Cox Charities to Award Arizona Nonprofits with Grants

Cox Charities announced this week that it will award $480,000 in grants to more than 50 Arizona nonprofit groups as part of its 20 years in the state.

Every year, Cox gives millions of dollars and in-kind services to support the local communities it serves. Cox Charities enables Cox to focus its giving and leverage its business partnerships to accomplish more on behalf of children.

Local charities receiving 2016 Cox Charities grants include:


AGUILA Youth Leadership Institute Inc.

$8,500.00

Anti-Defamation League

$2,500.00

Arizona Council on Economic Education

$6,000.00

Arizona Friends of Foster Children

$6,800.00

Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped

$5,000.00

Arizona Science Center

$5,000.00

Assistance League of Phoenix

$5,200.00

Audubon Arizona

$2,000.00

Back to School Clothing Drive Association

$5,000.00

Ballet Arizona

$4,750.00

Banner Health Foundation of Arizona

$5,000.00

Be A Leader Foundation

$5,000.00

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona (BBBSAZ)

$4,800.00

Black Theatre Troupe, Inc.

$4,100.00

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale

$7,500.00

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix

$7,500.00

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Casa Grande Valley

$5,000.00

Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley

$7,500.00

BUTTERFLY WONDERLAND FOUNDATION INC

$5,000.00

Career Concepts for Youth, Inc.

$2,500.00

Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS)

$5,000.00

Challenger Space Center Arizona

$5,000.00

Chicanos Por La Causa

$5,000.00

Child Crisis Arizona

$3,300.00

Children’s Cancer Network

$ 2,500.00

Children’s Museum of Phoenix

$2,600.00

Desert Botanical Garden

$3,000.00

Devereux Foundation dba Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Arizona

$2,000.00

Down Syndrome Network

$3,000.00

Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona

$5,000.00

Foundation for Blind Children

$3,000.00

Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona

$5,000.00

Fresh Start Women’s Foundation

$5,000.00

Friendly House

$5,000.00

Friends of Public Radio Arizona

$2,300.00

Future for Kids

$7,500.00

Gabriel’s Angels

$6,000.00

Girl Scouts – Arizona Cactus-Pine Council

$2,500.00