More Than $250,000 Granted into Community for LGBTQ Philanthropy

The Arizona Community Foundation’s Kellenberger + Tollefson Center for LGBTQ Philanthropy has announced that it has granted $258,110 to nonprofit organizations serving LGBTQ people across Arizona through its 2024 annual grant cycle.

“We are honored to support 21 outstanding nonprofit organizations dedicated to uplifting the LBGTQIA+ community in Arizona,” said JD Kemper, Co-Chair of the Kellenberger + Tollefson Center Grant Committee. “These organizations cover a diverse range of essential services, each making a meaningful impact in the community.”

The projects and programs that were funded respond to the Center’s three priority areas of focus: youth, aging/seniors, and transgender people. This year’s recipients of the Kellenberger + Tollefson Center grant cycle include:

• Anytown Leadership Program
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona
• Child Crisis Arizona
  • Grant made possible by the Obrzut Ling DAF
• Coconino County Health and Human Services
  • Grant made possible by the Obrzut Ling DAF
• Deaf Abuse Network and Education (DANE) Advocacy
• El Rio Health Center Foundation
  • Grant made possible by the Obrzut Ling DAF
• Generation Justice
• Launch Pad Phoenix
  • Grant made possible by the Obrzut Ling DAF
• Mulligan’s Manor
  • Grant made possible by the Burton Family Foundation
• Northern Arizona Book Festival
  • Grant made possible in part by the Burton Family Foundation
• Our Family Services
• Pinetop Lakeside Senior Center
  • Grant made possible by the Obrzut Ling DAF
• Planned Parenthood Arizona
• Prism Network
• Scottsdale Arts
  • Grant made possible in part by the Burton Family Foundation
• Southern Arizona Senior Pride
• Transintimate
• United Way of Northern Arizona
  • Grant made possible in part by the Burton Family Foundation

“I’m grateful to the generous donors who empowered our volunteer Advisory Council to identify the nonprofits that would best advance justice and opportunity for LGBTQ people in Arizona,” said Steve May, outgoing Chair of the Kellenberger + Tollefson Center Advisory Council.

The Kellenberger + Tollefson Center for LGBTQ Philanthropy contributes to a society that advances justice and opportunity for Arizona’s LGBTQ people and the communities where they live. With this recent grant cycle, the total grants and scholarships that have been awarded from the Kellenberger + Tollefson Center and ACF’s dedicated funds that support the LGBTQ community amounts to over $1.5 million.

The Kellenberger + Tollefson Center for LGBTQ Philanthropy was established at the Arizona Community Foundation in 2013 and renamed in 2020 for longtime philanthropists and community leaders Marc Kellenberger and Richard Tollefson. Since inception, the Center has awarded nearly $1.3 million in grants and scholarships to community organizations and students.