Rancho Feliz Charitable Foundation, a volunteer-based nonprofit in Scottsdale, recently named Donna M. Valdés its new executive director and CEO. Valdés has over 35 years of experience in community service, nonprofits and arts advocacy, most recently with Xico, a local Latino Indigenous arts and culture organization. At Xico, Valdés worked for 19 years to promote […]

The Dorrance Family Foundation of Scottsdale has issued a $300,000 matching funds grant to Rancho Feliz for the construction of its new “La Hacienda Feliz” volunteer dormitory in Agua Prieta, Sonora, on the U.S./Mexico border, 230 miles south of Phoenix. The donation will enable U.S. and Mexican volunteers to be housed together as they build homes, distribute food […]