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Nonprofits
Cox employees raise $698K for charity
Annual event will fund dozens of Arizona nonprofits
Cox employees around the state raised $698,500 for charities this year. (Cox)
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Cox Charities, the philanthropic arm of the large telecommunications company, is giving out more than $698,000 to 124 charities this year.
The effort, not woing on its 28th year, is part of a Cox employee giving campaign that has awared $11 million over that time to more than 1,900 Arizona nonprofits, according to company officials.
The group tends to focus on giving to groups working on education, diversity, environment and sustainability programs. Grants ranged from $2,500 to $10,000. Cox has major offices in Phoenix and Tucson.
Below is a list of Cox's grant recipients:
Between $7,500 and $10,000
Sister Jose Women’s Center $10,000
The Be Kind People Project $7,600
Phoenix Indian Center $10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale $10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (BGCAZ) $10,000
Arizona Technology Council Foundation DBA SciTech Institute $10,000
Banner Health Foundation $10,000
Brighter Way Institute $9,000
Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) $8,000
Between $5,001 and $7,500
Arizona Dental Association Cares (AzDA Cares) Foundation $5,500
Autism Society of Southern Arizona $6,100
Junior Achievement of Arizona - Southern District $7,000
Literacy Connects $7,000
Mary Gloria Foundation $7,500
ACCEL $7,500
Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers $5,000
Arizona Helping Hands $7,500
Arizona Students Recycling Used Technology $7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona (BBBSAZ) $7,500
Borderlands Produce Rescue $7,000
Mesa United Way $6,000
OCJ Kids $6,000
Elevate Phoenix $7,500
First Place AZ $10,000
Gabriel’s Angels $7,500
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona $7,500
Helping Hands for Single Moms $7,500
Junior Achievement of Arizona, Inc. $7,500
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona $7,500
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona $7,500
Ryan House $7,500
Save the Family Foundation of Arizona $6,000
Si Se Puede Foundation $6,000
Between $2,500 and $5,000
ALS Arizona $5,000
American Legion Auxiliary Arizona Girls State $5,000
American Red Cross of Central and Northern Arizona $5,000
Arizona Autism United $5,000
Arizona Brainfood Inc $5,000
Arizona Burn Foundation $5,000
Arizona Council on Economic Education $5,000
Arizona Educational Foundation $5,000
Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation, Inc. (Amphi Foundation) $5,000
Arizona Council on Economic Education $5,000
Aviva Children’s Services $5,000
Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center, Inc. $5,000
Books for Classrooms $5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Vista $5,000
Central Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation $5,000
Children’s Museum Tucson $5,000
Gabriel’s Angels $5,000
Reid Park Zoological Society $3,000
Saguaro City Music Theatre $2,800
Tucson Jewish Community Center $3,500
We Care Tucson $5,000
Ability360 $5,000
Arizona Latino Leaders in Education - ALL In Education $5,000
Arizona Refugee Center $5,000
Arizona Science Center $5,000
Arizona Skin Cancer Foundation $5,000
Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University $5,000
Arizona Sustainability Alliance $5,000
Arizona Wildlife Federation $5,000
Arizonans for Children $5,000
Assistance League of East Valley $5,000
Assistance League of Phoenix $5,000
Butterfly Wonderland Foundation $5,000
Career Concepts for Youth, Inc $5,000
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. $5,000
Child Crisis Arizona $5,000
Children’s Museum of Phoenix $5,000
Civitan Foundation $5,500
Cultural Coalition $5,000
Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts $5,000
Desert Botanical Garden $5,000
Down Syndrome Network $5,000
Dress for Success $5,000
Duet: Partners In Health & Aging $5,000
Family Promise - Greater Phoenix $5,000
Foundation for Blind Children $5,000
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation $5,000
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona $5,000
Fresh Start Women’s Foundation $5,000
Friends of the Children - Phoenix $5,000
Harmony Project Phoenix $5,000
Homeless Youth Connection $5,000
Homeward Bound $5,000
Laptops 4 Learning $5,000
Larry Thomas Youth Development $5,000
Maricopa County Historical Society dba Desert Caballeros Western Museum $3,500
Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank $5,000
MentorKids USA $5,000
National Kidney Foundation of Arizona $5,000
Native Health $5,000
Neighborhood Ministries $5,000
New Pathways for Youth $5,000
Operation Homefront, Inc $4,000
Pacific Southwest Minority Supplier Development Council $5,000
Peer Solutions $5,000
Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation $5,000
Phoenix Film Foundation $5,000
Phoenix Symphony Association $5,000
Phoenix Community ToolBank $5,000
Read Better Be Better $5,000
Rising Youth Theatre $5,000
Society of St. Vincent de Paul $5,000
Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired $5,000