ACF Board of Directors launches national search for the next leader of Arizona’s statewide community foundation The Arizona Community Foundation announced that Steve Seleznow will retire from his role as President and CEO of Arizona’s statewide community foundation after 13 years of leadership. Seleznow has been a transformative CEO and will continue to lead ACF […]

Photo: Lost Boys Center for Leadership Development Summer Camp, a recipient of ACF grant funding. The Arizona Community Foundation and its donors recently announced grant and scholarship distributions for the first quarter of its fiscal year. Between April 1 and June 30, 2021, nearly $17.7 was awarded to six statewide affiliates in Cochise, Flagstaff, the […]

The Arizona Community Foundation, Republic Media, and Morrison Institute for Public Policy have announced the winner in the Housing Security Challenge, the fourth philanthropic prize competition offered under the New Arizona Prize banner. The East Valley Senior Home Sharing (SHS) Program will receive $250,000 to develop their proposal using home sharing and wraparound services to […]

The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) announced that Lisa Urias will become Chief Program and Community Engagement Officer beginning April 1. She succeeds Elisa de la Vara who plans to retire from the foundation on March 31. Urias has led two companies and has a long history of both corporate and community leadership. She comes to […]

The Arizona Community Foundation announced a record $183,125,928 in grant, scholarship and loan distributions for 2020. This represents the largest dollar amount and number of grants of any single year in ACF’s 43-year history. More than $94 million of the year’s total went toward supporting 7,173 small businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by the COVID-19 […]

Funds held by the Black Philanthropy Initiative (BPI) at the Arizona Community Foundation have doubled to $1.2 million in less than six months.  “Reaching the $1.2 million milestone is a great accomplishment for BPI,” said Davonte Davis, Black Philanthropy Initiative co-chair. “We are grateful to the visionaries including Jean Fairfax and Michael Kelly, who made […]

Dozens of TV stations across Arizona will join together in January in a rare effort to combat the growing epidemic of youth suicide. In partnership with the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, more than 25 TV stations will air a half-hour, commercial-free student-produced documentary Jan. 12 about youth suicide […]

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, in partnership with the Arizona Community Foundation and the Arizona Broadcasters Association, is launching a student reporting project on youth suicide, a growing concern in Arizona.  The students’ work, which includes articles, information and resources related to youth suicide, is available at www.confrontingyouthsuicideaz.com. The website is being launched in […]

The Arizona Community Foundation, Republic Media and Morrison Institute for Public Policy have launched the Housing Security Challenge, Calling Arizona Home – the fourth philanthropic prize competition offered under The New Arizona Prize banner. With an award of $250,000 to the top collaborative team, the Housing Security Challenge will offer an opportunity for teams of […]

The Pakis Family Foundation, a supporting organization of the Arizona Community Foundation, distributed a total of $1,150,000 through their recent grant cycle. The grants were in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the immediate needs for financial support to assist the most pressing needs in the community. The aid will support more than 22 nonprofits […]