FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 5, 2019
$60,000 IN GRANTS AWARDED TO LOCAL NONPROFITS IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
South32 today announced the names of seven charitable organizations selected to receive a total of
$60,000 in grants during the first selection cycle of the Hermosa Community Fund. The fund is held by the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) and was established by South32 in May of this year. It supports nonprofit groups working to improve education, environment, health and welfare,
recreation, civic enhancement, and arts, culture and history in the county, in accordance with the
community’s needs and priorities.
Over 40 applications were received for this grant cycle, from which the following grantees were selected:
- Family Health Care Amigos
- KPUP-LP Radio
- Nogales Community Development Corporation
- Rebuilding Together Santa Cruz County
- Santa Cruz Council on Aging
- Senior Citizens of Patagonia, Inc.
- The Patagonia Museum
Grants are awarded following a review of applications by a committee comprising independent
reviewers, the CFSA and representatives from South32. The independent reviewers are:
- Jaime Chamberlain, President of Chamberlain Distributing;
- Summer Lewton, who works in the Patagonia schools as assistant to the registrar and as
secretary of the high school and elementary school; and - Sabrina Hallman, the chair of the Santa Cruz Community Foundation and President/CEO of
Sierra Seed.
Two more grant cycles are scheduled to occur prior to June 2020. To learn more about the South32
Hermosa Community Fund, including dates of grant cycles, visit the CFSA website or
bit.ly/South32Fund.
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About the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
Since 1980, the CFSA has been a trusted philanthropic partner helping individuals, families,
businesses, and nonprofits work together to create a stronger community. These funding partnerships allow CFSA to improve the quality of life throughout southern Arizona by stewarding donor and community resources to measurably affect change. The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona serves communities south of the Gila River. CFSA primarily serves Pima and Santa Cruz counties, but is also proud to support an increasing number of high-impact nonprofits in Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, and Yuma counties. For more information, visit www.cfsaz.org.
About South32
South32 is a globally diversified mining and metals company. We produce bauxite, alumina, aluminium,
energy and metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc at our operations in Australia,
Southern Africa and South America. We are also the owner of the Hermosa Project a high-grade zinc,
lead and silver development option, and have several partnerships with junior explorers with a focus on base metals. Our purpose is to make a difference by developing natural resources, improving people’s lives now and for generations to come, and to be trusted by our owners and partners to realise the potential of their resources.
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