Every year since 2003, Burning Man has used a portion of 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 2012, our donations totaled $140,675. Below is a list of charitable donation recipients for 2012:
Bay Area & National Organizations:
Best Friend’s Animal Society (in memoriam Bill Carter)
Black Rock Arts Foundation
Black Rock Solar
Burning Man Project
The Crucible
Lawyers for Burners c/o Levin Law Firm Client Trust Account
Leave No Trace
Friends of Potrero Hill Nursery School
San Francisco Parks Trust
Surprise Valley Chamber of Commerce (Cedarville)
Yick Wo School
Nevada Organizations (not including Pershing Co.):
Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department
Gerlach High School
Gerlach General Improvement District
Gerlach-Empire Senior Citizens Palace
Crisis Call Center
Friends of the Black Rock
Nevada Museum of Art
Nevada Outdoor School
Nevada State Museum
Historical Society of Dayton Valley
Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum
Sierra Arts Foundation
Bruka Theatre
Nevada Discovery Museum
Kiwanis Bike Program
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum
Pyramid Lake Volunteer Fire Department
Consolidated Agencies of Human Services
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada
Lovelock/Pershing Organizations:
Pershing County Senior Center
Eagle Scholarship
Pershing County Community Center
Lovelock Middle School (Special Education)
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
Kids, 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
Lovelock Volunteer Fire Department
Project Graduation