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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 2009
Grants That Make a Difference 2009 is now Closed.
Successful grant applicants for Santa Cruz, Mohave, Yavapai, Navajo and Coconino Counties will be notified by October 1, 2009. Successful applicants for Pima and Apache Counties will be notified by November 15th, 2009.
Due to the volume of grant requests, 178 requests totaling $ 1,125,156, meetings and phone calls about grant status are not available. If questions about your application arise, a committee member will contact your organization.
The application for Grants That Make a Difference 2010 will be available online Monday May 3, 2010. Applications Deadline, grant packet to be received at the UniSource office in Tucson: August 16, 2010 by 5 p.m. No faxes or emails.
Again in 2010 UNS will be awarding $145,000 through a competitive grants program for nonprofits in UNS service territories providing services to at risk persons. Join Sharon Foltz, Director of Community Relations for UniSource Energy Corporation (UNS) at meetings for details about corporate funding, including successful applicants for GTMD. All meetings are free and open to the public. Schedule will be posted online in April 2010.
Grants That Make A Difference
Recipients 2001-2008:
Coconino/Navajo County: $12,500
Mohave County: $20,050
Pima/Apache County: $100,000
Santa Cruz County: $6,000
Yavapai County: $10,000 |
Grant Recipients 2008
| Coconino/Navajo Counties |
$12,500 |
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| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff |
$3,000 |
STARS Program Mentoring Children of Prisoners |
| NAU Foundation, Inc., on behalf of Senior Corps Programs Navajo |
$500 |
Senior Corps Programs of Northern & Central AZ; Northern AZ Regional Gerontology Institute |
| NAU Foundation, Inc. on behalf of Senior Corps Programs Coconino |
$500 |
Senior Corps Programs of Northern & Central AZ; Northern AZ Regional Gerontology Institute |
| Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County |
$3,000 |
The Literacy Center |
| Open Inn, Inc. |
$3,000 |
Alternatives Center for Family Based Services - Street Outreach Program |
| St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance - Flagstaff |
$2,500 |
Emergency Food Boxes Program |
| Mohave County |
$20,050 |
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| Arizona’s Children Association |
$2,250 |
Mohave Delinquency Prevention/Intervention Groups |
| Boys and Girls Club of Kingman |
$4,000 |
Dolan Springs Youth Activity Program |
| Haven Family Resource Center |
$4,800 |
Crisis Counseling Program |
| Junior Achievement of Arizona, Inc. |
$2,000 |
JA BizTown |
| Kingman Area Food Bank |
$5,000 |
Infant food/needs |
| Social Services Interagency Council of Lake Havasu City, Inc. |
$2,000 |
Mohave County Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Based Expansion Program |
| Santa Cruz County |
$6,000 |
| Arizona’s Children Association |
$1,500 |
Santa Cruz Foster Care Family Recruitment - expand placement opportunities for large sibling groups |
| Community Food Bank, Inc. |
$1,500 |
Nogales CFB Expansion of emergency food box program |
| Physics Factory |
$500 |
School Presentations @ NUSD |
| Santa Cruz County Young Audiences |
$500 |
Be smART School Program |
| Tucson Zoological Society |
$2,000 |
Teacher Workshops & Zoo School visits for NUSD |
| Yavapai County |
$10,000 |
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| Arizona’s Children Association |
$2,500 |
Yavapai Parenting Education Program |
| Chino Valley Food Bank |
$2,500 |
Emergency Food Box Program |
| Valley Youth Organization, Inc. |
$2,500 |
Stepping Stones Program |
| Verde Valley Sanctuary, Inc. |
$2,500 |
YES (Youth Empowerment Services) Program |
| Pima County |
$100,000 |
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| Arizona Theatre Company |
$7,000 |
Student Matinee Series |
| Arizona’s Children Association |
$3,000 |
Kinship and Adoption Resource (KARE) |
| Assistance League of Tucson |
$5,000 |
Operation School Bell, providing clothes & shoes to impoverished elementary school children |
| Comin’ Home, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Installation of smoke alarms & fire resistant doors for Veterans Transitional Housing Program |
| Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Emergency Home Repair Program, connecting volunteers to seniors and disabled persons needing emergency home repairs |
| Educational Enrichment Foundation |
$7,500 |
Focus on Vision to provide eye exams & glasses for TUSD Students |
| Educational Enrichment Foundation |
$5,000 |
Interscholastic Scholarship assistance for low income student athletes at TUSD schools |
| El Rio Health Center Foundation |
$7,500 |
TeenAge Parent Prevention and Education Program In partnership with Sunnyside Unified School District |
| Interfaith Community Services |
$3,000 |
Recruitment of senior volunteer drivers for Meals on Wheels |
| Open Inn, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Project Safe Place for homeless teens |
| Our Family Services, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Teens in Transition for homeless teens |
| The Physics Factory |
$3,800 |
The Physics Factory: science education fun and excitement for youngsters |
| Primavera Foundation, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Greyhound Emergency Shelter for homeless families |
| Salvation Army |
$5,000 |
GED and Educational Program to promote literacy and job readiness |
| St. Mark’s United Methodist Church |
$8,200 |
Nash Elementary School Snack Pack Program in partnership with the Community Food Bank |
| White Mountain Association for Victims of Domestic Violence |
$5,000 |
The White Mountain S.A.F.E. House for victims of domestic violence |
Grant Recipients 2007
| Coconino County |
$10,000 |
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| Catholic Charities Community Services |
$1,000 |
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Program |
| Habitat for Humanity of Flagstaff |
$3,000 |
A Brush With Kindness in Flagstaff & Winslow |
| NAU Foundation, Inc., on behalf of Senior Corps Programs of NO & Central AZ |
$1,500 |
Foster Grandparent Program |
| St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance - Flagstaff |
$2,500 |
Supplemental Food Box Program |
| White Mountain Faith in Action |
$2,000 |
Cabin Fever Breaker, adult day respite site Show Low |
| Mohave County |
$20,000 |
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| Boys & Girls Club of Kingman |
$5,000 |
MethSMART - a partnership with schools for drug prevention |
| Havasu for Youth |
$5,000 |
L.E.A.R.N. (Leadership, Education, Advancement, Responsibility, Now) |
| NAU Foundation, on behalf of Senior Corps Programs of NO & Central AZ |
$3,500 |
NAU Senior Corps Programs Foster Grandparent Program |
| Special Olympics Arizona |
$3,250 |
Kingman Special Olympics program activity |
| Special Olympics Arizona |
$3,250 |
Lake Havasu Special Olympics program activity |
| Santa Cruz County |
$6,000 |
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| American Red Cross, So. AZ Chapter |
$1,000 |
Increase local participation in Disaster Action Teams (DATs) |
| Santa Cruz Young Audiences |
$2,500 |
The Arts...Bringing Life to Learning School program |
| Sahuaro Girl |
$2,500 |
Community Troop in partnership with Boys & Girls Club of Nogales |
| Yavapai County |
$10,240 |
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| Arizona’s Children Association |
$2,000 |
Independent Living Skills - Peer Mentor Program for fostercare youth |
| Buena Vista Children’s Services |
$2,240 |
Discovery Connection After School & Summer Program - 4 schools |
| Horses with H.E.A.R.T. (Hands-on Equine Assisted Riding Therapy) |
$500 |
Equipment needs for Special Olympics Equestrian Team |
| NAU Foundation, Inc., on behalf of Senior Corps Programs of NO & Central AZ |
$750 |
Foster Grandparent Program
Volunteer Transportation Program for low income seniors & disabled |
| New Horizons Independent Living Center |
$2,250 |
Volunteer Transportation Program for low income seniors and disabled |
| Verde Valley Sanctuary, Inc. |
$2,500 |
YES (Youth Empowerment Services) Program for domestic violence victims |
| Pima County |
$100,000 |
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| American Red Cross SO AZ Chapter |
$7,500 |
KIDS SAFE ALONE, safety and first aid training for "latchkey children" |
| Assistance League of Tucson, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Operation School Bell, clothing program for impoverished children |
| Birth and Women’s Health Center |
$5,300 |
Postpartum Mom/Baby Groups- providing counseling to increase mother/child bond & breastfeeding |
| Casa de los Niños, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Family Respite Care Program to prevent child abuse/neglect in families experiencing crisis |
| Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Emergency Home Repair Program for low income seniors and vulnerable families |
| Humane Society of SO AZ, Inc. |
$2,200 |
Safe Haven Fund, a partnership with domestic violence shelters and law enforcement for pets of victims |
| Our Town Family Center |
$10,000 |
Teens in Transition - case management and shelter services for homeless/near homeless teens |
| Pediatric Foundation of Arizona, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Physics Presentations for schools, Boys & Girls Clubs, youth groups - Creating enthusiasm for science |
| Primavera Foundation, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Greyhound emergency Family Shelter - case management and shelter services for homeless families |
| Salvation Army |
$5,000 |
GED/ESL/Literacy/Tutoring Program - a partnership with Amphi neighborhoods and Prince Elementary for family literacy |
| St. Elizabeth’s Health Center |
$10,000 |
Medication Assistance for uninsured/underinsured seniors |
| Tucson Pima Arts Council |
$5,000 |
ArtWORKS Academy - a collaboration between TPAC, TUSD and 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 provides in-school music education to 15,500 students to enhance learning, especially cognitive skills |
| Tucson Zoological Society |
$5,000 |
Workshops and Curriculum for middle school science teachers and field trips |
Grant Recipients 2006
| Coconino County |
$10,000 |
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| Arizona's Children Association |
$2,000 |
Peer Mentoring for foster youth in Coconino Co. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff |
$1,500 |
Match children with caring adult mentor |
| BOTHANDS, Inc |
$2,000 |
Domestic violence services for women & children Flagstaff shelter |
| Care & Share Food Bank |
$3,000 |
Food Program for low income children & families |
| Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc Parenting Arizona |
$1,500 |
Child abuse prevention and family strengthening services @ elementary schools in Flagstaff |
| Mohave County |
$20,000 |
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| Arizona Youth Partnership |
$ 3,500 |
Wake Up Program: diversion program for juvenile delinquents in Kingman, AZ |
| Arizona's Children Association |
$3,000 |
Healthy Families: child abuse prevention and family strengthening program in Kingman, AZ |
| Northern Arizona University, Foundation, Inc, Senior Corps Programs of No AZ |
$ 3,500 |
Meal & mileage reimbursement for Foster Grandparent Program |
| Haven Family Resource Center, Inc |
$5,000 |
Food 4 Kidz backpack program for near homeless/homeless children. |
| Havasu for Youth |
$5,000 |
The Learn Program: after school program prevention program to prevent destructive choices by teens. |
| Santa Cruz County |
$5,000 |
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| American Red Cross, So. AZ Chapter |
$1,500 |
Increase participation in Disaster Action Teams (DATS) |
| Hilltop Gallery Art Center |
$1,000 |
Arts Education for Children |
| Borderland Food Bank |
$2,500 |
"Fuel for School" Food box program |
| Pima County |
$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 for children of parents who are recovering from addiction and participating in the Family Drug Court process at the Pima County Juvenile Court |
| El Rio Foundation |
$6,000 |
Inner-City Asthma Intervention Program for in-home allergen testing, medical equipment, supplies and individualized asthma treatment for 100 medically underserved youth. |
| Centers for Human Development |
$5,000 |
Life Skills Program for youth transitioning from foster care to independent living |
| La Paloma Family Services Inc. |
$5,000 |
Amparo de los Angeles Program (Shelter of the Angels), providing residential services for teenage mothers (from foster care) and their children |
| Northern Arizona University Senior Corps |
$5,000 |
Hire a part-time volunteer coordinator to expand the Foster Grandparent Program serving elementary schools in Apache County (site of TEP Springerville Generating Station) |
| Open Inn, Inc |
$10,000 |
For Project Safe Place, a nationally acclaimed outreach program for youth in crisis and/or homeless. Nancy Panico |
| Our Family Services |
$7,500 |
Teens in Transition |
| Sahuaro Girl Scout Council, Inc. |
$5,000 |
To engage 80 girls being served by Arizona’s Children, New Beginnings and Casa de los Ninos in preventive strategies to help them succeed in life |
| Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services |
$5,000 |
Outreach educational pregnancy testing and counseling to adolescents, ages 12- 19 |
| Tucson Symphony Society |
$5,000 |
To expand the award winning Music in the Schools Program |
| Young Women’s Christian Association |
$5,000 |
TECHgyrls, a technology education program for 375 young women and girls in Sunnyside School District, Tucson Unified School District and Pima County Juvenile Detention Center |
| Yavapai County |
$10,000 |
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| Arizona's Children Association |
$1,000 |
Peer Mentoring Program for foster care teens |
| Chicanos Por lA Causa, Ind, dba Parenting Arizona, Inc. |
$4,000 |
Child abuse prevention and family strengthening program |
| Verde Valley Sanctuary, Inc |
$4,000 |
YES program for children residing in domestic violence shelter |
| Yavapai Casa for Kids, Inc |
$1,000 |
Gift card program for foster care children in court appointed special advocate (CASA) program |
Grant Recipients 2005
| Pima County |
$75,000 |
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| Casa de los Ninos |
$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 |
$2,500.00 |
fuel for school food box program |
| Hilltop Gallery Art Center |
$1,000.00 |
arts education for children |
| Nogales Community Development Corporation |
$1,500.00 |
Youth Enterprise & Financial Literacy Academy |
Grant Recipients 2004
| Pima County |
$75,000 |
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| American Red Cross |
$5,000.00 |
Babysitting Safety Training Program |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters |
$3,600.00 |
STARS Program to recruit mentors for children with incarcerated parents |
| Birth & Women's Health Center |
$10,000.00 |
Pilot group Prenatal Care/Birth Project in partnership with St. Elizabeth of Hungary |
| Educational Enrichment Foundation |
$9,900.00 |
Focus on Vision Program to provide eye exams and eyeglasses to 110 low income students. |
| El Rio Foundation |
$6,500.00 |
Hire a volunteer coordinator to implement for Reach Out & Read Pediatric Literacy Program in six El Rio pediatric clinics. |
| Jewish Family & Children's Services |
$10,000.00 |
Refugee Child Health Program to provide emergency health services to bridge eligibility gap. |
| Southern Arizona Community Diaper Bank |
$10,000.00 |
Start up funding for program manager and bulk buy of diapers. |
| Tu Nidito |
$10,000.00 |
Expand support groups into school for youth, recruit bilingual volunteers. |
| Youth on Our Own |
$10,000.00 |
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 |
$10,000.00 |
KARE Family Center, which provides support and advocacy to relatives caring for related and adoptive children |
| Assistance League of Tucson, Inc. |
$5,000.00 |
Operation School Bell, which provides low-income students clothing and shoes for school |
| Child & Family Resources, Inc. |
$10,000.00 |
to support Healthy Family Program for child abuse prevention and parent strengthening |
| Community Food Bank, Inc. |
$5,000.00 |
Snack Packs for Kids, a pilot program that provides emergency weekend food assistance to low-income students |
| Family Counseling Agency of Tucson, Inc. |
$5,000.00 |
renovations to facilities used for court-ordered parent visitations with children of neglect, abuse or custody cases |
| Family Counseling Agency of Tucson, Inc. |
$5,000.00 |
Teens in Transition program, which helps adolescents who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness |
| Foundation for Women's Health & Wellness |
$10,000.00 |
to provide at risk Tucson families mid-wifery care and birth center experience for healthier babies |
| Our Town Family Center |
$5,200.00 |
to enhance nutrition at residential center for homeless teen moms, ages 18-21 |
| Planned Parenthood of SO. AZ |
$10,000.00 |
to support sexual health and well-being education for middle school students |
| TMM Family Services, Inc. |
$10,000.00 |
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 |
$4,784.00 |
Scholarships/Materials for at risk youth to Babysitting Safety Training Course |
| Assistance League of Tucson |
$5,000.00 |
Operation School Bell to provide school clothes & shoes to impoverished students |
| Child & Family Resources, Inc. |
$10,000.00 |
Healthy Family Child Abuse Prevention/Parent Strengthening Program |
| Community Food Bank |
$7,000.00 |
Emergency Food Assistance to low-income children & their families |
| Intermountain Centers for Human Development |
$10,000.00 |
To enhance basic hygiene and clothing resources to residential program for emotionally disturbed youth |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of So. Az |
$10,000.00 |
Project Safe Place, outreach treatment & counseling program for teenage girls who have been sexually/physically abused |
| Luz Social Services Inc. |
$10,000.00 |
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 |
$8,500.00 |
Capital improvements to classrooms to meet accreditation with the National Association for the Education of Youth Children |
| Wingspan |
$10,000.00 |
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 |
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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