Our Grantees
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Support for trap-neuter-return services in Maricopa County. | $65,000 |
| Arizona | Animal Defense League of Arizona | Support to spay and neuter nearly 1,500 cats. | $60,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Support to hire a case manager who can provide wraparound services for adults who are visually impaired. | $110,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Community Foundation | Support for the Summer Youth Program Fund for organizations that provide academic enrichment, arts and recreational summer programs for children of low-income families. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Humane Society | Support for spay and neuter surgeries at the Sunnyslope campus, trap-neuter-return and other medical services at the Pulliam South Mountain campus, and a fall 2023 vaccine blitz. | $65,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services | Support for the family law services program including (i) the salaries and benefits of program staff; (ii) consultant costs, (iii) supplies, printing, and equipment costs; and (iv) indirect costs. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Science Center | Support to allow approximately 2,800 students from Title 1 schools to attend an immersive exhibit that explores the bond between humans and dogs. | $20,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona’s Children Association | Support to provide services to kinship families including caregiver education and support, guardianship clinics, legal services and emergency support services. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale | Support to match educationally at-risk youth with student mentors from Arizona State University to help youth improve in academics and grow their confidence. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Chicanos Por La Causa | General operating support for the De Colores Shelter, providing resources for survivors of domestic/sexual violence and those experiencing homelessness. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Diana Gregory Outreach Services | Support to hire a program administrative assistant to expand programs to alleviate food insecurity among seniors. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Duet Partners In Health & Aging | Support to expand bilingual services for kinship families and grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | FIBCO Family Services | Capital support to upgrade five properties to safely house people who woulCapital support to upgrade five properties to safely house people who would otherwise be homeless. d otherwise be homeless. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | Fresh Start Women’s Foundation | Support to expand wraparound services for underserved women participating in workforce education and training programs. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Friendly House | Support over two years for the grantee's general operating expenses. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Friends of the Verde River | Support to examine the feasibility of a Verde River Center that would offer learning opportunities and promote nature-based recreation and collaboration. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Gene Lewis Boxing Club | Support to expand tutoring seSupport to expand tutoring services for youth at sites in Chandler and South Phoenix. rvices for youth at sites in Chandler and South Phoenix. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Grand Canyon Conservancy | Support for a study to advance the understanding of flow paths, flow rates and water budgets of the aquifer system below the Kaibab Plateau on the north side of Grand Canyon National Park. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | HALO Animal Rescue | Support to construct an in-house surgery suite. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Homeward Bound | Support to provide services to families facing homelessness and families transitioning into permanent housing. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Maricopa Trail and Park Foundation | Support to identify and construct spur trails to connect the Maricopa Trail to the Sun Corridor Trail. pport to identify and construct spur trails to connect the Maricopa Trail to the Sun Corridor Trail. | $70,000 |
| Arizona | Native American Connections | Support to expand services for youth experiencing homelessness at HomeBase Surprise. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to restore the invasive plant-dominated pasture of the Upper Verde River wildlife area with native grasses to better support wildlife, reduce water demand and increase resiliency. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to create a communication plan for the Upper Verde Watershed to help generate support for the Verde River's protection. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to conduct an analysis of impact to habitat because of proposed changes to the Verde River reservoir management system. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Continued support to foster groundwater management through collaboration and specific projects to reduce demand, mitigate threats and support communities in securing their water needs. | $300,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to monitor the water rights adjudication proceedings in Arizona. | $137,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to improve water quality in Granite Creek by reducing erosion and slowing stormwater runoff. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | New Pathways for Youth | Support to expand capacity to train staff and volunteers to facilitate programs serving at-risk youth. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Planned Parenthood Arizona | Support for a mobile health center to provide family practice, sexual and reproductive health care and education services to underserved populations. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Saving Amy | Support to hire a program and volunteer coordinator who can expand services for families who are transitioning out of homeless shelters or domestic violence shelters. | $110,000 |
| Arizona | Seed Spot | Continued support for a program serving low-income and minority entrepreneurs. | $60,000 |
| Arizona | Southwest Human Development | Support to expand the Raising A Reader and Reach Out and Read programs to empower family education and early literacy. | $60,000 |
| Arizona | Sun Cities 4 Paws Rescue | Support to spay and neuter rescued, surrendered and abandoned cats. | $60,000 |
| Arizona | Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona | Support for the Housing Stability Legal Advocate initiative to benefit low-income families facing housing instability. | $45,000 |
| Arizona | Trust For Public Land | Support to develop a master plan to preserve 1,000 acres within the headwaters of the Verde River. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix | Support for a program that offers women and girls tools that foster financial sustainability, planning for college, career advancement and asset acquisition. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | A New Leaf | Provide housing support services for 360 vulnerable households who are at risk of homelessness or other unsafe living conditions. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | A Stepping Stone Foundation | Continued support for a two-generation, tuition-free program that provides early literacy intervention, preschool, weekly adult education and parenting classes. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | About Care | Support to hire a volunteer manager to oversee and recruit volunteers to allow elderly, low-income individuals to remain in their homes. | $80,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Provide no-cost spay/neuter and wellness services to approximately 6,000 animals through veterinary clinics, including mobile veterinary units, across Maricopa County. | $1,100,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Community Foundation – Summer Youth Program Fund | Support for the Summer Youth Program Fund for organizations that provide academic enrichment, arts and recreational summer programs for children of low-income families. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Food Bank Network | Support to deliver fresh, healthy produce from vendors in Nogales, Arizona, to residents in Maricopa County who need it most. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Housing Inc. | Support to addresses the nutritional needs of extremely low-income older adults who experience food insecurity while also managing chronic and complex medical conditions. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | Continued support for the Bridging Success program to help former foster care youth and youth who experienced homelessness successfully transition to college. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Aster Aging | Expand resource navigation services for East Valley seniors to access food, housing and eligible benefits helping them remain independent in their homes. | $195,000 |
| Arizona | Central Arizona Shelter Services | Support to implement an electronics health record system to improve outcomes for clients experiencing homelessness. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Child Crisis Arizona | General operating support to provide children and youth in Arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Earn to Learn | Support for a college access program that places current college students and recent college graduates in high schools to serve as college advisors to underrepresented students. | $190,000 |
| Arizona | Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona | Support to offer trauma-informed training for foster parents and provide artistic tools to help the parent and child bond. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | Friends of the Children – Phoenix | General operating support to impact generational change through relationships with professional mentors that empower youth who are facing the greatest obstacles. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Friends of the Verde River | Support to update the Verde Watershed Report Card, an assessment tool designed to track trends in the health of the Verde River watershed and surrounding communities. | $275,000 |
| Arizona | Friends of the Verde River | Launch the Verde Forever campaign to raise awareness of the Verde River, motivate greater river stewardship and increase support by people and institutions. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Generation Justice | Continued support for the Children's Rights Education and Training Series to train foster parents, kinship families, advocates and court personnel about the legal rights of children in the foster care system. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation | Support to bring targeted career and college readiness programs to underserved populations. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Greater Phoenix Leadership | Support for start-up costs for Rio Reimagined, which will foster river restoration and urban redevelopment along the Rio Salado. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Heard Museum | Support to redesign and rebuild a website and to make it more accessible. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | Hospice of the Valley | Support to expand the Supportive Care for Dementia program to provide education and clinical support to caregivers and to help people affected by dementia remain home and maintain their independence. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Human Services Campus | Support to expand street outreach and navigation services to reduce the length of time people experience homelessness. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Local First Arizona | Offer a sustainability program to Verde Valley independent businesses and nonprofits, enabling them to experience cost savings associated with reducing water and energy use, and minimizing waste and transportation emissions. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Lost Our Home Pet Foundation | General operating support for animal respite services to pet owners in crisis. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Make Way for Books | Support for a bilingual, two-generation early literacy program that fosters skills of young children and empowers parents. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Maricopa Community Colleges Bridging Success | Continued support for the Bridging Success program to help former foster care youth and youth who experienced homelessness successfully transition to college. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Meals of Joy | Support to provide no-cost, hot meals to older adults, people with disabilities or those who are homebound in the West Valley. | $20,000 |
| Arizona | Midwestern University | Support to provide free veterinary care and surgical services through weekly onsite, mobile and pop-up clinics. | $80,000 |
| Arizona | Midwestern University | Continued support to provide no-cost, quality vision care to families experiencing homelessness and historically underserved populations. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to pipe a portion of the Eureka Ditch above and through the Yavapai-Apache Nation reservation and to implement an irrigation diversion dam redesign. | $400,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to develop and implement stormwater projects to improve water retention and groundwater recharge. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support for the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s efforts to build a critically needed wastewater treatment plant near Camp Verde. | $400,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Identify and implement agricultural projects that protect water flow in the Verde River watershed. | $400,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Continue stakeholder engagement of groups from the Upper Verde and Verde Valley for connectivity and cohesion in planning, community support and reaching conservation and related goals. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Develop an Upper Verde stormwater management plan that will identify a pipeline of projects to improve recharge of local water levels and water quality in the watershed. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Northwest Valley Connect | Expand volunteer transportation services to older adults, individuals with disabilities and veterans so that they can access health and community supports. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | PACC 911 – Phoenix Animal Care Coalition 911 | Support to provide medical treatment for abused, neglected and injured animals. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Per Scholas – Phoenix | Support for the Women in Tech Initiative to provide tuition-free training, certifications and connect women of color to careers in technology. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Rebuilding Together – Valley of the Sun | Support to provide home modifications and safety improvements for 50 homes owned by economically disadvantaged older adults. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Rosie’s House: A Music Academy for Children | Support to serve 150 additional students with quality after-school and college readiness programs. | $165,000 |
| Arizona | Save the Family Foundation of Arizona | Support for a transitional housing program that provides working poor, homeless families with up to 24 months of housing and case management and supportive services. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Sojourner Center | General operating support to help survivors overcome the impact of domestic violence. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | Springs Stewardship Institute | Support for a project to document and increase awareness of the headwater springs of the Verde River's tributaries. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Tempe Community Action Agency | Provide general operating support to help individuals and families experiencing financial hardship and housing insecurity meet basic needs. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | The Zion Institute | Support to expand a foster care prevention and placement program for children and families in south Phoenix. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Valley Leadership Corporation | Expand the Impact Maker program to allow Valley Leadership alumni to take meaningful action in solving community challenges. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Valley of the Sun YMCA | Expand YMCA's Outreach Program for All Seniors to two additional YMCA locations to help seniors remain safely at home. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Valleywise Health Foundation | Support to expand a program that includes family early literacy courses, kindergarten readiness, STEM activities and reading support for caregivers. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | White Tank Mountains Conservancy | Support informed decision-making that aligns with regional open space planning goals, including sustainable growth around a designated system of linked natural desert and wildlife corridors. | $120,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Support for legal counsel related to routine tax compliance issues. | $6,000 |
| Arizona | Altered Tails | Capital support to build the West Valley Clinic, a community-centric primary wellness pet care center that will provide preventive veterinary care. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Center for Youth Resources | Continue the Pathways to Success program, serving opportunity youth and young adults ages 14-24 with social-emotional support, college and career readiness and support programming. | $110,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Helping Hands | Support for a license and safety program to enable prospective foster families to become licensed. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Humane Society | Provide general operating support to assist owners of companion animals and help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Humane Society | Capital support to expand grantee's system of care with a new medical and adoption facility, the Central Campus & Animal Medical Center. | $3,000,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Opportunities Industrialization Center | Support to help 100 children in grades three through nine receive weekly language arts and STEM-based education and mentoring during the school year. | $120,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | Support for ASU's Bridging Success program to assist students who were formerly in foster care. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona’s Children Association | Provide general operating support to serve foster children and their families and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Association for Supportive Child Care | Support to expand the Arizona Kith and Kin program to assist family, friends and neighbors who care for children in their homes. | $140,000 |
| Arizona | Back To School Clothing Drive | Expand the Student Attire For Education (SAFE) school uniform wholesale sales program through a new online component of SAFE that is open to the general public for individual retail sales. | $55,000 |
| Arizona | Banner Health Foundation | Support for the Olive Branch Senior Center to provide programs to address isolation, food insecurity, nutrition and mobility for vulnerable seniors in the West Valley. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona | Support to hire a parent engagement manager responsible for creating and teaching family curriculum and connecting families to community resources. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley | Support to hire a new career case manager to help youth set career goals and create a career pathway. | $60,000 |
| Arizona | Chicanos Por La Causa | Support for the De Colores domestic violence program, assisting families with emergency shelter, legal advocacy, case management and other related services. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | College Depot Program at the Burton Barr Central Library | Support to provide in-depth college planning services targeting low-income and working-class youth and adults and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Common Sense Media | Expand digital literacy programs and safe technology and media usage to children and families in Maricopa County. | $130,000 |
| Arizona | Creciendo Unidos Growing Together | Support to help first- and second-generation low-income Hispanic families thrive and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Desert Botanical Garden | Support for the Central Arizona Conservation Alliance to implement a Regional Open Space Strategy to support healthy ecosystems and provide safe open spaces within Maricopa County communities. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | Desert Mission | Provide general operating support to help vulnerable families receive food access and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Family Promise of Greater Phoenix | Support for an eviction prevention program to help families at risk of eviction or homelessness. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Foundation For Senior Living | Provide general operating support for home and community-based services to low-income seniors and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Friendly House | Provide general operating support for educational and social service programs for low-income and vulnerable populations and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Friends of Public Radio Arizona | Provide support for on-air programming on the Phoenix public radio station. | $39,386 |
| Arizona | Girl Scouts – Arizona Cactus-Pine Council | Expand access to outdoor experiences for girls, and welcome new girls by addressing barriers to participation, especially in areas where resources are limited. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona | Expand the Aging in Place program, making safety and functional home modifications and repairs to help seniors with low incomes remain in their homes. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Homeless Youth Connection | Provide general operating support to serve high school youth experiencing homelessness and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Homeward Bound | Support for technology infrastructure and staff resources to streamline homelessness prevention strategies and expand services. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | House of Refuge | Continue programming to help individuals experiencing homelessness set career and education goals, assist with the job search and application process and secure education services for residents' children. | $80,000 |
| Arizona | Justa Center | Support to design and implement a volunteer-based program to return life skills to seniors who are transitioning from experiencing homelessness to housing. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Live & Learn | Support to expand services to provide women impacted by poverty a pathway to economic independence. | $85,000 |
| Arizona | Maggie’s Place | Support to help pregnant and parenting moms and families overcome barriers to resiliency and to connect them with service partners during their transition to self-sufficiency. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Maricopa Community Colleges Bridging Success | Support for the Bridging Success program to assist students who were formerly in foster care. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to protect water security for people and nature by engaging in the general stream adjudication process for the Verde River basin. | $137,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to implement a best-management certification program for residents, businesses, farmers, developments and communities to keep the Verde River healthy and flowing. | $210,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support for the Verde Watershed Restoration Coalition to carry out its strategic plan and implement sediment reduction in the Verde River basin. | $294,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support water data collection and analysis to better understand, communicate, plan for and analyze the health of the Verde River watershed. | $92,500 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to reduce groundwater demand through agriculture infrastructure improvements and other projects. | $420,000 |
| Arizona | Phoenix Herpetological Society | Provide general operating support for the conservation and preservation of native and non-native reptiles and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Planned Parenthood Arizona | Support to provide one year of contraceptives for those 19 and younger at Maricopa County health centers. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Read Better Be Better | Support for six local nonprofit organizations to provide in-depth literacy support to 2,400 families. | $180,000 |
| Arizona | Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired (SAAVI) | Support to serve 150 children who are blind, and their families, by remediating gaps of learning equality for students with visual impairment or blindness. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance | Support to deliver food and water to residents in the Navajo Nation suffering from impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Stand For Children Leadership Center – Arizona | Support for 200 families to participate in a literacy program that develops family engagement and empowers parents with the skills and knowledge they need to support their children learning to read. | $70,000 |
| Arizona | The Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to develop a shared vision for management and restoration of West Clear Creek. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | The Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Prevent domestic water loss by assisting private water utilities throughout the Verde watershed with leak-reduction detection. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | The Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Expand infrastructure improvements across the Verde River watershed, resulting in reduced diverted surface water and improved irrigation. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | The Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support for project development and due diligence in preparation for acquisition of conservation easements in the Verde River watershed. | $152,000 |
| Arizona | UMOM New Day Centers | Provide general operating support to serve families experiencing homelessness and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Waste Not | Support to purchase a refrigerated box truck to efficiently rescue larger quantities of food for families experiencing food insecurity. | $105,000 |
| Arizona | Wesley Community Center | Provide general operating support for community programs for low-income residents and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | A New Leaf | Expand workforce development services to help individuals overcome barriers to employment, secure jobs that offer a living wage and benefits, and build long-term financial stability. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | A Stepping Stone Foundation | Provide general operating support to continue educational programming for at-risk young children and their families and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | AASK Arizona – Aid to Adoption of Special Kids | Provide general operating support to serve foster children and their families and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $55,000 |
| Arizona | About Care | Provide general operating support to help older adults and other homebound residents in the Southeast Valley receive essential services and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Provide general operating support to assist ending pet homelessness and pet euthanasia in Maricopa County through spay/neuter services and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $80,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Support for 36 mobile clinics in Central Phoenix and West Valley locations to provide spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations and wellness services for dogs and cats. | $135,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Provide general operating support for spay/neuter services to assist ending pet homelessness in Maricopa County and euthanasia of companion animals, and offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $40,000 |
| Arizona | Altered Tails | Provide general operating support for accessible and affordable spay/neuter solutions for companion animals and free-roaming cats, and offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $35,000 |
| Arizona | Altered Tails | Provide spay/neuter and limited wellness services for owned cats and dogs, as well as cats and dogs from rescue organizations and feral cats. | $55,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Community Foundation | Support for the Arizona Together for Impact initiative, helping nonprofits form affiliations, integrate programs or consider other strategic collaborations to further nonprofit sustainability and strengthen the provision of services. | $120,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Food Bank Network | Expand capacity to distribute groceries to food banks and pantries to help reduce food insecurity. | $105,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation | Provide general operating support to serve foster children and their families and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Newspapers Foundation | Publicize, implement and manage the 2021, 2022 and 2023 Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Awards. | $15,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Sonora Desert Museum | Provide general operating support to care for native plants and animals and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona’s Children Association | Provide general operating support to serve foster children and their families and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $30,000 |
| Arizona | Be A Leader Foundation | Expand the postsecondary success program to support nearly 1,200 students a year through their higher education journey. | $280,000 |
| Arizona | Benevilla | Provide general operating support to help older adults in the West Valley receive essential services and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona | Provide general operating support to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth, and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Central Arizona Shelter Services | Provide general operating support to serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Child Crisis Arizona | Provide general operating support to help vulnerable children and families receive shelter, foster care, adoption and support services and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Children’s Action Alliance | Provide services to grandparents and other non-parent caregivers of children, including assisting caregivers with meeting their children's educational needs during the pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence | Provide general operating support to serve women and children surviving domestic violence and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | College Depot Program at the Burton Barr Central Library | Support for the ReEngage Phoenix and Career Online High School to allow individuals who did not graduate high school with the opportunity to earn their high school diploma or equivalent and continue on to postsecondary education. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | Desert Botanical Garden | Support for the Central Arizona Conservation Alliance to continue implementing the Regional Open Space Strategy for Maricopa County, which will shape a sustainable preserve system that supports healthy ecosystems and provides safe open spaces for communities within Central Arizona. | $175,000 |
| Arizona | Desert Botanical Garden | Provide general operating support to aid in the conservation of desert plants and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Desert Mission | Provide general operating support to help vulnerable families receive food access and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Dress for Success Phoenix | Provide general operating support to help women thrive in work and in life and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Fresh Start Women’s Foundation | Provide general operating support to help women positively transform their lives and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Friends of Public Radio Arizona | Provide support for on-air programming on the Phoenix public radio station. | $33,000 |
| Arizona | Future for KIDS | Provide general operating support to serve at-risk youth ages 7 to 14 from low-income families and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Generation Justice | Expand services for foster children by training and educating caretakers and child advocates about the legal rights of children in foster care, and provide resources about the dependency process and how to advocate for the rights of foster children. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Girl Scouts – Arizona Cactus Pine Council | Provide general operating support to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place, and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Heard Museum | Provide general operating support to advance American Indian art and culture to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | House of Refuge | Provide general operating support to help families experiencing homelessness receive transitional housing and wrap-around services and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Human Services Campus | Provide general operating support to help individuals experiencing homelessness receive supportive services and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Justa Center | Provide general operating support to assist homeless seniors and offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Justa Center | Provide general operating support to serve older adults experiencing homelessness and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Lost Our Home Pet Foundation | Provide general operating support for animal respite services to pet owners in crisis, and offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $15,000 |
| Arizona | Maggie’s Place | Provide general operating support to serve homeless pregnant women and mothers and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Midwestern University | Support for full-service vision medical exams and assistive devices to improve the eye care of homeless families and other underserved populations. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Native American Connections | Support for the HomeBase and Saguaro Ki programs, providing emergency shelter, transitional housing and other supportive services to homeless youth ages 18 to 24. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy | Conduct a demonstration project with the City of Cottonwood to highlight how municipalities can reduce groundwater demand on the Verde River and utilize effluent and stormwater as sources for irrigation. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy | Reduce the amount of water diverted from the Verde River by improving the function of key ditches and increasing the efficiency in conveying water to farms. | $300,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Pilot a water rights trading platform covering approximately 300 acres in the Verde Valley in order to contribute to water rights certainty and save water for the Verde River. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support for surface water projects, including irrigation efficiency improvements, conveyance efficiency upgrades, diversion efficiency improvements and water-use agreements. | $180,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Continue implementing projects with developers and municipalities that reduce water use and demonstrate effective effluent and stormwater management. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Continue the Verde River Exchange, a water market-based program that allows participants to voluntarily reduce consumption and save water for the Verde River. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Pilot the first irrigation dam redesign in the Verde Valley that would allow fish passage and reduce sediment runoff into the Verde River. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Continue support for the Sustaining Flows Council, providing a forum for Verde Valley community leaders and water users to discuss and plan for long-term water security. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support design services for sediment reduction projects in the Prescott National Forest to develop implementation plans to recover the natural grasslands and stop head cutting and gully erosion caused by historic overgrazing and road and trail crossings. | $85,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Continue the next phase of the Verde River Watershed Report Card project by disseminating and communicating the baseline report card; continuing to collect data and monitor conditions; and producing, disseminating and communicating the second report card. | $70,000 |
| Arizona | New Life Center | Provide general operating support to serve survivors of domestic violence and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Northwest Valley Connect | Provide general operating support to help older adults and veterans receive transportation services and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | PACC911 – Phoenix Animal Care Coalition 911 | Provide general operating support to allow a network of animal rescue organizations save and rehome displaced pets in need and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $60,000 |
| Arizona | Phoenix Herpetological Society | Provide general operating support to asssit with the conservation and preservation of native and non-native reptiles through education, rehabilitation and relocation, and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $40,000 |
| Arizona | Phoenix Zoo | Provide general operating support to aid in the conservation of animals and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Phoenix | Provide general operating support to serve the basic needs of the working poor, those at risk of or experiencing homelessness, and families in need and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Sojourner Center | Provide general operating support to serve survivors of domestic violence and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Arizona | Southwest Human Development | Continue the Raising A Reader program to promote the development of early communication, language and literacy in children from birth to five with an emphasis on meeting children's educational needs during the pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center | Provide general operating support to rehabilitate native animals and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $30,000 |
| Arizona | St. Joseph the Worker | Provide general operating support to help homeless, low-income and other disadvantaged individuals secure employment and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | St. Mary’s Community Food Bank Alliance | Support to deliver food and water to Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe residents suffering from impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona | Support a collaborative eviction-related assistance fund to help address the increase of evictions expected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Tempe Community Action Agency | Provide general operating support to provide basic services for low-income households and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $35,000 |
| Arizona | The Salvation Army – Phoenix | Provide general operating support to help meet human needs and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Trust For Public Land | Assist in the conservation and restoration of an ecologically important 58-acre property at the confluence of the Verde River and Wet Beaver Creek in Camp Verde, just east of Park Central Farm. | $40,000 |
| Arizona | UMOM New Day Centers | Provide general operating support to serve families experiencing homelessness and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Waste Not | Support to purchase a refrigerated truck to improve efficiency in its food reclamation and distribution system. | $105,000 |
| Arizona | White Tank Mountains Conservancy | Assist in the second phase of a regional multi-sector initiative to plan for sustainable growth around a designated system of linked natural desert corridors in the White Tank Mountains region. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | 1n10 Inc. | Redesign and implement a workforce development program for LGBTQ+ youth, ages 15 to 24, to enter the workforce and prepare for long-term employment in jobs beyond minimum wage. | $215,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Provide no-cost medical assistance to approximately 4,700 animals through multiple services including: 3,000 dog and cat spay/neuter surgeries, 3,000 vaccinations and 250 wellness checkups annually. | $473,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Support for the Fix.Adopt.Save. project manager to promote animal wellness throughout Maricopa County. | $230,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Support for an annual community-wide spay/neuter event, providing 2,400 spay/neuter surgeries, 4,800 vaccinations and other wellness services. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Strengthen agency and network capacity to reduce the euthanasia of adoptable pets in Maricopa County by updating the strategic plan and evaluating new opportunities. | $6,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Expand the Pittie-Palooza event by providing additional wellness services, including 500 spay/neuter vouchers and 350 vaccines, and adoption opportunities for pit bull mixes. | $45,000 |
| Arizona | Alliance for Companion Animals | Support to provide spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations and wellness services to further increase the impact of the Fix.Adopt.Save. initiative. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | Altered Tails | Provide spay/neuter and limited wellness services for owned cats and dogs, as well as cats and dogs from rescue organizations and feral cats. | $60,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Center for Youth Resources | Assist disconnected youth develop career paths and education plans leading to a high school diploma and a recognized postsecondary credential. | $72,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Helping Hands | Support the Diane and Bruce Halle Foster Care Resource Center for foster families to receive licensing and safety materials to serve the children in their care. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Humane Society | Expand the Pet Resource Center's Return to Owner program that reunites lost pets with owners by utilizing a resource navigator and pet reunite specialist, a real-time solutions fund and supportive services to assist owners in keeping their pets. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Newspapers Foundation | Publicize, implement and manage the 2019 and 2020 Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Awards. | $10,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped | Support for capital improvements to update facility restrooms and kitchen areas as part of the agency’s overall project to upgrade building systems and equipment. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Arizona’s Children Association | Expand services to grandparents and other relatives who care for children who do not live with their biological parents in Maricopa County, including navigation services, weekly support groups and guardianship services. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | Audubon Arizona | Support to update the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center located in south Phoenix. | $400,000 |
| Arizona | AZCEND | Purchase a refrigerated box truck to facilitate the transport of more than 960,000 pounds of donated food to families in need throughout the southeast Valley. | $60,000 |
| Arizona | Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix | Support the AZYouthforce Program to help low-income teens develop personal and professional goals, and secure meaningful career opportunities and support to successfully integrate into the workforce. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Creciendo Unidos Growing Together | Expand the Marcando la Diferencia/Making A Difference program to provide additional families with relationship skills courses, marriage support, wellbeing workshops and leadership training. | $70,000 |
| Arizona | Desert Botanical Garden | Support the Central Arizona Conservation Alliance (CAZCA) and further implement the Regional Open Space Strategy for Maricopa County parks and preserves. | $250,000 |
| Arizona | Dress for Success Phoenix | Expand the Teen Workforce Initiative to provide additional low-income teens opportunities to expand their job-readiness skills and participate in a job fair. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Future for KIDS | Support to upgrade computers, software and technical support systems to improve volunteer, donor and participant retention rates; enhance communication with stakeholders; and establish new online systems for greater agency efficiency. | $30,000 |
| Arizona | Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona | Provide computer literacy awareness and skills training services to unemployed and underemployed individuals in Maricopa County to earn industry-recognized credentials in digital literacy and gain workforce skills necessary for greater self-sufficiency. | $99,000 |
| Arizona | HALO Animal Rescue | Support to provide basic medical care to prepare homeless dogs and cats for adoption. | $40,000 |
| Arizona | ICM Food and Clothing Bank | Establish the Snap to Work program, providing job readiness and job retention services to low-income individuals. | $90,000 |
| Arizona | International Rescue Committee | Support for a third year for the Opportunity Passport program, increasing financial capacity for youth in foster care. | $100,000 |
| Arizona | Jewish Family & Children’s Service | Support to provide a trauma-informed approach to address foster care youth needs, including life skills, academic interventions, vocational training, intensive case management and wraparound supportive services, to improve educational and employment outcomes. | $125,000 |
| Arizona | Lighthawk | Conduct coordinated flights within the Verde River watershed that visually demonstrate conservation alternatives that benefit people and wildlife. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Lost Our Home Pet Foundation | Renovate the agency's animal intake space, expanding its capacity and providing a healthier and less stressful environment for animals. | $64,000 |
| Arizona | National Center for Youth Law | Support to continue the FosterEd program, helping youth in foster care achieve educational success by providing short- and long-term support to high school students with high levels of educational need. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support for a pilot erosion-control project in the Wikiup Mesa area to reduce sediment contamination along the Verde River and its waterways. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Convene and facilitate stakeholders to create a decision support tool that demonstrates the impact of water-related decisions on the Verde River and future water supply. | $200,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Continue the Verde River Exchange, a water market program that allows participants to voluntarily reduce consumption and save water for the Verde River. | $90,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support a crop conversion program in collaboration with Yavapai-Apache Nation farmers that transitions crops to small grains, such as wheat, barley and rye, in order to reduce water usage from the Verde River. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Provide hydrologic modeling tools for groundwater management to mitigate the impacts of groundwater pumping on the Upper Verde River. | $170,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Install headgates and telemetry systems to increase diversion efficiency and leave more water in Oak Creek for fish and wildlife. | $80,000 |
| Arizona | New Pathways for Youth | Serve an additional 200 youth who are experiencing multiple adverse childhood experiences, helping them toward self-sufficiency. | $175,000 |
| Arizona | Planned Parenthood Arizona | Support to construct a state-of-the-art facility to better serve residents in the Maryvale area in west Phoenix by providing affordable, quality reproductive and general health care. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Power Paws Assistance Dogs | Hire a volunteer coordinator to improve the process of placing assistance dogs with families and providing the dogs the training to become service dogs for clients with Type I diabetes, mobility and post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Prevent Child Abuse Arizona | Support for the Baby CASA training project, providing unique, year-round training opportunities for Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers to advocate on behalf of infants and toddlers in foster homes or kinship care. | $90,000 |
| Arizona | Save the Family Foundation of Arizona | Support to establish the Step Up to Independence housing program, providing housing, case management and onsite supportive services to help homeless families achieve financial and housing stability. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Sojourner Center | Continue services to survivors of domestic violence residing in the emergency shelter. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center | Conduct master-site planning studies and related activities to determine the suitability of a proposed site to construct a new facility. | $30,000 |
| Arizona | UMOM New Day Centers | Expand services by operating the Family Housing Hub an additional day of the week and provide direct client assistance for families as they prepare to exit shelter into permanent housing. | $150,000 |
| Arizona | Waste Not | Strengthen agency capacity to collect fresh, unwanted perishable food and deliver it to those who need it by conducting a needs assessment and developing a multi-year strategic plan. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Year Up | Enhance the workforce development program that helps low-income, young adults with a high school diploma or GED obtain a professional job that offers a livable wage and the opportunity for career mobility. | $150,000 |