Corporate Giving and Community Impact
We are committed to supporting charitable causes and organizations that positively impact our stakeholders, including our communities, employees, tenants, the REIT and real estate industries, gaming, and other experiential sectors through the leadership of our VICI Volunteers group. In driving our corporate responsibility efforts, we also seek to demonstrate our commitment to and support of our employees by contributing to causes to which they are personally committed, encouraging employee engagement and in-person volunteer opportunities, supporting charitable efforts within the REIT and real estate industries, and establishing longer-term relationships with charitable organizations that we support. Our VICI Volunteers group, sponsored by our President and Chief Operating Officer, leads our organization’s corporate giving and community service engagement.
Charitable Pillars
Led by our VICI Volunteers employee group, we have identified the below key pillars to further focus the impact of our charitable giving and relationship efforts with non-profit organizations.
Community Relief
We seek ways to help our communities directly by supporting organizations that help those most in need and provide support in fundamental areas such as addressing homelessness, food security, job preparation, and disaster preparedness and relief.
Environmental Sustainability
We stand firm on the principles of environmental sustainability and are dedicated to safeguarding the planet for future generations. We support programs that promote eco-consciousness, resource conservation, the exploration of renewable energy sources, and addressing climate change.
Youth Development
We support youth education, development, and recreation to help cultivate a future generation of well-rounded individuals. The educational programs and accessible sports initiatives we support empower young minds and bodies, fostering a sense of teamwork, discipline, personal growth, and the pursuit of knowledge.
Charitable Activity
Our charitable activity generally falls into the following key categories:
Corporate Giving
We make direct contributions from time to time to organizations or causes identified by our VICI Volunteers group that align with our core pillars. We also support causes that our employees are personally involved in or that are particularly meaningful to them. Over the past few years, we have supported many charitable organizations, including the International Center for Responsible Gaming, Son of a Saint, City Harvest, RiseBoro, and The Child Center of NY.
Contribution Drives
We annually identify organizations for our organization and employees to support through year-end contribution drives. In 2023, we supported the Bowery Mission with contributions from a professional clothing drive and supported The Child Center of NY’s Annual Toy Drive, with our Team Members purchasing gifts to fulfill 100 individual wish letters provided by students.
Encouraging Volunteerism
We seek opportunities to engage in person with charitable organizations in the New York City area to support and fund their missions and provide opportunities for our Team Members to directly contribute to the success of these organizations. Our Charitable Contribution Matching Program also recognizes our employees’ volunteer efforts with supporting donations.
Community Impact Opportunities
Although we are headquartered in New York City, we recognize the significance of our tenants’ operating presence in the communities surrounding our assets and the importance of supporting these communities. As opportunities arise, we seek to positively impact these communities in unique ways. CDN Golf, our golf course manager, engages with and supports the local communities surrounding each of our golf courses on a regular basis, including hosting fundraising events and donating hundreds of rounds of golf each year in support of local charity fundraising and contributing a portion of rounds fees to local organizations during designated awareness months.
Recent VICI Volunteers Events
Child Center of NY Volunteer Day
In July 2024, our employee volunteers spent the day at one of the Child Center of NY’s program sites in Corona, Queens to support their childhood education programs through interactive reading sessions and revitalizing a play space for the children. The Child Center of NY is a powerful community presence throughout New York City with more than 60 locations and 100 programs in NYC’s most under-served communities.
For more information on opportunities to support The Child Center of NY, please refer to their website.
City Harvest Volunteer Day
In November 2023, fifteen of our employee volunteers participated in City Harvest’s annual Repack to Give Back event, helping to repack bulk food produce for local food distribution partners and organizations. City Harvest rescues perfectly good, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and delivers it for free to New Yorkers experiencing hunger, rescuing and distributing over one billion pounds of food over the past 40 years.
For more information on opportunities to support City Harvest, please refer to their website.
Last updated: September 9, 2024