The CFSA Economic Relief and Stability Fund was started in December 2008 through the generosity of some key donors and with approval from our Board of Trustees to dedicate its 2009 discretionary funds to help alleviate some of the stresses due to the 2008 economic downturn in our community. 100% of the $442,000 funds contributed to the ERSF were granted to local nonprofits through the CFSA Community Investment grants. We were able to provide relief to the most vulnerable in our community - through the nonprofits that serve them. See the 2009 Community Investment Grant recipients. In conjunction with the ERSF, CFSA commissioned surveys of local nonprofits and donors. The donor random sample included 400 southern Arizona residents who had donated to charity in the last 12 months. We believe this information is not only helpful to us but for other local nonprofits and donors. Feel free to read the highlights on the research findings.
To all of the generous donors who contributed to the Economic Relief and Stability Fund.
-Andrea Thonvold -Angela C. Moore, Esq. -Arizona Mining Association -Barbara Vinal -Brenda Goldsmith -Cathy Kiesel -Community Finance Corporation -Daniel Nentl -Edna Meza Aguirre -Elizabeth Thomson -Ella T. & Herman M. Maass Fund -Fidelity Charitable Gift -Field of Interest Funds -Frank & Jessica Lazarus Fund -Gaye Gronlund -Gerald & Emma Talen -James Glasser -Jennifer Camano -John & Pat Escher -Jude McCarthy -Knisely Foundation -Kristine Welter -Laura T. Almquist -Leon Family -Lisa Miller -Margaret Zube Fund -Marianne E. Ross -Mary B. Brown Advised Fund -Mary S. Gorin Fund -Michael W. Hard -Nancy & Harold Willingham Charitable Fund -Nancy Ingersoll -Nancy M. Davis -Phyllis C. Riemann -Randi Stepanek -Steve Alley & Helaine Levy -Steven Gottlieb -The Blessings Fund -Theresa Zhange -Troller Fund -Tucson American Mark -Westerly Fund -Wiley Cornell -William E. Schmidt Charitable Foundation