Grantee Year: 2026

General operating funds will help provide safe, inclusive, and empowering spaces to youth that otherwise would not have the opportunity to build community.

Program funds for SEA (Successful Educational Achievement) will directly enable them to serve additional middle schoolers who are currently failing, providing each with a trained university mentor/tutor who will transform their academic trajectory.

General operating funds will help support academic achievement and gang prevention in low-income and at-risk youth. These grant funds will be used to directly pay for financial aid scholarships and help subsidize the costs incurred for providing these programs.

General operating funds will directly support 50 children, and further their goal of supporting 1,000 children in foster care by ensuring they have someone who is solely focused on their well-being.

General operating funds will enable them to provide dream trips for families of children battling cancer and other life threatening illnesses.

Funds will support Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego’s COOK program, providing teens with workforce training and mentorship while delivering hundreds of nutritious meals to children in the community.

Funds will help double paid internships to 14 high school participants, providing more youth with work experience and income while building career skills; enhance curriculum materials; help acquire training equipment for skilled trades learning experiences; and sustain the momentum of their 100% success rate in the inaugural year.

Program funds will support the provision of food pantries at three sites. They estimate at least 25 students per school will receive access to nutritious food each month for 8 months over a school year. This equates to an estimated 600 student visits to the food pantries.

Funds for the YOTO Program will provide direct financial and material support to 40+ youth experiencing homelessness in Southern Arizona, helping them overcome barriers to education, meet their basic needs, and pursue high school graduation with confidence.

Funds will help Make-A-Wish Arizona grant the wishes of 425 children who are battling unimaginable healthcare obstacles, using the power of hope and joy to build strength and empower them to fight harder against their illness.