Grant Programs

Since 1980, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona has distributed more than $260 million to regional nonprofits and educational institutions.

Dollars have been directed toward programs spanning animal welfare, arts and culture, community development, education, environment, health and human services, and so much more.

CFSA provides more than $10 million each year in direct support to charitable organizations that improve the quality of life in Southern Arizona through Competitive Grant Rounds, Donor Advised Funds, Field of Interest Funds, and Funds designated to support a specific organization in perpetuity.

Read our Funding FAQs for more information.

Notice of CFSA Updated Grants Timeline

The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona is currently undergoing a conversion to a new grants and scholarships management platform that will allow us to improve your application experience. Due to this conversion, several grant rounds have shifted timelines for the remainder of 2024 and 2025. To learn more about updated timelines for each of our grant rounds, please navigate to their main pages below.

CFSA’s Grantmaking Principles
The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona seeks to build a thriving Southern Arizona through philanthropy. To achieve our mission, we partner with individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits to respond to the needs of our community through grantmaking and the establishment of charitable funds. We honor the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals and thus will support nonprofit and faith-based organizations other than those whose primary purpose is to promote animosity, hostility, and malice against persons belonging to a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin which differs from that of the members of the organization. The diversity of our region strengthens us, and we invite you to join CFSA in creating an equitable and vibrant community for us all.

Diversity Policy
Awards made by CFSA’s various grant committees support organizations that do not discriminate in their employment practices, volunteer opportunities, or delivery of programs and services based on 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, or any other status prohibited by applicable law.