Donate to Send a Kid to Camp, save on your Arizona taxes

Debbie Kornmiller

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

Our goal is to raise $250,000 to send up to 400 kids to weeklong YMCA and Girl Scout overnight camps and Camp Tatiyee, for school-age children with special needs.

We've expanded our fundraising this year to send up to 400 more children from Title 1 schools to two shorter overnight camps: Sky School camp, a four-day, three-night science camp atop Mt. Lemmon, and to Camp Cooper, a three-day, two-night desert exploration camp on Tucson's westside.

Nearly all of today's donations were in response to our fundraising kickoff on February 25.

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.

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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 $1,009 for 2026 taxes. Other Arizona filers can donate up to $495 for 2025 taxes and $506 for their 2026 taxes. Donations made during 2025 or from Jan. 1, 2026 through April 15, 2026 can be claimed on the 2025 Arizona income tax return. Our EIN is 86-6053274, which is needed for some funders.

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:

Susie Adams, $100.

Darwin/Kay Afdahl, $1,000.

Thomas M. Bean, $30.

William Bohling, $25.

Jerry Bouwens,$100.

Brad and Jill Buxton, in memory of brother Craig Faltin, $200.

Cade Campbell, $40.

Clay Campbell, $50.

Col. Laddie M. Cox, U.S. Army (Ret.), $226.

Penny Crane, $50.

John and Joan Curran, $104.70.

Marilyn Dutari, $50.

LG and Iris Dykers, $100.

Ms. C. Elve, $50.

Gerald Farrington, to keep kids off their devices and into some choices, $100.

Mary Anne Fay, $500.

Kathleen Fordney, in memory of Norma Gable, $100.

Jean Gage, $100.

Joe Huerta, $506.

Jeremy Kahn, $150.

Patrick Kelly, in memory of Elizabeth Dickey Kelly, $400.

The Koopmans, $100.

Ardie Meacham, $50.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Mikolitis, $100.

Ena Mindel, $100.

Tom and Sandy Olson, $100.

Maria and George Pappas, $50.

Ray Pelton, $30.

Barbara Powell, $200.

Judy Rubin, $200.

Stephen and Ruth Russell, $200.

S.E. Schneck, $25.

Jeffrey Schwartz, $10.

Leonard Snyder, $50.

Byron M. Snyder, $100.

Linda Stratton, $100.

Barbara Straub, $100.

Sharon L. Tansley, $25.

Linda K. Taylor, $50.

Andrew Vasquez, $22.

Harris Weinberg, $100.

Mark Wlach, in memory of Kathy Wlach, $100.

Two anonymous donations totaling $300.

More donations will be acknowledged in the coming week.

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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