{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"41128","rtpr_id":"nPn3yxt0xa","ticker":"LVS","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["LVS"],"title":"Asian Community Development Council Joins the Sands Cares Accelerator","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-05-20T17:00:02.049Z","article_body":"Asian Community Development Council Joins the Sands Cares Accelerator\n\nPR Newswire\n\nLAS VEGAS, May 20, 2026\n\nLas Vegas Sands will help nurture ACDC's efforts to establish a welcoming,\nculturally grounded community space during its three-year membership in the\ncompany's exclusive nonprofit incubator.\n\nLAS VEGAS, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) today\nannounced that the Asian Community Development Council (ACDC) has joined the\nSands Cares Accelerator, the company's three-year membership program aimed at\nadvancing nonprofits to deliver greater community impact.\n\nThe Las Vegas community service organization is the ninth member to join the\nSands Cares Accelerator, which helps fast-track nonprofits in pursuing a\nstrategic initiative so they can better serve their missions. During their\nthree-year membership, organizations focus on building their capacity in a\nsingular area, and Sands serves as a catalyst for helping them achieve their\ngoals via funding to support their identified goal, facilitation to build and\nachieve plans, and guidance from the company.\n\nACDC's goal for its Sands Cares Accelerator membership is to lay the\nfoundation for creating a permanent cultural and resource hub where it will\ndeliver services and programs to support the Asian American Native Hawaiian\nPacific Islander (AANHPI) community. Its aim for the community space is to\nfoster connection, provide access to services and resources, and create\nempowerment for the AANHPI community.\n\n\"Sands already has helped us expand many of our critical offerings such as the\nAPI Language Link, the Healthy Asian Pacific Islanders (HAPI) Medical Center\nand our youth development programs,\" Vida Lin, founder and president of ACDC,\nsaid. \"Now, we are beginning an even more integrated journey as we enter the\nSands Cares Accelerator to pursue one of our long-held visions. The\nopportunity to develop the pathway for our community space with the resources\nof the Sands Cares Accelerator will help us turn this vision into reality.\"\n\nSince 2015, ACDC has worked to promote, foster, champion and advocate for the\nAANHPI community in Nevada through programs spanning voter education, health\ninsurance enrollment assistance, citizenship application assistance,\nculturally sensitive food distribution, vaccination clinics, and health care\nservices through the HAPI Medical Center.\n\nIn addition to inviting ACDC into the Sands Cares Accelerator, Sands is\nsupporting ACDC with a $150,000 Sands Cares donation for the organization's\nAPI Language Link and youth development programs including the College\nReadiness Boot Camp and the Trade School Boot Camp.\n\nSands began its support for ACDC in 2021 with funding for the API Language\nLink, which provides translation in 11 languages to facilitate community\nmember access to services such as voter registration, health insurance\nenrollment and food assistance. From 2022-2025, Sands Cares funding also\nsupported ACDC's HAPI Medical Center, which provides culturally sensitive\nprimary health care. The company expanded its support to include youth\ndevelopment programs in 2024.\n\n\"Over the last five years, ACDC has demonstrated it can deliver on its goals\nwith measurable successes in all of the areas we've supported,\" Ron Reese,\nsenior vice president of global communications and corporate affairs, said.\n\"Working together we were able to understand how integral its long-term desire\nfor creating a centralized space is to providing better cohesion, engagement\nand service to the community, and the Sands Cares Accelerator is a perfect\nplatform for making this goal a tangible pursuit.\"\n\nInspired by the entrepreneurial and philanthropic spirit of Sands' founder\nSheldon G. Adelson, the Sands Cares Accelerator carries on his legacy of\nbuilding successful businesses and giving back to communities by helping\nadvance the capabilities of nonprofit organizations.\n\nACDC is the fifth Sands Cares Accelerator member in Las Vegas and follows 2025\ngraduate The LGBTQ+ Center of Las Vegas into the program. Other global members\nhave included the Inspiring Children Foundation (graduate), Nevada Partnership\nfor Homeless Youth (graduate) and Green Our Planet (graduate) in Las Vegas;\nSustaincia (current member) in Macao; and Art Outreach (graduate) and The Food\nBank Singapore (current member) in Singapore.\n\nTo learn more about the Sands Cares Accelerator, visit\nhttps://www.sands.com/responsibility/communities/#our-program-sands-cares\n(https://www.sands.com/responsibility/communities/#our-program-sands-cares) .\n\nAbout Asian Community Development Council\n\nThe Asian Community Development Council (ACDC (https://acdcnv.org/) ) is a\nnonprofit and non-partisan organization of volunteers dedicated to building,\nconnecting, and educating the Asian American Pacific Islander community in\nNevada. ACDC was officially chartered in 2015. The mission of ACDC is to\nimprove the general well-being and education of the Asian American Pacific\nIslander and other ethnic communities in Nevada. Services that ACDC offers\ninclude voter education, health insurance enrollment assistance, citizenship\napplication assistance, vaccination clinics (Influenza and COVID-19), food\ndistribution, College Readiness Bootcamp and GraduAsian.\n\nAbout Sands (NYSE: LVS (https://investor.sands.com/home/default.aspx) )\n\nSands is the leading global developer and operator of integrated resorts. The\ncompany's iconic properties drive valuable leisure and business tourism and\ndeliver significant economic benefits, sustained job creation, financial\nopportunities for local businesses and community investment to help make its\nhost regions ideal places to live, work and visit.\n\nSands' portfolio of properties includes Marina Bay Sands\n(http://www.marinabaysands.com/) (®) in Singapore and The Venetian(®) Macao\n(http://www.venetianmacao.com/) , The Londoner Macao\n(https://www.londonermacao.com/) (®), The Parisian(®) Macao\n(http://www.parisianmacao.com/) , The Plaza(®) Macao\n(https://www.theplazamacao.com/) and Four Seasons(®) Hotel Macao\n(http://www.fourseasons.com/macau) , and Sands(®) Macao\n(http://www.sandsmacao.com/) in Macao SAR, China, through majority ownership\nin Sands China Ltd. (http://www.sandschina.com/)\n\nDedicated to being a leader in corporate responsibility, Sands is anchored by\nthe core tenets of serving people, communities and the planet. The company's\nESG leadership has led to inclusion on the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices for\nWorld and North America, as well as Fortune's list of the World's Most Admired\nCompanies. To learn more, visit www.sands.com (https://www.sands.com/) .\n\n(https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1773358/Sands_Logo.html)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/asian-community-development-council-joins-the-sands-cares-accelerator-302776243.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/asian-community-development-council-joins-the-sands-cares-accelerator-302776243.html)\n\nSOURCE Las Vegas Sands Corp.\n\n\n\nKristin Koca, Sands, 702.923.9142 , Kristin.Koca@sands.com; Jennifer Srichandr, Asian Community Development Council, 702.788.3199, jennifer@acdcnv.org\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1773358/Sands_Logo.jpg\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn3yxt0xa","title":"Asian Community Development Council Joins the Sands Cares Accelerator","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"LVS","created":"2026-05-20T17:00:02.049Z","tickers":["LVS"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Asian Community Development Council Joins the Sands Cares Accelerator\n\nPR Newswire\n\nLAS VEGAS, May 20, 2026\n\nLas Vegas Sands will help nurture ACDC's efforts to establish a welcoming,\nculturally grounded community space during its three-year membership in the\ncompany's exclusive nonprofit incubator.\n\nLAS VEGAS, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) today\nannounced that the Asian Community Development Council (ACDC) has joined the\nSands Cares Accelerator, the company's three-year membership program aimed at\nadvancing nonprofits to deliver greater community impact.\n\nThe Las Vegas community service organization is the ninth member to join the\nSands Cares Accelerator, which helps fast-track nonprofits in pursuing a\nstrategic initiative so they can better serve their missions. During their\nthree-year membership, organizations focus on building their capacity in a\nsingular area, and Sands serves as a catalyst for helping them achieve their\ngoals via funding to support their identified goal, facilitation to build and\nachieve plans, and guidance from the company.\n\nACDC's goal for its Sands Cares Accelerator membership is to lay the\nfoundation for creating a permanent cultural and resource hub where it will\ndeliver services and programs to support the Asian American Native Hawaiian\nPacific Islander (AANHPI) community. Its aim for the community space is to\nfoster connection, provide access to services and resources, and create\nempowerment for the AANHPI community.\n\n\"Sands already has helped us expand many of our critical offerings such as the\nAPI Language Link, the Healthy Asian Pacific Islanders (HAPI) Medical Center\nand our youth development programs,\" Vida Lin, founder and president of ACDC,\nsaid. \"Now, we are beginning an even more integrated journey as we enter the\nSands Cares Accelerator to pursue one of our long-held visions. The\nopportunity to develop the pathway for our community space with the resources\nof the Sands Cares Accelerator will help us turn this vision into reality.\"\n\nSince 2015, ACDC has worked to promote, foster, champion and advocate for the\nAANHPI community in Nevada through programs spanning voter education, health\ninsurance enrollment assistance, citizenship application assistance,\nculturally sensitive food distribution, vaccination clinics, and health care\nservices through the HAPI Medical Center.\n\nIn addition to inviting ACDC into the Sands Cares Accelerator, Sands is\nsupporting ACDC with a $150,000 Sands Cares donation for the organization's\nAPI Language Link and youth development programs including the College\nReadiness Boot Camp and the Trade School Boot Camp.\n\nSands began its support for ACDC in 2021 with funding for the API Language\nLink, which provides translation in 11 languages to facilitate community\nmember access to services such as voter registration, health insurance\nenrollment and food assistance. From 2022-2025, Sands Cares funding also\nsupported ACDC's HAPI Medical Center, which provides culturally sensitive\nprimary health care. The company expanded its support to include youth\ndevelopment programs in 2024.\n\n\"Over the last five years, ACDC has demonstrated it can deliver on its goals\nwith measurable successes in all of the areas we've supported,\" Ron Reese,\nsenior vice president of global communications and corporate affairs, said.\n\"Working together we were able to understand how integral its long-term desire\nfor creating a centralized space is to providing better cohesion, engagement\nand service to the community, and the Sands Cares Accelerator is a perfect\nplatform for making this goal a tangible pursuit.\"\n\nInspired by the entrepreneurial and philanthropic spirit of Sands' founder\nSheldon G. Adelson, the Sands Cares Accelerator carries on his legacy of\nbuilding successful businesses and giving back to communities by helping\nadvance the capabilities of nonprofit organizations.\n\nACDC is the fifth Sands Cares Accelerator member in Las Vegas and follows 2025\ngraduate The LGBTQ+ Center of Las Vegas into the program. Other global members\nhave included the Inspiring Children Foundation (graduate), Nevada Partnership\nfor Homeless Youth (graduate) and Green Our Planet (graduate) in Las Vegas;\nSustaincia (current member) in Macao; and Art Outreach (graduate) and The Food\nBank Singapore (current member) in Singapore.\n\nTo learn more about the Sands Cares Accelerator, visit\nhttps://www.sands.com/responsibility/communities/#our-program-sands-cares\n(https://www.sands.com/responsibility/communities/#our-program-sands-cares) .\n\nAbout Asian Community Development Council\n\nThe Asian Community Development Council (ACDC (https://acdcnv.org/) ) is a\nnonprofit and non-partisan organization of volunteers dedicated to building,\nconnecting, and educating the Asian American Pacific Islander community in\nNevada. ACDC was officially chartered in 2015. The mission of ACDC is to\nimprove the general well-being and education of the Asian American Pacific\nIslander and other ethnic communities in Nevada. Services that ACDC offers\ninclude voter education, health insurance enrollment assistance, citizenship\napplication assistance, vaccination clinics (Influenza and COVID-19), food\ndistribution, College Readiness Bootcamp and GraduAsian.\n\nAbout Sands (NYSE: LVS (https://investor.sands.com/home/default.aspx) )\n\nSands is the leading global developer and operator of integrated resorts. The\ncompany's iconic properties drive valuable leisure and business tourism and\ndeliver significant economic benefits, sustained job creation, financial\nopportunities for local businesses and community investment to help make its\nhost regions ideal places to live, work and visit.\n\nSands' portfolio of properties includes Marina Bay Sands\n(http://www.marinabaysands.com/) (®) in Singapore and The Venetian(®) Macao\n(http://www.venetianmacao.com/) , The Londoner Macao\n(https://www.londonermacao.com/) (®), The Parisian(®) Macao\n(http://www.parisianmacao.com/) , The Plaza(®) Macao\n(https://www.theplazamacao.com/) and Four Seasons(®) Hotel Macao\n(http://www.fourseasons.com/macau) , and Sands(®) Macao\n(http://www.sandsmacao.com/) in Macao SAR, China, through majority ownership\nin Sands China Ltd. (http://www.sandschina.com/)\n\nDedicated to being a leader in corporate responsibility, Sands is anchored by\nthe core tenets of serving people, communities and the planet. The company's\nESG leadership has led to inclusion on the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices for\nWorld and North America, as well as Fortune's list of the World's Most Admired\nCompanies. To learn more, visit www.sands.com (https://www.sands.com/) .\n\n(https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1773358/Sands_Logo.html)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/asian-community-development-council-joins-the-sands-cares-accelerator-302776243.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/asian-community-development-council-joins-the-sands-cares-accelerator-302776243.html)\n\nSOURCE Las Vegas Sands Corp.\n\n\n\nKristin Koca, Sands, 702.923.9142 , Kristin.Koca@sands.com; Jennifer Srichandr, Asian Community Development Council, 702.788.3199, jennifer@acdcnv.org\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1773358/Sands_Logo.jpg\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved."},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-05-20T17:00:02.075754234Z","server_sent_at_ms":1779296402075},"received_at":"2026-05-20T17:00:02.145Z","source_url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/asian-community-development-council-joins-the-sands-cares-accelerator-302776243.html"},"analysis":{"id":"30565","press_release_id":"41128","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure","sector":"Consumer Discretionary"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"partnership","narrative":"Las Vegas Sands announced that the Asian Community Development Council (ACDC) has joined its Sands Cares Accelerator, a three-year nonprofit incubator program.\n\nThe company is providing a $150,000 donation to support ACDC's API Language Link and youth development programs, including the College Readiness and Trade School Boot Camps.\n\nACDC aims to use the accelerator resources to establish a permanent cultural and resource hub for the AANHPI community in Las Vegas.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Routine CSR update; no material financial impact."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"donation_amount":150000}},"quotedText":"Working together we were able to understand how integral its long-term desire for creating a centralized space is to providing better cohesion, engagement and service to the community, and the Sands Cares Accelerator is a perfect platform for making this goal a tangible pursuit.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Vida Lin","role":"founder and president of ACDC"},{"name":"Ron Reese","role":"senior vice president of global communications and corporate affairs"},{"name":"Sheldon G. 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