The CORE Grants provide nonprofits with the unrestricted funding necessary to maximize their impact and improve the quality of life in Southern Arizona.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
State: Arizona
County: Cochise County (AZ), Graham County (AZ), Greenlee County (AZ), Pima County (AZ), Pinal County (AZ), Santa Cruz County (AZ), Yuma County (AZ)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/14/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
CORE Grants provide flexibility for organizations 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 leading 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a 501(c)3 in good standing and have been operating for at least 2 years or apply using a fiscal sponsor.
- If applying with a fiscal sponsor or as a program of a larger university or university foundation, fiscal sponsor or university must be 501(c)3 in good standing, based in Southern Arizona.
- Applicant must be based in Southern Arizona Foundation welcome applicants from all counties south of the Gila River, including Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yuma, and some of Pinal County).
- Applicant must be current in all reporting to CFSA.
- Applicant must have an annual operating budget between $100K and $2M.
- Grants are generally not made to individuals, for–profit organizations, government entities, capital fund drives, agency endowments, debt reduction, individual schools, religious organizations for sectarian purposes, pure sports teams.
- CORE Grants are scored according to a rubric representative of the following CORE characteristics.
- Community: Nonprofits play an integral role in their local community, have a keen awareness of its needs, and are continuously evolving and growing to meet those needs.
- Organizational Sustainability: Nonprofits have a business model that provides on-going financial support for their organization. They have boards and staff that are skilled, diverse, and knowledgeable and have shown longevity and a desire to move the organization forward to achieve the best results.
- Results: Nonprofits utilize different methods of evaluation and information-gathering to inform decision-making and organizational improvement as well as develop appropriate services to the community OR expand organizational knowledge of advocacy issues (if relevant.)
- Effective Programs: Nonprofits can clearly speak to the importance of their missions and programs and strategically align their programmatic or advocacy work with the larger good of the communities that they serve.
For more information, visit CFSA.
