Every year since 2003, Burning Man has used proceeds from ice sales at the event to make year-end donations to various charitable, art and service organizations in Northern Nevada and the San Francisco Bay Area. For 2010, we worked to increase the total dollar amount of our donations, committing a total of $159,850 for the year. On the heels of the recent news about the closure of the US Gypsum plant in Empire, we gave special consideration to those charities that benefit the people and communities of Northern Nevada.
Below is a list of charitable donation recipients for 2010:
| Black Rock Arts Foundation |
| Black Rock Solar |
| Best Friend’s Animal Society (in memoriam Bill Carter) |
| The Crucible |
| Yick Wo School |
| Lawyers for Burners c/o Trip Knight |
| Leave No Trace |
| Surprise Valley Chamber of Commerce (Cedarville) |
| Nimby |
| Circuit Network |
| Dogpatch Neighborhood Association |
| Nevada Organizations |
| Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department |
| Gerlach High School |
| Gerlach Gen. Improve. Dist. |
| Gerlach-Empire Senior Citizens Palace |
| Crisis Call Center |
| Friends of the Black Rock |
| Nevada Museum of Art |
| Nevada State Museum |
| Historical Society of Dayton Valley |
| Sierra Arts Foundation |
| Bruka Theatre |
| Nevada Discovery Museum |
| Kiwanis Bike Project |
| American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada |
| Lovelock/Pershing Organizations |
| COUNTY CHARITIES |
| Pershing County Government General Fund |
| PRIVATE CHARITIES |
| Pershing County Senior Center |
| Eagle Scholarship |
| Pershing County Community Center |
| Pershing County High School (Athletic Department) |
| Pershing County Domestic Violence Intervention |
| Pershing General Hospital & Nursing Care |
| Pershing County Humane Society |
| Lovelock Frontier Days |
| Lovelock Lion’s Club |
| Friends of the Library |
| Marzen House Museum |
| Kid’s, Horses & Rodeos |
| Lovelock Food Bank |
| Lovelock Boy Scouts Association |
| Lovelock Little League Association |
| Lovelock Chamber of Commerce |
| Pershing County Arts Council |
| Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary |
| Project Graduation |