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UES Community Action Team (CAT) volunteers support youth services.
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UniSource Energy Services Gas, UniSource Electric and Tucson Electric Power
Grants That Make a Difference 2008
| Technical assistance and questions about grants will be available to nonprofits benefiting the service territories of Tucson Electric Power and Unisource Energy Services. Please join us at one of the following sessions. |
Grants That Make a Difference
sponsors workshop introductory grant writing: "Grants$Magic" |
Monday May 12, 2008, 9:00am - Noon
YWCA, 525 North Bonita Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85745 |
Monday May 19, 2008, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Prescott Library, 215 East Goodwin Street
Prescott, AZ 86303 |
| RSVP to bbeyer@tep.com |
| Mohave Grants Forum and Workshop |
Tuesday May 20, 2008
Mohave Community College
Education Room 200F
1971 Jagerson Ave.
Kingman, AZ 85401
Fee: Grants Forum and Workshop: Alliance Members - $60, Non-Members - $85 |
| 9:30am - 11:30am |
1:00pm - 4:30pm |
| Mohave Grants Forum |
Grantsmanship Essentials Workshop |
presented by the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits
Presenters:
Ann-Mary Johnson, Arizona Humanities Council; Sharon Foltz, UniSource Energy Corporation; Bill Holmes, Wells Fargo Banks; Nancy Mongeau, BHHS Legacy Foundation
Fee: Grants Forum Only:
Alliance Members - $15, Non-Members - $25 |
presented by Just Grants! Arizona
Your "Starter Kit" Workshop for Grantseeking Success: Here's everything you need to get started on your way to grantseeking success - all in one fast-paced, resource-rich three-hour session.
Fee: Workshop Only:
Alliance Members - $50, Non-Members - $60 |
More information: http://www.arizonanonprofits.org/get-involved/GrantForums.aspx |
Grants That Make A Difference
Recipients 2001-2006: $641,059
Grant Recipients 2007
| Coconino County |
$10,000 |
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| Catholic Charities Community Services |
$1,000 |
"Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness" program |
| Habitat for Humanity of Flagstaff |
$3,000 |
to match an AmeriCorps grant to expand "A Brush with Kindness," an assistance program in Flagstaff and Winslow |
| NAU Foundation |
$1,500 |
"Foster Grandparent Program," a Senior Corps program in northern and central Arizona |
| St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance |
$2,500 |
Flagstaff branch to support its supplemental food box program |
| White Mountain Faith in Action |
$2,000 |
"Cabin Fever Breaker" to help cover the cost of transporting elderly and disables residents to this Show Low-based adult day respite program |
| Mohave County |
$20,000 |
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| Boys &Girls Club of Kingman |
$5,000 |
"MethSmart" program, a partnership with schools that discourages young people from using drugs. |
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| Havasu for Youth |
$5,000 |
"Leadership, Education, Advancement, Responsiblity, Now" program, a workplace training program for high schools students |
| NAU Foundation |
$3,500 |
"Foster Grandparent Program", a Senior Corps program of North and Central Arizona |
| Special Olympics |
$3,250 |
program activities in Kingman |
| Special Olympics |
$3,250 |
program activities in Lake Havasu City |
| Santa Cruz |
$6,000 |
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| American Red Cross Southern Arizona Chapter |
$1,000 |
for emergency and disaster relief supplies for children and families |
| Santa Cruz County Young Audiences |
$2,500 |
"The Arts...Bringing Life to Learning" program |
| Sahuaro Girl Scout Council and Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz County |
$2,500 |
to support a new community troop to maximize girls' potential |
| Yavapai County |
$10,240 |
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| Arizona's Children Association |
$2,000 |
"Independent Living Skills - Peer Mentor" program for Foster care youth |
| Buena Vista Children's Services |
$2,240 |
"Discovery Connection", an after-school enrighment program to improve academic performance |
| Horses with Hearts |
$500 |
to fund new equipment for the Special Olympics equestrian team |
| NAU Foundation |
$750 |
"Foster Grandparent Program", a Senior Corps program of northern and central Arizona |
| New Horizons Independent Living Center |
$2,250 |
to fund the volunteer transportation program for low-income seniors and people with disabilities |
| Verde Valley Sanctuary |
$2,500 |
for the Youth Empowerment program, which assists children residing at the domestic violence shelter |
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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Please visit www.tep.com for a list of past recipients in Pima County.
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