Donate to Sportsmen's Fund Send A Kid to Camp, get an Arizona tax credit

The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen's Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active-military families can attend overnight summer camp at little or no cost to their families. Since 1947, the Sportsmen's Fund has helped pay for more than 44,000 children to go to camp, thank...

The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen's Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active military families in Southern Arizona can attend summer camp on scholarships funded by Star readers.

We send local kids to weeklong YMCA, Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts) and Girl Scout overnight camps, as well as overnight camping at Camp Tatiyee for school-age children with special needs. New this year were scholarships for Flowing Wells students to go to the overnight Sky School camp on Mt. Lemmon. We plan to expand our Sky School camp partnership in 2026 to fund additional children from Title 1 schools.

So far, we've received 1,055 donations totaling $263,457.67 and spent $256,252 on scholarships to send 423 Southern Arizona boys and girls to camp. A $5,000 donation from Catalina Rotary Club's Denim and Diamond event in October will allow us to expand our sponsored camps in 2026 to the University of Arizona Sky School at the Steward Observatory atop Mt. Lemmon. The four-day, three-night science camp will draw from middle and high school classes at Title 1 schools.

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Since 1947, the Sportsmen's Fund has helped pay for 44,814 children to go to overnight camp. We're one of the oldest 501(c )(3) charities in Arizona and one of the most efficient, with 97 cents from every dollar going to send kids to camp.

Your contribution to the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen's Fund Send a Kid to Camp fund qualifies for the Arizona tax credit for donations to qualifying charitable organizations. Our code is 20450. Joint Arizona filers can donate up to $987 for 2025 taxes, and other Arizona filers can donate up to $495 for 2025. Our EIN is 86-6053274, which is needed for some fund transfers.

Credit-card donations and details on the camps we sponsor: azsendakidtocamp.org

Send checks, payable to Sportsmen's Fund, to: Send a Kid to Camp, P.O. Box 16141, Tucson, AZ 85732-6141

For more information: Debbie Kornmiller at 520-954-3139 or [email protected]

Donations are welcome throughout the year.

Recent donations include:

Regina Bohnert, $15.

John A. Booth, $100.

Catalina Rotary Club, $5,000.

John Dunlop, $250.

Ruben and Irene Fernandez, $245.

Phil King, $100.

Geraldine M. Moisant, $250.

Dennis Mulligan, $987.

Marc Pearlman, $300.

Julieta Bustamante Portillo, in memory of Ernesto V. Portillo, $100.

A-Lan Reynolds, In memory of John L. Reynolds, $495.

Duane Roit, $487.

Mark Raven and Ellen Shenkarow, $600.

Helen K. Lambertson and Charles Sprague, $250.

Janice A. Steiner, $200.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Williams, $300.

Flora Yee, $104.70.

Did you know?

If you are age 70½ or older and have savings in an IRA, you may be able to give directly from your IRA and save even more on your federal and Arizona taxes. If your custodian sends a payment directly from your IRA to the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen's Fund, you may be able to deduct it as a Qualifying Charitable Distribution on your tax return even if you claim the standard deduction. Consult your tax adviser for more information about how this applies to you.

-- Mikala Jansen, CPA, and Sportsmen's Fund officer

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