The Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona concentrates its giving on core community infrastructure in Cochise County and the surrounding region, prioritizing public safety, behavioral health/social services, and local health and education capacity. Grants are largely operational and programmatic support to a small set of repeat, local partners — county government, community health providers, and regional higher-education institutions. The foundation’s giving reflects a rural, place-based strategy focused on sustaining essential services rather than national or thematic experiments.
The Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona’s recent giving is anchored by a $880,394 grant to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office for county operations, a clear sign that public safety and core local services sit near the center of its strategy. The foundation’s portfolio also shows sustained support for behavioral health and service expansion, including $750,778 to La Frontera for Cochise County service expansion and repeated six-figure support to Cochise College and Chiricahua Community Health Centers. Across the grant list, the pattern is place-based and practical: county government, community health providers, higher-education partners, and local nonprofits that keep essential services running in Cochise County and nearby Southeast Arizona communities. That local emphasis is reinforced by repeat funding across years. Cochise College received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for behavioral health certification and operations. Chiricahua Community Health Centers also appears in multiple years, with support for both operations and a behavioral health services building remodel. The foundation’s giving reaches a mix of public agencies, community-based organizations, and regional institutions rather than a broad national spread, and the grant list includes support for youth, wellness, street outreach, food security, and community facilities alongside health and safety work.
Behavioral health is one of the clearest threads in the foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $383,056 to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office for mental health support team work in 2025, and $183,354 to Cochise College for a BHS certification program in 2025. Earlier, it supported Chiricahua Community Health Centers with $140,000 for a behavioral health services building remodel in 2023. Community wellness and basic needs also show up in smaller local grants. The Salvation Army received $50,000 in 2025 for food security and social service expansion, while Dragonfly Community Alliance received $50,000 in 2025 for a community center and food pantry. Youth and family-oriented projects appear as well. Champions for Youth Foundation received $50,000 in 2023 for public restrooms designed for health and safety, and Willcox Against Substance Abuse received $50,000 in 2025 for the Bridging Generations Initiative.
$642K
$73M
$6.4M
$2.7M
Most grants fall between $1K and $5K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$5K
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Highly concentrated, locally focused giving: a small number of large grants make up most of the budget, with several repeat grantees receiving multi-year or multiple awards. Funding emphasizes operational and capacity-building support to stabilize essential public services in Southeast Arizona rather than many small, disparate grants.
Notable grantees: Cochise County Sheriff’s Office, La Frontera, Cochise College, University of Arizona, Chiricahua Community Health Centers
Typical awards are modest, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $2,458, and a p75 of $5,000. The recent list also shows a small number of much larger, strategic grants that sit well above the median, including six-figure awards to county government, health providers, and education partners. Recipients appear across multiple years, especially Cochise College, Chiricahua Community Health Centers, and the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, which points to recurring relationships rather than one-off support. The foundation offers multiple grant pathways, including Fast Pitch Grants, Responsive Grants, Innovative Grants, Sponsorship Requests, and invited Strategic Grants. Both unsolicited and invited mechanisms are present, with some programs open to unsolicited requests and strategic grants limited to invitation.
The grantmaking is overwhelmingly local: 98% of grants go to recipients in Arizona, and the recipient-country distribution is entirely US-based. Within Southeast Arizona, frequent recipient cities include Bisbee, Sierra Vista, Willcox, Douglas, and San Simon. Bisbee appears on awards to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, Cochise Harm Reduction, and Step Up Bisbee Naco. Sierra Vista appears with Cochise College and Boys and Girls Club of Sierra Vista, while Douglas and Willcox also receive repeated support for health, wellness, and community infrastructure projects.
Its recent grants cluster around public safety, behavioral health, community health, food security, youth programming, and local facilities. Examples include county law-enforcement operations, behavioral health staffing and certification, health-center operations, and community center or food pantry support in Southeast Arizona towns.
Yes. Cochise College received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Chiricahua Community Health Centers appears in 2023 and 2024; and the Cochise County Sheriff's Office appears in 2024 and 2025. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships in core local service areas.
Typical awards are small: the p25 is $1,000, the median is $2,458, and the p75 is $5,000. The list also includes larger strategic awards, but the central pattern is support at the low-to-mid thousands for many community-oriented projects.
Yes for several programs. Fast Pitch Grants, Responsive Grants, Sponsorship Requests, Innovative Grants, and Emergent Grants all accept unsolicited requests, while Strategic Grants are invitation-only and tied to board-identified priorities.
The foundation’s active programs focus on Cochise County, eastern Santa Cruz County, and Southeast Arizona. The recent grants list is concentrated in Arizona, with 98% of grants going to recipients in the state.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Area nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations and government entities may use the facilities at no cost; liability insurance is required.
Deadline: No fixed deadline; reservations are subject to availability and are first come, first served.
Who can apply: Organizations providing direct services that benefit residents of Cochise and eastern Santa Cruz counties with an urgent or emergency need.
Deadline: Considered on an as-needed basis outside regular cycles.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCHISE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE | BISBEE, AZ | $383,056 | 2025 | MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TEAM |
| COCHISE COLLEGE | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $183,354 | 2025 | BHS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM |
| ARIZONA BORDER ALLIANCE | DOUGLAS, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | DOUGLAS COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION PROJECT |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BISBEE DOUGLAS UNIT | BISBEE, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | DOUGLAS UNIT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT |
| WILLCOX AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE | WILLCOX, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | BRIDGING GENERATIONS INITIATIVE |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | PHOENIX, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | FOOD SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICE EXPANSION |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SIERRA VISTA | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | PALOMINAS SATELLITE |
| STEP UP BISBEE NACO | BISBEE, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | EXPANSION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE |
| DRAGONFLY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE | SAN SIMON, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY CENTER/FOOD PANTRY |
| COCHISE HARM REDUCTION | BISBEE, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | COCHISE COUNTY STREET OUTREACH TEAM |
| DRAGONFLY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE | SAN SIMON, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY CENTER / FOOD PANTRY |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SIERRA VISTA | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | PALOMINAS SATELLITE |
| CHAMPIONS FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION | WILLCOX, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | PUBLIC RESTROOMS |
| CITY OF DOUGLAS | DOUGLAS, AZ | $50,000 | 2025 | OUTDOOR FITNESS GYM |
| WILLCOX COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY | WILLCOX, AZ | $45,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY |
| GOOD NEIGHBORS ALLIANCE | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $43,000 | 2025 | PET PAL PALACE |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | TUCSON, AZ | $40,910 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| ROOTS & ROADS COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION | TUCSON, AZ | $37,125 | 2025 | SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE |
| CITY OF DOUGLAS | DOUGLAS, AZ | $32,500 | 2025 | VISIONING FOR THE FUTURE |
| SUNSITES-PEARCE FIRE DISTRICT | PEARCE, AZ | $31,671 | 2025 | PREVENT THE DEATH |
| SONOITA COMPANY ARIZONA RANGERS | GREEN VALLEY, AZ | $30,000 | 2025 | 12 RADIOS AND 4 BALLISTIC VESTS FOR THE RANGERS IN SONOITA. |
| WINCHESTER HEIGHTS HEALTH ORGANIZATION | WILLCOX, AZ | $28,510 | 2025 | SALUD PARA NUESTRA GENTE (HEALTH FOR OUR PEOPLE) |
| CITY OF WILLCOX | WILLCOX, AZ | $25,000 | 2025 | WILLCOX SPRAY PARK AND POOL SHADE STRUCTURES |
| THE BUTTERFLY CLUB | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $25,000 | 2025 | BUTTERFLY CLUB WIG OUTREACH |
| COCHISE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $25,000 | 2025 | BH POSITION ASSISTANCE |
| SAN SIMON FIRE DISTRICT | SAN SIMON, AZ | $24,820 | 2025 | HEART MONITOR |
| SIERRA VISTA COMMUNITY GARDENS | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $17,000 | 2025 | GARDEN ACCESSIBILITY |
| BISBEE VOGUE | BISBEE, AZ | $16,000 | 2025 | RECREATION EQUALS RE-CREATION PLAYGROUNDS |
| ECOTOPIA | BISBEE, AZ | $12,500 | 2025 | BISBEE BIKEWAYS SALARY |
| COCHISE COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $10,206 | 2025 | ENHANCING EDUCATION EXPERIENCE |
| NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | IDENTIFYING DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS IN COCHISE COUNTY CHILDREN |
| SOUTHERN ARIZONA AIDS FOUNDATION (SAAF) | TUCSON, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | EXPANSION OF SERVICES |
| BISBEE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | BISBEE, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | STOP GAP EMERGENCY FUNDING |
| GOOD NEIGHBORS ALLIANCE | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | SALARIES |
| SAHARA HUMANITARIAN RESOURCE INC | HUACHUCA CITY, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | SAHARA EXPANSION PROJECT |
| BISBEE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | BISBEE, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| CHIRICAHUA HEALTH FOUNDATION | DOUGLAS, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | CHIRICAHUA CARES FUND |
| BISBEE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | BISBEE, AZ | $10,000 | 2025 | EMERGENT - TAX CREDIT SHORTAGE |
| CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP COCHISE COUNTY CHAPTER | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $9,300 | 2025 | CHRISTIAN YOUTH IN ACTION |
| THE BE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | $8,333 | 2025 | HELPING TO REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS FOR SPORTS, EDUCATION, & FITNESS FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA STUDENTS. |
| GOOD NEIGHBORS ALLIANCE | SIERRA VISTA, AZ | $7,000 | 2025 | PAYROLL |
| IGLESIA BAUTISTA DEL SUR AMISTAD | DOUGLAS, AZ | $6,280 | 2025 | COMMERCIAL STOVE REFRIGERATOR |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BISBEE | BISBEE, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | SUMMER / AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM |
| DOUGLAS ARC | DOUGLAS, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | FOOD CONTAINERS FOR HOME MEAL DELIVERY |
| COCHISE COUNTY SHERIFF ASSIST TEAM | HEREFORD, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | POKER RUN |
| WILLCOX THEATER AND ARTS | WILLCOX, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | SCHOOL ART PROGRAM |
| BISBEE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | BISBEE, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | FOOD TRANSPORTATION |
| PREMIER ALLIANCES | BISBEE, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | UNEXPECTED BUILDING RENOVATION EXPENSES |
| COCHISE COUNTY SHERIFF'S ASSIST TEAM | HEREFORD, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL CHARITY RIDE |
| SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL SACRED HEART OF JESUS CONFERENCE | WILLCOX, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | DEPLETION OF EMERGENCY NEEDS ACCOUNT |
COCHISE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
$383,056MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TEAM
COCHISE COLLEGE
$183,354BHS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
ARIZONA BORDER ALLIANCE
$50,000DOUGLAS COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION PROJECT
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BISBEE DOUGLAS UNIT
$50,000DOUGLAS UNIT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
WILLCOX AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE
$50,000BRIDGING GENERATIONS INITIATIVE
THE SALVATION ARMY
$50,000FOOD SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICE EXPANSION
STEP UP BISBEE NACO
$50,000EXPANSION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE
DRAGONFLY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE
$50,000COMMUNITY CENTER/FOOD PANTRY
COCHISE HARM REDUCTION
$50,000COCHISE COUNTY STREET OUTREACH TEAM
DRAGONFLY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE
$50,000COMMUNITY CENTER / FOOD PANTRY
CHAMPIONS FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION
$50,000PUBLIC RESTROOMS
CITY OF DOUGLAS
$50,000OUTDOOR FITNESS GYM
WILLCOX COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
$45,000SUSTAINING TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY
GOOD NEIGHBORS ALLIANCE
$43,000PET PAL PALACE
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
$40,910EDUCATION
ROOTS & ROADS COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION
$37,125SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE
CITY OF DOUGLAS
$32,500VISIONING FOR THE FUTURE
SUNSITES-PEARCE FIRE DISTRICT
$31,671PREVENT THE DEATH
SONOITA COMPANY ARIZONA RANGERS
$30,00012 RADIOS AND 4 BALLISTIC VESTS FOR THE RANGERS IN SONOITA.
WINCHESTER HEIGHTS HEALTH ORGANIZATION
$28,510SALUD PARA NUESTRA GENTE (HEALTH FOR OUR PEOPLE)
CITY OF WILLCOX
$25,000WILLCOX SPRAY PARK AND POOL SHADE STRUCTURES
THE BUTTERFLY CLUB
$25,000BUTTERFLY CLUB WIG OUTREACH
COCHISE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
$25,000BH POSITION ASSISTANCE
SAN SIMON FIRE DISTRICT
$24,820HEART MONITOR
SIERRA VISTA COMMUNITY GARDENS
$17,000GARDEN ACCESSIBILITY
BISBEE VOGUE
$16,000RECREATION EQUALS RE-CREATION PLAYGROUNDS
ECOTOPIA
$12,500BISBEE BIKEWAYS SALARY
COCHISE COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
$10,206ENHANCING EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA
$10,000IDENTIFYING DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS IN COCHISE COUNTY CHILDREN
BISBEE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
$10,000STOP GAP EMERGENCY FUNDING
GOOD NEIGHBORS ALLIANCE
$10,000SALARIES
SAHARA HUMANITARIAN RESOURCE INC
$10,000SAHARA EXPANSION PROJECT
BISBEE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
$10,000OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
CHIRICAHUA HEALTH FOUNDATION
$10,000CHIRICAHUA CARES FUND
BISBEE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
$10,000EMERGENT - TAX CREDIT SHORTAGE
CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP COCHISE COUNTY CHAPTER
$9,300CHRISTIAN YOUTH IN ACTION
HELPING TO REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS FOR SPORTS, EDUCATION, & FITNESS FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA STUDENTS.
GOOD NEIGHBORS ALLIANCE
$7,000PAYROLL
IGLESIA BAUTISTA DEL SUR AMISTAD
$6,280COMMERCIAL STOVE REFRIGERATOR
DOUGLAS ARC
$5,000FOOD CONTAINERS FOR HOME MEAL DELIVERY
COCHISE COUNTY SHERIFF ASSIST TEAM
$5,000POKER RUN
WILLCOX THEATER AND ARTS
$5,000SCHOOL ART PROGRAM
BISBEE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
$5,000FOOD TRANSPORTATION
PREMIER ALLIANCES
$5,000UNEXPECTED BUILDING RENOVATION EXPENSES
COCHISE COUNTY SHERIFF'S ASSIST TEAM
$5,000ANNUAL CHARITY RIDE
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL SACRED HEART OF JESUS CONFERENCE
$5,000DEPLETION OF EMERGENCY NEEDS ACCOUNT