Support Tucson Village Farm
Donate to the TVF General Fund
These gifts help sustain and grow our programs, ensuring all youth have access to hands-on learning, outdoor adventures, and healthy living experiences.
Consider making a recurring monthly gift to provide steady, reliable support that sustains TVF programs all year long.
(NEW AND EXCITING!) Founders Fund Endowment
A gift to the Founders Fund Endowment is a gift that lasts forever—your contribution is invested to provide ongoing support for Tucson Village Farm for generations to come. A true way to make a lasting difference.
Buy a Brick
$250 to buy a personalized brick for our front patio entrance. It’s a lasting way to honor someone special, promote a business, or share a favorite quote while transforming our new welcome entrance. Questions? Email Jess at JCL2@arizona.edu
Legacy Giving
Leave a lasting legacy by including Tucson Village Farm in your estate or planned giving, ensuring that future generations can learn, grow, and thrive through our programs. Email Alex at amstrong@arizona.edu to get started today.
IRA Charitable Rollover
The IRA Charitable Rollover—also known as a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)—is an excellent way to support Tucson Village Farm while also receiving tax benefits. As you plan your required minimum distributions for the year, consider using your IRA account to make a gift that helps us continue cultivating healthy lifestyles, leadership skills, and outdoor learning opportunities for youth in our community. Email amstrong@arizona.edu to get started today.
Gifts of Stock
Turning stock into support for Tucson Village Farm is a simple way to make a big impact. By donating appreciated shares, you can help sustain our programs for youth while potentially avoiding capital gains taxes and qualifying for a charitable deduction. Your investment in TVF today will continue to grow healthy kids, strong leaders, and a thriving community for years to come. Email Alex at amstrong@arizona.edu to get started today.
Why Give to Tucson Village Farm
Tucson Village Farm (TVF) is a seed-to-table program designed to reconnect young people to a healthy food system, teach them how to grow and prepare fresh food, and empower them to make healthy life choices. A program of the Pima County Cooperative Extension and the University of Arizona, TVF is a working urban farm and healthy living center that fosters life and leadership skills in young people through agriculture, culinary education, outdoor adventure, and community engagement.
To meet the needs of our community—and the dreams of our very own youth members—TVF has grown far beyond the fields. Today, our reach includes youth leadership programs, community events, a thriving 4-H Healthy Living Ambassador club, and dynamic outdoor education opportunities both on site at our 4-H High Ropes Course and off site with single- and multi-day adventures across southern Arizona and the Sonoran Desert. Think river-rafting, backpacking, sailing, caving, climbing, and more!
At TVF, we aren’t just growing healthy vegetables—we’re growing healthy children. In an era dominated by excessive screen time and rising mental health challenges, we provide real, meaningful alternatives: hands-on learning, skill building, and experiences that spark curiosity, resilience, and confidence. Our programs encourage kids to get outside, connect with one another, and discover the world in ways that nurture both body and mind.
Every year, we engage approximately 20,000 individuals, delivering over 89,000 hours of education—and those numbers continue to grow. What’s more, kids who get involved with TVF tend to stay involved, often returning year after year as campers, volunteers, counselors, teen members, AmeriCorps members, and even U of A student workers if they remain in Tucson for college. The relationships and skills they build here last far beyond their time at the farm.
Your gift ensures these impactful programs don’t just exist today but thrive for years to come. By investing in Tucson Village Farm, you help create a stable foundation that keeps our programs accessible to all youth, regardless of their family’s ability to pay. Your support safeguards the future of this work and helps realize our vision: to cultivate healthy lifestyles, wellness, resilience, and sustainability in young people, empowering them to be contributing members of their communities.
Picture: Zayk Cronyin age 6 at Farm Camp and age 18 as an Americorps member.
Tucson Village Farm is a program of the University of Arizona Foundation and operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All gifts are tax-deductible. Tax ID: 86-6050388.
More Ways to Support
TVF Wishlist
Support TVF by donating items from our wishlist to help keep our programs thriving and our farm growing.
Support our TVF Scholarship Fund
Each year we provide over $30,000 in youth scholarships! Help make our programs accessible to all youth, regardless of their ability to pay. Email Jess at JCL2@arizona.edu to get started.
Connect Us with Funders and Grant Opportunities
Introduce TVF to potential funders, foundations, or grant programs that align with our mission. Your connections can open doors to resources that keep our programs thriving.