• CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
• Tahoe Youth & Family Services
• Lake Tahoe Education Foundation
• Tahoe Arts Project
• Tahoe Coalition for Homeless
• Coats for Kids ( a Kiwanis of Lake Tahoe project)
• So. Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center
• Catalyst Community
• Barton Baby Book Bags
• Club Literario

We provide financial support and volunteer hours towards several projects:

• School Backpack Attack : Backpacks and school supplies to local children in need and distributed through Live Violence Free and CASA.
• The Drug Store Project : Volunteer and financial support for a substance abuse education program for all 6th grade youth in our community.
• The Summer Reading Program :Every student enrolled in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District's elementary schools, Zephyr Cove Elementary, and George Whittell School, grades pre-K through eighth, receives a book to read over the summer vacation and to add to their home library.
• Bringing Arts to Schools (BATS) : Members volunteer in the classrooms with the BATS program at our elementary schools.
• Juvenile Service Council: Members volunteer with youth residing in our Juvenile Detention Center bringing educational and supportive opportunities to the youth.

• Sponsorship of a student from South Tahoe Middle School to attend Tech Trec, a science and math camp for girls entering eighth grade.
• Drug Prevention education for our 6th grade youth in the Basin, The Drug Store Project.
• Sugar Pine Foundation
• Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
• Water Quality/Snapshot Day
• NV Diabetes Association (Camp Buck) A scholarship for a diabetic youth to attend Camp Buck for purposes of diabetes education and fellowship.
• Bread & Broth
• Bread and Broth for Kids
• Girls on the Run Sierras
• NAMI, El Dorado
• Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless/Warm Room
• Between Horses and Humans

• Zawadisha Fund: The Zawadisha Fund is a Lake Tahoe based non-profit specializing in intelligent micro-lending for women in East Africa. Their mission is to empower, entrust and expand opportunities for women. Zawadisha accomplishes this through small businesses loans, education, savings matches, and preventative healthcare.Learn more and sign up for their newsletter at www.zawadisha.org. Stay connected on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Zawadisha and follow Zawadisha on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Zawadisha.
• Kellermann Foundation: An organization working towards the sustainable development, health, education, and spiritual outreach for the benefit of the Batwa pygmies and adjacent communities.
• The Dolphin Project: Zawadisha is honored to partner with the grassroots and social justice organization Dolphin Anti-Rape & AIDS Control Outreach to provide life-saving violence prevention and HIV/AIDS education to our loan participants and their children. Winnie Anyango founded Dolphin in 1998 in recognition that violence against women is a matter of life or death, as rape and the transmission of HIV are intrinsically linked. Dolphin has empowered more than 1 million individuals in the greater Nairobi area.
• Heifer International: a global nonprofit with the goal of ending poverty and hunger in a sustainable fashion. Established in 1944, Heifer International gives out gifts of livestock, seeds, and trees and includes extensive training to those in need.
• Anti-human trafficking efforts through Soroptimist International.
• Disaster Relief: Monies are provided to schools affected by natural disasters.
• Awaken Reno: Awaken is a local faith-based non-profit organization whose mission is to increase awareness and education surrounding the issue of commercial sexual exploitation and to provide housing and restoration for its victims.
• St. Josephs Land Trust- a South Lake Tahoe Community program to develop/improve low income housing. Our contributions are directed to move families from homeless category to an apartment.
• Conduit for support of Soroptimist International President's Appeal. This year that is a Road to Equality.

• "Junior S Club" - a middle school club as a precursor to Soroptimist where youth learn ways in which to serve their community and the world. This club is a precursor to the Soroptimist S Club at the high school.
• Financial support and member assistance for Girls' Empowerment programs.
• Leadership development through REACH for the Future Conference and STEM classes for youth and summer programs.

• Scholarships: Our club supports a variety of scholarships for academic and also exceptional effort.
• Academic Scholarship for Seniors at STHS, George Whittell , Mt. Tallac, and the Young Parents Program submit applications in the Spring. Applications are supplied to students by schools at their sites and are evaluated by committee members based on grades, activities, community service and financial need.
• Student efforts are recognized through our "Most Improved Student" at the middle and high school levels in addition to the Joy Rothschild Scholarship awarded through the Joy Rothschild endowment.
• A monthly superstar Student Award is given to a student at Mt. Tallac School to recognize academics, attitude, and achievement.

• G.I.V.E (Girls Into Volunteer Experiences) Award. This award is to recognize and honor young women grades 8- 12 for their volunteer action in their community or in school. There are no restrictions on the type of activity.
• Live Your Dream Award: (Formally, Women's Opportunity Award). For women who are heads of households, returning to school or work and need financial support or assistance. This is a signature project that begins at the local club level, allowing winners to advance to regional and federation levels.
• Ruby Award: Recognition of a community member (non-Soroptimist) for Women helping Women through their professional or personal activities.These women have identified and focused on a need in their communities which has significantly contributed to the improvement of women and girls' lives.