Second-round immediate relief grants totaling $1.4 million distributed this week.
PHOENIX – April 8, 2020 – The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) and Valley of the Sun United Way have collectively distributed over $2,068,987 in grants to nonprofits over the last three weeks. These funds ensure nonprofits throughout Arizona receive the necessary support to assist those enduring the greatest economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The most recent round of ACF grantmaking totaled $1,423,987 and was distributed to 104 nonprofit organizations providing immediate relief across the state. These community organizations are addressing a wide range of needs during the COVID-19 crisis, including food security, healthcare, health wellbeing, mental health, eldercare, childcare, education support, and human services. For a complete list of organizations receiving grants, visit azfoundation.org/covid19grants.
For a majority of these nonprofits, the grants will help address the dramatic increases in demand for their services. Many are tackling much-needed emergency food and household essential deliveries, particularly for seniors, individuals who face health risks, and low-income families.
Some are focused on providing health professionals, first responders, and essential workers with safe and accessible childcare options during extended school closures.
Other nonprofits are finding ways to step up and serve the unanticipated needs that have resulted from COVI D-19’s impact on the healthcare system. Shelters and outpatient centers are quickly transitioning to telehealth options to continue providing critical counseling services, while some nonprofits are mobilizing to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare professionals facing shortages.
The incredible response from the nonprofit community extends across the state, ranging from emergency shelter for U.S. Veterans experiencing homelessness in Prescott, essential daily services for young people and adults with autism in southeast Arizona, weekly fresh food delivery in the Verde Valley, and ongoing remote housing counseling for survivors of domestic violence in Flagstaff.
“Nonprofits are facing an unprecedented disruption to their daily operations due to the COVID- 19 crisis, and yet they continue to diligently and passionately serve the Arizonans who rely on their services,” said ACF Board Chair Steve Evans. “Because of the donors, families, and corporations who have generously contributed to this fund, nonprofits have quickly gained access to resources that are flexible enough to address their unique and critical needs.”
Grants from the Arizona COVID-19 Community Response Fund will continue to be released on a rolling basis as fundraising continues throughout the outbreak and recovery phases of the crisis.
In addition to grants from the Arizona COVID-19 Community Response Fund, ACF fundholders have recommended an additional $1.4 million in direct grants from their donor advised funds to nonprofits meeting community needs related to COVID-19 across the state and around the nation.
ACF and Valley of the Sun United Way are still accepting applications from nonprofits for both immediate relief and future long-term recovery grants. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis by a committee of advisory members comprised of fund collaborators, with immediate relief grants considered the priority at this time.
To learn more about ACF’s COVID-19 Community Response Fund, or to make a contribution, visit azfoundation.org/covid19.
To learn more about Valley of the Sun United Way’s United for the Valley COVID-19 Fund, or to make a contribution, visit vsuw.org/covid19fund or text Unitedfund to 51-555.
About the Arizona Community Foundation
Established in 1978, the Arizona Community Foundation is a statewide family of charitable funds supported by thousands of Arizonans. With five regional offices serving communities across Arizona, ACF is among the top 25 community foundations in the nation with more than $960 million in trust and endowment assets, and is certified under the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations. Since inception, ACF and its affiliates have awarded more than $783 million in grants, scholarships, and loans to nonprofit organizations, schools, and government agencies. More information is available at azfoundation.org.
About Valley of the Sun United Way
Established in 1925, Valley of the Sun United Way is celebrating 95 years of meeting the most pressing needs of Maricopa County. United Way unifies diverse partners, donors, business supporters, nonprofits, government and faithbased communities to build a stronger Valley for us all. United Way and its 90,000 donors, 400 business supporters and 5,000 volunteers fight to break the cycle of poverty by ensuring children and youth succeed, ending hunger and homelessness, and increasing the financial stability of families. Join the fight, visit vsuw.org.
Media Contacts
For ACF:
Lisa Dancsok, 602.682.2053 ldancsok@azfoundation.org
For Valley of the Sun United Way:
Kelli Fawcett, 602.677.3052 kfawcett@vsuw.org
Grantees Awarded on April 7, 2020 Include:
- A New Leaf
- About Care
- Agnes Centers for Domestic Solution
- Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels
- Arizona Apparel Foundation
- Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
- Arizona Ecumenical Council dba Arizona Faith Network
- Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation
- Arizona Housing, Inc.
- Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped (ARCH)
- AZCEND
- Banner Health Foundation
- Benevilla
- BMW Ministries
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley
- Bread of Life Missions, Inc.
- CASS
- Chandler CARE Center
- Chicanos Por La Causa
- Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc.
- Christian Hope Ministries International Church
- Chrysalis
- Circle the City
- Civitan Foundation, Inc.
- Community Alliance Against Family Abuse (CAAFA)
- Desert Garden Montessori
- Desert Mission Inc.
- Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Arizona
- Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix
- Duet: Partners in Health & Aging
- Echoing Hope Ranch
- El Rio Health Center Foundation
- Fans Across America Charitable Foundation
- Foothills Caring Corps, INC
- Foundation for Senior Living
- Free Arts For Abused Children of Arizona
- Harvest Compassion Center Phoenix & Maryvale
- Heart for the City
- Helping Hands for Freedom
- Helping Hands for Single Moms
- Higher Ground a Resource Center
- Hope Women’s Center
- Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona, Inc.
- ICAN Positive Programs for Youth
- ICC Tempe
- ICNA Relief Arizona
- Iskashitaa Refugee Network (IRN) under St. Francis in the Foothills UMC
- Joshua Tree Feeding Program
- Junior Achievement of Arizona
- Justa Center
- Kids Can Success Inc
- Local First Arizona
- Lost Our Home Pet Rescue
- Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
- Manzanita Outreach
- Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank
- Midwest Food Bank NFP
- Military Assistance Mission (MAM)
- Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona
- National Advocacy & Training Network
- New Horizon Institute
- New Life Center
- No More Deaths/ No Mas Muertes
- Old Town Mission
- Our Family Services
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation
- Phoenix Legal Action Network
- Pinetop-lakeside senior center
- Pinnacle Prevention
- Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc.
- Poder In Action
- Project Rising Hope
- Promise Arizona
- Purple Ribbon Council, DBA BLOOM365
- Raising Special Kids
- READY SET GO FOUNDATION
- Resurrection Street Ministry, Incorporated
- Reveille Foundation
- Ryan House
- Save the Family Foundation of Arizona
- Saving Amy
- Shoebox Ministry
- Shot in the Dark (Sonoran Prevention Works, Fiscal Sponsor)
- Sojourner Center
- Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences
- Southwest Human Development
- St. Joseph the Worker
- Sun City Meals on Wheels
- The Arizona Pet Project
- The Citadel Of Praise Christian Church
- The Salvation Army, A California Corp.
- TigerMountain Foundation
- Time Out Inc.
- Tohdenasshai Committee Against Family Abuse, Inc.
- Torah Day School of Phoenix
- U.S. VETS – Prescott
- UMOM
- United Food Bank
- Unlimited Potential
- Upward for Children and Families
- Valley of the Sun YMCA
- Valley View Community Food Bank
- Valleywise Health Foundation
- Yarnell Regional Community Center
