Charity News Archives

Thunderbirds Charities Spotlight | Barrow Neurological Institute

Thunderbirds Charities has donated more than $950,000 to Barrow Neurological Institute – an internationally renowned medical center offering care for people from all corners of the world with brain and spine diseases, disorders and injuries.

Thunderbirds Charities Gives $3.85 Million to Valley Charities during Spring Funding Cycle

Thunderbirds Charities, the charitable giving arm of The Thunderbirds – hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open – awarded $3.85 million in grants to 65 Valley charities during its Spring 2019 funding cycle.

Thunderbirds Charities Spotlight | Arizona Science Center

The Arizona Science Center’s CREATE Program builds a science and engineering foundation where children of all ages can experience hands-on learning in an interactive space.

Congratulations to All Special Olympics Summer Games Athletes

Over the weekend, Special Olympics Arizona hosted the annual Arizona Special Olympics Summer Games in which athletes from around the state competed in Track and Field, Volleyball and Power Lifting.

Thunderbirds Charities Donates Record $1 Million to Special Olympics Arizona for New State Office and Distribution Center

Thunderbirds Charities, the charitable giving arm of The Thunderbirds – hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open – announced today at an official groundbreaking ceremony, that a record-breaking donation of $1 million has been gifted to Special Olympics Arizona (SOAZ).

Thunderbirds Charities Spotlight – Upward AZ

UPWARD for Children and Families, founded in 1958, serves children with special needs. Their purpose is to help children with special needs achieve their highest potential, while empowering their families to thrive. A number of the children who attend UPWARD programs are severely disabled and medically fragile and could not attend programs on campus without nursing on-site. Thunderbirds Charities has been a strong supporter of this critical Nursing Program at UPWARD for many years.

Thunderbirds Charities Spotlight – St. Mary’s Kids Cafe

Thunderbirds Charities recently donated $300,000 to St. Mary’s Food Bank in an effort to bolster their Kids Café Program, which will help purchase two new refrigerated trucks and additional food to help reach more of Arizona’s hungry children.

Thunderbirds Charities Spotlight – First Place

First Place is a residential property for people with Autism and other neurodiversities. The property contains 55 apartments housing 79 people and represents a new wave of thinking behind community life for people with autism.

2018 Blessings in a Backpack

For the past nine years, The Thunderbirds – hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open – have partnered with the PGA TOUR Wives Association to support Blessings in a Backpack.

Thunderbird Charity Spotlight – Tumbleweed, A Service of UMOM

Thunderbirds Charities recently donated funds from the spring funding cycle to UMOM and Tumbleweed to help them serve Arizona’s homeless communities. UMOM and Tumbleweed, with the help of Thunderbirds Charities, serve 10,000 individuals per year by giving some of the area’s most vulnerable people the tools and guidance to move into permanent housing.