Recent Grantees
| 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 | 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 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 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 |
| Indiana | Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation | Support for the Community-Based Services program, serving seniors whose new or worsening vision loss negatively impacts their quality of life, and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis | Provide general operating support to help youth overcome barriers and establish academic and workforce success and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Children’s Bureau | Provide general operating support to help preserve families and offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Christamore House | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near westside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | College Mentors for Kids | Support to rebuild programs of college students mentoring elementary students following the pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Arizona | Common Sense Media | Expand digital literacy programs and safe technology and media usage to children and families in Maricopa County. | $130,000 |
| Indiana | Community Alliance of the Far Eastside | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the far eastside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Community Alliance of the Far Eastside | Continued support for the Centers for Working Families program, assisting at least 125 new families with two-generation supportive services, including education attainment and employment coaching and certifications. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Concord Neighborhood Center | Provide general operating support to serve low-income families that live in the near southside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Dyslexia Institute of Indiana | Support for the Free Tutoring Project, which provides high-quality tutoring at no cost to children of color, living in low-income homes. | $150,000 |
| Indiana | Edna Martin Christian Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art | Capital grant to reimagine and reinstall the Native American Galleries, giving voice to Native artists, their nation's stories, their traditions, their pasts and their futures. | $500,000 |
| Indiana | FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic | Support to provide spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations and wellness services for dogs and cats. | $175,000 |
| Arizona | Family Promise of Greater Phoenix | Support for an eviction prevention program to help families at risk of eviction or homelessness. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center at Crooked Creek | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the Crooked Creek area and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | FIDO Inc. | Support to provide outreach, supplies and services to pets and their owners within the eight areas in Indianapolis that account for the majority of calls to Indianapolis Animal Care Services. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Flanner House of Indianapolis | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near northwest side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Foster Success | Provide general operating support to serve teens and young adults as they transition from foster care into adulthood and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $60,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care Services Foundation | Support to hire a consulting firm to provide campaign counsel and staffing for a fundraising campaign for a modern animal shelter and resource center. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Friends of Indianapolis Animal Care Services Foundation | Support to provide resources to pet owners so that they do not have to surrender their pets to the shelter. | $75,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Leadership and Learning Center | Provide general operating support to serve girls and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis | Provide general operating support for programming for girls in central Indiana and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Goodwill Foundation of Central and Southern Indiana | Support to provide one-on-one coaching to 140 retail employees as they become more economically successful. | $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 |
| Indiana | Hawthorne Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near westside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Indiana Land Protection Alliance | Continued support for the executive director's salary and benefits and to expand the agency's capacity. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indiana University Foundation | Continued support for 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. | $115,200 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Legal Aid | Provide general operating support for civil legal services for low-income individuals and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership | Support for the Essential Home Repair Program, making safety and functional home modifications and repairs to help seniors with low incomes and homeowners with disabilities remain in their homes. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Urban League | Provide general operating support to serve families that live in some of the city's most violent and economically depressed neighborhoods and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis Zoo | Support for the Global Center for Species Survival, which will serve as a headquarters connecting a team of conservation scientists to 10,000 scientists around the globe, and will provide an immersive visitor experience in a new exhibit space. | $1,500,000 |
| Indiana | IndyHumane | Support to help return the grantee's downtown animal clinic to pre-pandemic levels of service and achieve 10,000 spay/neuter surgeries per year. | $170,000 |
| Indiana | John H. Boner Community Center | Support to allow a network of 13 Indianapolis community centers and community-based organizations conduct a thorough information-gathering and strategic-planning process to plan for future collaboration. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | John H. Boner Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near eastside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center Indianapolis | Capital support to expand service offerings, modernize building and improve connectedness to community. | $250,000 |
| Indiana | Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near westside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Mentoring Women’s Network Foundation | Provide general operating support to help women advance in their careers and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Midwest Food Bank Indiana Division | Provide general operating support to help alleviate hunger and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Arizona | Nature Conservancy – Arizona | Support to reduce groundwater demand through agriculture infrastructure improvements and other projects. | $420,000 |
| 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 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 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 |
| Indiana | NeighborLink Indianapolis Foundation | Support to hire the agency's first non-volunteer executive director. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | Operation: Job Ready Veterans | Provide general operating support for career development and employment services to veterans and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky | Support to provide long-acting reversible contraceptives for those who are uninsured or on Medicaid at the Southside and Midtown health center locations. | $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 |
| Indiana | School on Wheels Corp | Provide general operating support to help school-age children experiencing homelessness and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $75,000 |
| Indiana | Shepherd Community Center | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near eastside and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Indiana | Southeast Community Services | Provide general operating support to serve families with low income that live in the near southeast side and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Starfish Initiative | Provide general operating support to help high school students prepare for college and to help offset impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. | $50,000 |
| Indiana | TeenWorks | Support to assist high school seniors transition to jobs and post-secondary schooling. | $125,000 |
| Indiana | The Indianapolis Star/Environmental Reporting Team | Underwriting in-depth reporting that focuses on central Indiana's most pressing environmental issues. | $480,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | Visually Impaired Preschool Services | Capital support to build a new 6,200-square-foot family resource center in downtown Indianapolis for children ages 0-3 who are blind or visually impaired. | $250,000 |
| 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 |
| Indiana | WFYI Public Media | Provide support for on-air programming on the Indianapolis public radio station. | $38,085 |
| Indiana | White River Alliance | Develop a "report card" for the Upper White River Watershed that would evaluate community and ecosystem conditions, increase public awareness, and inform and influence decision makers to improve the watershed's health and utilization. | $105,500 |