiene supplies through the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build, funding innovative water initiatives in local regions through the Drop by Drop Project, and supporting The WASH Foundation's hygiene education programs around the world.

This partnership between Las Vegas Sands and The WASH Foundation began in 2014 when Sands made its first donation for the inaugural Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build. Since then, this collaboration has achieved numerous milestones, including transforming the organization's Las Vegas recycling center into a soap manufacturing operation and introducing Las Vegas' first mobile shower unit for people experiencing homelessness. This led to the creation of the Fresh Start WASH & Wellness Program, which now operates six shower units across Southern Nevada, California and Central Florida and has provided over 91,000 showers.

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Shawn Seipler, founder and CEO of Clean the World Global and chairman of The WASH Foundation board, expressed his gratitude for Sands' ongoing support: "Through every evolution of our partnership, Sands has rallied behind us with funding and Team Member volunteer support...Sands has always understood our larger vision – we are improving health, strengthening quality of life and responding to people in crisis through universal WASH access."

The 2025 Sands Cares contribution will specifically support three initiatives. Firstly, Sands Team Members will assemble 70,000 hygiene kits in Macao, Singapore and Las Vegas for distribution by The WASH Foundation to those facing hardships and crisis situations in these regions. This annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build has already produced over 1 million kits since 2014.

Secondly, the funding will continue to support grants for local non-profit organizations in Macao and Singapore through the Drop by Drop Project. This collaboration between Sands and The WASH Foundation aims to increase water resiliency, reinvigorate ecosystems, incubate new water solutions and engage the community in these areas.

Lastly, a portion of the contribution will go towards capacity-building and operational needs to help The WASH Foundation expand its reach through school and community programming, as well as disaster relief efforts around the world.

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Sands' partnership with The WASH Foundation's strategic partner Clean the World began in 2011 when they started collecting and recycling discarded hygiene amenities at their resorts. Together, they have diverted over 663,000 pounds of waste from landfills and distributed 4.7 million bars of soap to those in need.

Ron Reese, senior vice president of global communications and corporate affairs at Sands, highlighted the value of this partnership: "Our partnership with The WASH Foundation touches each pillar of our People, Communities and Planet corporate responsibility platform...what we really value is the foundation's strategic vision and activism in addressing WASH issues to improve lives around the world."

To learn more about Sands' corporate responsibility initiatives and other global Sands Cares community engagement priorities, visit https://www.sands.com/responsibility. To learn more about The WASH Foundation, visit https://thewashfoundation.org/.
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