Grant Recipients

2026 Grant Recipients
(Awarded April 2026)

Each year the West returns store profits back to the community in the form of grants to qualified charitable organizations in the Tucson community. 2026 grantees include the following organizations:

CANDLELIGHTERS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA supports, serves, and advocates for children and adolescents with cancer and other blood disorders, their families, long-term survivors, bereaved families, and the professionals who care for them. https://candlelightersaz.org

CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA provides a safe, compassionate, and healing environment for children who have been victims of or witnesses to a crime. Services are available 24-hours-a-day and are free for all victims. https://www.cacsoaz.org/

LITERACY CONNECTS works with people of all ages to provide a world of opportunities through literacy and creative expression with adult and children’s programs. https://literacyconnects.org/

MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS is an early literacy nonprofit that provides proven programs, services, and resources to more than 30,000 young children, parents, and educators throughout Southern Arizona each year. https://makewayforbooks.org/

MOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA has been delivering nutritious, low-cost meals to people in Southern Arizona through a network of caring individuals for more than 50 years. https://mobilemealssoaz.org/

MORE THAN A BED provides essential items – beds, clothing, shoes, diapers, toys and more – at no cost to foster, kinship, and adoptive children and families. https://morethanabed.com/

THERAPEUTIC RIDING OF TUCSON’s mission is to empower individuals with diverse abilities to reach their full potential through equine-assisted services. https://www.trotarizona.org/

TUCSON FAMILY FOOD PROJECT estimates that 48,000 children in Tucson struggle daily with food insecurity. Each week, The Project provides the children in their program with a meal kit to feed at least four people in the household. The meal kits are provided raw and give the children a weekly lesson in food preparation. https://www.thetucsonfamilyfoodproject.org/

WHEELS FOR KIDS is an all-volunteer group that collects, refurbishes, and donates bicycles and helmets to deserving kids and adults. Through partner charitable organizations, they give them to low income, distressed, or underprivileged kids, teens, and adults in greater Tucson. terfer@comcast.net affiliated with: https://vistosocyclists.org/