St. Joseph the Worker, a leading Phoenix nonprofit committed to empowering unhoused, low-income and other disadvantaged individuals with a pathway to stability and self-sufficiency through quality employment, received a $125,000 grant from Thunderbirds Charities. The funds will support the organization’s free Employment Without Barriers program, which provides employment opportunities for anyone stable, prepared and eager […]

Thunderbirds Charities, the charitable giving arm of The Thunderbirds and hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, awarded more than $2.5 million in grants to 56 Valley charities during its fall 2020 funding cycle. Grants of $100,000 or more were donated to seven Valley charities, including $250,000 to A New Leaf, $205,000 to The Society […]

Thunderbirds Charities, the charitable giving arm of The Thunderbirds – hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open – awarded more than $3.8 million in grants to 43 Valley charities during its 2020 spring funding cycle. Those grants included two of $500,000 or more, four of more than $300,000 and a total of 12 grants of […]

Family Promise of Greater Phoenix, a nonprofit organization that rescues primarily first-time homeless families and their pets and helps them return to independence, received a donation of 32 mattresses from Thunderbird Charities. This donation is part of Thunderbird Charities emergency funding and support for Valley nonprofits due to the coronavirus pandemic. Family Promise is sheltering […]

Thunderbirds Charities has awarded Gompers’ Assistive Technology team with $25,000 to support the implementation of the groundbreaking program, Readtopia, a reading program aimed to teach literacy to children with developmental disabilities. In Readtopia, you won’t find elementary-looking line drawings and “See Spot Run” text. Designed initially for school-age students, Gompers brings Readtopia to adults with […]

Thunderbirds Charities, the charitable giving arm of the Thunderbirds – hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open presented by Ak-Chin Indian Community– recently awarded $50,000 to Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC). This gift, made possible by corporate partners and golf fans who attend the WM Phoenix Open each year, will support the Council’s Social Impact programs […]

Some of the East Valley’s youngest and most vulnerable students will now have an even better shot at academic success, thanks to $200,000 grant given to Child Crisis Arizona by The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation. The gift, in cooperation with a grant from Thunderbirds Charities, allowed Child Crisis Arizona and Maricopa County Head Start […]

A nonprofit organization that makes dreams come true for the terminally ill can now fulfill even more end-of-life wishes for hospice patients, thanks to a $10,000 donation from Thunderbird Charities. With the donation, volunteers with the Hospice DreamCatcher Foundation Inc., which is widely known as “DreamCatchers,” will be able to expand its reach within Maricopa […]

The 2018 Waste Management Phoenix Open, and the event hosts, The Thunderbirds, have raised a record-breaking $12.2 million for Arizona charities — the highest single-year charitable donation in tournament history. This is the fourth-consecutive year that the tournament has broken its record for charitable dollars raised in a single year. “Each and every year is […]

Scottsdale Arts Education & Outreach has received a $20,000 grant from Thunderbirds Charities to support Arizona Wolf Trap, an arts-integrated, early childhood development program. The Wolf Trap program, which is affiliated with the Virginia-based Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, combines teacher workshops, in-classroom residencies, field trips and more to engage participants. […]