CORE Grants
CORE Grants provide nonprofits with the unrestricted funding necessary to maximize their impact and improve the quality of life in Southern Arizona. CORE Grants provide organizations with the flexibility to use dollars as they see fit to address emerging issues, boost salaries and benefits, invest in technology and infrastructure, and build communication and fundraising strategies, all of which lead to a healthier, more innovative, and more robust organization. Lastly and most importantly, CORE grants are rooted in mutual trust with the philosophy that organizations understand their unique needs and can achieve and demonstrate their impact.
Important Dates
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Application Criteria
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How to Apply
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Previous CORE Grant Recipients
2026 Grant Recipients
- 3rd Decade Inc
- Administration of Resources and Choices
- African American Museum of Southern Arizona
- Alianza Indígena Sin Fronteras
- Amerind Foundation, Inc.
- Amistad y Salud AKA Clínica Amistad
- Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation, Inc. (AKA Amphi Foundation)
- Arizona Community Health Workers Association
- Ayuda Smiles, Inc. dba Smiles For Veterans
- Border Youth Tennis Exchange
- Borderlands Theater-Teatro Fronterizo, Inc.
- Boys to Men Tucson, Inc
- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona
- CGA Inc.
- Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona
- Community Investment Corporation
- Community Montessori School of Bisbee
- CommunityShare
- Contruyendo Circulos de Paz/Constructing Circles of Peace
- Flowers & Bullets
- Foundation for Creative Broadcasting (KXCI)
- Friends of Aphasia
- George Phar Legler Society Inc, DBA Valley of the Moon
- Greater Tucson Leadership
- Greater Vail Community ReSources
- Groundworks Tucson
- Homeless ID Project
- JobPath, Inc.
- Junior Achievement of Arizona
- Just Communities Arizona
- Lapan College and Career Club
- Lead Guitar
- Little Lotus Rescue & Sanctuary
- MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) Tucson
- Native American Advancement Foundation, Inc. (AKA: NAAF)
- Native Seeds/SEARCH
- Our Neighbors Farm and Pantry
- Oracle Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc
- Patagonia Regional Times
- Planned Parenthood Arizona
- Poder Casas Moviles
- Reveille Men’s Chorus
- Roots & Roads Community Hospice Foundation
- SARSEF
- S.M.I.L.E.
- Sequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center Inc.
- Southwest Center for Economic Integrity
- Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports
- Step Up to Justice
- STEP: Student Expedition Program, Inc.
- StrengthBuilding Partners
- Sunnyside Unified School District Foundation, Inc.
- The Drawing Studio Inc
- Tooth B.U.D.D.S., Inc.
- Tu Nidito
- Tucson Festival of Books
- Tucson Poverello House
- University of Arizona Mobile Health Program
- University of Arizona Poetry Center/University of Arizona Foundation
- University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of the Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers
- Watershed Management Group
- We Care Tucson
- Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc.
2025 Grant Recipients
- Ability Dogs of Arizona
- Amistad Y Salud Clinica Amistad
- Amphi Foundation
- Arizona Diaper Bank
- Arizona Justice for Our Neighbors
- Arizona Luminaria
- AZ Cyber Initiative
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona
- Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center
- Books for Classrooms
- Borderlands Theater
- Boys & Girls Club of Bisbee
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor
- Boys to Men Tucson
- Central School Project
- Children’s Advocacy Center of Southern Arizona
- Church of Safe Injection Tucson
- Community Gardens of Tucson
- Contruyendo Circulos de Paz/Constructing Circles of Peace
- Deaf Abuse Network and Education Advocacy
- Flowers & Bullets
- Greater Tucson Fire Foundation
- Greater Vail Community ReSources
- Groundworks Tucson
- Historic Fourth Avenue Coalition
- IMPACT of Southern Arizona
- Inside Out Network
- Ironwood Tree Experience
- Keep Tucson Together
- Kyah Rayne Foundation
- Lead Guitar
- Living Streets Alliance
- Mt. Graham Safe House
- Naco Heritage Alliance
- Native American Advancement Foundation
- Native Seeds/SEARCH
- Patagonia Area Resource Alliance
- Pima County Community Land Trust (PCCLT)
- Poder Casas Moviles
- Reveille Men’s Chorus
- Sequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center
- Sierra Vista Volunteer Interfaith Caregiver Program
- Sky Island Alliance
- Special Needs Solutions
- Step Up to Justice
- The Bambi Fund
- The Drawing Studio
- The Rogue Theatre
- The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre
- Tooth B.U.D.D.S.
- Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson
- True Concord Voices & Orchestra
- Tu Nidito
- Tucson Festival of Books
- Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center
- University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of Cooper Center for Environmental Learning
- University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of the Family Medicine Mobile Health Program
- University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of the Primary Prevention Mobile Health Unit
- University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of The UA Campus Pantry
- We Care Tucson
- Yuma Community Food Bank
2024 Grant Recipients
- Ability Dogs of Arizona
- Administration of Resources and Choices
- Arivaca Coordinating Council-Arivaca Human Resource Group Inc.
- Arizona Luminaria
- Arizona Pet Project
- Assistance League of Tucson, Inc.
- AZ Cyber Initiative
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona (BBBSSA)
- Border Community Alliance (BCA)
- Border Youth Tennis Exchange
- Boys and Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor
- Cihuapactli Collective
- Community Gardens of Tucson*
- Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona
- CommunityShare
- Compass Affordable Housing, Inc.
- Construyendo Circulos de Paz/Constructing Circles of Peace
- Coyote TaskForce
- Douglas Arc
- Friends of Aphasia
- Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum, Inc.
- Greater Tucson Leadership
- Groundworks Tucson
- Homicide Survivors
- International Sonoran Desert Alliance
- Iskashitaa Refugee Network
- Junior Achievement of Arizona – Southern District
- Keep Tucson Together
- KXCI (Foundation for Creative Broadcasting)
- Kyah Rayne Foundation
- Liberty Partnership Kino Neighborhoods Council (LPKNC)
- Living Streets Alliance
- M.I.K.I.D. Mentally Ill Kids in Distress
- MicroCare Community Development Solutions
- Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona
- Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson
- National Alliance for Mental Illness Southern Arizona
- National Center for Youth Law
- Native Seeds/SEARCH
- Patagonia Regional Times
- Pinal County Historical Society
- Planned Parenthood Arizona
- Roots & Roads Community Hospice Foundation
- Santa Cruz Valley Art Association/Tubac Center for the Arts
- Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area
- Soldier’s Best Friend
- Sonoran Glass School
- Southwest Center for Economic Integrity
- St. Luke’s Home
- Step Up Bisbee/Naco
- Sunnyside Foundation
- The Centers for Habilitation/TCH
- The Drawing Studio
- The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre
- Tooth B.U.D.D.S., Inc.
- Tucson Girls Chorus
- University of Arizona Foundation fbo Center for the Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers
- University of Arizona Foundation fbo Family Medicine Mobile
- Valley Assistance Services
- Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc.
2023 Grant Recipients
- Administration of Resources and Choices
- Adult Literacy Plus of Southwest Arizona
- Amerind Foundation, Inc.
- Amistad y Salud Clínica Amistad
- Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation, Inc. (Amphi Foundation)
- Arts Express
- Autism Society of Southern Arizona
- Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center
- Border Youth Tennis Exchange
- Boys & Girls Club of the Sun Corridor
- Children’s Museum of Yuma County
- Cihuapactli Collective
- Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona (CHRPA)
- Compass Affordable Housing
- Contruyendo Circulos de Paz/Constructing Circles of Peace
- Coyote TaskForce
- Desert Survivors, Inc.
- Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona
- Educational Enrichment Foundation
- FosterEd Arizona (an initiative of National Center for Youth Law)
- Friends of Aphasia
- Friends of Pima Animal Care Center
- Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
- Homicide Survivors
- Inside Out Network
- Iskashitaa Refugee Network
- Lead Guitar
- MIKID Mentally Ill Kids in Distress
- Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona Inc.
- Native Seeds/SEARCH
- Patagonia Regional Times
- Patronato San Xavier
- Roots & Roads Community Hospice Foundation
- Sahuarita Food Bank
- Santa Cruz Valley Art Association
- Santa Theresa Tile Works
- Scholarships A-Z
- Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre
- Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers of the Green Valley District, Inc.
- Sierra Vista Volunteer Interfaith Caregiver Program (VICaP)
- Sister Jose Women’s Center
- Sky Island Alliance
- Southern Arizona Area Health Education Center, SEAHEC
- Southern Arizona Senior Pride
- Southside Presbyterian Church/Southside Worker Center
- Spreading Threads Clothing Bank
- Step Up Bisbee Naco
- Step Up to Justice
- Sunnyside Foundation
- The Inn of Southern Arizona
- Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc.
2022 Grant Recipients
- Act One
- Adult Literacy Plus of Southwest Arizona
- AGR Foundation, Inc.
- Amerind Foundation, Inc.
- Amistad Y Salud Clínica Amistad
- Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation, Inc. (Amphi Foundation)
- Arivaca Coordinating Council – Arivaca Human Resource Group Inc.
- Arizona Justice For Our Neighbors
- Arizona Sonora Border Projects for Inclusion
- BICAS
- Bi-National Arts Institute — El Centro Community Center
- Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center
- Border Youth Tennis Exchange
- Boys & Girls Club of Bisbee
- Boys to Men Tucson
- Children’s Museum Tucson (CMT)
- Cihuapactli Collective
- Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona (CHRPA)
- Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona
- Friends of Aphasia
- Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal
- Greater Tucson Fire Foundation
- Green Valley Assistance Services, Inc. dba Valley Assistance Services
- Growth Partners Arizona
- Higher Ground a Resource Center
- Integrative Touch for Kids
- Iskashitaa Refugee Network
- Junior Achievement of Arizona
- Just Communities Arizona (formerly AFSC-Arizona)
- Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona Inc.
- Our Neighbors Farm and Pantry
- Parent Aid Child Abuse Prevention Center
- Patagonia Regional Times
- Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center
- Sahuarita Food Bank
- SARSEF
- Scholarships A-Z
- Sister Jose Women’s Center
- Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc. (SERI)
- Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports
- Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children (SAZAEYC)
- Southern Arizona Senior Pride
- Southside Presbyterian Church/Southside Worker Center
- SW Center for Economic Integrity
- Southwest Fair Housing Council
- Step Up to Justice
- Sunnyside Foundation
- The Drawing Studio
- The Inn of Southern Arizona
- Tucson Jewish Free Loan
- Tucson Youth Music Center
- University of Arizona Foundation f/b/o Community and School Garden Program
- University of Arizona Foundation f/b/o Tucson Regional Educator Collaborative (TREC)
- Watershed Management Group
- Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc.
2021 Grant Recipients
- 3rd Decade
- Adult Literacy Plus of Southwest Arizona
- Amerind Foundation, Inc.
- Arivaca Coordinating Council-Arivaca Human Resource Group Inc.
- Arizona Justice For Our Neighbors
- Arts Express
- BICAS
- Borderlands Restoration Network
- Boys & Girls Club of Sun Corridor
- Boys To Men Tucson, Inc.
- Campesinos sin Fronteras
- Cochise Family Advocacy Center aka Lori’s Place
- Construyendo Circulos de Paz/Constructing Circles of Peace
- Felicia’s Farm
- Grace St. Paul Episcopal Church
- Greater Vail Community ReSources
- Growth Partners Arizona
- Imago Dei Middle School
- IMPACT of Southern Arizona
- KXCI
- Live Theatre Workshop
- Living Streets Alliance
- Make Way for Books
- Native American Advancement Foundation
- Our Neighbors Farm and Pantry
- Parent Aid Child Abuse Prevention
- Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center
- Ronald McDonald House
- Sahuarita Food Bank & Community Resource Center
- SARSEF: Southern Arizona Research, Science, & Engineering Foundation
- Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers of Green Valley District, Inc. (SAV)
- Sky Island Alliance
- Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports
- Southside Workers Center
- Step Up to Justice
- The Child and Language Center, Inc.
- The Dunbar Coalition Inc.
- The International Sonoran Desert Alliance
- Tucson Girls Chorus
- UA Community and School Garden Program
- Volunteer Interfaith Caregiver Program
- Watershed Management Group
2020 Grant Recipients
- Amphi Foundation
- BICAS
- Border Youth Tennis Exchange
- Borderlands Restoration Network
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Casa Grande Valley
- Campesinos Sin Fronteras
- Cochise Family Advocacy Center
- Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona
- Compass Affordable Housing, Inc.
- Circulos de Paz/Circles of Peace
- Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona
- Green Valley Assistance Services
- Imago Dei Middle School
- Integrative Touch for Kids
- Jewish History Museum
- JobPath, Inc.
- KXCI
- Live Theater Workshop
- Native American Advancement Foundation
- Raising Special Kids
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Arizona
- SARSEF: S. AZ Research, Science & Engineering Foundation
- Sister Jose Women’s Center
- Sky Island Alliance
- Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids
- True Concord Voices & Orchestra
- Tucson Girls Chorus
- Cooper Center for Environmental Learning
- Watershed Management Group
- Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc.
2019 Grant Recipients
- Adult Literacy Plus of Southwest Arizona
- Amerind Foundation, Inc.
- Boys and Girls Club of Santa Cruz County, Inc.
- Campesinos Sin Fronteras
- Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona
- Construyendo Circulos de Paz/Circles of Peace
- Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona
- Higher Ground
- Imago Dei Middle School
- Integrative Touch for Kids
- International Sonoran Desert Alliance
- Jewish History Museum
- Job Path, Inc.
- Lori’s Place – Cochise Family Advocacy Center
- Make Way for Books
- Native American Advancement Foundation
- Sahuarita Food Bank
- Sister Jose Women’s Center
- Sky Island Alliance
- Tu Nidito
- Tucson Girls Chorus
- UA Center for Recruitment and Retention of Math Teachers
- Volunteer Interfaith Caregiver Program
2017 Grant Recipients
Generous Support
CORE Grants are made possible through the generosity of our CORE Donor Collaborators, along with donors who support CFSA’s Field of Interest and Unrestricted Funds.
Matching support helps expand the reach and impact of these grants, with contributions from the Connie Hillman Family Foundation and
