American Century Championship to give away another $55,600 to local charities

Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority (LTVA), NBC and American Century Investments already gave $51,500 to South Lake Tahoe area Soroptimists, the Boys and Girls Club, high schools and the Gene Upshaw Scholarhip Fund, but they still have more to give away.

LTVA is now accepting applications from local nonprofits for distributions of $55,600 as a result of the 26th American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament.

For funding consideration groups must meet 501(c)3 certified non-profit guidelines, provide an outline of their mission, describe how the donation will be used, and indicate impact in the community. The application is available at www.ltva.org and must be received by noon on Monday, Oct. 26.

Recipients will be contacted by Monday, Nov. 9 with checks presented at the LTVA Board of Directors meeting, Thursday, Nov. 12 at 3 p.m.

Since the beginning of the tournament in 1990 over $4.5 million has been given to national non-profits. Since 2009, donations exceeding $800,000 have been distributed to more than 80 local non-profits to assist over 10,500 individuals.

In 2014, local cancer support programs through the Barton Memorial Hospital Foundation and the Cancer League received $13,000. In all, 22 Lake Tahoe area non-profits received donations from ACC last year.