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, March 25, 2019. All applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Arizona time on Monday, June 10, 2019 to be considered.
2018 Grant Recipients
1N10 Inc.
A New Leaf, Inc.
About Care Inc.
Advocacy 31nine (Under fiscal sponsorship of Allegro Organization Solutions)
Agape Acres
Angels on Patrol, Inc.
ARCH (ARIZONA RECREATION CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED
Arizona Advocates for Ex-Offenders
Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers
Arizona Brainfood
Arizona Council on Economic Education
Arizona Diabetes Foundation
Arizona Division - Midwest Food Bank
Arizona Foundation for the Handicapped (AFH)
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation
Arizona Helping Hands
Arizona Humane Society
Arizona Kids Think Too
Arizona Science Center
Arizonans for Children, Inc.
Assistance League of East Valley
Assistance League of Phoenix
Assistance League of Tucson, Inc
Aviva Children's Services
Ballet Arizona
Best Buddies
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona (BBBSAZ)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson, Inc.
Black Theatre Troupe
Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Vista
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson (BGCT)
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Arizona
Boys to Men Mentoring Network North Central Arizona
CANDLELIGHTERS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Care Fund
Casa Center for Positive Social Change
Central Arizona Shelter Services
Chandler CARE Center
Chandler/Gilbert Family YMCA & Chandler Family YMCA
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.
Child Crisis Arizona
Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence, Inc.
Circle the City
City Help, Inc. of Phoenix dba Phoenix Dream Center
Civitan Foundation
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona
Community Initiatives YMCA
Copper Basin Family YMCA
Creighton Community Foundation
Desert Foothills Family YMCA
Desert Mission
Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley
Disbursing Real Educational Academic Minority Scholarships (D.R.E.A.M.S.)
Down Syndrome Network Arizona
Duet Partners in Health & Aging
East Valley Jewish Community Center
Educare Arizona
Elevate Phoenix
Esperanca
Expect More Arizona
Experience Matters
Family Promise - Greater Phoenix
FANS Across America
Flagstaff Family YMCA
Flagstaff Medical Center/Taylor House
Foster Arizona
Foundation for Blind Children
Fresh Start Women's Foundation
Future for KIDS
Gabriel's Angels
Gail Good Hat and Company
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona
Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
Glendale/Peoria Family YMCA
Gompers
GPVCAT,Inc dba Paradise Valley Emergency Food Bank
Habitat for Humanity Tucson, Inc.
Heard Museum
Helping Hands for Freedom
Helping Hands for Single Moms
Homeless Youth Connection
Hospice of the Valley
ICAN: Positive Programs for Youth
ICM Food and Clothing Bank
Impact One Breast Cancer Foundation
Interfaith Community Services
Ironwood Band Community Foundation
Jewish Family & Children's Service
Joe Jackson Foundation
Junior Achievement of Arizona
Keogh Health Connection
Kitchen on the Street
Legacy Foundation Chris-Town YMCA
Life Time Fitness Foundation
Lincoln Family Downtown YMCA
Literacy Connects
Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County
Lowell Observatory
Make Way for Books
Make-A-Wish Arizona
Mariposa Community Health Center
Maryvale Family YMCA
Maryvale Revitalization Corporation
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
MentorKids USA
Mesa Arts Center Foundation
Mesa Family YMCA
Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Midtown Primary School
Miracle League of Arizona
Mitchell Swaback Charities, Inc./Harvest Compassion Center Maryvale
Neighborhood Ministries
New Pathways for Youth
Nick and Kelly Children's Heart Fund
Nick Lowery Youth Foundation
NorthBridge College Success Program
Northland Family Help Center
Northwest Valley Family YMCA
notMYkid, Inc.
OCJ (Opportunity, Community & Justice for Foster) Kids
One Step Beyond, Inc.
Parenting Arizona Flagstaff (Chicanos Por La Causa) collaborating with the Integrated Family Court
Paws Patrol, Inc.
Paz de Cristo Community Center
Pendergast Elementary Community Foundation
Phoenix Boys Choir
Phoenix Rescue Mission
Playworks Arizona
Positive Coaching Alliance
Release the Fear, Inc.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central & Northern Arizona
Ross Farnsworth East Valley YMCA
Ryan House
Sahuarita Food Bank
Save the Family Foundation of Arizona
Saving One Life
Scottsdale/Paradise Valley Family YMCA
Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services (STARS)
SEEDs for Autism
Shoebox Ministry, Inc.
Shoes That Fit-FATE Group Chapter
Silver Lining Riding
Sojourner Center
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF)
Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired (SAAVI)
Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC)
Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences
Southwest Human Development
Southwest Kids Cancer Foundation
Southwest Valley Family YMCA
St. Andrew's Children's Clinic
St. Dominic Savio Academy
St. Joseph's Foundation
St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance (St. Mary's)
St. Michael Indian School
Starbright Foundation Inc.
STEP: Student Expedition Program
Steps To Recovery Homes
StreetLightUSA
Sun Life Family Health Center
Technical Assistance Partnership of AZ and Achieving My Purpose
Tempe Community Action Agency (TCAA)
Tempe Community Council
Tempe Family YMCA
The Be Kind People Project
The Next Step Foundation
The Phoenix Symphony
The Salvation Army
Theater Works
Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT)
Thunderbird Jr Golf Foundation - DBA The First Tee of Phoenix
Time Out, Inc
Treasures 4 Teachers
Tucson Center for Women and Children DBA Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse
Tucson Unified School District-Mission View Elementary
UMOM New Day Centers, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona
United Food Bank
University of Arizona Foundation for the Benefit of Adaptive Athletics
Upward for Children and Families
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center
VALLEYLIFE
Vanguard Initiative, Inc.
Verde Valley Medical Center/EntireCare Rehab and Sports Medicine
Veterans Medical Leadership Council
Waste Not, Inc.
West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation
Y OPAS an Outreach of the Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA
YMCA Camping Services-Camp Sky-Y
Youth On Their Own (YOTO)
Yuma Family YMCA