Arizona Fund (22)

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2024 Goal $3,500,000
Mental Health & Well-Being | Youth & Young Adult Focus
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The fund is distributed equally to all nonprofits in the fund. As the fund grows so too does the number of nonprofits included in the fund. Note: Innergiving can help you create custom curated pools.
Filters: Including Region, Female Founder, Underserved Founder(s), Industry/NTEE, Keywords, Org Name, Revenue, Geo, Focus, Ratings, and More...
Fund includes Education, Crisis, Foster Care, Research, Education, Suicide Prevention & Intervention, Mindfulness & Social Emotional Learning, Homelessness & Housing Insecurity, Community & Connection, Animal Therapy, Sexual & Domestic Violence, Treatment.
Community Fund

Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Domestic Violence

Mission: To end sexual and domestic violence in Arizona by dismantling oppression and promoting equity among all people.
What We Do: Statewide coalition addressing sexual and domestic violence. We offer education & training, technical assistance, public policy advocacy, collaboration, and the Arizona Sexual and Domestic Violence Helpline.

Arizona Youth Partnership (AYP)

Mission: Build solid foundations for youth and families by partnering with Arizona communities to provide youth services, prevention programs and health education related to substance abuse, homelessness, human trafficking, mental health wellness, teen pregnancy, and challenging family dynamics.
Vision: We envision a future of: empowered youth; strong, stable families; thriving communities

Be A Leader Foundation

Mission: To Increase the number of students who are prepared for and succeed in higher education by empowering them with tools, leadership skills and consistent support,transforming lives and creating life-long opportunities for success.
Vision: All students have the opportunity to succeed in higher education and have the skills and resources to ensure personal success.

Everybody Matters

Mission: To help people thrive emotionally when life gets hard.
Vision: We envision a world where Everybody Matters. Period.
Regardless of their background or emotional state, every child deserves the best education possible and a life of happiness and fulfillment—because every child matters.

Feeding Matters

Mission: Furthering advances in pediatric feeding disorder by accelerating identification, igniting research, and promoting collaborative care for children and families.
Vision: A world in which children with pediatric feeding disorder will thrive.

Fresh Start Women's Foundation

Mission: Providing access & resources that help women achieve self-sufficiency & use their strength to thrive.
Our work empowers women as they become the heroes of their own story. With wrap-around services and one-on-one support, Fresh Start is here to walk alongside you on the journey to becoming your best self.

Gabriel's Angels

Mission: To inspire confidence, compassion, and best behaviors in at-risk children through pet therapy.
Pet Therapy Teams visit crisis nurseries, domestic violence and homeless shelters, and Title One schools all in an effort to intervene in children’s’ lives and enhance their emotional behavioral development by teaching core behaviors – attachment, confidence, self-regulation, affiliation, empathy, tolerance, and respect.

Homeless Youth Connection

Mission: Homelessness will not limit a youth’s opportunity for a successful future.
Vision: To eliminate barriers to graduation for homeless youth and create lasting solutions for a successful future through community support and increased awareness.

HOPE Mental Health Foundation

Mission: We seek to create a better world by removing barriers to therapy so individuals can progress emotionally and break cycles of destruction for themselves, their families and their communities.
What We Do: Connect donors passionate about mental health with individuals that need the gift of therapy through sponsorships to carefully vetted state-licensed counselors.

Hunkapi Programs

Mission: To Teach the World to Fear Less and Love More.
What We Do: We do this by regularly creating fresh experiences for our clients/participants that zing connection from head to toe. The kind of zing that makes you realize you are alive and that life can be joyful. While you’re experiencing, the staff notice how deep are your sighs, how relaxed your jaw, whether there is the hint of a smile, a giggle of fear or one of happiness, whether your eyes are dilated with concern or smiling with joy.

ICAN: Positive Programs for Youth

Mission: To transform the educational, social, and emotional wellbeing of youth.
What We Do: Nationally-recognized out-of-school time prevention programming teaches vulnerable youth real-life skills including goal setting, positive decision-making and how to avoid the risky behaviors that are prevalent in the communities ICAN serves. ICAN is unique because our programming is offered free of charge to remove the barriers that can prevent low-income families from accessing needed services.

Institute for Mental Health Research

Mission: We are the leader in supporting mental health solutions through research, and we do this in three ways: 1) Funding Arizona scientists pursuing novel, early-stage mental health research, 2) Educating the public on current research findings, 3) Fostering collaboration between scientists, academics and healthcare thought leaders
Vision: Arizona becomes the national leader in mental health research to prevent and reduce mental illness and advance psychological wellbeing.

Maggie's Place

Mission: Provides safe housing and a nurturing community for homeless pregnant women, empowering them to thrive throughout their lifetime.
Vision: We aspire to be the premier service provider in Maricopa County to our moms, babies and families, breaking the cycle of generational trauma to transform our community.

Mindfulness First

Mission: To teach children and adults the practical skills and knowledge needed for lifelong mental health and wellbeing.
Vision: We envision a cohesive society where humankind is supported by equitable tools for self-efficacy and mental health wellbeing through systemic changes for stronger, safer and more connected communities.

New Pathways for Youth

Mission: Transforming the lives of youth by providing the support, stability, and skills they need to flourish in the community and in their families.
Purpose: Every young person can live their life with joy and purpose, confident in their ability to decide their own path.

Not My Kid

Mission: Ensure every kid thrives by inspiring positive life choices
Vision: That every kid will have the knowledge and confidence to reach their full potential through positive life choices.

OCJ Kids

Mission: Provide OPPORTUNITY, create COMMUNITY, and fight for JUSTICE for foster and at-risk kids.
Vision: Connect and create purposeful futures for foster and at-risk kids.

Read Better Be Better

Mission: To connect young readers and youth leaders to inspire a love of literacy and learning.
Vision: Envisions a world in which empowered communities demand equitable access to foundational skills.

Rosie's House

Mission: To eliminate barriers to high-quality music education. Through music, we support youth as they develop their full creative and personal potential.
Vision: We envision a community where all youth have access to music education and opportunities for lifetime achievement.

Saving Amy

Mission: To resolve homelessness by creating community through mentoring, inner transformation through supportive programs, financial support and stability through employment.
Vision: Envision a world where all people come together as one community; empowering each other to experience life changing ways of living through inner transformation, compassion and love.

Southern Arizona Children’s Advocacy Center

Mission: To provide a safe, compassionate, healing environment for children who have been a victim or witness to a crime.
Vision: Provide each child with the safety they need to tell their story. Provide each child with healing services. Hold abusers accountable.

Teen Lifeline

Mission: To prevent teen suicide in Arizona through enhancing resiliency in youth and fostering supportive communities.
Vision: A world where all youth possess a sense of connectedness and hope for their future.
Criteria:
-Youth mental health impact directly or indirectly
-Youth advisory backing nonprofit services/solutions
-Revenue $250K-$10M (with exceptions)
-Registered 501c3
-Clear vision & mission
-Service alignment with vision/mission
-Minimum 3 years in operation with exceptions for concepts that have a well-positioned and structured plan
-U.S. based charitable organization
-Culture that values diversity, equity & inclusion
-Culture that values personal & professional development
Criteria (continued):
-Impact Reports(s) - ability to measure impact
-Financial Statement(s) - stable and transparent (min 3 years)
-Open to leadership interviews
-Serve youth or young adult (0-18, 18-30)
-Minimum 3 board members
-Leadership - minimum experience of 3 years
-Leadership has clear vision, empowers people, collaborates with partners, innovative
-Organization is fully transparent
-Sufficient reserves
-Funding diversity. Reasonable distribution of grants, donations, events, fees, investments
-Ratings on GuideStar (Candid) & Charity Navigator
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