Every day should be Arizona Gives Day.

The good people of Grand Canyon State will have the opportunity to take part in a 24-hour statewide initiative to raise money for non-profit organizations that are in need of your support. The responsibility is becoming greater with the increasing budget cuts and dwindling support from government.

From AZ Gives:

What cause are you passionate about? We’ve united hundreds of nonprofits across Arizona. Select the nonprofit of your choice and donate confidently knowing that your donation goes directly to that nonprofit (not into a general fund). Remember, a better tomorrow begins with a better today. Donate here on Arizona Gives Day and help create immediate and enduring change throughout the state.

There are more than 150 non-profit organizations in Pima County alone. Luckily, Pima County is full of generous donors.

Last year's local participation surpassed the rest of the region on several levels, according to AZ Gives:

• 2,521 donations from donors located in Pima County* (25% of all donations from donors located in Arizona)

• Donors located in Pima County* gave $155,401

• Per capita giving: 16 cents per resident of Pima County (Tucson residents gave at 26 cents per resident of Tucson)

• 135 Pima County nonprofits received donations

• They received $186,924 in total donations (26% of state total) from 2,891 donors

• The average size of a donation made to a Pima County nonprofit was $65

Here are 170 local charities that you can help right now, after the break.

1. International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA)
2. ROLAND G. MOODY VFW POST 3578
3. Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary
4. AFD Auxiliary
5. Arivaca Helping Hearts, Inc.
6. Friends In Deed
7. The Animal League of Green Valley
8. Green Valley/ Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce Foundation
9. The GVC Foundation
10. Green Valley Assistance Services, Inc., dba Valley Assistance Services
11. Parkinson Support Group of Green Valley
12. Marana Heritage Conservancy
13. Helmet Peak Volunteer Fire Department
14. Sahuarita Educational Enrichment Foundation
15. Rebuilding Together Tucson
16. San Miguel High School
17. Miss Maggie May's Rescue
18. Youth On Their Own
19. Cause Four Paws Fund, Inc.
20. Tucson Botanical Gardens
21. Esperanza En Escalante
22. Park Villa Casitas
23. Amistad Y Salud
24. Tucson Girls Chorus
25. 9 Queens Empowerment Through Chess
26. Sunnyside Parents as Teachers
27. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson
28. Tucson Jewish Community Center
29. eastside neighbors volunteer program
30. Educational Enrichment Foundation
31. Pima Council on Aging
32. Casa de los Niños
33. Parent Aid Child Abuse Prevention Center
34. Kids Animals Life and Dreams
35. Northern Jaguar Project
36. Tucson Postpartum Depression Coalition
37. Our Family Services, Inc.
38. Tucson Symphony Society
39. El Grupo Youth Cycling
40. Sonoran Center for Leadership Development
41. Tucson Center for Cultural Enrichment
42. Old Pueblo Community Services
43. ELDERHAVEN ASSISTED LIVING
44. Primavera Foundation
45. YWCA Tucson
46. Safos Dance Theatre
47. Higher Ground a Resource Center
48. Friends of Canoa Heritage Foundation, Inc.
49. Spay and Neuter Solutions, Inc.
50. Pima Community College Foundation
51. Reid Park Zoological Society
52. Tucson Urban League
53. Horizons for Refugee Families
54. Mentoring Tucson's Kids
55. Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus
56. Grow 2B Fit Foundation
57. Living Streets Alliance
58. Tucson Clean & Beautiful, Inc.
59. Tucson Guitar Society
60. ACCESS TUCSON
61. Interfaith Community Services
62. Tucson Police Foundatoin
63. CHISPA Foundation Incorporated
64. Asian and Latino Community Services, Inc.
65. Luz Social Services, Inc.
66. Luz Academy of Tucson
67. PAWSitively CATS
68. Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN)
69. Aviva Children's Services
70. Arizona Repertory Singers
71. The Symphony Women's Association
72. The Hearth Foundation
73. St. Augustine Catholic High School
74. Picture Rocks Community Center, Inc.
75. Friends 4 the Future
76. El Rio Health Center Foundation
77. CanDo Canines of Arizona
78. CODAC Behavioral Health Services
79. Assistance League of Tucson
80. KXCI 91.3FM
81. Erik Hite Foundation
82. International Softball Congress
83. Little Hooves & Big Hearts
84. IMPACT of Southern Arizona (formerly Catalina Community Services)
85. Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT)
86. Little Hooves and Big Hearts
87. Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse
88. Technology Access Center of Tucson
89. Make Way for Books
90. Humane Society of Southern Arizona
91. Greater Green Valley Community Foundation
92. Paws Patrol
93. Friends of Madera Canyon
94. Paws Patrol
95. La Posada at Park Centre, Inc.
96. Community Performing Arts Center Foundation
97. Green Valley Community Chorus
98. Green Valley Gardeners
99. Hayley's Angels Foundation
100.Sahuarita Food Bank, a d/b/a of the Good Shepherd UCC
101. Empire Ranch Foundation
102. Border Community Alliance
103. The Shyann Kindness Project
104. The Rogue Theatre
105. Tucson Audubon Society
106. Save the Scenic Santa Ritas
107. Cienega Watershed Partnership
108. Tucson Arts Brigade
109. Nourish
110. Reachout Women's Center/ Reachout Pregnancy Center
111. Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc.
112. Arizona Youth Partnership
113. Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona
114. United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona
115. Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona
116. Community Food Bank, Inc.
117. American Red Cross Southern Arizona Chapter
118. Child & Family Resources
119. Southern Arizona Greyhound Adoption
120. CANDLELIGHTERS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA
121. Sky Island Alliance
122. Southern Arizona Golden Retriever Rescue
123. Tucson Wildlife Center
124. Perimeter Bicycling Association of America
125. Southern Arizona Rescue Association (SARA)
126. Reveille Men's Chorus
127. Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance
128. Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center
129. Tucson2Tails
130. Tucson Values Teachers
131. TucsonSentinel.com
132. GAP Ministries
133. Hands of a Friend (Manos Amigas) Inc.
134. Homicide Survivors, Inc.
135. Handi-Dogs
136. Wingspan
137. Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services
138. Individual Achievements Association dba GaitWay
139. Tu Nidito Children and Family Services
140. ARIZONA GREYHOUND & ANIMAL RESCUE
141. Camp Wildcat
142. The Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter
143. Easter Seals Blake Foundation
144. Southern Arizona Buffelgrass Coordination Center
145. Cakes for Causes
146. Children's Museum Tucson
147. Friends of Saguaro National Park
148. Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation
149. VSA Arizona
150. Ben's Bells
151. Teen Challenge of Arizona
152. Friends of Ironwood Forest
153. Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition
154. Save the Cord Foundation
155. Arizona Theatre Company
156. 390th Memorial Museum
157. Petfinder Foundation
158. Live the Solution
159. Sonoran Institute
160. Arizona Childrens Alliance dba Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson
161. First Book - Tucson
162. Native Seeds/SEARCH
163. Arizona Wilderness Coalition
164. Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center
165. Kore Press
166. Women's International Leadership Institute
167. Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired aka SAAVI
168. Local First AZ
169. AZ Tardis
170. Blair Charity Group

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