Recent Grantees
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Indiana | Bethany Christian Services Inc. | Expand foster care services by licensing, training and providing on-call case management support for 75 additional foster families. | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Broad Ripple Village Association | Construct a protected multi-use trail for pedestrians and bicycles, including two White River overlooks, between the entrance to Broad Ripple Park and the Monon Trail. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Chosen Ministries Corporation | Enhance and expand career coaching, mentoring and financial literacy education programs for single mothers. | $40,000 |
| Indiana | City of Indianapolis-Animal Care Services | Expand the Indy C.A.R.E.S. (Companion Animal Resources, Education and Support) program, empowering pet owners to responsibly care for their companion animals rather than surrendering them to the city's shelter, by connecting such individuals with community resources, education and support. | $240,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Domestic Violence Network of Greater Indianapolis | Expand a new program serving at least 80 domestic violence survivors who are experiencing financial instability and are at risk of becoming homeless. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Dress for Success Indianapolis | Support to assess barriers preventing clients from obtaining jobs, identify and connect them to resources, develop career goals and provide ongoing follow-up for long-term success. | $100,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | FIDO Inc. | Support for operating costs to further the agency's growth and sustainability. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Fight for Life Foundation | Expand the Building Dreams program to six high-need schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district to improve students’ social-emotional learning skills. | $66,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care & Control Foundation | Develop of a comprehensive, community-informed, three-year strategic plan. | $30,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana | Purchase a refrigerated box truck to increase the number and frequency of deliveries to member agencies assisting food-insecure families. | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Hoosier State Press Association Foundation | Publicize, implement and manage the 2019 and 2020 Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Awards. | $10,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Indiana Humanities Council Inc. | Host up to 20 Next Indiana Campfires treks in the White River watershed, sponsor documentary filmmakers to create at least two short films about the river and host a series of public film screenings in Marion and Hamilton Counties. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana Land Protection Alliance | Expand organizational capacity by hiring an executive director. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana University Foundation | Expand the THRIVE Program to help students, who are under 25 years old and independent due to foster care, homelessness, emancipation or disconnection from parental support, transition to and remain in college. | $237,000 |
| Indiana | IndyHumane | Expand services at the Animal Welfare Center to perform additional low-cost spay and neuter surgeries, and conduct a public relations and rebranding campaign to reach a larger audience. | $208,000 |
| Arizona | International Rescue Committee | Support for a third year for the Opportunity Passport program, increasing financial capacity for youth in foster care. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Ivy Tech Foundation | Develop a program for former foster care or homeless youth to help them successfully transition to college. | $200,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Meadows Community Foundation | Expand the social services referral network to meet the needs of Avondale Meadows residents. | $40,000 |
| Indiana | Mentoring Women’s Network Foundation D/B/A Pass the Torch for Women Foundation | Increase professional trainings, networking opportunities and executive mentoring for Marion County female college students. | $75,000 |
| 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 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 | 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 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 | Install headgates and telemetry systems to increase diversion efficiency and leave more water in Oak Creek for fish and wildlife. | $80,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic | Expand the Homeless Justice Project to provide civil legal assistance and education for more homeless women and children in Indianapolis. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | NeighborLink Indianapolis | Expand organizational capacity by hiring a full-time volunteer coordinator to manage home repair projects for low-income senior and disabled homeowners. | $65,000 |
| Arizona | New Pathways for Youth | Serve an additional 200 youth who are experiencing multiple adverse childhood experiences, helping them toward self-sufficiency. | $175,000 |
| Indiana | Partners in Housing | Purchase furniture and supplies for the apartments and community rooms in The Blue Triangle building, serving individuals who are exiting chronic homelessness. | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Purdue Research Foundation | Expand the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine's Priority 4 Paws program into Marion County and provide at least 60 veterinary students per year with surgical experience, including conducting high-volume spay/neuter surgeries at Indianapolis shelters. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Reach for Youth | Improve the Alternatives to Expulsion program with a life skills and career readiness curriculum for youth at risk for suspension, expulsion or entering the juvenile justice system. | $100,000 |
| Indiana | Rosie’s Southside Animal Shelter | Purchase new cat cages and outdoor dog kennels and make fencing upgrades to align with shelter best practices and promote animal well-being. | $100,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Indianapolis | Continue the Changing Lives Forever program, helping low-income individuals take steps toward self-sufficiency. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Sojourner Center | Continue services to survivors of domestic violence residing in the emergency shelter. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Southeast Community Services | Expand the Two-Generation model to address challenges faced by low-income families, including chronic unemployment, housing and food insecurity and feelings of hopelessness. | $125,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Spay-Neuter Services of Indiana | Host Indiana's second statewide animal welfare conference in Indianapolis. | $15,000 |
| Indiana | Teachers’ Treasures | Purchase a new 26-foot box truck to distribute school supplies to Marion County teachers and students. | $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 |
| Indiana | Wheeler Mission Ministries | Renovate and expand the Center for Women and Children, increasing the capacity to serve homeless women and children by 175%. | $1,000,000 |
| Indiana | White River Alliance | Host forums with water planning leaders to improve regional and statewide water planning. | $85,000 |
| 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 |