Forest Highlands Foundation

About Forest Highlands Foundation

Forest Highlands Foundation’s giving is built around local charitable organizations serving the greater Flagstaff community, with a stated emphasis on human services for people at risk and programs aimed at breaking the chain of poverty in future generations. In the latest grant list, that pattern shows up in a $90,000 grant to Flagstaff Family Food Center for its Feeding Futures program, the largest award in the file. Another sizable grant went to Catholic Charities Community for homeless services, showing that the foundation supports both basic needs and housing-related response. The foundation also funds work tied to health and stability, including patient care, disability advocacy, crisis response, and emergency shelter services. Its recent grants include support for organizations working with youth, families, survivors of abuse, and people needing legal or immigration-related help. The grant mix suggests a community foundation style of giving focused on direct service delivery and targeted program support rather than broad, unrestricted national philanthropy. Across the recent grants, the foundation appears to prioritize organizations that are embedded in Flagstaff and Northern Arizona and that address immediate needs while also supporting longer-term community resilience.

What Forest Highlands Foundation Funds

Food security is a clear priority. Forest Highlands Foundation awarded $90,000 to Flagstaff Family Food Center for the Feeding Futures program, the largest grant in the recent list. Housing and emergency response also appear repeatedly: Catholic Charities Community received $42,000 for homeless services, and Flagstaff Shelter Services received $16,200 for its Emergency Shelter program. Health-related funding includes $24,500 to The Poore Medical Clinic for patient care and $25,000 to Quality Connections Inc for disability advocacy. The foundation also backs youth and family supports, such as $22,500 to Boys & Girls Club Flagstaff for a healthy lifestyles program and $13,340 to Big Brothers Big Sisters Flag for youth mentoring programs. Community legal and family stability show up as well, with $8,010 to Northland Family Help Center for housing for abuse victims and $6,500 to Literacy Volunteers Coconino for immigration/community legal service.

How Forest Highlands Foundation Gives