Highnoon, a marketing and strategy agency headquartered in Tempe, has announced the formation of their nonprofit foundation, Highnoon CARES. The foundation is under application for 501(c)3 status and its mission will be to support a broad spectrum of youth education initiatives.   Highnoon CARES has as its mission the very acronym for which it is named: […]

At-risk youth from Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Arizona brought a super-sized helping of personal development and job readiness to the table during a recent luncheon at Devereux’s Residential Treatment Center (RTC) in Scottsdale. The luncheon capped an eight-week culinary arts program where youth obtain their Arizona Food Handler’s certificate, coinciding with July’s Culinary Arts Month […]

Recently, the Alzheimer’s Association and National Charity League (NCL) announced a new partnership to educate and engage 200,000 NCL members in local communities in the fight against Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer’s Association and NCL will work together to create greater awareness of Alzheimer’s Association resources, programs, care and support services for families impacted by Alzheimer’s and […]

Child Crisis Arizona is expanding services to foster youth of all ages with the adoption of the Independent Living Program for foster youth from UMOM New Day Centers. The Independent Living Program has been through several changes over the years. Originally, it was a program of Tumbleweed Youth Centers and was brought under UMOM’s services […]

Bank of America announced more than $1.3 million in grants to 48 Phoenix nonprofits that will help drive economic opportunity and upward mobility for individuals and families and put them on a path toward stability and success.  The local nonprofits receiving funding will help address two key factors in improving economic mobility: basic needs fundamental […]

Photo: “To Care” by Saguaro High School student artist Ella Luthro explores similarities between the Spanish flu and COVID-19. It is part of the exhibition “A Stitch in Time” at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Inspired by a current exhibition at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), students from two local high schools have […]

Dominick’s Steakhouse partnered with the Arizona Coyotes and USO Arizona to host a baby shower for 35 expecting military moms. The moms are either active-duty members themselves or related to active-duty members at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona National Guard statewide or Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Arrangements for the baby shower were provided in conjunction […]

University of Arizona alumni Jacquelynn and Bennett Dorrance have made a gift commitment of $5.4 million to endow the deanship of the university’s College of Humanities in support of efforts to integrate traditional and cutting-edge approaches into humanities teaching and learning. Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is the inaugural holder of the Dorrance Endowed Deanship. “We are […]

From now through July 18, 2021, Salt River Project is inviting qualifying Valley nonprofits to apply for the chance to receive a solar covered parking structure provided by the SRP Solar for Nonprofits program. Since 2007, the SRP program has awarded 52 solar system installations that have collectively helped nonprofits save more than $600,000 while […]

Arizona State University and Helios Education Foundation announced a five-year expansion of their partnership to enhance the work of the ASU Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence, which utilizes data compilation, analysis, and visualization to help inform education policy and increase postsecondary completion in Arizona.  Inside the new Decision Theater at the Helios Campus in […]