Las Vegas Sands on Tuesday announced a contribution of $450,000 to the WASH Foundation for the organization’s efforts to bring safe water, sanitation and hygiene to 4.2 billion people globally who lack access to those resources.
This brings Las Vegas Sands donations to the WASH Foundation since 2014 to $6.5 million.
“This year’s contribution reflects something rare in corporate partnerships – after more than a decade, Sands’ commitment to our mission has only deepened,” Clean the World Global Founder and CEO Shawn Seipler, Chairman of the WASH Foundation board, said in a statement. “The 2026 Sands Cares investment touches every dimension of our work, from hygiene kits reaching families in crisis, to water stewardship in the company’s home regions, to the operational backbone that lets us scale what works.”
The 2026 Sands Cares investment supports three foundational priorities: assembling and donating hygiene supplies for people facing hardships through the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build, paying for innovative water initiatives in Sands’ regions through The Drop by Drop Project, and providing general funding for the WASH Foundation’s programs to strengthen its organizational capacity.
Sands was an early supporter of the foundation’s WASH programs and affiliate Clean the World’s efforts to collect discarded hygiene amenities for recycling and distribution to vulnerable people and families. Over the course of the partnership, Sands, Clean the World and the WASH Foundation have diverted more than 667,000 pounds of waste from landfills and collaborated to distribute 4.6 million bars of soap to people in need.
Sands and Clean the World launched the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build in 2014, when the company also paid for the transition of Clean the World’s Las Vegas recycling center into a full soap manufacturing operation through a $1 million donation for both initiatives. Sands also provided seed funding for the foundation’s launch of the Fresh Start WASH and Wellness Program, which offers mobile shower services to people facing homelessness.
The Drop by Drop Project provides grants for water stewardship and conservation programs in Sands’ operating regions of Macau and Singapore.
The 2026 Sands Cares contribution to the WASH Foundation supports the following initiatives:
- Global Hygiene Kit Build: In a series of builds in Macau, Singapore and Las Vegas, Sands team members will assemble 65,000 hygiene kits for distribution by the WASH Foundation to people facing hardships and crisis situations in these regions. The annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build with Clean the World has yielded more than 1.1 million kits produced by Sands team members since 2014.
- The Drop by Drop Project: Sands Cares donations underwrite grants for Macau and Singapore projects that increase water resiliency, reinvigorate ecosystems, incubate new water solutions and engage the community in these areas. In 2026, the program will support three initiatives focused on sustainable water access, climate resilience, and community restoration, including the installation of household rainwater harvesting and filtration systems; innovative coastal ecosystem research programs; and the restoration of community spaces while strengthening local education, training and environmental monitoring efforts.
- Capacity-Building Support: Sands Cares funding is earmarked for capacity-building programs, operational needs and the foundation’s annual gala, enabling the organization to maintain the infrastructure needed to effectively deliver, manage and scale WASH programs.
“Our WASH Foundation partnership continues to be a key Sands Cares priority as it’s the only global nonprofit engagement in which all of our regions participate,” said Las Vegas Sands Senior Vice President of Global Communications and Corporate Affairs Ron Reese. “Over the years we’ve collaborated with the foundation to bring many important programs to our regions, with our annual kit build growing to be one of our top team member and community engagement initiatives. It’s an important symbol of our culture of service around the world.”
