FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2024
PHOENIX — Cox employees have raised $698,500 for Arizona nonprofits in the communities where Cox employees live and work. This is up nearly 10% from last year. One hundred twenty-four (124) Arizona nonprofits have just been notified of their grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000. This marks the 28th year that Cox employees, through Cox Charities, have raised funds to help those in need of vital services. Since 1996, Cox Arizona employees statewide have raised over $11 million and awarded grants to more than 1,900 local Arizona nonprofits.
Why it matters:
Charitable giving declined 2.1% last year, an event only seen four other times in the last 40 years: 1987, 2008, 2009 and 2022. The 3,100 employees at Cox announced today that their giving has increased this year.
Digging deeper:
Recipient organizations are focused on education, diversity, environment and sustainability programs. Most of the funds come from employee-driven fundraisers and donations by Cox employees and their families.
Central Arizona Shelter Services is Arizona’s largest and longest serving emergency shelter program serving people experiencing homelessness. Both adult and family shelters operate at full capacity every day of the year. The Cox grant will help provide 175 youth and children experiencing homelessness access to reliable digital tools for enrichment and educational activities, including opportunities to complete school assignments and access to other educational opportunities and digital resources.
Ryan’s House is an organization designed to deliver multiple adaptive modes of on-site care, Ryan House embraces all children and their families as they navigate life-limiting or end-of-life journeys. The organization offers pediatric respite care to help a family take breaks from the stress of round-the-clock home care and creates opportunities for kids to be kids, where they can spend time with other children like them. The organization has 294 children and families enrolled in their respite program.
Brighter Way Institute provides Arizona veterans, the unhoused population, domestic violence victims, and many other vulnerable populations in need with comprehensive dental care. These high-risk groups who are experiencing a decline in their quality of life and/or health due to a lack of sufficient funds for proper care, receive high-quality dental care at a discounted rate at Brighter Way. The Cox grant will help fund Brighter Way’s mobile dental health services, specifically for uninsured children, which will reach more than 2600 individuals in need.
124 Pima, Cochise, Pinal, Maricopa county nonprofits received grants totaling $698,500:
PIMA, COCHISE, PINAL, MARICOPA COUNTY NONPROFITS GRANT AMOUNTS
Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation, Inc. (Amphi Foundation) $5,000.00
Arizona Dental Association Cares (AzDA Cares) Foundation $5,500.00
Arizona Council on Economic Education $5,000.00
Arizona Science Center $2,500.00
Autism Society of Southern Arizona $6,100.00
Aviva Children’s Services $5,000.00
Banner Health Foundation $2,500.00
Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center, Inc. $5,000.00
Books for Classrooms $5,000.00
Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Vista $5,000.00
Central Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation $5,000.00
Children’s Museum Tucson $5,000.00
Gabriel’s Angels $5,000.00
Junior Achievement of Arizona – Southern District $7,000.00
Literacy Connects $7,000.00
Reid Park Zoological Society $3,000.00
Saguaro City Music Theatre $2,800.00
Sister Jose Women’s Center $10,000.00
The Be Kind People Project $7,600.00
Tucson Jewish Community Center $3,500.00
We Care Tucson $5,000.00
Mary Gloria Foundation $7,500.00
Ability360 $5,000.00
ACCEL $7,500.00
Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers $5,000.00
ALS Arizona $5,000.00
American Legion Auxiliary Arizona Girls State $5,000.00
American Red Cross of Central and Northern Arizona $5,000.00
Arizona Autism United $5,000.00
Arizona Brainfood Inc $5,000.00
Arizona Burn Foundation $5,000.00
Arizona Council on Economic Education $5,000.00
Arizona Educational Foundation $5,000.00
Arizona Helping Hands $7,500.00
Arizona Latino Leaders in Education – ALL In Education $5,000.00
Arizona Refugee Center $5,000.00
Arizona Science Center $5,000.00
Arizona Skin Cancer Foundation $5,000.00
Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University $5,000.00
Arizona Students Recycling Used Technology $7,500.00
Arizona Sustainability Alliance $5,000.00
Arizona Technology Council Foundation DBA SciTech Institute $10,000.00
Arizona Wildlife Federation $5,000.00
Arizonans for Children $5,000.00
Assistance League of East Valley $5,000.00
Assistance League of Phoenix $5,000.00
Banner Health Foundation $10,000.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona (BBBSAZ) $7,500.00
Borderlands Produce Rescue $7,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale $10,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (BGCAZ) $10,000.00
Brighter Way Institute $9,000.00
Butterfly Wonderland Foundation $5,000.00
Career Concepts for Youth, Inc $5,000.00
Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) $8,000.00
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. $5,000.00
Child Crisis Arizona $5,000.00
Children’s Museum of Phoenix $5,000.00
Civitan Foundation $5,500.00
Cultural Coalition $5,000.00
Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts $5,000.00
Desert Botanical Garden $5,000.00
Down Syndrome Network $5,000.00
Dress for Success $5,000.00
Duet: Partners In Health & Aging $5,000.00
Elevate Phoenix $7,500.00
Family Promise – Greater Phoenix $5,000.00
First Place AZ $10,000.00
Foundation for Blind Children $5,000.00
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation $5,000.00
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona $5,000.00
Fresh Start Women’s Foundation $5,000.00
Friends of the Children – Phoenix $5,000.00
Gabriel’s Angels $7,500.00
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona $7,500.00
Harmony Project Phoenix $5,000.00
Helping Hands for Single Moms $7,500.00
Homeless Youth Connection $5,000.00
Homeward Bound $5,000.00
Junior Achievement of Arizona, Inc. $7,500.00
Kitchen on the Street $2,500.00
Laptops 4 Learning $5,000.00
Larry Thomas Youth Development $5,000.00
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona $7,500.00
Maricopa County Historical Society dba Desert Caballeros Western $3,500.00
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Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank $5,000.00
MentorKids USA $5,000.00
Mesa United Way $6,000.00
National Kidney Foundation of Arizona $5,000.00
Native Health $5,000.00
Neighborhood Ministries $5,000.00
New Pathways for Youth $5,000.00
OCJ Kids $6,000.00
Operation Homefront, Inc $4,000.00
Pacific Southwest Minority Supplier Development Council $5,000.00
Peer Solutions $5,000.00
Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation $5,000.00
Phoenix Film Foundation $5,000.00
Phoenix Indian Center $10,000.00
Phoenix Symphony Association $5,000.00
Phoenix Community ToolBank $5,000.00
Read Better Be Better $5,000.00
Rising Youth Theatre $5,000.00
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona $7,500.00
Ryan House $7,500.00
Save the Family Foundation of Arizona $6,000.00
Si Se Puede Foundation $6,000.00
Society of St. Vincent de Paul $5,000.00
Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired $5,000.00
Southwest Human Development $5,000.00
Southwest Kids Cancer Foundation $5,000.00
Special Olympics Arizona $5,000.00
The Be Kind People Project $5,000.00
The Salvation Army, Southwest Division $5,000.00
The Walter Hive $5,000.00
Treasure House $5,000.00
Treasures 4 Teachers $5,000.00
UMOM New Day Centers, Inc. $5,000.00
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center $5,000.00
Valley Youth Theatre $5,000.00
Verde Valley Sanctuary $5,000.00
Waste Not $5,000.00
WHAM Art Association $5,000.00
Young Arts Arizona Ltd. $5,000.00
YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix $5,000.00
TOTAL: $698,500.00
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