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Current donors and partners

We are so fortunate to have generous donors who support Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving in Southern Arizona!

Innovator ($50,000 and above)

  • APS Foundation
  • Ed & Cindy Konrath
  • Generous anonymous donors (2)
  • Mike and Marisa Fitzgerald
  • The Caris Foundation
  • Tucson Electric Power

Catalyst ($25,000 and above)

  • Arizona Science Center
  • EZBO Foundation
  • Howmet Aerospace
  • Kinder Morgan Foundation
  • Office of Societal Impact, University of Arizona
  • Pima Community College
  • Raytheon Technologies
  • Roche Tissue Diagnostics
  • Sonora Quest Laboratories
  • The Burton Family Foundation
  • Thomas R. Brown Foundations
  • John Lee Compton

Champion ($15,000 and above)

  • Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence
  • Arizona Daily Star
  • Connie Hillman Family Foundation
  • Southwestern Foundation for Education and Historical Preservation
  • Stone Canyon Community Foundation held at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
  • Tech Parks Arizona
  • The Roberta and Lester Smith Foundation
  • Tohono Chul

Trailblazer ($10,000 and above)

  • Caterpillar
  • Community Finance Corporation
  • COX Communications
  • Generous anonymous donor
  • Freeport McMoRan Foundation
  • Fenster Family Foundation held at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
  • Musselman Honda Circuit
  • O’Reilly Family Foundation

Thinker ($5,000-$9,999)

  • AVNET
  • Broadcom Foundation
  • Central Arizona Project
  • Helios Education Foundation
  • Infinity Insurance Agency
  • Nodes Up
  • Southwest Gas Corporation
  • The H.S. Lopez Family Foundation
  • Trico Electric Cooperative
  • Tucson Gem and Mineral Society
  • University of Arizona – College of Engineering
  • Vantage West Credit Union
  • Phil and June Reed

Solver ($2,500-$4,999)

  • Bayer Marana Innovation Center
  • Children’s Museum of Tucson
  • Pima Federal Credit Union
  • Rosendin
  • Southern Arizona AHEC at El Rio
  • Spark Good Local Grants from Walmart 4473, 2922, 3377, and 4264
  • The Gertrude & Charles Gordon Foundation
  • Treeline Foundation
  • Visit Tucson
  • Beth Roberts
  • Daren Layton
  • Emily Halvorson-Otts and Rob Otts
  • Eric and Cindy Pickney
  • Gail Euber and the Lindsay Family
  • Max McCauslin and John Smith III

Explorer ($1,000-$2,499)

  • Adams Family Philanthropic Fund
  • Alexander & Laura Schauss
  • Allardice Family
  • Antonio F. Ramirez Ph.D and Roxana Y. Samaniego Ph.D.
  • Betsy Bolding
  • Christian and Randi Jean Roessler
  • Clifford and Kathleen Bowman
  • Crown Racing
  • Dan and Mary Lou Castillo 
  • Darlene and Lockwood Carlson
  • Derek Cridebring
  • Flinn Foundation
  • Gloria Giffords
  • Generous anonymous donors (4)
  • Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing
  • Haydee Kukowski
  • Hughes Federal Credit Union
  • Hull Enchilada
  • Jeff Mayer
  • Jennifer and Matthew Noble
  • Jessica Johnson
  • John F Long Foundation
  • Liz and Nick Bowman
  • Michael and Patricia Wensman
  • Mining and Minerals Education Foundation
  • Phi Beta Kappa Association of Tucson
  • Preston Weaklend

New Donors in 2026

  • Adrienne Kleiboemer
  • Alison DeVore
  • Alison Paul
  • Amy Chabra
  • Barbara Wright
  • Bryan & Nerissa Freeman
  • Cheryl Snyder
  • Christian Ortega
  • Christopher Cabello
  • David Bachman-Williams
  • Deanna Sherman
  • Deborah Bryson
  • Elizabeth Dooley
  • Emily Rockey
  • Erin Krapf
  • Fred Davis
  • Goldie Gibbons
  • Holly Longstreth
  • Jackie Sharma
  • Jeanette Olsson
  • Jennifer Davenport
  • Joanna Jackson
  • John Hildebrand
  • Joseph Ohrazda
  • Judith Jacobsen
  • Kathryn Richards
  • Katie Hughes
  • Kenyon Richey
  • Klittich Family Fund
  • Leilanny Bujanda
  • Lindsay Kohler
  • Lynn Frazier
  • Margaret Gebert
  • Melissa Root
  • Paula VanNess
  • Sarah King
  • Seth Irwin
  • Tara Gibson
  • Thomas & Judith Cundiff
  • Virginia Anderson
  • Vishwas Karve