NON-PROFIT PARTNERS
El Tour de Tucson enables nonprofit, charitable agencies to raise funds for their respective organizations. Last year our affiliate charities raised close to $6 million, moving the overall total nearly $121 million since El Tour started in 1983. To register to ride in El Tour with one of these great charities, visit the Registration Site.
El Tour Supporting Non-Profits
Non-Profit Partners ride in support of important causes. Click on a logo below to learn more about their work and join their team.
If you are a 501(c)3 and wish to become a beneficiary, please contact us at 520-745-2033 or info@eltourdetucson.org. If you are interested in your non-profit having an El Tour team, you can signup here: https://form.jotform.com/eltourtucson/el-tour-nonprofit-registration-2022
Banner Children’s at Diamond Children’s Medical Center
Banner Children’s at Diamond Children’s Medical Center offers a bright, healing environment where children feel safe while receiving the advanced care they need from the pediatric specialty physicians and researchers of the University of Arizona Steele Children’s Research Center, as well as community pediatric physicians.
American Liver Foundation
ALF’s mission is to promote education, advocacy, support services and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease.
ALS Association of Arizona
The ALS Association Arizona Chapter is dedicated to serving and empowering people living with ALS and their families. We provide free support, resources, and education to Arizonans impacted by ALS, allowing them to endure their diagnosis with dignity,
Alzheimer's Association Desert Southwest Chapter
The Alzheimer’s Association leads the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.
Arizona Foundation for Cancer
AFFC provides programs and services for cancer patients. Programs include integrative therapies, gas cards, lodging, house cleaning services, wigs and head coverings, bras and prosthesis, support groups and many other services. All services are free to our patients. We are a non-profit 501c3 registered charity.
American Diabetes Association
Our mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. We lead the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes and fight for those affected by diabetes.
Arizona Chapter - Order of DeMolay
The Order of DeMolay is an international fraternal organization for young men ages 12 to 21. It was founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1919 and named for Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. DeMolay is a youth-led, adult-advised organization in which young men learn to plan, organize, and facilitate their own philanthropic and charitable programs. The organization’s purpose is to develop young men of character, leadership, and civic responsibility. DeMolay members participate in a variety of activities, including community service, leadership development, and social events.
Arizona Families Fighting Illicit Drugs 501c3
Arizona Families coming together to fight the Illicit drug epidemic by honoring loved ones lost to illicit drugs and sharing their story, educating, providing resources, promoting harm reduction tools such as Narcan and test strips, spreading awareness, holding events, and fighting for legislation to help save other families from experiencing the devastating loss of a loved one to this weapon of mass destruction.
Arizona Multihousing Charitable Foundation
The Arizona Multihousing Charitable Foundation (AMCF) is the philanthropic arm of the Arizona Multihousing Association (AMA). The AMA believes in giving back to the community through charities that impact our members and their residents. AMCF Mission: Enhance the lives of community members through the cultivation of opportunities and financial resources that address homelessness, support education, and inspire hope in our neighborhoods, while providing a philanthropic network for our AMA members to improve their own lives while positively impacting Arizona.
AZ Water Benefitting Water For People
The Bahati Foundation
The Bahati Foundation’s mission is to provide underrepresented youth access to noncompetitive and competitive cycling with resources and support, allowing success on and off the bike.
Beads of Courage, Inc.
Beads of Courage, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and teens coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them through our Arts-in-Medicine Programs. We believe in creating a context for caring transactions to transpire through our community and encouragement programs. Since 2005, Beads of Courage, Inc. has established collaborative partnerships in caring with hundreds of hospitals nationally and internationally and worked with several community organizations to make healing happen through the use of beads as a historical art form. Through our programs, we provide the opportunity for COURAGE to be honored, HOPE to be given, and JOY to be experienced.
Ben's Bells Project
Come be part of TEAM KIND 2024!! Ben’s Bells founder, Jeannette Maré, took a tragic situation and chose to share her journey of healing and hope. Over the past 22 years, Ben’s Bells has grown from an initial Bell distribution to offer kindness education programming, beautiful visual reminders of kindness through murals, community engagement and volunteer opportunities, and so much more! We are grateful for the support we have received that allows us to make a difference in the community.
BICAS
Through advocacy and bicycle salvage, our mission is to participate in affordable bicycle transportation, education, and creative recycling with our greater Tucson community.
Relying largely on generous donations from our community, and responsible stewardship of those donations, BICAS is able to provide a variety of programs to learn how to fix a bicycle, earn a bicycle, create unique art from recycled materials, and provide programs specifically targeted towards youth. We believe in bicycles and other human-powered machines as essential vehicles for transportation justice, and we are always striving to make them more accessible to our community.
We are an education center, not a traditional bike shop.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona Inc
Since 1963, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is incredible potential. As Southern Arizona’s largest donor- and volunteer-supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through young adulthood. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.
The Biodiversity Group
We protect Life Overlooked™ through ground-breaking expeditions, developing novel technologies, and supporting a global conservation alliance.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson
The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson is to provide young people in our community, especially those who need us most, with a clear path to reach their full potential and pursue their dreams.
Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF)
JDRF Ride to Breakthrough T1D Ride isn’t just about cycling—it’s a global community with an ongoing commitment to find cures for type 1 diabetes (T1D). No matter where you live, how you choose to ride or how far you go, you’ll be surrounded by the T1D community—fellow riders, coaches, friends and family, cheering you on at every milestone.
Catalina Council, Boy Scouts of America
Catalina Council’s mission is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. The AIMS of the BSA are Character, Leadership, Citizenship, and Personal Fitness. We provide youth with programs and activities that allow them to: Try new things, provide service to others, build self-confidence, reinforce ethical standards.
Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services
Children’s Clinics sustains a 70+ year legacy of caring for children with complex medical conditions by providing primary care, specialty care, rehabilitative therapy services and behavioral health care in one convenient location. The mission of Children’s Clinics is to provide a family centered, comprehensive medical home to meet the special needs of children and families. The clinic serves over 5,000 children in southern Arizona, which equates to over 35,000 visits annually. In addition to providing integrated, coordinated care, the clinic also provides special events and resources that help families navigate the challenges of having a child with a complex illness.
Cooper Center for Environmental Learning (Camp Cooper)
The Cooper Center is an outreach program of the University of Arizona College of Education focused on inspiring children to live more lightly and sustainably on our planet through immersive Sonoran Desert experiences that foster a love and appreciation for the natural world. We focus on experiences on children and families with limited access to natural spaces and prioritize field trips for schools serving marginalized and under-resourced communities.
Courtney's Courage
Seeking a cure and strengthening families. Courtney’s Courage is dedicated to raising funds for children’s cancer research and to assist with support services for Tucson pediatric cancer patients and their families.
CYCLE Kids, Inc.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to cure cystic fibrosis and to provide all people with CF the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the CF community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
Desert Doves
Desert Doves is a non-profit organization of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs). Our mission is to continue to work for world peace, understanding, and well-being, with an emphasis on bringing the world back home. We offer community service events, social networking, and financial support to community development efforts abroad and across Southern Arizona. The Desert Doves’ purpose is multi-fold and includes three goals:
1) Provide a social network for RPCVs
2) Engage members in community service activities
3) Provide financial support to Peace Corps partnership projects abroad
Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation
THE DESMOID TUMOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION (DTRF) EMPOWERS AND UNITES EVERYONE COMMITTED TO FINDING ANSWERS FOR THE DESMOID TUMOR COMMUNITY.
We aggressively fund desmoid tumor research, accelerate the development of improved therapies, drive collaborations among clinicians and researchers worldwide, and support patients and doctors through education. Our goal is to find a cure for each and every patient diagnosed with this rare disease.
The Drawing Studio
WHO WE ARE
We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit in Tucson, Arizona, that brings art and the benefits of creating art to the entire community. We offer affordable fee-based and free classes and workshops, host events and exhibits, and foster awareness of the positive effects of creativity on individuals and the entire community.
OUR VISION
The world is a better place when art and creative spirit are fostered as cultural necessities.
OUR MISSION
To inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to embrace art practice as a pathway to personal growth and healthy community.
Easterseals Blake Foundation
Easterseals Blake Foundation is dedicated to a vision of a Southern Arizona community where all people live healthy, productive, and independent lives. EBF serves more than 30,000 individuals and families across 10 counties of Southern Arizona.
El Grupo Youth Cycling
El Grupo empowers youth through bicycles. Through our six different afterschool programs, youth ages 7-18 years old develop both bike and life skills. The programs use bicycles as a vehicle, literally and figuratively, to teach self-trust, communication skills, and goal-setting through positive youth development. Because of El Grupo, youth not only learn how to navigate streets – they learn how to effectively navigate the world.
Friends of Aphasia
Imagine losing, in an instant, your ability to communicate. Imagine struggling to say your own name, write a simple email, or read the newspaper. These are realities for individuals living with aphasia.
Friends of Pima Animal Care Center
Friends of PACC is a non-profit organization committed to providing resources to Pima Animal Care Center, with a vision to create a safe, healthy, and happy future for every pet served.
GAP Ministries
The heart of GAP is to preserve the dignity of every child, individual, and family we serve.
Children and teens are supported and loved in foster families or group homes with house parent couples, allowing larger sibling groups to stay together. Beyond caring for these precious children, our desire is to break cycles of poverty and abuse in their families. We supervise visits between parents and children in our Family Center, with the goal of healthy reunification of a family whenever possible.
To support families before they reach the crisis point, our Community Warehouse distributes fresh food and needed products to families through nonprofit partnerships. The GAP Kitchen provides meals to children, families and seniors struggling with food insecurity. Career Plus offers job training coupled with life development skills to allow individuals the opportunity to provide for their family.
Gratitude and Grace Foundation
The Gratitude and Grace Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to making a profound and positive impact within our community and beyond.
Greater Southern Arizona Area Chapter, 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association
Greater Southern Arizona Area Chapter (GSAAC) is a 501c(3), organized and operated as an affiliate of the Ninth and Tenth (Horse) Cavalry Association. We are dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers of the United States by informing, educating, and engaging the community, especially the future leaders of our community, reinforcing the tremendous and often forgotten impact of these brave soldiers’ achievements past, present and future. The GSAAC is the lead Buffalo Soldier organization in creating a worthwhile memorial, honoring the Buffalo Soldier service in Arizona and the Southwest.
Green Valley Firefighters Charities
The Green Valley Firefighters Charities is a Non-profit 501 C(3). We support the firefighters and residents in our local community and throughout the State of Arizona through charitable donations and events.
GRO girl GRO
GROgirlGRO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to empowering girls and young women in Tucson, Vail and surrounding communities through mountain bike riding, hiking, and outdoor adventures. Our programming is firmly grounded in adventuring AND giving back to our trails and community.
We are on a mission to INCREASE the number of girls and young women in Tucson, Vail and surrounding areas who BELIEVE they are capable and strong athletes and CAPABLE outdoor leaders through safe and supported outdoor experiences.
Homicide Survivors, Inc.
Homicide Survivors, Inc. is on a mission to help meet the crisis and long-term needs of families of murder victims through support, advocacy, and assistance.
Ignite Leaders
We exist to ignite bold-hearted leaders who will influence their families, schools and communities to change the world. We develop students to become bold-hearted leaders who know and love themselves; love and serve others; and recognize changing the world starts with them. They learn that a bold-hearted leader: is compassionate; is humble; is authentic; had integrity; and is responsible.
JDRF
JDRF Ride to Breakthrough T1D Ride isn’t just about cycling—it’s a global community with an ongoing commitment to find cures for type 1 diabetes (T1D). No matter where you live, how you choose to ride or how far you go, you’ll be surrounded by the T1D community—fellow riders, coaches, friends and family, cheering you on at every milestone.
Pima County Joint Technical Education District (JTED)
Pima JTED is a public school district in Arizona that serves over 27,000 satellite and central campus students, providing innovative tuition-free career and technical education to high school students in dozens of programs that provide opportunities to obtain nationally-recognized industry credentials and licenses. Programs include Licensed Nursing Assistant, Registered Medical Assistant, Culinary Arts, Fire Services, Law and Public Safety, Cosmetology, Engineering, Robotics and Automation, 3-D Animation and Virtual Reality Game Design, Air Transportation FAA Part 107 Drone Operator, Pharmacy Tech, Veterinary Sciences, and more.
KXCI Tucson
KXCI is a diverse, independent, and community-based radio station serving Tucson and Southern Arizona. Founded in 1983, KXCI is committed to connecting the communities of Tucson and Southern Arizona to each other and the world with informative, engaging, and creative community-based programming.
Law Matters
Our Mission
At Law Matters, our mission is to carry out non-partisan research, education, and informational activities by opening the lines of communication through public media, and classroom settings between law enforcement, lawmakers, as well as military personnel, whose goal of increasing awareness serves to establish safer, more informed communities.
LOOK! SAVE A LIFE
LOOK! Save A Life aims to educate and bring awareness to the dangers of unsafe and distracted driving, and to foster an environment of safety for all who utilize our public roadways.
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
We stabilize people during crisis and transition, build a foundation where people can thrive, and preserve dignity and respect for the most vulnerable.
Make-A-Wish Arizona
Make-A-Wish Arizona grants life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses. We serve every county in Arizona!
Mayo Clinic Arizona
The Mayo Clinic Bike Team is a public cycling club/team for Mayo Clinic employees, as well as their friends and family, who participate in cycling events throughout the year. In addition to building community amongst our employees, as well as friends and family who join, an additional goal is to help bring awareness to and fundraise for important causes. This year, at El Tour de Tucson, we will be fundraising for the Mayo Clinic Hope Fund. The Mayo Clinic Hope Fund was created and named by Mayo Clinic employees and is the only fund that helps Mayo Clinic patients and families cover indirect, unanticipated costs (such as food, lodging, transportation, etc.) while receiving care at any Mayo Clinic location, enterprise wide.
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
Mission: Vivere
Mission: To promote the development of our future military leaders. Vision: Supporting those who persevere through all challenges, especially those who choose to serve others and our country.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Arizona)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is more than just mothers. We’re fathers, sisters, brothers, families, and friends. We’re truly a grassroots organization, made up of people who care about making an impact in Arizona to keep your loved ones safe. MADD’s mission is to end impaired driving while working tirelessly to support victims at no charge, advocate for stronger laws and create a future of No More Victims.
National MS Society - Arizona/New Mexico Chapter
The National MS Society mission statement: We will cure MS while empowering people affected by MS to live their best lives. The Society: -Funds cutting-edge research, drives change through advocacy, facilitates professional education, collaborates with MS organizations around the world and provides services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward -Invested more than $1.1 billion to advance MS research and paved the way for every effective MS treatment available today, including the first therapies for primary progressive and pediatric MS -6.5 million people access nationalMSsociety.org every year -Partners with the healthcare community to promote access to comprehensive high-quality healthcare and has launched the careers of 120 MS specialists.
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC TEAM TEAL)
The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition has grown from an impassioned grassroots effort into a major force in raising awareness. We support survivors and caregivers, and fund research to advance treatment and find a cure. As a member of NOCC TEAM TEAL your impact will go past the finish line as you truly make a difference with your miles to support the ovarian cancer cause!
Partnerships for Global Surgery
Partnerships for Global Surgery (PGS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Dr. Josh Wiedermann of Mayo Clinic Rochester. Our focus is to improve the care and capacity, and thus patient outcomes, of global surgical teams through distance learning, programmatic curriculum development, and on-site surgical training. We are currently partnered with multiple sites in Africa and aim to expand overtime. Our group travels often to these locations to help improve education, clinical decision-making, technical skills and patient outcomes through short-term surgical trips (STSTs).
Pima Community College Foundation
Pima Library Foundation
The Pima Library Foundation engages philanthropy and advocacy to galvanize support and robust funding for an outstanding free library system in Pima County, Arizona.
The Foundation’s efforts are dedicated to raising funds for programs and services, new facilities and key strategic priorities not funded by collected tax revenue.
The Quell Foundation
A Race Against Blindness
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Arizona
RMHC Southern Arizona nurtures the health and well-being of children and their families. We envision a world where children have access to medical care and their families are supported and actively involved in their children’s care.
Rob Dollar Foundation
Bringing more safety and awareness for the cycling community.
Rotary International
People of action who ending polio in the entire world forever
SAHARA Humanitarian Resource Inc
We are a nonprofit organization distributing humanitarian aid & supplies to individuals in need at no charge – from first responders & firefighters to the citizens within the community that find themselves in a position of needing a hand up.
The Salvation Army Tucson
San Juan Diego Institute
San Tan Century Ride
The San Tan Century is the annual fund raiser for the Phoenix Metropolitan Bicycle Club. The 2025 San Tan Century is February 16, 2025. The San Tan Century takes riders through the scenic Sonoran Desert — including a climb up Usery Pass and miles of open road along the Salt River in the Tonto National Forest. Routes are 28, 65 or 100 miles. For more information, go to: www.pmbcaz.org
Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports
SAAS provides sports, recreation, and fitness programming for people with physical disabilities and visual impairments. Adaptive cycling means everyone can enjoy riding a bike, handcycle, trike or tandem. SAAS offers wheelchair basketball, tennis, rugby, and softball for adults and youth. Sign up to ride with the SAAS-Ascension Cycling Team in El Tour de Tucson to support accessibility for everyone!
Semper Fi & America's Fund
The Fund is dedicated to providing immediate financial assistance and lifetime support to our Nation’s critically wounded, ill, and injured service members, veterans, and military families.
We operate our programs and services through a “needs-based” approach. Staff and volunteers work one-on-one with our service members, veterans, and military families–providing ongoing support for as long as legitimate needs require.
Experienced at anticipating needs, our case managers often introduce new programs to further assist service members and military families throughout the journey to recovery and transition back into their communities.
The Fund processes, on average, 150 grant requests each day. We typically deliver assistance within 24-48 hours of receiving an emergency request, and within a week for non-urgent cases.
Smiling Dog Rescue INC
Tucson based, Smiling Dog Rescue is a (true) no-kill, all volunteer, non-profit organization since 2012 that has rescued and found fabulous loving homes for over 6000 precious souls that were set for euthanasia. The majority of which have severe health and neglect issues that your sponsorship / donation or gift will go directly to the care of these deserving lives and allow us to save many more. Please visit our accomplishment at:
SmilingDogRescue.com
Snip A Pit / Facebook
Smiling Dog Rescue / Facebook
Smiling_Dog_Rescue / Instagram
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop
We are a 501(c)(3) college football bowl game that supports Southern Arizona through tourism and gives 100% of our net proceeds to nonprofit organizations. We have a Heroes Ticket Program that provides tickets to the game to first responders, teachers, military, etc. from Southern Arizona. We are fundraising to support this program.
Special Olympics Arizona
Children and adults with intellectual disabilities inspire us daily at Special Olympics events worldwide. Whether individuals have Fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, or another intellectual disability, they are accepted, welcomed, and celebrated at Special Olympics Arizona.
Spiritual Guardians
Faith based nonprofit for combat wounded veterans and first responders
Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN)
A diverse coalition of individuals, businesses, faith communities, and nonprofit groups working together to provide a compassionate response to HIV and to help people with HIV to live well! Through a host of programs and services, we serve people living with HIV. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, TIHAN does NOT allow any proselytism or promote any specific religious beliefs.
Tu Nidito Children and Family Services
Tu Nidito is your place for grief support where children, teens, young adults and families find comfort, hope and support while they are grieving the diagnosis of a serious medical condition or the death of a loved one. All programs are offered in English and Spanish, at no cost to children and families.
Ukrainian Patriot
We are a group of Ukrainians and internationals working tirelessly to aid volunteers defending Ukraine and the civilians caught in the crossfire. We are helping to aid in trauma therapy response and also assist animal rescue operations. Join us and help keep Ukraine and the world more safe and free!
Unique Beating Hearts
We are a peer to peer support group for heart failure patients and their families.
United Sound, Inc.
United Sound’s mission is to remove barriers and foster social change through music.
We accomplish our mission through a peer mentoring program that helps music educators to include students with disabilities in instrumental music at high schools, middle schools, universities, colleges, and in community ensembles! We support student musicians and educators to use music as a vehicle for transformative change.
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona
United Way of Tucson responds to our community’s needs, transforms lives and brings long-lasting systemic change to our community by focusing on the underlying issues. We fight for education, financial wellness, equality and healthy communities for every person in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Our role as community convener enables us to serve more than 250,000 people each year by forming strategic partnerships, mobilizing the best resources and being the catalyst for needed, positive change.
Uphill Into The Wind
Offering FREE bicycle loans to individuals wishing to participate in, and fundraise for, a charity cycling event who don’t have a bike of their own and can’t afford to purchase one.
We Ride 4
We Ride to Give…..giving more kids a chance to experience healthier lifestyles by engaging them in outdoor fun.
Wounded Warrior Project
Youth On Their Own
Youth On Their Own (YOTO) supports the high school graduation and continued success of youth experiencing homelessness.
