The Arizona Community Foundation awards grants to support nonprofits, educational institutions, tribal entities, government agencies, and most religious organizations.
Donor Name: Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona
State: Arizona
City: Sedona
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/08/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $10,000
Details:
The goal of the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona and the Verde Valley is to develop a legacy of giving in communities to enhance the quality of life in the area. The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) is an endowment organization that connects community needs to donors who have a passion for meeting those needs. With Regional Offices around the state, ACF of Sedona serves Sedona and the Verde Valley. Since 1991, the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona has developed 73 separate funds with assets exceeding $ 15 million. The Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona has awarded more than $11 million to area nonprofit organizations, schools, and municipalities serving local needs.
The Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona will accept applications that benefit and support the following Field of Interest funds and their purposes.
- Animal Welfare (Sedona Animal Welfare Fund)
- Arts (Sedona Arts Fund)
- Supports efforts to enrich the cultural life of community through art, performance, and arts education. Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the performing and fine arts as embodied by sculpture, painting, drawing, music, theatre, dance, film, poetry, and architecture.
- Diversity Education (Tolerance Learning Center Fund)
- Supports cultural diversity education and training, including programs designed to combat hate, prejudice, discrimination, stereotypes, and violence, and to foster understanding, tolerance, inclusion, and mutual acceptance of religious, racial, ethnic and other differences.
- Social Welfare & Justice (Martinez Family Fund and the Glenys and Gerry Wilson Family Fund)
- Supports programs that assist the marginalized and the underserved populations of Sedona and the Verde Valley. Programs may address access to housing, emergency shelter, healthcare, education, employment, food, human services, and other resources. Issues such as domestic violence, immigration, civil rights, and worker concerns are also supported.
- Environment (Greater Sedona Fund for the Environment)
- Supports organizations whose purpose is to sustain the local environment, as in preserving open spaces, protecting wildlife habitat, and helping solve environmental problems such as air, light, noise, and water pollution. This fund supports environmental services, research, education, and legislative efforts.
- Health Care (Sedona Health Care Fund)
- Supports programs that provide quality healthcare services to residents of Sedona and/or the Verde Valley.
Funding Information
Grant proposals may range from $1,000 to $10,000.
Funds can be used to:
- build the capacity of the organization
- support direct service projects and programs
- support capital expenditures.
- provide general operating support and indirect/direct administrative costs
- support one-year and/or renewable funding proposals (there is no guarantee of second year funding)
Eligibility Quiz/Criteria
- The applicant organization is fully authorized by its board and other applicable partners/collaborators to submit this application.
- Is your organization (or fiscal sponsor) a 501(c)(3) organization, school, municipality, or tribal entity that operates with fiscal accountability and responsibility? Religious organizations may apply for funding of non-sectarian programs.
- ACF requires all applicants for grants to comply with its non-discrimination policy.
- The organization has current tax-exempt status. Applications from organizations with a non-exempt status at the time of submission will be declined unless the organization is applying with a fiscal sponsor.
For more information, visit ACF.
