LRGB was voted Most Philanthropic Company from 2017 to 2026 in AZ Foothill Magazine’s independent readers’ polls. Additionally, Kevin Rowe, LRGB was Voted 2023 and 2024 Most Influential in Valley Nonprofit by the magazine’s readers.
Kevin Rowe was selected as the Philanthropic Business Leader of the Year in Az Business publication's 2023 Champions of Change Awards. Lerner & Rowe Gives Back was named a 2025 nonprofit organization of the year finalist.
Recognized as 2022 Philanthropic Company of the Year by the Phoenix Business Journal.
Voted Nonprofit of the Year 2018 in AZ Foothill Magazine's independent readers' poll.
For a fourth year, our team has participated in one of Mermaid Straw’s beach clean-up days at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Each year, our team enjoys getting out in the nice weather, hiking the sand dunes, and picking up trash to help keep our National Park and beach clean for all to enjoy.
Learn more about the Mermaid Straw’s movement and a cleanup day near you at mermaidstraw.com.
At Lerner and Rowe Gives Back, one of our main pillars is built around supporting youth programs. As such, we were thrilled to support the publication efforts of 19 talented student authors from Discovery School with their first book titled Of Light and Shadow.
Each of these students is part of the Young Authors Project in the Glendale School District.
From the point of view of a local teacher with 12 years within the Glendale School District, the Young Authors Project is a school program that gives students a safe space to express their ideas and emotions, as well as hone their writing skills.
As the youth leader sponsor, Lerner and Rowe Gives Back extends congratulations to all of the 2023 Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson Youth of the Year candidates.
This year’s special recognition celebration takes place on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. at Casino del Sol Resort (5655 W Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85757).
Clubhouse Youth of the Year candidates represent the six Tucson’s Clubhouses and are selected based on their:
For more information on how to purchase an event ticket, visit bgctucson.org or contact [email protected].
Arizona Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) hosted its annual Visionaries of the Year grand finale on May 20th at the The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa. Our Gives Back team was thrilled to once again support this amazing organization through a $10,000 sponsorship gift in support of Lisa Moore.
We were even more excited to learn that the candidates raised $540,840 during the 10-week 2023 campaign!
Visionaries of the Year is a competition that aims to support blood cancer research. It brings together like-minded individuals from different communities across the United States. Nominated candidates form fundraising teams that compete to raise money in honor of two local kids who survived blood cancer.
The candidate who manages to gather the most funds during the ten-week campaign gets crowned as the Visionary of the Year in their own community. The candidate who raises the most money across the entire country becomes the national Visionary of the Year.
Our team extends our congratulations to Lisa Moore, the 2023 Arizona Visionary of the Year and Annette Tanori, the 2023 Arizona Visionary of the Year runner up!
Additional photos from the 2023 LLS Arizona Visionaries of the Year grand finale:
For 2023, Lerner and Rowe Gives Back was honored to show its support of local military members and their families as the presenting sponsor of the 9th Annual Golf Classic for Military Assistance Mission (MAM).
Each year this fundraiser helps MAM raise critical funds used to support members of the Arizona military and their families through financial and morale programs.
Active duty, Guard, or Reservists, rank E-5 & below, and Post 9/11 Purple Heart or Combat Action Badge
To learn more about MAM and how you can get involved, visit azmam.org or call 602-246-6429 for more details.
Lerner and Rowe is a proud annual sponsor of St Jude House. This past weekend, the family violence prevention center and domestic violence shelter hosted their annual “Stand Up for St. Jude House” comedy show fundraiser.
Our team was excited to learn that over $40,000 was raised at the event to help St Jude House further their mission and continue to provide life-saving resources to families in crisis.
The organization takes pride in turning victims into victors!
Learn more about the event by contacting Buffy Adams at [email protected].
Photos from the 2023 Stand Up for St. Just House comedy night:
Lerner and Rowe celebrated National Police Week by catering lunch to several local law enforcement agencies in Northwest Indiana to include:
Thank you to Mike’s Main Event for helping us cater some delicious food to our officers!
To all our men and women in blue, thank you for all that you do to protect our local communities.
Photos from National Police Week 2023:
Wow.. what an AMAZING tournament! Because of ALL the support that we received from sponsors, participants, vendors, event collaborators, and our team members, we were able to raise over $25,000 from our 3rd Annual Cornhole Tournament in Merrillville, Indiana!!
100% of the funds collected through this event being given back to help local organizations and causes.
We had a total of 107 teams playing for $10,000 in prize winnings. Our team extends our gratitude to everyone who signed up to play and those who came out to support the players and have a great time with us!
1st: Mark Richards & Caden Allen
2nd: Steven Bernacet & PJ Knott
3rd: Alex Bal & Sebastian Schaffer-Ford
4th: Philip Lopez & Brandon Bobilya
1st: Ethan Martin & Logan Lucas
2nd: Jeff Schrieber & Kyle McHugh
3rd: Danny Millender & Janet Kentner
4th: Anthony Sullivan & Michael Borla
5th: Herb Jennsen & Mark Zajkowski
We can’t thank our sponsors enough! Your continuous support helps make it possible for our team to continue to positively impact local community members, groups, and organization, through the Lerner and Rowe Gives Back foundation.
Our team also extends a HUGE thank you to Tom & Cindy from South of the river baggers and Jim Taliano from RPG12 baggers. Your knowledge and expertise helped make our 3rd Annual Cornhole Tournament run smoothly. 2023 was the best year yet!
Thirdly, thank you to ALL of our vendors for participating in this years event. Especially our food vendors for serving up some delicious eats!
Lastly, thank you to Jonny James, a Nashville recording artist from Northwest Indiana, for putting on a great show! It is always a pleasure having you on the big stage!
We look forward to making next year even bigger and better! So.. SAVE THE DATE for May 11, 2024!
Photos from the 3rd Annual Cornhole Tournament:
Lerner and Rowe Gives Back kicks off a new fiscal year of giving by awarding grants to 18 Arizona nonprofits. These nonprofits were chosen for their shared dedication to serve our most vulnerable neighbors through one of four areas of focus: youth programs, health and human services, animal welfare, and public safety.
With over 100 applicants, the choice to pick our 2023 grant cycle recipients was not easy.
As such, our team extends our appreciation for the efforts given by all those who took the time to gather, submit, and share more details about their organizations. There are amazing nonprofits doing great things across Arizona!
We also proudly share the following list of our 2023 Arizona grant cycle recipients:
Our team is excited to see the positive impact these Arizona nonprofits will make within our local communities!
On Tuesday, May 9, Lerner and Rowe Gives Back sponsored and showed up to the Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) 2023 Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards.
Our team had a great time celebrating outstanding Latino educators in Arizona that are the hope for future generations throughout the state.
The four Arizona educators that received an award are full-time certified teachers in Arizona with at least six years experience teaching any subject from Pre-K – 12th grades, three of which were most recently spent in Arizona.
They also received $5,000 cash award plus a $2,500 stipend to their respective school.
To learn more specifics about Chicanos Por La Causa and the nomination/selection process for the 2023 Esperanza Latino Teachers Awards, visit cplc.org.