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Community Impact Grants
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Encompassing all of our core program areas, Community Impact Grants respond to the diverse needs in each of the communities we serve across Arizona. Additional consideration is given to programs that serve under-resourced populations.
This program is funded by APS shareholders and not included in customer rates.
How We Evaluate Applications
When to Submit a Request?
APS Corporate Giving Applications
Effective February 1, 2025. APS is transitioning our Community Impact grantees to the new Blackbaud grantee portal to enhance your application experience. This upgrade will enhance the application process and centralize all grant applications for other foundations or grantors using the Blackbaud Grantmaking system to a single account login for non-profit organizations. All applicants will need to create a new Blackbaud login if they do not have one, regardless if you’ve submitted a grant request in the past.
Community Impact Grant Application – This application is for any 501c3 that is wanting to apply for our APS Community Impact Grant funding. We request that if you are asking for funding and trash boxes and/or in-kind printing that you complete this all-inclusive one time per year grant application.
Trash boxes and In-Kind Printing – This application is for any organization that is ONLY asking for in-kind printing and/or trash boxes. Please note that these services are available to groups that meet our Community Giving criteria.
Cities/Towns/Government – This application is for any other organizations who are not a 501c3, but are specifically a City, Town or Government entity.
• Start-up organizations defined as nonprofits whose ruling year has been granted by the IRS for less than three years
• Individuals or individual scholarships
• Religious organizations, churches and programs that are purely denominational in purpose
• Legislative or lobbying efforts or organizations
• Animal shelters or agencies
• Organizations not located or providing services within the APS service territory
• Foundations or organizations which are grant-making entities that distribute funds to other nonprofit organization (pass through)
• Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status or any other classification protected by law
• Sports teams or sporting programs
• Scouting troops
• Organizations whose primary mission is funding medical or scientific research
• Endowment, debt reduction, capital or building campaigns not part of established relationships
• Competitions, beauty pageants or talent contests
