2026 APS Community Impact Grants

Overview

Encompassing all of our core program areas, Community Impact Grants respond to the diverse needs in each of the communities we serve across Arizona. Additional consideration is given to programs that serve under-resourced populations. 

Impacting Arizona Communities
Impacting the communities we serve is a priority because our customers, community partners and nonprofit leaders are also our neighbors. With that in mind, our community engagement strategy is focused on two main pillars. They are Arizona’s Growth and Prosperity and Health and Human Services.

The focus areas under these two pillars include:

• Education & Employment -- Focusing on improving access to post–secondary education, advancing teacher success and pathways to careers in energy.
• Small Business & Entrepeneurship -- Expanding opportunities for local and underserved entrepreneurs is a priority for us because doing so strengthens local economies and promotes inclusive economic growth.
• Arts & Culture -- Increasing access to high quality arts experiences for underserved communities and students can enrich lives.
• Human Services -- Providing basic needs for Arizona’s most vulnerable populations is a critical component of our community involvement.
• Environment -- The transition to clean energy is critical to Arizona. With that in mind, we build healthy communities, environmental stewardship and promote equity in this transition.
• Community Development -- Protecting Arizona’s quality of life for future generations through civic engagement, inclusive leadership development, community revitalization and rural development programs is at the core of what we do and how we do it. 

ASU may submit only one (1) application to the sponsoring organization.

Effective February 1, 2025. APS is transitioning our Community Impact grantees to the new Blackbaud grantee portal to enhance your application experience. This upgrade will enhance the application process and centralize all grant applications for other foundations or grantors using the Blackbaud Grantmaking system to a single account login for non-profit organizations. All applicants will need to create a new Blackbaud login if they do not have one, regardless if you’ve submitted a grant request in the past.