The Cork Fun Chili Cook-Off
For more than a decade the volunteer committee for the Fun Chili Cook-Off has put in the work for free to host this tasty event from which all money earned goes directly to the benefit of Send a Kid to Camp as a featured charity of the Arizona Sportsmen’s Fund of Tucson, Arizona.
How You Can Get Involved
Attend our annual Fun Chili Cook-Off, held each August during either the final Saturday of September or the first Saturday of October each year.
Watch this site for the announcement of the Fun Chili Cook-Off event each year.
Volunteer Program
The Fun Chili Cook-Off is organized each year by the Fun Chili Cook-Off Committee. If you would like to know more about how to participate, please send an email to info@funchilicookoff.org
Sponsor Program
Each year local sponsors, including both businesses, individuals, and trusts support the charitable efforts of the Fun Chili Cook-Off with their generous and much appreciated donations. To learn how you or your business can participate and be promoted as a sponsor, please use the Contact Us link on this site.
Charity Fund
The Fun Chili Cook-Off event donates its proceeds to the Arizona Sportsmen’s Send-a-Kid to Camp charity to the benefit of children in southern Arizona. This fund is a 501(c)3 charity, which in most cases makes donations net of any benefit received subject to tax deduction eligibility. Note, event tickets and raffle ticket purchases are not subject to tax deductability.
What We Do
The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active military families in Southern Arizona can attend summer camp on scholarships funded by Star readers.
We send local kids to weeklong YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout overnight camps, as well as overnight camping at Camp Tatiyee for school-age children with special needs.
Since 1947, the Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 44,438 children to go to 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.
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.
Our Story
For more than two decades the volunteer committee for the Fun Chili Cook-Off has put in the work for free to host this tasty event from which all money earned goes directly to the benefit of Send a Kid to Camp as a featured charity of the Arizona Sportsmen’s Fund of Tucson, Arizona.
How Can I Help
Joint filers can donate up to $938 for 2024 taxes or $987 for 2025 taxes. All others can donate up to $470 for 2024 taxes or $495 for $2025. Donations made during 2024 or from Jan. 1, 2025, through April 15, 2025, to be claimed on the 2024 Arizona income tax return.
We’ve Raised over $280,000
Across our 20+ year history, the annual Fun Chili Cook-Off event has raised more than $280,000 for the benefit of the Send-a-Kid to Camp charity. The event is run by a pure volunteer group of Tucsonans allowing 100% of the event proceeds to be donated.
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News & Updates
Fun Chili Cook-Off 2024
We are thrilled to announce that The Cork Tucson is the winner of the 2024 edition of the 2024 edition of The Fun Chili Cook-Off! At the 2024 Event, several hundred community members enjoyed the fabulous assortment of chili and celebrated with a lot of fun. Every...
Fun Chili Cook-Off 2023
We are thrilled to announce that Fini’s Landing is the winner of the 2023 edition of The Cork Fun Chili Cook-Off! At the 2023 Event, more than 250 community members enjoyed the chili and the fun. Every entry offered something special for chili lovers. Fini’s Landing...
Fun Chili Cook-Off 2022
We are thrilled to announce that Noble Hops is the winner of the 2022 edition of Jonathan’s Fun Chili Cook-Off! Eleven of Tucson’s favorite restaurants participated in the 2022 event, which earned more than $25,640 for the benefit of the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmens’...
Donations are made securely
Our donation form and method are provided securely using Donorbox as associated with Arizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund, Inc., through its Donorbox partnership as an impactful nonprofit organization sending Deserving Kids from Southern Arizona to Summer Camp Since 1947.
It costs between $300 and $700 to send a child to camp for a week. Your donation can make this opportunity available to more kids this summer!
Our campers go to an overnight camp at:
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- YMCA’s Triangle Y Ranch Camp
- Boy Scout’s Camp Lawton
- Girl Scout’s Summer Camp, and
- Lion’s Camp Tatiyee
