Fry's Food Stores donated a grant in the amount of $1,250 in 2011.

Safeway donated a grant in the amount of $1,000 in 2011.

Wal-Mart & Sam's Clubs continues to provide grant donations to MAAFL: $11,500 in 2006; $17,000 in 2007; $13,500 in 2008 and $2,000 (and $1,200 in gift cards) in 2011.  MAAFL has been able to serve thousands of at-risk youth, homless and domestic violence victimes and low income families in the Arizona communities thanks to the assistance of  Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs. 

City of Phoenix Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) provided a grant to MAAFL in the amount of $15,000 in 2008-2009 school year.  The funding was used to teach the Career Development Leadership Program to 45 students at South Mountain High School, grades 9-12. Those students were part of a YMCA Y Achievers Program - they learned valuable life skills and career skills that will assist them in their transition into the adult world.

Salt River Project (SRP) donated two grants to MAAFL: $5,000 in 2006 and $2,000 in 2008.

Soroptimist International of Arizona donated a $6,000 grant to MAAFL in 2007. The funding was used to impove the lives of women and girls in Arizona local communities. The grant assisted MAAFL in providing its Career Development Leadership Program to women and girls in various organizations, such as St. Mary's Food Bank, UMOM, CASS Homeless Shelter, and Fresh Start Women's Resource Center.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) provided MAAFL with a grant of $2,500 in 2007.  The funding assisted MAAFL in provided workshops at the US Vets-Phoenix and Fresh Start Women's Resource Center.

AVNET provided MAAFL with a grant for $2,500 in 2008 and $1,000 in 2011. The funding was used to provide training classes to Cordova Middle School in Phoenix, Tempe High School, and Westwood High School in Mesa, AZ in 2008 and used for self-esteem workshops at St. Mary's Food Bank and to assist students in finding employment.

Bank of America provided MAAFL with a grant for $2,500 in 2010. The funding was used to provide training classes to South Mountain High School students who were enrolled in the Y-Achievers at South Mountain YMCA.

Other Sponsors & Donors include the following:

Calvin & Georgie Goode
1508 E. Jefferson
Phoenix, AZ 85034

Dr. Brenda Nelson-Porter DM, MIT, BASS, AAS, CPP
Brigette's Technology Consulting and Research Firm
Newman, GA 30263
brigettebrenda@aol.com
http://www.brigettes.com/Editing.htm

Media M2
Manuel Gordon
CEO/Director of Productions
Telephone (480) 381-6340
Website: http://mediam2.com

Ross's Hooked & Cooked Restaurant
Dr. Gina Allen
EAI & Edward Black Jr.
William H. Parker
Gerald Russell
Theodore Nash
Desiree Yarbough
Deidre St. Romaine
Judy Stith
Joyce Geyser, Attorney
Calvin & Georgie Goode
Kevin Garrison, Attorney
Rick Estep, Bell Lexus
Michael Williams
Professor Penny Willrich
Eddie Black
Sheryl Lawary

IN-KIND DONORS include the following:

Pizza Hut
Durants
Red Lobster
Bill Johnson's Big Apple
The Buttes Restaurant
Sam's Cafe
I HOP
The Cheese Cake Factory
The Clarendon Hotel
Inn Hotel & Suites
Twin Palms Hotel
Radisson Hotel
Courtyard Marriott Hotel

MAAFL
C/O Dr. Wanda Taylor
P. O. Box 84543
Phoenix, AZ 85071
Telephone: (602) 441-5352
Email: DrWanda@MAAFL.ORG
Website: WWW.MAAFL.ORG