Our Mission Statement:

We are a non-profit foundation committed to enriching the lives of our firefighters, their families, and our community by funding educational and innovative learning opportunities.

How we accomplish our mission:

Our Foundation was initially established as a small committee of like-minded individuals in 2014, who wanted to bring forth additional educational opportunities to the firefighters and their families serving the Santa Rita Fire District (formerly the Green Valley Fire District). In November of 2015, we filed for a 501C3 and we were granted that status in January of 2016.

Over the years, since receiving our Charitable Organization Status,  our main fundraising event has been a formal dinner and dancing gala-style ball. We have also hosted several pickleball and cornhole tournaments. All of these events, with the help of our generous sponsors, are the main sources of fundraising, which has allowed us to distribute the monies earned back to our scholarship recipients.

What have we done so far?

Since 2018, with the assistance of the community and again, our wonderful partnerships with sponsors, GVFF has been able to bestow more than $40,000 to Santa Rita Fire District (formerly the Green Valley Fire District) employees and family members through scholarships. The employees and their family members who were selected for the scholarships are now serving the community with the additional skills and resources they obtained due to the assistance they received from GVFF.

See the scholarship applications under the Contact Us tab.