Cox Charities, the philanthropic arm of the large telecommunications company, is giving out more than $698,000 to 124 charities this year.
The effort, not woing on its 28th year, is part of a Cox employee giving campaign that has awared $11 million over that time to more than 1,900 Arizona nonprofits, according to company officials.
The group tends to focus on giving to groups working on education, diversity, environment and sustainability programs. Grants ranged from $2,500 to $10,000. Cox has major offices in Phoenix and Tucson.
Below is a list of Cox’s grant recipients:
Between $7,500 and $10,000
- Sister Jose Women’s Center $10,000
- The Be Kind People Project $7,600
- Phoenix Indian Center $10,000
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale $10,000
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (BGCAZ) $10,000
- Arizona Technology Council Foundation DBA SciTech Institute $10,000
- Banner Health Foundation $10,000
- Brighter Way Institute $9,000
- Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) $8,000