2012 Annual Report - Arizona Community Foundation

ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PAGE 3leading by example:the year in reviewUnder the leadership ofthe Cochise CommunityFoundation, donors inCochise County pooledtheir gifts to create afield of interest fund toserve the needs of localVeterans and their families.Nineteen percent ofCounty residents over theage of 18 are Veterans,and one in four has aservice-related disability.After 2011’s Monument Fire displaced 12,000 people anddestroyed some 80 structures in Cochise County, ACF mobilizedavailable resources to meet the long-term community rebuildingneeds. ACF awarded a $10,000 grant to the Sierra Vista chapterof the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to provide food and othersupplies. The Ryan Miele Endowment for Animal Welfare at theCochise Community Foundation and the Arizona Horse LoversFoundation at the Arizona Community Foundation togetherprovided a total of $18,000 in emergency grants to Horse ’nAround Rescue Ranch Foundation and Care for the Horses tomove 300 large animals due to burned pasture land. When themonsoon caused flooding and damage due to mud and debrisaround the homes and washes of Miller Canyon, ACF awardedanother $10,000 grant to Cochise County, which helped drawdown more than $100,000 in federal matching funds.As an offering of the Black Philanthropy Initiative, ACF introducedthe ‘Feed Your Soul’ Lecture Series, which kicked off with ascreening of the documentary Double Victory and a paneldiscussion with seven Tuskegee Airmen. The series takes placeevery other month with a changing focus on issues relevant toArizona’s African-American community.ACF continued implementation of Project SAM (Shared Asset Measurement),a collaborative effort in partnership with the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofitsand FSG Social Impact Advisors, funded with a $220,000 grant from theCorporation for National & Community Service. The project’s aim is to buildthe capacity of a select cohort of 13 small and mid-size nonprofit organizationsproviding financial education and assetdevelopment services to economicallydistressed communities. The cohort iscommitted to the design, development anddeployment of a shared measurementsystem, demonstrating the collective impactof Arizona nonprofits working in this area.