AZWP grant recipients are selected annually by an application and review process. Many are multiple year recipients. Founder and President Paula Cullison proudly notes that the Arizona Women's Partnership has awarded over $600,000 in grants to small Arizona charities that assist disadvantaged women and children in AZ since its formation in 2002. These 92 non-profits, many of which are multi-year grant recipients, collectively impact the lives of over 250,000 annually.

AZWP Grant 2023
The 2023 AZWP Grant Review Committee members are:
Seated L-R: Mike Simonyi, Linda Herold, Paula Cullison (AZWP-Pres), Mary Montalvo
Standing L-R: Susan Bulfinch, Krystyna Bethell, Richard Szawara, Julie Pek, Joanna Meyer, Pamela Gill (AZWP-VP), not pictured: Tim Cullison


The Arizona Women's Partnership, Inc., an all-volunteer philanthropic nonprofit, is pleased to announce the following nonprofits, as our 2023 Grant Recipients:

About Care for the Elderly - provides services to the disadvantaged elderly in the East Valley;
Alice's Place - provides counseling and shelter for victims of domestic violence in Winslow;
Angel Heart Pajama Project - provides PJs and books to abused/neglected/foster care children in Tucson;
Arizonans for the Protection of Exploited Children and Adults - shelter for sexually abused girls;
AZ Reach - provides services for disadvantaged teens on the Westside - clothing / school supplies / mentoring;
Ballet Folklorico Quezalli-AZ - provides cultural opportunities for Hispanic youth;
Books for Classrooms - serves the children of the Tohono O'odam Nation in So.AZ;
Care for the Caregivers providing services to caregivers of disabled children;
Control Alt Delete - provides services for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Mesa;
Desert Sounds Performing Arts - provides musical instruments / instruction for low-income youth Mesa;
Dignity House - provides shelter for sexually trafficked / domestically abused women in Metro Phoenix;
Esperanza Dance Project - services and therapy for survivors of childhood sexual abuse;
Grand Canyon Music Festival - Native American Composer Youth Project: Navajo /Hopi/Salt River-Pima;
Helping At Risk Teens (HART) - provides food and supplies for disadvantaged youth in the West Valley;
Neighbors Who Care – provides services for the elderly in the East Valley;
Phoenix Legal Action Network – pro bono legal assistance to immigrant families;
Rising Youth Theatre - multi-generational artistic programs at Title 1 Schools;
Somali American United Council of AZ - serves a variety of different refugee groups in Metro Phoenix;
Sounds Academy - music programs for underserved youth;
Sounds of Autism - supportive services for population dealing with autism;
Village of the Valley - supportive pathway programs for women who have survived abuse;
Y.E.S. for Navajo Youth – various outdoors programs on the reservation


AZWP Grant Recipients 2003-2023

Achieving My Purpose
All About Care Services for the Elderly in the East Valley
Alice's Place Domestic Violence Shelter
Angel Heart Pajama Project
Arizona Assn for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Arizona Blankets 4 Kids, Inc.
Arizona Coalition for Tomorrow Charitable Fund, Inc.
Arizona Dental Foundation
Arizona Rising Suns Track Club
Arizona Sexual Assault Network
Arizona South Asians for Safe Families
Arizona Trans Youth and Parent Organization
Arizonans for Protection of Exploited Children & Adults
Asian Pacific Community In Action
AZ Reach
Ballet Folkloriko Quezalli - AZ
Billy's Place
Books for Classrooms
Camp Verde Adult Reading Program
Care for the Caregivers
Community Dental services for at Risk Youth in Maricopa County
Community Kids of Globe
Construction Circles of Hope in Nogales, AZ
Control Alt Delete
Coolidge Youth Coalition
Defenders of Children
Desert Sounds
Dignity House
El Centro Adelante Juntos drug prevention San Manuel
Esperanza Dance Project
Eve's Place Domestic Violence Shelter in Surprise
Foster Angels of Arizona/Arizonans for Children
Foster AZ
Four Seasons Orchestra
Furnishing Dignity - household items to needy families in Metro Phoenix
Gabriel's Angels
Girls on the Run Sports Program
Good Neighbor Food Services in Chino Valley
Grand Canyon Music Fest program for Native American youth
Greenbacks Bringing Hope Foundation for Single Moms
Growth Improvement for Female Teens
Havasu for Youth
H.A.V.E.N. Family Resource Center, inc. Lake Havasu
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies
Helping At Risk Teens (HART)
Hope's Crossing
INN Transitions Shelter and Services for the Homeless in Flagstaff
Kids in Focus - photography program for at risk youth in Metro Phoenix
Lake Havasu Abuse Prevention Project
Laptops4Learning
Live and Learn AZ
Make Way for Books in Tucson
Maricopa County Task Force Against Domestic Abuse
Mini Miracles animal therapy disabled children Tucson
Neighbors Who Care
One Hundred Angels
Pan de Vida
Payson Community Kids
Phoenix Legal Action Network
Power Paws Assistance Dogs, Inc.
Recovery Centers of Arizona - Tucson
Rim Country Literacy in Payson
Rising Youth Theatre
Santa Cruz Council on Aging in Nogales, AZ
SEEDS: Women in Transition
Shoebox Ministry Toiletries for the Homeless
Somali American United Council of AZ
Sounds Academy
Sounds of Autism
Soroptimist International of Mesa and of the SanTans
Southwest Valley Literacy Association
Stepping Up for Seniors - services in Metro Phoenix
The Sudanese American Center in AZ Women's Project
The Welcome To America Project for Refugees
Timber Trails Children's Project, Inc.
Tucson International Alliance of Refugee Communities
United People Who Care Org. Youth Program Winslow
Unlimited Potential, inc. literacy programs in So Phoenix
Urban Coalition West
Village of the Valley
Washington Elementary Education Foundation
WellCare Foundation
West Yavapai Guidance Center in Prescott Valley
WHEAT Clothes Silo
Widow's Link
Will2Walk
Women 4 Change at Perryville Prison in Goodyear
Women's International Leadership Institute
Yavapai CASA for Kids
Y.E.S. for Navajo Youth - Dine' Bike'yah - Teec Nos Pos