All proceeds from the annual VNSA Used Book Sale benefit human service agencies in Maricopa County. Since the first sale in 1957, VNSA has returned more than $10 million to local nonprofit organizations in our community. The proceeds of the 2024 Book Sale will benefit the following local human service agencies:
DUET PARTNERS IN HEALTH AND AGING
Duet was started in 1981 as a non-profit, interfaith organization that promotes health and well-being through its vitally needed, free-of-charge services to homebound adults, family caregivers, faith communities, and grandfamilies. Learn more
PHOENIX CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Founded in 1998, Phoenix Conservatory of Music (PCM) provides a continuum of high-quality music education and experiences to nearly 2,000 students annually. Programs range from introductory-level, in-house education and after-school programs, to more advanced private lessons. Learn more
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF MARICOPA COUNTY
LVMC strives to empower adults in our community to become better candidates for sustainable employment, participate in higher education or job training, and improve their quality of life.
The majority of LVMC’s students receive instruction by attending one of LVMC’s two Learning Centers that offer comprehensive services including computer-based instruction, small classes, and one-to-one tutoring. LVMC also offers a distance learning program for individuals who cannot attend a learning center. Learn More
The VNSA also provides additional community grant funding from its sale proceeds. In 2024, community grant funding will support:
ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION
AFFCF relies entirely on community donations to promote the education, self-esteem, and enrichment of children in foster care in Arizona. AFFCF funds social, educational, and athletic activities that provide children with quality experiences while they live in difficult circumstances. Since 1984, AFFCF has awarded more than $15 million to more than 87,000 children in foster care in Arizona.
Since 1998, over $1 million has been donated by VNSA to local human services agencies as single-issue community grant funding, including the following recipients:
- All Star Kids
- Anytown, USA
- Arizona Aid to Adoption of Special Kids
- “Arizona Veterans Standdown Alliance-Coalition to
- End Homelessness”
- Caring Coalition “Neighbor Helping Neighbor”
- Challenger Learning Center of Arizona
- Children’s Cancer Network
- Chrysalis Shelter, Inc.
- DOVES, Area Agency on Aging, Region One
- DUET, Partners in Health and Aging (2013)
- DUET, Partners in Health and Aging (2023)
- Eve’s Place Against Domestic Violence
- Greater Phoenix Community Clinical Encology Program
- Happily Ever After League
- Home Base
- HonorHealth Desert Mission Food Bank
- Hush-a-Bye Foundation
- Justa Center
- Lions Camp Tatiyee
- MANA House
- Onward Hope
- Paradise Valley Emergency Food Bank
- Phoenix Conservatory of Music
- Phoenix Conservatory of Music
- Phoenix Zooreach Program of the Phoenix Zoo
- Rosie’s House, A Music Academy for Children, Inc
- Shoebox Ministries
- Sojourner Center
- SOUNDS Academy
- Stepping Stone Foundation ($60,000 between 3 finalists)
- Sun Sounds of Arizona
- Teach for America/Phx
- The Family School
- Tiger Mountain Foundation
- United for Change
- Waste Not, Inc.
- West Valley Child Crisis Center