ACF of Cochise

Since 1998, the Arizona Community Foundation of Cochise has supported local donors, community members, nonprofits, and students with the passion and expertise that drive effective, long-lasting impact.

Cochise

Serving Southeast Arizona

This regional office focuses on mobilizing enduring philanthropy for those in southeast Arizona. We are staffed with people who reside in and are passionate for these communities. With back-office support from our central office, ACF of Cochise can focus on community building and local donor development.

Give now

Support southeastern Arizona communities through a gift to one of our local funds.

Establish a Fund

One of the best ways to invest locally is to start a charitable fund. You can get started in as little as one meeting with Senior Regional Director Angie Laskarides.

One of the best ways to invest locally is to start a charitable fund. You can get started in as little as one meeting with Senior Regional Director Angie Laskarides.

Nonprofit Fundholder Highlight

Sky Island Alliance

Six volunteers carry orange buckets in a forest and canyon

Established in 1991,

Sky Island Alliance works to protect and restore the diversity of life and lands in the Sky Island region of the U.S. and Mexico.

312

individuals volunteered in 2022

4,065

total volunteer hours to conservation and restoration programs in 2022

Over 30 years ago, Sky Island Alliance was formed by a group of passionate people who recognized the need to protect the Sky Island region, which spans southern Arizona, northern Sonora, and the southwest corner of New Mexico and where six biotic influences meet and 55 mountain ranges tower over desert and grasslands. This incredible diversity of habitat creates a home for more than 7,000 species, including black bears, jaguars, more than half of the continent’s birds, and creatures found nowhere else on Earth. 

In 2022, SIA took a big step into the future. Through a legacy gift from supporter Andrew O’Dell, they created the Forever Fund in partnership with the Arizona Community Foundation. They chose ACF, in part, because of the foundation’s large asset pool, which allows their fund to weather financial ups and downs. They were also drawn to the foundation’s socially and environmentally screened investments.  

Their goal is to raise enough money in the next 10 years to support 50% of their annual operations into the future, so they can keep doing their work in the Sky Islands through science, conservation, education, advocacy, and volunteerism. 

For more information about partnering with the Arizona Community Foundation and the benefits of being a nonprofit fundholder, contact Regional Director Angie Laskarides.

Photo courtesy of Sky Island Alliance

Sky Island Alliance was formed by a group of passionate people that recognized the need to protect this special region. And now, we had a chance to take a big step into the future. For a nonprofit like ours, this meant we could make concrete plans to secure our organizational sustainability, so we can keep doing our work through science, education, advocacy, and volunteerism.

Amy Amoroso

Director of Development

For Nonprofits

Grants are available year-round for nonprofits serving southeast Arizona.

Local Leadership

ACF of Cochise is guided by local community members who enhance our work.

Community Funds

Mountain range near Patagonia.

Patagonia

There are multiple giving options to support Patagonia and eastern Santa Cruz County. This community also offers an annual competitive grant cycle to fund local organizations.

mountains near Douglas

Douglas

The Douglas Area Community Fund provides a permanent source of funding in support of youth programs, leadership development, and entrepreneurialism throughout the Douglas area.

Sunrise over a vineyard in Willcox.

Northern Cochise

Grants from the Northern Cochise Community Fund support youth, leadership, culture, and entrepreneurship in the geographic areas of Willcox, Bonita, Bowie, San Simon, Cochise, Dos Cabezas, Dragoon and Pearce/Sunsites.