The South32 Hermosa Community Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and its geographic affiliate, the Santa Cruz Community Foundation, supports nonprofit organizations based in Santa Cruz County.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz County (AR)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The South32 Hermosa Project is located in Southern Arizona in the Patagonia Mountains in Santa Cruz County. The project is approximately six miles south of the town of Patagonia, 50 miles southeast of Tucson, and 15 miles northeast of Nogales, Arizona. The company’s purpose is to make a difference by developing natural resources and improving people’s lives now and for generations to come.
Supported areas include education and leadership, economic participation, good health and social well-being, and natural resource resilience.
Priority will be given to organizations that:
- Are working collaboratively with other agencies in the planning and implementation of the project.
- Have involved staff, volunteers, and current/potential participants in the planning and implementation of the proposed program.
- Enable individuals to identify, contribute and enhance their skills, abilities, capacities, and assets, focusing on strengths rather than problems or deficiencies.
- Can clearly articulate the outcomes the program/participants will achieve and be able to collect the data to demonstrate measurable progress toward the accomplishment of those outcomes.
- Can provide a clear description of plans to sustain the organization and/or program beyond the grant period.
Funding Information
Up to $80,000 will be available each cycle; requests up to $10,000 will be considered. Only one application will be accepted per organization during a fiscal year (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024).
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a 501(c)(3) in good standing, based in and doing charitable work in Santa Cruz County.
- The organization must have local leadership in the form of a board of directors or advisory committee, local financial support, and local program management and accountability. In the case of nationally sponsored organizations, no portion of the grant can be used to support the national, state, or regional entity.
- The proposed program must directly benefit people living in Santa Cruz County.
- Grants are generally not made to individuals, for-profit organizations, government entities, capital fund drives, agency endowments, individual schools, or for sectarian purposes.
- Organizations will not be eligible to reapply until the current grant cycle and reporting is completed.
- One of the guiding principles of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona is to honor the rich diversity of their community and promotes equal opportunities for all people. Awards made by CFSA’s grant panels support organizations that do not discriminate in their employment practices, volunteer opportunities, or delivery of programs and services on the basis of Race, Religion, Gender or Gender Identity (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), Gender Expression, Sexual orientation, Age, Ancestry, Citizenship, Ethnicity, Familial Status, Socioeconomic Status (economic circumstances), Color, Creed, Sex (including pregnancy), Phases of Parenthood, National Origin, Marital Status, Veteran Status (past, current or prospective service in the armed forces), Genetic Information, Physical Characteristics or Appearance, Mental or Physical Disability, Any other status prohibited by applicable law.
For more information, visit CFSAZ.
