Now accepting grant applications!
Arizona-based nonprofits apply now through July 4. We will be awarding up to $200,000 in grants!
Application Form
Applications are open from June 23 to July 4.
Sign up below to get started.
If your nonprofit organization would like to be considered for a grant from the Local Causes program, please sign up below to get started.
Qualifications
To be considered for a Local Causes grant, an organization must
- Have filed a Form 990 tax return with the IRS within the last year
- Be headquartered in Arizona and requested funding in Arizona
- Have an annual gross income of $2 million or less
- Have not received a Local Causes grant in 2024
Restrictions
We do not fund grants for
- Influencing legislation and/or elections; political candidates; political campaigns; or social or political issues outside the United States
- Individuals
- Event Fundraising Sponsorships
- Religious organizations, churches or programs that are purely denominational in purpose
- Foundations or organizations, which are themselves grant-making entities
- Individual schools and their support organizations (including Booster Clubs, PTA/PTOs, athletic teams, bands, performing arts groups, alumni associations or reunions)
- National organizations that do not have local chapters in Arizona
- Consumer interest organizations
Here’s what you can expect:
Application Processing
Mid-August
Public Voting
August-September
Recipients Announced
Early October
See the impact
Check out how using Arizona Financial's debit cards helps make a difference in our local communities.
This video shows how organizations like the United Sound benefit from our support.
You spend.
We donate.
Every Arizona Financial Checking Account comes with a Local Causes debit card. Every time you make a purchase, the credit union makes a contribution to the Arizona Financial Community Fund.
Who gets
the money?
Each year the funds are granted to smaller nonprofit organizations throughout Arizona to support their critical programs. Learn more about some of the local nonprofit organizations that have received grants.
Who is the
local artist?
The Local Causes Debit Card was designed by Jon Arvizu, a Scottsdale-based designer behind the popular High Jinks Apparel brand.