Impact Las Vegas awards large grants to local nonprofits funding projects or programs benefitting Southern Nevadans and thereby providing these community organizations with the resources to accomplish extraordinary deeds. 

These grants are funded by pooling membership donations.  Each member donates a minimum of $1,000 per year. Individual donations are then multiplied by the number of other members in the organization at the end of each year.  The only membership requirements are to be female and to donate a $1,000 each year by December 15th.

One hundred percent of the base-level $1,000 member donations are returned to the community in the form of grants.

In June the following year each Impact Las Vegas member casts one vote to determine the nonprofit grant recipients for that year.

Grant applications are accepted in each of the focus areas: culture, education, environment, family, or health & wellness. Members may volunteer to review letters of inquiry and grant applications and participate in semi-finalist site visits.  Every member has the opportunity to vote for the recipient. 

Although members will have opportunities to volunteer on committees, no time commitment is required of a member other than to review the finalists and vote for the grant recipients. Ultimately, the amount of the annual grant depends upon the number of members at the end of each calendar year.

Collective giving means that each individual donation is making a more significant impact than what an individual may be able to make on her own.  And members knows exactly how their donations are being used to make the southern Nevada community a better place.