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million to 119 Arizona nonprofits. This is the most successful season in the Phoenicx SunsCharities 20-year history of fundingg community projects for children and families, said Tom Ambrose, executivre director of Phoenix Suns Charities. Most awards are he said, but the big $100,009 Playmaker Award went to , which provides free services to cancer survivors and their Paula Hardison, executive director of The Wellness said all funding for the Phoenix nonprofigt comes from individuals, corporations and This year it raised $1.7 million, comparecd with $783,000 last year. “Our giving has been really quite she said. Nationally, contributions are down slightly.
Total giving in 2008 was $308 down 2 percent from a record $314 billion in 2007, according to Giving USA Foundation, which has conducted a givinvg surveysince 1956. Two-thirds of public charitiee receiving donations saw decreasesin 2008, according to the survey. “With the United State s mired in a recessionthroughout 2008, there was no doubyt in anyone’s mind that charitable giving would be down,” said Del Martin, chairr of Glenview, Ill.-based Giving USA Foundation. what we find remarkable is that corporations and foundations still provided morethan $307 billion to causeas they support, despite the economic conditions.
” This year, Phoenixz Suns Charities raised about $1.7 million from its variousa fundraising efforts, including $1.3 million from the Suns and Stars Gala about the same amount as last year. Supporters gave about $26,000 in honor of Dave Trout, president of Phoenix Suns Charities who died hiking in For more: www.nba.com/suns/community.
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