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2025
Impact Report

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2025

Rooted in Relationship

Transformation Begins With Trust

Real change doesn’t happen overnight. It takes trust, time, and a shared belief in what’s possible.

At The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, we know that transformation is driven by relationships. We believe in seeing things through - walking alongside our partners as they evolve in an effort to help strengthen organizations over time, which allows them to show up more fully for those they serve. 

In turn, these nonprofit partners build their own deep connections – with veterans finding healing, students discovering opportunity, families seeking safety, and communities rebuilding hope. These organizations know their communities best. They build the bridges, earn the trust, and nurture the connections that make change possible.

Our job is not to lead the charge, but to stand beside those who do and help ensure they have what they need to keep going — the resources, the partnership, and the confidence that we’ll be there for the long haul. Through these layers of relationship – Foundation to nonprofit, nonprofit to participant, participant to community – real, lasting transformation takes root.

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2025 At-a Glance

$22.9M
Total Grant Dollars Awarded
57
Number of Grants Awarded
70%
Support for General Operations
41%
Multi-year Funding

Renee and I both feel a sense of responsibility and want to give back. Why? Because we can make a difference, big or small, in people’s lives, especially through organizations that are actively doing the work.

- Bob Parsons, Fire in the Hole! The Hilarious Untold Story of My Traumatic Life and Explosive Success

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The Power of Staying Connected

Transforming Hope Into Joy

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Make-A-Wish Arizona

Our long-standing partnership with Make-A-Wish Arizona reflects the heart of what it means to be rooted in relationship. Together, we’ve helped bring hope and joy to children with critical illnesses, empowering families and strengthening communities through each wish granted. As Make-A-Wish Arizona celebrated 45 years of granting life-changing wishes this past spring, we were honored to stand beside them — a reminder that when trust and compassion take root, transformation follows.

13YR
Partnership
$15.7M
Granted

Growth in Annual Wishes Over 13 Year Partnership

Strength In Service

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Team Rubicon

In moments of crisis, connection becomes strength. Our partnership with Team Rubicon reflects that truth — empowering veteran-led teams to serve communities devastated by disaster. From wildfires to floods, their volunteers bring not only skill and precision but compassion and care to those who’ve lost so much. Together, we’ve seen how shared purpose and service can rebuild more than homes — they rebuild hope, resilience, and pride in community.

13YR
Partnership
$8.1M
Granted through the Foundation and PXG
7+
Disaster Response Operations Supported To Date

The Art of Belonging & Hope

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Free Arts

Over the years, our partnership with Free Arts, now called Art Heals Arizona, has grown into a shared journey of healing and hope. Serving children who have experienced abuse, neglect, or homelessness, Free Arts uses the power of creativity and connection to help young people build resilience and trust. What began as a belief in the power of art has evolved into a statewide movement — reaching more children, mentors, and communities than ever before. We’re honored to support their expansion and to witness how creativity, connection, and a shared sense of belonging continue to transform lives.

13YR
Partnership
$5M
Granted

Supported Statewide Growth

Phoenix | Flagstaff | Prescott | Tuscon

Never Alone

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Never Forgotten

Semper Fi & America’s Fund

What began 13 years ago as a shared commitment to honor those who serve has grown into one of our most enduring partnerships. We’ve supported Semper Fi & America’s Fund in their mission to walk with wounded, ill, and injured service members and their families — offering not just financial support, but faith in their strength to heal and thrive as members of The Fund family. Through a deep trust built over time, we’ve witnessed how compassion and commitment can not only save lives but also restore independence, dignity, and a renewed sense of purpose.

13YR
Partnership
$120M
Granted

Service Members Assisted Over the Years:

Nurturing New Connections

As we celebrate the power of long-term partnership, we also look ahead to the relationships just beginning to bloom — connections that hold the potential to shape new paths, spark innovation, and expand our shared impact.

Compassion For Pets

Animal welfare organizations are expanding compassionate, community-based care that helps pets stay safe, healthy, and connected to the families who love them. Through a series of grants, we were honored to support this work — including Arizona Animal Welfare League, Lost Our Home Pet Rescue, and 14 other shelter and rescue partners across Maricopa County. Together, these partnerships reflect a shared belief that when care is rooted in trust and connection, lasting change can grow.

Saving Amy

Transforming lives holistically, Saving Amy provides a hand-up to individuals and families as they rebuild after experiencing homelessness. Through mentorship, compassion, and unwavering support, they empower participants to rediscover stability and empowerment. We’re honored to support them in their journey as an organization — nurturing a partnership rooted in hope and new beginnings.

Earn To Learn

Earn to Learn is opening doors to higher education through matched savings, mentorship, and financial empowerment. By helping students build their resources and confidence, they’re transforming the path to college — one dream at a time. Together, we’re investing in the next generation of changemakers and the brighter futures they’ll create.

Sojourner Center

For nearly five decades, Sojourner Center has offered safety, shelter, and healing for survivors of domestic violence. Their trauma-informed programs help restore physical and emotional safety, along with resilience, helping families rebuild their lives courageously. We’re proud to support this vital work and excited to grow a partnership that uplifts those finding their way forward.

Our Nonprofit Partners:

Our Nonprofit Partners: Military & First Responders

With active grants in 2025

  • Semper Fi & America’s Fund
  • 100 Club of Arizona
  • Team Rubicon
  • Headstrong Project
  • Project Sanctuary
  • Armed Services YMCA Camp Pendleton
  • Boulder Crest Foundation
  • NYC Marine Corps Birthday Gala
  • Every Third Saturday

Our Nonprofit Partners: Military & First Responders

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Our Nonprofit Partners: Youth & Education

With active grants in 2025

  • Make-A-Wish Arizona
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley
  • Girl Scouts AZ Cactus-Pine
  • University of Baltimore Foundation
  • Free Arts
  • Hualalai Ohana Foundation
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale
  • McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
  • Grand Canyon University
  • One-n-Ten
  • GLSEN Arizona
  • National Center for Youth Law (FosterEd Arizona)
  • Elevate Phoenix
  • Jobs for Arizona’s Graduates
  • Junior Achievement of Arizona
  • Arizona Friends of Foster Children
  • Make Way for Books
  • New Pathways for Youth
  • Central Michigan University
  • Just Schools (formerly Education Action Alliance)
  • Rosie’s House: A Music Academy for Children
  • Earn to Learn
  • First Tee – Phoenix
  • Zack Johnson Foundation
  • Arizona Legal Women And Youth Services (ALWAYS)

Our Nonprofit Partners: Youth & Education

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Our Nonprofit Partners: Health & Home

With active grants in 2025

  • UMOM New Day Centers
  • Barrow Neurological Foundation
  • Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation
  • Child Crisis Arizona
  • Hushabye Nursery
  • Brighter Way Institute
  • Maggie’s Place
  • Native American Connections
  • Homeless Youth Connection
  • The Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation
  • The Worker
  • First Place AZ
  • Fresh Start Caring for Kids Foundation
    Arizona Animal Welfare League
  • Sojourner Center
  • Lost Our Home Pet Rescue
  • Arizona Pet Project
  • Saving Amy
  • Alliance for Companion Animals – Fix.Adopt.Save
  • Altered Tails Barnhart Clinic
  • Children’s Vision Collaborative Fund
  • Fireside Project
  • Foothills Animal Rescue
  • HALO Animal Rescue
  • Homeless ID Project
  • Phoenix Animal Care Coalition
  • Almost There A Mom and
  • Pups Rescue
  • Arizona Poodle Rescue
  • AZ Husky Rescue
  • Forever Loved Pet Sanctuary
  • Humane Animal Rescue and Trapping Team (HARTT)
  • Love Them All
  • Arizona Shih Tzu and Small Breed Rescue
  • East West Global Healing
  • Heidi’s Village
  • Home Matters to Arizona

Our Nonprofit Partners: Health & Home

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Our Nonprofit Partners: American Dream

With active grants in 2025

  • Local First Arizona Foundation
  • Obama Foundation
  • Arizona Justice Project
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • ONE Community Foundation
  • Women Moving Millions
  • AZ Impact for Good

Our Nonprofit Partners: American Dream

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The Philanthropic Heart of YAM Worldwide

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We Deal In Hope

Hope grows when people come together with purpose. We see it every day in the strength of our partners and the lives they touch — proof that lasting change begins with connection and care. When we stand together, transformation is possible. When we stay together, it endures. Here’s to the relationships that keep growing — and the hope they continue to inspire.

- Bob & Renee

Review Previous Years

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2023

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Our Focus

  • Youth & Education
  • Health & Home
  • Military & First Responders
  • American Dream
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