CORE & Comunidad Celebration

A Gathering to Remember

Thanks for joining us at the CORE & Comunidad Celebration, hosted by the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona! We loved having you there as we came together to honor outstanding community work, enjoy good conversation, and even capture a few fun selfies.

The energy in the room was unmistakable. With 90 guests representing 35 organizations, the event was a true community celebration. We hope you had the chance to reflect on the impact of our collective efforts and make meaningful new connections along the way.

Celebrating 2025 Comunidad Grant Recipients

We were proud to recognize the following 2025 Comunidad Grant Recipients, whose work is making a significant difference in Southern Arizona:

• Amphi Liberation Mutual Aid

• Building Out Safer Spaces (BOSS)

• Care Bridge Foundation

• Community Care Tucson

• Community Homes of Patagonia, Inc.

• Patagonia Community Garden

• Patagonia Creative Arts Association

• South Tucson Community Outreach

• Southern AZ Birth Support Fund, dba Support Birth

• Chiricahua Land Conservancy

• The Greater Purpose Project Heroes Corp

• Ajo Council for the Fine Arts (ACFA)

• Lifeline Oro Valley Animal Rescue

• Santa Cruz County Shining AZ

• University of Arizona for the benefit of the Department of Family and Community Medicine

• Wildfire Protection, Inc.

Recognizing 2025 CORE Grant Recipients

We also celebrated the impressive achievements of the 2025 CORE Grant Recipients. These organizations are working tirelessly to support our communities in diverse ways:

• Ability Dogs of Arizona

• Amistad Y Salud Clinica Amistad

• Amphi Foundation

• Arizona Diaper Bank

• Arizona Justice for Our Neighbors

• Arizona Luminaria

• AZ Cyber Initiative

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona

• Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center

• Books for Classrooms

• Borderlands Theater

• Boys & Girls Club of Bisbee

• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor

• Boys to Men Tucson

• Central School Project

• Children’s Advocacy Center of Southern Arizona

• Church of Safe Injection Tucson

• Community Gardens of Tucson

• Contruyendo Circulos de Paz/Constructing Circles of Peace

• Deaf Abuse Network and Education Advocacy

• Flowers & Bullets

• Greater Tucson Fire Foundation

• Greater Vail Community ReSources

• Groundworks Tucson

• Historic Fourth Avenue Coalition

• IMPACT of Southern Arizona

• Inside Out Network

• Ironwood Tree Experience

• Keep Tucson Together

• Kyah Rayne Foundation

• Lead Guitar

• Living Streets Alliance

• Mt. Graham Safe House

• Naco Heritage Alliance

• Native American Advancement Foundation

• Native Seeds/SEARCH

• Patagonia Area Resource Alliance

• Pima County Community Land Trust (PCCLT)

• Poder Casas Moviles

• Reveille Men’s Chorus

• Sequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center

• Sierra Vista Volunteer Interfaith Caregiver Program

• Sky Island Alliance

• Special Needs Solutions

• Step Up to Justice

• The Bambi Fund

• The Drawing Studio

• The Rogue Theatre

• The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre

• Tooth B.U.D.D.S.

• Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson

• True Concord Voices & Orchestra

• Tu Nidito

• Tucson Festival of Books

• Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center

• University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of the Cooper Center for Environmental Learning

• University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of the Family Medicine Mobile Health Program

• University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of the Primary Prevention Mobile Health Unit

• University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of the UA Campus Pantry

• We Care Tucson

• Yuma Community Food Bank

Looking Ahead

It’s always inspiring to see the impact of these grants on our community and the dedication of organizations working every day to improve lives across Southern Arizona. We hope the celebration sparked new ideas, collaborations, and enthusiasm for future community projects.

Thank you again for attending and supporting our shared vision. Together, we’re making a tangible difference, one connection at a time. Stay tuned for future events and opportunities to get involved, and let’s keep building a stronger community together.

Learn More

To learn more about our CORE Grants Program, visit cfsaz.org/grants/core-grants

To learn more about our Comunidad Grants Program, visit cfsaz.org/grants/comunidad-grants