BOK Financial is letting you help select winners of this year’s Champions of Change Awards AND decide who gets a share of a $10,000 grant that BOK will divide between the nonprofit organization and nonprofit leader of the year.
“The Champions of Change Awards spotlight those individuals and businesses in our communities who are truly moving the needle for Arizona,” says Amy Lindsey, publisher of AZ Big Media, which publishes Az Business magazine and seven other Arizona-based business publications along with this news website. “These are the game-changers — the individuals and businesses that truly impact the way we work, live, play and do business.”
The Champions of Change Awards recognize those dynamic innovators and trailblazers who are changing Arizona’s business landscape through leadership, visionary thinking, innovation and philanthropy and have earned the right to be called a Champion of Change. The Champions of Change Awards honor both individuals and organizations.
Vote here for nonprofit organization and nonprofit leader of the year. Voting ends March 31, 2025.
Nonprofit organization of the year finalists: Vote here
ACT ONE – Nonprofit Arts Organization
Area Agency on Aging, Region One
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation
Child Crisis Arizona
Executive Council Charities
Family Promise of Greater Phoenix
Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation
Kid in the Corner
Lerner & Rowe Gives Back
St. Joseph the Worker
Solari Crisis & Human Services
The Home of Record Project
Treasure House
Waste Not
West Valley Mavericks Foundation
Nonprofit leader of the year finalists: Vote here
Jennifer Caraway, The Joy Bus
Michelle DiMuro, Imprints of Honor
Jana Ferraro, Phoenix Community ToolBank
Tad Gary, Mercy Care
Dr. Steven Hansen, Arizona Humane Society
Heidi Hemp, H.E.M.P. Legacy foundation
Mimi Hymel, Comfort Bears in a Catastrophe
Michael Jones, Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation
Crisco Kidd, Crisco’s Kids
Michelle Martinez, SkillsUSA Arizona || Arizona Department of Education
Kelly McGowan, wildfire
Camea Peca, Ruth Place
Christina Spicer, Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
Lauri Tanner, Treasure House
Kristen Wilson, AZ Impact for Good
Az Business magazine will celebrate all finalists and winners at a luncheon on May 13, 2025 at DoubleTree by Hilton Paradise Valley – Scottsdale. Winners of the BOK Financial grants will also be awarded during the luncheon. Please email Amy Lindsey at amy.lindsey@azbigmedia.com with questions about sponsorships. Email jacque.duhame@azbigmedia.com with questions about the event or tickets. For more information, click here.
