Cox Charities, the philanthropic arm of the large telecommunications company, is giving out more than $698,000 to 124 charities this year.

The effort, not woing on its 28th year, is part of a Cox employee giving campaign that has awared $11 million over that time to more than 1,900 Arizona nonprofits, according to company officials.

The group tends to focus on giving to groups working on education, diversity, environment and sustainability programs. Grants ranged from $2,500 to $10,000. Cox has major offices in Phoenix and Tucson.

Below is a list of Cox's grant recipients:

Between $7,500 and $10,000

• Sister Jose Women’s Center $10,000
• The Be Kind People Project $7,600
• Phoenix Indian Center $10,000
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale $10,000
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (BGCAZ) $10,000
• Arizona Technology Council Foundation DBA SciTech Institute $10,000
• Banner Health Foundation $10,000
• Brighter Way Institute $9,000
• Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) $8,000

Between $5,001 and $7,500

• Arizona Dental Association Cares (AzDA Cares) Foundation $5,500
• Autism Society of Southern Arizona $6,100
• Junior Achievement of Arizona - Southern District $7,000
• Literacy Connects $7,000
• Mary Gloria Foundation $7,500
• ACCEL $7,500
• Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Centers $5,000
• Arizona Helping Hands $7,500
• Arizona Students Recycling Used Technology $7,500
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona (BBBSAZ) $7,500
• Borderlands Produce Rescue $7,000
• Mesa United Way $6,000
• OCJ Kids $6,000
• Elevate Phoenix $7,500
• First Place AZ $10,000
• Gabriel’s Angels $7,500
• Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona $7,500
• Helping Hands for Single Moms $7,500
• Junior Achievement of Arizona, Inc. $7,500
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona $7,500
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona $7,500
• Ryan House $7,500
• Save the Family Foundation of Arizona $6,000
• Si Se Puede Foundation $6,000

Between $2,500 and $5,000

• ALS Arizona $5,000
• American Legion Auxiliary Arizona Girls State $5,000
• American Red Cross of Central and Northern Arizona $5,000
• Arizona Autism United $5,000
• Arizona Brainfood Inc $5,000
• Arizona Burn Foundation $5,000
  Arizona Council on Economic Education $5,000
• Arizona Educational Foundation $5,000
• Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation, Inc. (Amphi Foundation) $5,000
• Arizona Council on Economic Education $5,000
• Aviva Children’s Services $5,000
• Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center, Inc. $5,000
• Books for Classrooms $5,000
• Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Vista $5,000
• Central Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation $5,000
• Children’s Museum Tucson $5,000
• Gabriel’s Angels $5,000
• Reid Park Zoological Society $3,000
• Saguaro City Music Theatre $2,800
• Tucson Jewish Community Center $3,500
• We Care Tucson $5,000
• Ability360 $5,000
• Arizona Latino Leaders in Education - ALL In Education $5,000
• Arizona Refugee Center $5,000
• Arizona Science Center $5,000
• Arizona Skin Cancer Foundation $5,000
• Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University $5,000
• Arizona Sustainability Alliance $5,000
• Arizona Wildlife Federation $5,000
• Arizonans for Children $5,000
• Assistance League of East Valley $5,000
• Assistance League of Phoenix $5,000
• Butterfly Wonderland Foundation $5,000
• Career Concepts for Youth, Inc $5,000
• Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. $5,000
• Child Crisis Arizona $5,000
• Children’s Museum of Phoenix $5,000
• Civitan Foundation $5,500
• Cultural Coalition $5,000
• Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts $5,000
• Desert Botanical Garden $5,000
• Down Syndrome Network $5,000
• Dress for Success $5,000
• Duet: Partners In Health & Aging $5,000
• Family Promise - Greater Phoenix $5,000
• Foundation for Blind Children $5,000
• Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation $5,000
• Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona $5,000
• Fresh Start Women’s Foundation $5,000
• Friends of the Children - Phoenix $5,000
• Harmony Project Phoenix $5,000
• Homeless Youth Connection $5,000
• Homeward Bound $5,000
• Laptops 4 Learning $5,000
• Larry Thomas Youth Development $5,000
• Maricopa County Historical Society dba Desert Caballeros Western Museum $3,500
• Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank $5,000
• MentorKids USA $5,000
• National Kidney Foundation of Arizona $5,000
• Native Health $5,000
• Neighborhood Ministries $5,000
• New Pathways for Youth $5,000
• Operation Homefront, Inc $4,000
• Pacific Southwest Minority Supplier Development Council $5,000
• Peer Solutions $5,000
• Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation $5,000
• Phoenix Film Foundation $5,000
• Phoenix Symphony Association $5,000
• Phoenix Community ToolBank $5,000
• Read Better Be Better $5,000
• Rising Youth Theatre $5,000
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul $5,000
• Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired $5,000
• Southwest Human Development $5,000
• Southwest Kids Cancer Foundation $5,000
• Special Olympics Arizona $5,000
• The Be Kind People Project $5,000
• The Salvation Army, Southwest Division $5,000
• The Walter Hive $5,000
• Treasure House $5,000
• Treasures 4 Teachers $5,000
• UMOM New Day Centers, Inc. $5,000
• Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center $5,000
• Valley Youth Theatre $5,000
• Verde Valley Sanctuary $5,000
• Waste Not $5,000
• WHAM Art Association $5,000
• Young Arts Arizona Ltd. $5,000
• YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix $5,000
• Arizona Science Center $2,500
• Banner Health Foundation $2,500
• Kitchen on the Street $2,500