| Organization Name |
grant AMT |
Grant description |
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AGUILA Youth Leadership Institute |
$70,000 |
Support to expand the college preparation program to increase retention and graduation rates for more than 200 Hispanic youth attending over 70 metropolitan Phoenix high schools.
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Arizona Foundation for Eye Health |
$30,000 |
Support for a second year of the Arizona Telemedicine Ophthalmic Program to screen and provide follow-up vision services for over 400 low-income patients.
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*
Banner Health Foundation |
$27,000 |
Support to expand the Banner Alzheimer's Institute-Native American Outreach Program to educate Arizona tribes, Urban Indian communities and other Native American organizations about the disease.
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Beatitudes Center D.O.A.R., Inc. |
$50,000 |
Support for a second year for the Computer Assistance Program to provide computers, technical support, Internet connections and training to 250 homebound adults in the Valley.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix, Inc. |
$100,000 |
Support to sustain the after-school and evening food program that annually provides 300,000 snacks and 175,000 hot meals at all 12 Club branches serving low-income youth ages 6 to 18.
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Child Abuse Prevention Fund |
$150,000 |
Support over two years to provide matching funds for revenue raised through the sale of the It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Child license plates, which will fund primary prevention programs in Maricopa County.
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*
Community Information & Referral |
$75,000 |
Support to maintain the 24-hour Help Hotline that receives over 23,000 calls each month from individuals and families in need of food, shelter, rent, utility and mortgage foreclosure assistance.
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Eight, Arizona PBS |
$50,000 |
Support for a second year for Ready To Learn, a community-based early literacy program that provides free workshops, children's books and PBS magazines to over 990 parents and caregivers annually to prepare children for school in Maricopa County.
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First United Methodist Church of Tempe |
$70,000 |
Support for a second year for the Urban Outreach Program to provide direct assistance to over 800 homeless youth and adults in Tempe.
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Girl Scouts - Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, Inc. |
$50,000 |
Support for a second year for Adelante Jovencitas, a nontraditional Girl Scout program that annually serves over 600 juvenile female offenders and delinquent girls, ages 13 to 18, residing in juvenile correction facilities and group homes.
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HomeBase Youth Services |
$100,000 |
Support to provide emergency shelter and transitional housing to 700 homeless youth, ages 18 to 21, and to teach them independent living skills.
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Homeward Bound |
$75,000 |
Support for a second year for Project SAVE, which provides on-site counseling services to clients who are experiencing or at risk of substance abuse and relapse.
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Interfaith Cooperative Ministries |
$25,000 |
Support to purchase a truck to transport food and clothing to nearly 55,000 individuals and working poor families in Central Phoenix.
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National Wildlife Federation |
$49,000 |
Support for a second year for the Tribal Lands Conservation Program to implement schoolyard habitat projects at schools and community centers located on tribal lands throughout Arizona.
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*
Neighbors Who Care, Inc. |
$24,000 |
Support over two years for the mileage reimbursement program to recruit and retain volunteer drivers to provide transportation for over 370 homebound adults in the Sun Lakes community.
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Newtown Community Development Corporation |
$30,000 |
Support for the Foreclosure Prevention Services program to provide foreclosure workshops and homeownership counseling.
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*
Paz de Cristo Community Center |
$45,000 |
Support to provide over 250 meals each evening and 1,300 emergency food boxes each month to homeless, near homeless and working poor individuals in the east Valley.
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Phoenix Herpetological Society, Inc. |
$100,000 |
Support over two years to hire the sanctuary's first paid administrator to supervise protection for over 600 animals, oversee facility maintenance and improvements, and increase educational programs.
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Sky Island Alliance |
$75,000 |
Support for Conserving the Sky Islands: Adapting to a Changing Climate, a collaborative project to protect the Sky Islands while creating models addressing the effects of climate change for future application throughout Arizona.
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Sojourner Center |
$95,000 |
Support for the Save a Bed Campaign to maintain the current level of emergency shelter and support services for women and children who are victims of domestic violence.
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Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development |
$85,000 |
Support to maintain programs for 3,000 homeless and runaway youth in Phoenix and Tempe.
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UMOM New Day Centers, Inc. |
$100,000 |
Support for the Emergency Shelter Program that provides food, shelter, life skills and job readiness training to stabilize families in need.
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*denotes this organization is a first-time NMPCT grant recipient.
