Donors urged to support nonprofits struggling due to federal funding cuts this Arizona Gives Day

PHOENIX — The organizers behind this year’s Arizona Gives Day are urging the community to support nonprofits that have been impacted by federal funding cuts and revoked grants.

Michael Morefield with AZ Impact for Good, the organization behind the yearly event, said many nonprofit leaders are worried they won’t get financial support they have relied on for years.

“There have been a lot of changes with grants and federal funds in the last few months,” Morefield told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Monday. “That has dramatically and significantly affected the nonprofit sector in Arizona.”

How Arizona Gives Day 2025 helps nonprofits

Around 800 nonprofits are participating in Arizona Gives Day 2025, the largest online fundraising day for Arizona nonprofits.

“These are centers, these are after-school programs, these are projects for some of the most vulnerable members of our community,” Morefield said. “There is not a single thing in your day-to-day life as you drive around or go to the office or go to work that has not been affected by a nonprofit.”

AZ Impact for Good started Arizona Gives Day back in 2013.

The purpose of the event is to connect people with causes they’re passionate about, strengthen the Valley’s philanthropic spirit and celebrate the work nonprofits to do improve the metro Phoenix community.

“This year we’re seeing changes in the community, and we want to make sure that the nonprofits that that we’ve all relied on for so long to build that better Arizona, to build that better community, aren’t having to cut back their services,” Morefield said.

What’s unique about Arizona Gives Day 2025?

Arizona Gives Day 2025 will be different compared to other years because officials have revamped their website to make donating easier.

“We just changed software to a new system to make it even easier for people to donate, even easier for nonprofits to register and make their page exactly how they want,” Morefield said. “It was a lot of work on the back end for our organization, but it absolutely paid off because it is so much faster and easier now to support nonprofits in Arizona.”

Google Pay, Apple Pay and PayPal are integrated, and donors can now pay from a donor-advised fund right from their 401Ks, he added.

What to know on Arizona Gives Day 2025

The annual day of giving has raised more than $5.3 million in 2024.

More than $47 million has been raised for nonprofits through Arizona Gives since 2013.

All contributions made are tax-deductible and could be eligible for the Arizona qualified charitable tax credit, the qualified foster care tax credit or the public school tax credit.

While donors can contribute to these nonprofits year round, Arizona Gives Day 2025 is unique because nonprofits compete for a $160,000 prize pool and other special prizes.

“If you’re donating on April 1, Arizona Gives Day, you can help those nonprofits build that prize pool money,” Morefield said. “You might donate $20, $100, however much you choose. You could actually help a nonprofit win.”

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