Daily Featured Foundation - 11/9/2025

11/9/2025

Here is today’s featured foundation.

Arizona Community Foundation (ACF)

Website: https://www.azfoundation.org/

Mission & Purpose: To lead, serve, and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better Arizona. It is a statewide community foundation that manages thousands of charitable funds.

Broad Funding Guidelines: Grantmaking is focused on Arizona. While the main foundation has large strategic initiatives, the most accessible opportunities for smaller nonprofits are through its statewide Affiliate Foundations. ACF has local affiliates for Cochise, Flagstaff, Yavapai County, Yuma, and other regions, each with its own local advisory board and grant cycles.

Featured Opportunity: The Local Affiliate Grant Programs are the best entry point. A nonprofit in Yuma, for example, would apply to the Yuma Community Foundation (an affiliate of ACF) for grants that are reviewed by Yuma residents, making the process highly localized.

Recommendation: Small, rural nonprofits in Arizona located outside of the Phoenix/Tucson metro areas. They should apply to their specific county's ACF affiliate (e.g., a youth center in Flagstaff applying to the Flagstaff Community Foundation).