| Organization Name |
grant AMT |
Grant description |
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A New Leaf |
$125,000 |
Support to renovate the East Valley Men's Center, an emergency and transitional shelter located in Mesa, which assists approximately 600 homeless men per year.
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A New Leaf |
$62,656 |
Emergency operating support to provide rent and mortgage payment assistance to eligible households at or between 150% to 200% of the federal poverty income level as defined by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest |
$40,000 |
Support for a second year for the Older Youth in Foster Care Project to remove barriers to success for youth aging out of the foster care system and transitioning to independent life.
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*
Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence |
$32,000 |
Support to develop specialized software to increase the efficiency of 20 residential domestic violence shelters.
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Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation |
$30,000 |
Support for a third year to provide recreational activities and educational opportunities to approximately 1,800 children in the foster care system in Maricopa County.
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*
Arizona Friends of Talking Books |
$24,000 |
Support to purchase two specialized printers to facilitate mailing over 400,000 items annually to patrons of the Arizona State Braille and Talking Book Library.
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*
Arizona Jewish Historical Society |
$30,000 |
Support to install an elevator lift to create handicapped access within the Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, a museum and education center on the site of Phoenix's first synagogue.
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Arizona Science Center |
$50,000 |
Support for the Young Science Correspondents program to train 10 youth, ages 15 to 18, as science journalists.
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Best Buddies Arizona |
$40,000 |
Support to launch the Best Buddies Middle School Program in eight Maricopa County schools to match 100 nondisabled students in one-to-one friendships with 100 students who have intellectual disabilities.
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*
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale |
$125,000 |
Support to build a youth center on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to provide year-round, after school and summer programs to over 100 Native American youth.
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*
City of Phoenix Human Services Department |
$275,000 |
Emergency operating support to provide rent and mortgage payment assistance to eligible housholds at or between 150% to 200% of the federal poverty income level as defined by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The funds were distributed via the City of Phoenix Human Services Department Community action Program network of four Community Action Program offices located throughout the City. |
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Desert Mission, Inc. |
$60,000 |
Support to expand dental services to children, ages 4 to 18, of low-income, uninsured families.
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Devereux Arizona |
$68,000 |
Support to implement Fostering Youth in Transition, an independent living training program to educate foster parents and train youth to prepare them for passage from foster care to self-sufficiency. The program would reach 50 families and impact 50 to 60 youth.
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*
Ecumenical Chaplaincy for the Homeless |
$50,000 |
Support to expand daily onsite counseling and healthcare services for nearly 130 homeless individuals, age 55 and above, at the Justa Center in downtown Phoenix.
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Eve's Place, Inc. |
$30,000 |
Support for a third year to provide domestic violence shelter services to 250 women and children per year in the northwest Valley.
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*
FACCS-Friends of Animal Care & Control |
$75,000 |
Support for the Uno Por Uno, Big Fix Spay/Neuter Voucher Program that provides free rabies vaccinations and sterilization surgery for 1,222 companion animals of low-income residents of central and south Phoenix.
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Florence Crittenton |
$67,000 |
Support for the Transitional Living Program to provide over 200 girls, ages 12 to 18, aging out of the foster care system or the juvenile justice system safe housing and support services to become self-sufficient.
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Girls For A Change - Phoenix |
$60,000 |
Support for a third year to develop the leadership skills of more than 300 adolescent and teenage girls in low-income Maricopa County neighborhoods.
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Great Arizona Puppet Theater, Inc. |
$24,000 |
Support for building repairs to the historic Theater to provide over 400 puppet performances per year to children in Maricopa County.
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Helping Hands Housing Services |
$28,000 |
Support for program services at Casa de Paz Sahuaro, a low-income 40-unit apartment complex in Phoenix serving 190 residents.
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*
Humane Society of Wickenburg |
$75,000 |
Support to purchase furniture and equipment for the new animal shelter, clinic and adoption center.
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*
Lodestar Day Resource Center |
$50,000 |
Support for the Housing Transition Program to provide over 250 clients assistance in locating affordable housing and financial assistance with move-in costs.
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*
Maricopa County Human Services Department |
$162,344 |
Emergency operating support to provide rent and mortgage payment assistance to eligible households at or between 150% to 200% of the federal poverty income level as defined by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The funds were distributed via the Maricopa County Human Services Department Community Action Program network of 13 Community Action Program offices located throughout Maricopa County, exclusive of the cities of Phoenix and Mesa. |
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Mission of Mercy |
$100,000 |
Support to provide free health care for the working poor and uninsured in medically underserved Maricopa County neighborhoods.
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Peregrine Fund, Inc. |
$50,000 |
Support for a third year for the California Condor Restoration Project to monitor condor movements and lead levels of 65 birds in Arizona, treat lead-exposed condors, and educate the public about the dangers of lead exposure.
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*
Phoenix Conservatory Of Music |
$15,000 |
Support for an after-school music program for 130 low-income students at Papago Elementary School to produce Rhythms of the Heart: A Celebration of Latin Music!
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Power Paws Assistance Dogs, Inc. |
$25,000 |
Support for an additional full-time dog trainer to increase the number of dog assistance teams graduating each year from 10 to 15 and reduce the wait time to receive a service dog.
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Save the Family Foundation of Arizona |
$68,000 |
Support for the Transitional Shelter project, which provides housing support for homeless and working poor families with children.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul |
$50,000 |
Support for the Family Dining Room, which assists homeless and low-income men, women and children in downtown Phoenix.
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Sonoran Institute |
$42,000 |
Support for the Arizona Wildlife and Transportation Project to include wildlife conservation as a critical component of a statewide growth planning initiative with respect to transportation needs over the next 50 years.
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St. Joseph the Worker |
$30,000 |
Support for a third year for the Client Follow-Up Program, which provides case management services to approximately 215 homeless clients each year at the Human Services Campus in downtown Phoenix.
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*
Superstition Area Land Trust |
$35,000 |
Support for the Silly Mountain Restoration and Recreation project in Apache Junction, a collaborative effort to rehabilitate the mountain's habitat and build a handicapped-accessible trail system with interpretive features.
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Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services |
$125,000 |
Support for a second year to expand the education program to 500 pregnant teens residing in the west Valley, central Phoenix and Mesa.
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*
The Changing the Face of Poverty |
$300,000 |
Support for The Changing Face of Poverty community campaign to match individual donations for grants to nonprofit organizations providing critical human services to Arizonans in distress due to the economic crisis. |
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Top Dog, Inc. |
$15,000 |
Support to print a manual to teach disabled individuals to train their own service dogs.
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United Food Bank |
$100,000 |
Support to purchase two refrigerated trucks for the Fresh Food Rescue program in response to food donations from 35 new grocery store participants.
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WellCare Foundation |
$56,000 |
Support to open a fifth clinic in the Spencer D. & Mary Jane Stewart Boys & Girls Club in the west Valley to provide 480 low-income single mothers and their children with free medical services.
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*denotes this organization is a first-time NMPCT grant recipient.
