Founded in 1990, Cardinals Charities supports programs designed to improve the quality of life and enhance opportunities for children, women, and minorities in the state of Arizona.
Cardinals Charities' grants are awarded on an annual basis in response to applications from various qualified non-profit organizations whose goals and programs align with the mission statement.
Since its inception, Cardinals Charities has distributed more than 9.1 million dollars to hundreds of worthy charitable organizations on behalf of the Arizona Cardinals and the National Football League.
Mission Statement​
The Arizona Cardinals Charities Fund supports programs designed to improve the quality of life and enhance opportunities for children, women, and minorities in the state of Arizona.
General Guidelines for Beneficiaries
- Organizations must be exempt under 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service code
- At least 75 percent of funding must be spent in Arizona
- Grant application will be limited to once each year; however, organizations may reapply each year
Application Process
The Cardinals Charities grant cycle will open on Monday, April 2, 2018. All applications must be received by 5:00 pm Arizona time on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 to be considered.
2017 GRANT RECIPIENTS
A New Leaf, Inc.
About Care, Inc.
ACCEL
Addiction Haven
Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
Anthony Bates Foundation
Arizona Alliance For Community Health Centers
Arizona Assistance In Health Care
Arizona Brainfood
Arizona Burn Foundation
Arizona Charter Academy
Arizona Council On Economic Education
Arizona Diabetes Foundation
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation
Arizona Kids THINK Too
Arizona Museum of Natural History
Arizona Pop Warner
Arizona Recreation Center For The Handicapped
Arizona Science Center
Arizona State University For A New American University / Game Changer Legacy
Arizona Technology Council Foundation
Arizonans For Children, Inc.
Arizona's Children Association
Assistance League of Phoenix
Assistance League of the East Valley
Assistance League of Tucson, Inc.
Back To School Clothing Drive
Be A Leader Foundation
Best Buddies Arizona
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson, Inc.
Borderlands Food Bank
Boys & Girls Club of Kingman
Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Vista
Boys & Girls Club of Central Arizona
Boys & Girls Club of Metro Phoenix
Boys & Girls Club of the Casa Grande Valley
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Arizona
Boys to Men Mentoring Network
Cancer Support Community Arizona
Care Fund
Casa de los Niños
Catalina High School
Catholic Charities Community Services, Inc.
Chandler Education Foundation dBa Chandler CARE Center
Chandler-Gilbert ARC
Chandler-Gilbert Family YMCA
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.
Child and Family Resources, Inc.
Child Crisis Arizona
Children's Museum of Phoenix
Christian Family Care
Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence
Circle The City
Civitan Foundation, Inc.
Colorado River Regional Crisis Services (CRRCS)
Community Alliance Against Family Abuse
Community Initiatives YMCA
Copper Basin Family YMCA
Cornerstone Mission Project, Inc.
Damion Gosa Memorial Foundation
Desert Foothills Family YMCA
Desert Mission
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Arizona
Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley
DIRECT Center for Independence
Disbursing Real Educational Academic Minority Scholarships (D.R.E.A.M.S.)
Down Syndrome Network Arizona
Dress for Success Phoenix
Duet: Partners In Health & Aging
East Valley Adult Resources, Inc.
Educare Arizona
Educational Enrichment Foundation (EEF)
ElderTLC
Elevate Phoenix
Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse
Expect More Arizona
Experience Matters
Family Promise - Greater Phoenix
FANS Across America Charitable Foundation
Feeding Matters
Flagstaff Family YMCA
Flagstaff Medical Center (Taylor House)
Flagstaff Shelter Services
Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona
Franciscan Renewal Center
Fresh Start Women's Foundation
Friendship Foundation, Inc.
Furnishing Dignity
Gabriel's Angels
Gene Lewis Youth Center
Gilbert Pop Warner Football and Cheer
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona
Girl Scouts -- Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
Glendale-Peoria Family YMCA
GPVCAT, Inc. dba Paradise Valley Emergency Food Bank
Habitat for Humanity Tucson
HandsOn Greater Phoenix
Happily Ever After League
Heart for the City
Helping Hands For Single Moms
Higley Traditional Academy PTO
Homeless Youth Connection
Homeward Bound
Hope & A Future
Hospice of The Valley
House of Refuge Sunnyslope, Inc.
House of Refuge, Inc.
ICM Food and Clothing Bank
Imago Dei Middle School
Impact One Breast Cancer Foundation
Intermountain Centers
Jewish Family & Children's Service
Junior Achievement of Arizona
Kids Need To Read
La Paloma Family Services
Legacy Foundation Chris-Town YMCA
Lincoln Downtown Family YMCA
Literacy Connects
Lost Our Home Pet Rescue
Maggie's Place, Inc.
Make Way for Books
Mariposa Community Health Center
Maryvale Preparatory Academy
Matthew's Crossing Food Bank
MentorKids USA
Mesa Family YMCA
MIKID - Mentally Ill Kids In Distress
Military Assistance Mission INC
Mission or Mercy
Mt. Graham Safe House
Muscular Dystrophy Association
New Life Center
New Pathways for Youth
Nick Lowery Youth Foundation
NorthBridge College Success Program
Northland Family Help Center
Northwest Valley Family YMCA
Open Hearts
Our Family Services, Inc.
Parenting Arizona Flagstaff (Chicanos Por La Causa)
Paz de Cristo Community Center
Phoenix Allies for Community Health
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
Phoenix Day
Phoenix Public Library Foundation
Phoenix Rescue Mission
Playworks Arizona
Positive Coaching Alliance
Prescott Area Shelter Services
Read Better Be Better
Respite Shelter for Homeless Men
Rim Country Literacy Program
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix, Inc.
Ross Farnsworth-East Valley YMCA
Ryan House
Sandra Day O'Connor Institute
Saving One Life Animal Rescue
Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services
Scottsdale-Paradise Valley Family YMCA
Shoebox Ministry, Inc.
Shoes That Fit-FATE Group chapter of AZ
Sojourner Center
Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired (SAAVI)
Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences
Southwest Human Development
Special Olympics Arizona, Inc.
St. Andrew's Children's Clinic
St. Dominic Savio Academy
St. Joseph the Worker
St. Joseph's Foundation
St. Luke's Home
Step Up Schools Mesa
STEP: Student Expedition Program
StreetLightUSA
TCH - The Centers for Habilitation
Team Hoyt Arizona
Teleos Preparatory Academy
Tempe Community Action Agency (TCAA)
Tempe Family YMCA
The Be Kind People Project
The Casa Center for Positive Social Change
The Phoenix Symphony
The Salvation Army
Thunderbird Jr. Golf Foundation - DBA The First Tee of Phoenix
Treasures 4 Teachers
Turn Your Life Around
UA Foundation For the Benefit of Adaptive Athletics
UMOM New Day Centers, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona
United Food Bank
University of Arizona Foundation for the Benefit of the American Indian Youth Wellness Camp
UPWARD For Children and Families
Valley of the Sun United Way (United Way)
VALLEYLIFE
Verde Valley Medical Center (EntireCare)
Verde Valley Sanctuary
Vineyard Community Charities
VMLC Charities
Waste Not
West Valley Child Crisis Center
Yavapai Food Council
Youth On Their Own (YOTO)
Yuma Family YMCA
YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix
YWCA Southern Arizona