The TeamUp program provides a streamlined way to match nonprofits with a diverse pool of consulting professionals 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: 05/31/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
TeamUp provides nonprofits with up to 20 hours of fully underwritten consulting and coaching. Moving forward, the program will focus its support on nonprofits at key points in their lifecycle.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must fit the following criteria:
- Nonprofits must have annual expenses of $600,000 or less.
- Nonprofits must have 501(c)(3) status.
- Nonprofits may have a fiscal sponsor.
- Nonprofits must be based in Southern Arizona communities south of the Gila River. They welcome applicants from Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma counties.
- Nonprofits must not have received TeamUp support within the last cycle (January 1, 2025, to present)
- This program seeks to benefit nonprofits at key points in their lifecycle– in transition, growth, decline, or considering alliances/mergers with other nonprofits, including:
- New board and/or staff leadership.
- Transition from working boards to governing boards.
- Organizations in need of new strategic plans or a new committee structure.
- Startups with an IRS determination letter and an inaugural board.
- Organizations anticipating the need for help with a significant leadership succession, such as replacing a longtime executive director.
- New nonprofits looking to build an inaugural board (must already have an IRS determination letter).
- Nonprofits that have received previous TeamUp support must explain how their new proposed project builds upon the work addressed in an earlier TeamUp project.
- Nonprofits that have not received a TeamUp, CORE, or Comunidad Grant in this cycle will be given additional consideration.
Ineligibility
Some longer term, complex projects or unique challenges may be better suited to a direct contractual relationship with a consultant, such as the following:
- Filling what would otherwise be a staff job, such as interim executive director or manager
- Conducting an Executive search
- Managing Capital campaigns/endowment campaigns
- Executing fundraising events
- Designing/building websites; implementing information technology projects
- Designing graphics/layout for marketing materials (logos, brochures, annual reports, letterhead)
- Writing grant proposals.
For more information, visit CFSAZ.
