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One of the 2007 grant recipients, Tucson Symphony Orchestra "Music in the Schools" Program.
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Grants That Make a Difference 2008
UNS announces requests for proposals for grants to nonprofits serving at risk populations in UNSG, UNSE and TEP service territories is closed for 2008. Grant guidelines and application will be available only online (no mailings, phone requests) at tep.com or uesaz.com starting June 2009. Check back in March 2009 for details of free grant writing workshops to be hosted by UniSource Energy.
Grants That Make A Difference
Recipients 2001-2006: $641,059
Grant Recipients 2007
| Pima County |
$100,000 |
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| American Red Cross of Southern Arizona |
$7,500 |
"Kids Safe Alone" program, which teaches safety and first aid training to "latchkey" children |
| Assistance League of Tucson |
$5,000 |
"Operation School Bell," a clothing program for impoverished children referred by Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) staff |
| El Rio Birth and Women's Health Centers |
$5,300 |
to expand the postpartum mother and baby support groups, which encourage bonding and breastfeeding for healthier infants |
| Casa de los Ninos' |
$5,000 |
"Family Respite Care Program," which aims to prevent child abuse and child neglect in families that are experiencing crisis |
| Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona |
$10,000 |
emergency home repair program for low-income seniors and vulnerable families. |
| Humane Society of Southern Arizona |
$2,200 |
"Safe Haven Fund," a partnership between domestic violence shelters and law enforcement agencies that benefits pets of crime victims |
| Our Town Family Center |
$10,000 |
"Teens in Transition" program, which offers case-management and shelter services for homeless and nearly homeless teens |
| Pediatric Foundation of Arizona |
$5,000 |
"Reach Out and Read Southern Arizona," a partnership with pediatricians that promotes family literacy |
| Physics Factory |
$5,000 |
which creates enthusiasm for science by giving creative physics demonstrations at schools, Boys & Girls Clubs and youth groups |
| Primavera Foundation |
$10,000 |
"Greyhound Family Shelter", which offers case-management and shelter services to homeless families |
| the Salvation Army Amphi Corps |
$5,000 |
an education-oriented partnership between neighborhoods and Prince Elementary that promotes family literacy |
| St. Elizabeth's Health Center |
$10,000 |
medication assistance program for uninsured and underinsured seniors |
| Tucson Pima Arts Council |
$5,000 |
"ArtWorks Academy," a collaboration between the council, TUSD and the Tucson Museum of Art to provide an alternative education program for artistic teens |
| Tucson Symphony Society |
$10,000 |
"Music in the Schools/Young People's Concerts," which provide in-school music education to 15,500 students to enhance learning |
| Tucson Zoological Society |
$5,000 |
for teacher workshops, science curriculum and field trips for middle schools |
Grant Recipients 2006
| Pima & Apache Counties |
$76,000 |
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| American Red Cross' Southern Arizona Chapter |
$7,500 |
Lifesaving Aquatics Training designed to reduce the number of children who drown in Pima County |
| Arizona Theatre Company |
$5,000 |
Student Matinee Series, which includes classroom curriculum for arts education |
| Compass Health Care Inc. |
$5,000 |
Children First Program, which assists children of recovering addicts who are participating in the Pima County Juvenile Court's Family Drug Court process |
| El Rio Foundation |
$6,000 |
Inner-City Asthma Intervention Program, which provides in-home allergen testing, medical equipment, supplies and individualized asthma treatment for 100 medically underserved youth |
| Intermountain Centers |
$5,000 |
Human Development for Life Skills Program. The program helps youths transition from foster care to independent living |
| La Paloma Family Services |
$5,000 |
Amparo de los Angeles (Shelter of the Angels) program, provides residential services for teen mothers in foster care and their children |
| Northern Arizona University Senior Corps |
$5,000 |
hire a part-time volunteer coordinator to expand its Foster Grandparent Program. The program serves elementary schools in Apache County, home of TEP's Springerville Generating Station |
| Open Inn |
$10,000 |
Project Safe Place, a nationally acclaimed outreach program for youth in crisis and the homeless |
| Our Family Services |
$7,500 |
for Teens in Transition, which provides assistance to those ages 13 to 21 who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness |
| Sahuaro Girl Scout Council |
$5,000 |
Engage 80 girls being served by Arizona's Children, New Beginnings and Casa de los Ninos in preventive strategies designed to help them succeed in life |
| Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services |
$5,000 |
Outreach educational pregnancy testing and counseling to adolescents |
| Tucson Symphony Society |
$5,000 |
expand its award-winning Music in the Schools program |
| Young Women's Christian Association |
$5,000 |
TECHgyrls program. The technology education program serves 375 young women and girls in the Pima County Juvenile Detention Center and the Sunnyside and Tucson Unified School Districts |
| Coconino County |
$10,000 |
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| Arizona's Children Association |
$2,000 |
to fund a peer mentoring program for foster youth |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff |
$1,500 |
to help match children with caring adult mentors |
| BOTHANDS, Inc |
$2,000 |
to help fund domestic violence services for women and children |
| Care & Share Food Bank |
$3,000 |
to support a food program for low-income children and families |
| Chicanos por la Causa |
$1,500 |
"Parenting Arizona" child abuse prevention and family support program |
| Mohave County |
$23,500 |
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| Arizona's Children Association |
$3,000 |
"Healthy Families" child abuse prevention and family strengthening program |
| Arizona Youth Partnership |
$3,500 |
"Wake Up" diversion program for juvenile delinquents |
| Haven Family Resource Center |
$5,000 |
"Food 4 Kidz" backpack program for homeless and at-risk children |
| Havasu for Youth |
$5,000 |
"The Learn Program," an after school program designed to discourage destructive choices by teens. |
| Northern Arizona University Foundation Senior Corps Programs of Northern Arizona's Foster Grandparent program |
$3,500 |
to fund meal and mileage reimbursement funds |
| Santa Cruz County |
$5,000 |
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| American Red Cross, So. AZ Chapter |
$1,500 |
to increase local participation in Disaster Action Teams (DAT) |
| Borderland Food Bank |
$2,500 |
"Fuel for School" food box program |
| Hilltop Gallery Art Center |
$1,000 |
to support arts education for children |
| Yavapai County |
$10,000 |
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| Arizona's Children Association |
$1,000 |
to fund a peer mentoring program for foster care teens |
| Chicanos por la Causa |
$4,000 |
"Parenting Arizona" child abuse prevention and family support program |
| Verde Valley Sanctuary |
$4,000 |
support its "YES" program for children residing in its domestic violence shelter |
| Yavapai Casa for Kids |
$1,000 |
to fund a gift card program for foster care children in the court-appointed special advocate (CASA) program |
Grant Recipients 2005
| Pima County |
$75,000 |
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| Casa de los Niños |
$2,880 |
Generations Helping Children; marketing campaign to recruit senior volunteers for children's residential program. |
| Child and Family Resources, Inc |
$10,000 |
Healthy Families child abuse prevention and family strengthening program |
| Community Food Bank Economic Literacy |
$10,000 |
Economic Literacy program w/ PCC Adult Ed & Food Bank clients |
| Open Inn, Inc |
$8,000 |
Project Safe Place; case management outreach for homeless/crisis teens and older children |
| Physics Factory |
$3,620 |
Sponsor school visits @ $500 per school for Physics Lessons & science enrichment |
| Pima County Parklands Foundation |
$2,500 |
Purchase field equipment for Junior Naturalist Program to monitor & report on Sonoran habitat as part of school science enrichment |
| Pima Prevention Partnership |
$10,000 |
Pima County Teen Court's Volunteer Program |
| Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services |
$10,000 |
To expand services, including include pregnancy testing, referral and counseling program for at risk teens |
| TMM Family Services, Inc |
$8,000 |
After School /Summer Enrichment programs for foster children residing in group homes |
| Young Women's Christian Association |
$5,000 |
TechGYRLS |
| Youth on Their Own |
$5,000 |
Stipends for homeless near homeless youth to assist with living expenses while they attend high school |
| Mohave County |
$23,500 |
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| Arizona's Children Association |
$5,000 |
Respite Care Program for behaviorally challenged children |
| Havasu for Youth |
$5,000 |
Peer to Peer tutoring & mentoring |
| Boys & Girls Club of Kingman |
$5,000 |
Intergenerational Tutoring Program |
| NAU Senior Corps |
$3,500 |
Meal & mileage reimbursement for Foster Grandparent Program |
| Sarah's House |
$5,000 |
Training for nurses to handle child abuse caseload |
| Santa Cruz County |
$5,000 |
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| Borderland Food Bank |
2,500 |
fuel for school food box program |
| Hilltop Gallery Art Center |
$1,000 |
arts education for children |
| Nogales Community Development Corporation |
$1,500 |
Youth Enterprise & Financial Literacy Academy |
Grants Recipients 2004
| Pima County |
$75,000 |
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| American Red Cross |
$5,000 |
Babysitting Safety Training Program |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters STARS |
$3,600 |
STARS Program to recruit mentors for children with incarcerated parents |
| Birth and Women's Health Center |
$10,000 |
Pilot group Prenatal Care/Birth Project in partnership with St. Elizabeth of Hungary |
| Educational Enrichment Foundation |
$9,900 |
Focus on Vision Program to provide eye exams and eyeglasses to 110 low income students. |
| El Rio Foundation |
$6,500 |
Hire a volunteer coordinator to implement for Reach Out & Read Pediatric Literacy Program in six El Rio pediatric clinics. |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services |
$10,000 |
Refugee Child Health Program to provide emergency health services to bridge eligibility gap. |
| Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank |
$10,000 |
Start up funding for program manager and bulk buy of diapers. |
| Tu Nidito |
$10,000 |
Expand support groups into school for youth, recruit bilingual volunteers. |
| Youth on Their Own |
$10,000 |
Monthly stipend for homeless/near homeless high school students to enable school attendance and graduation. |
Grant Recipients 2003
| Pima County |
$75,200 |
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| Arizona's Children Association |
$10,000 |
KARE Family Center, which provides support and advocacy to relatives caring for related and adoptive children |
| Assistance League of Tucson, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Operation School Bell, which provides low-income students clothing and shoes for school |
| Child & Family Resources, Inc. |
$10,000 |
to support Healthy Family Program for child abuse prevention and parent strengthening |
| Community Food Bank |
$5,000 |
Snack Packs for Kids, a pilot program that provides emergency weekend food assistance to low-income students |
| Family Counseling Agency of Tucson, Inc. |
$5,000 |
renovations to facilities used for court-ordered parent visitations with children of neglect, abuse or custody cases |
| Family Counseling Agency of Tucson, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Teens in Transition program, which helps adolescents who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness |
| Foundation for Women's Health & Wellness |
$10,000 |
to provide at risk Tucson families mid-wifery care and birth center experience for healthier babies |
| Our Town Family Center |
$5,200 |
to enhance nutrition at residential center for homeless teen moms, ages 18-21 |
| Planned Parenthood of SO. AZ |
$10,000 |
to support sexual health and well-being education for middle school students |
| TMM Family Services, Inc. |
$10,000 |
for food and enrichment activities for children in their group homes |
Grant Recipients 2002
| Pima County |
$75,284 |
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| American Red Cross So. Az Chapter |
$4,784 |
Scholarships/Materials for at risk youth to Babysitting Safety Training Course |
| Assistance League of Tucson |
$5,000 |
Operation School Bell to provide school clothes & shoes to impoverished students |
| Child & Family Resources, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Healthy Family Child Abuse Prevention/Parent Strengthening Program |
| Community Food Bank |
$7,000 |
Emergency Food Assistance to low-income children & their families |
| Intermountain Centers for Human Development |
$10,000 |
To enhance basic hygiene and clothing resources to residential program for emotionally disturbed youth |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of So. Az |
$10,000 |
Project Safe Place, outreach treatment & counseling program for teenage girls who have been sexually/physically abused |
| Luz Social Services, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Project Lift to provide service learning opportunities to at-risk students who in turn mentor elementary age students |
| Tucson Nursery School & Child Care Centers, Inc. |
$8,500 |
Capital improvements to classrooms to meet accreditation with the National Association for the Education of Youth Children |
| Wingspan |
$10,000 |
Outreach support services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Youth |
Grant Recipients 2001
| Pima County |
$74,575 |
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| Desert Waste Not Warehouse |
$10,000 |
to provide refurbished computers to low-income elementary students |
| Educational Enrichment Foundation |
$10,000 |
to fund a vision care program for TUSD students |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Project Safe Place, an outpatient treatment program for sexually abused girls |
| La Frontera Center, Inc. |
$8,250 |
staff training in family building and juvenile delinquency prevention |
| Las Familias |
$10,000 |
children's sexual abuse treatment program |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Pima County Chapter |
$2,500 |
Purchase equipment for alcohol awareness program for high school students |
| Pima Youth Partnership |
$10,000 |
alcohol and drug prevention program |
| Tu Nidito Children and Family Services |
$10,000 |
child illness, death and grief assistance |
| Tucson Symphony Orchestra |
$3,825 |
Elementary school partnership for youth music appreciation |
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For organizations in Mohave and Santa Cruz Counties,
please visit www.uesaz.com for more information about Grants That Make a Difference.
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