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million to 119 Arizona This is the most successful season in the Phoenix SunsCharitiez 20-year history of funding community project s for children and families, said Tom Ambrose, executive directore of Phoenix Suns Charities. Most awards are small, he said, but the big $100,00 0 Playmaker Award went to , whichg provides free services to cancer survivors andtheie families. Paula Hardison, executive director of The Wellneszs Community, said all funding for the Phoeni x nonprofit comesfrom individuals, corporations and foundations. This year it raisee $1.7 million, compared with $783,000 last year. “Our givingg has been really quite consistent,” she said.
however, contributions are down slightly. Total givinb in 2008 was $308 billion, down 2 percenr from a record $314 billioh in 2007, according to Giving USA which has conducted a giving survetysince 1956. Two-thirds of publivc charities receiving donations saw decreases in according tothe survey. “With the Uniterd States mired in a recessionthroughouy 2008, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that charitable givingt would be down,” said Del chair of Glenview, Ill.-based Giving USA Foundation.
“However, what we find remarkablr is that individuals, corporations and foundations stilo provided morethan $307 billion to causee they support, despite the economic conditions.” This Phoenix Suns Charities raised abouf $1.7 million from its various fundraisint efforts, including $1.3 million from the Suns and Stars Gala — abou t the same amount as last year. Supporters gave about $26,009 in honor of Dave Trout, president of Phoenix Suns Charitied who died hikingin March. For www.nba.com/suns/community.