OneAZ Community Foundation Selects Tucson Charities For Grants

TUCSON, AZ — A trio of Tucson-based nonprofits are among the 14 groups selected for OneAZ Community Foundation's Together is Better grants.

The three groups that received funding were Reach for the Stars, I am You 360 and Southern Arizona Book Heroes.

The $290,000 Together is Better grant funding was handed out to groups that helped build a strong foundation for Arizona's economic stability, including children's health groups, food banks, financial education groups, veterans' interest groups and local youth programs, the company said.

Reach for the Stars is a food bank that supports the Tucson area that plans on using funding to support the facility's backpack program, providing food and other necessities for children.

I am You 360 is a financial literacy and local youth program that aims to empower young people through a self-affirmation program that is centered on boosting youth self-worth, self-esteem, self-dignity and self-confidence.

Southern Arizona Book Heroes is a youth program that teams up with local first responders to comfort and treat children's emotional wounds.

Here's a list of the 14 Arizona nonprofits that will receive grant funding through this year's program:

• A New Leaf, Phoenix
• Bread of Life Missions, Camp Verde
• Feeding Phoenix Farm, Phoenix
• Flagstaff Family Food Center, Flagstaff
• People Who Care, Prescott
• Reach for the Stars, Tucson
• Habitat for Humanity Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
• High Country Humane, Flagstaff
• Prescott YMCA of Yavapai County, Prescott
• Camelot Therapeutic Horsemanship, Scottsdale
• Deep Sea Valkyries, Higley
• Generation Justice, Phoenix
• I am You 360, Tucson
• Southern Arizona Book Heroes, Tucson