4 with Arizona ties named to TIME100 Philanthropy list

Four people with Arizona ties have been named to TIME’s 2026 TIME100 Philanthropy list, which recognizes the 100 most influential leaders shaping the future of giving.

Bob and Renee Parsons, the Scottsdale-based philanthropist couple behind The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, were honored in the “Titans” category for their support of veterans and other vulnerable populations.

The foundation provides funding to nonprofits working on healthcare, education and housing, with a focus on serving people during the most difficult moments of their lives.

“The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation offers critical funding at critical times to those in need,” the foundation said in the TIME announcement, noting its giving is driven by a belief that all people deserve access to quality healthcare, education and a safe place to call home regardless of race, religion, economic status, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Bob Parsons is the founder of GoDaddy and PXG, while Renee Parsons leads the foundation’s strategic philanthropic efforts.

A Phoenix-based migrant civil rights leader on the TIME100 list

Also named to the list is Greisa Martínez Rosas, executive director of United We Dream, who was recognized in the “Trailblazers” category for her work fighting for Dreamers.

Martínez Rosas relocated to Phoenix in early 2024, according to an Arizona Republic profile.

She runs the country’s largest youth-led immigrant network from Arizona, a state she has called a proving ground for both anti-immigrant policies and grassroots resistance.

Highlighted by the Time100, United We Dream launched the Defending Our Neighbors Fund in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Abundant Futures Fund.

The initiative aims to raise $30 million to provide legal support and resources for immigrants amid heightened Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and has raised more than $14 million so far.

A DACA recipient who arrived in the U.S. from Hidalgo, Mexico, at age 7, Martínez Rosas said her father’s deportation shaped her advocacy.

“My father was deported because we couldn’t afford a lawyer,” she told TIME. “That experience left me broken and showed me that the system is broken.”

Red Cross leader with Arizona roots also honored

Kate Forbes, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, was also named to the list for her work directing humanitarian response in global crisis zones including Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine and Iran.

Forbes, 75, began as a local Red Cross volunteer in Arizona in 1981 and has since visited more than 70 nations as president, often traveling to some of the world’s most dangerous places.

“I believe I should be willing to go anywhere I ask our volunteers or staff to go,” she told TIME.

In March, Forbes announced she would seek a second term as IFRC president, citing the need to continue modernizing the 163-year-old organization, which is made up of more than 190 groups worldwide. She has also worked to support aid workers amid rising violence in the field, launching the Red Family Fund to provide money to relatives of IFRC personnel killed on duty. Last year, 27 IFRC workers died in the line of duty.

Forbes also helped rally more than 100 countries behind the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel last fall, a statement affirming that aid workers must be kept safe in war and disaster zones.

The full TIME100 Philanthropy list appears in the May 25, 2026, issue of TIME.

Editor’s Note: This story was updated to include Kate Forbes’ inclusion on the TIME100 Philanthropy list. 

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