APS Community Impact Grants

APS Community Impact Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Arizona Public Service Company (APS)
Last Updated: September 01, 2025

Summary

The APS Community Impact Grants aim to address diverse community needs across Arizona through support for education, small business, arts, human services, environment, and community development. By focusing on under-resourced populations, these grants foster inclusivity and resilience. Nonprofits can apply annually for funding, with additional consideration for projects that enhance community engagement and quality of life. This initiative highlights APS's commitment to empowering local organizations to create a positive impact in their communities.

Overview

The Power to Thrive Encompassing all of our core program areas, Community Impact Grants respond to the diverse needs in each of the communities we serve across Arizona. Core program areas Education and Employment We will focus on improving access to post-secondary education, advancing teacher success and pathways to careers in energy. This includes innovative programs with measurable outcomes that provide direct educator support or promote educational equity, access, college and career readiness. Small Business and Entrepreneurship We will expand opportunities for local and underserved entrepreneurs to strengthen local economies and promote inclusive economic growth. This includes programs that facilitate job creation and/or greater market access through capital, capacity-building, technical assistance and technology adoption. Arts & Culture We will focus on increasing access to high quality arts experiences for underserved communities and Title 1 students. This includes programs that remove barriers and promote inclusion of underserved youth and historically marginalized communities, as well as projects that use arts teaching and learning as a means for youth development. Human Services We will focus on providing basic needs for Arizona’s most vulnerable populations. This includes food security, heat relief, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention and related support services that improve community resilience and promote social cohesion. Environment We will focus on building healthy communities, environmental stewardship and promoting equity in Arizona’s clean energy transition. This includes innovative programs with measurable outcomes that preserve Arizona’s natural beauty and deliver locally relevant sustainable solutions. Community Development We will focus on protecting Arizona’s quality of life for future generations through civic engagement, inclusive leadership development, community revitalization and rural development programs.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Nonprofits within our service territories may apply once annually through an online application process. Organizations may request funding for multiple events or projects by submitting an all-inclusive application, which may include requests for in-kind support such as printing and trash boxes.

Ineligibility

What community impact grants will not support:Start-up organizations defined as nonprofits whose ruling year has been granted by the IRS for less than three yearsIndividuals or individual scholarshipsReligious organizations, churches and programs that are purely denominational in purposeLegislative or lobbying efforts or organizations Animal shelters or agenciesOrganizations not located or providing services within the APS service territoryFoundations or organizations which are grant-making entities that distribute funds to other nonprofit organization (pass through)Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status or any other classification protected by lawSports teams or sporting programsScouting troopsOrganizations whose primary mission is funding medical or scientific researchEndowment, debt reduction, capital or building campaigns not part of established relationshipsCompetitions, beauty pageants or talent contests