The Power of AEDs
Through the AED Donation Program, the Foundation has provided over 500 AEDs to schools, sports facilities, public places, nonprofits, and in law enforcement vehicles throughout Southern Arizona since 2009.
Apply for an AEDThe Power of AEDs
Through the AED Donation Program, the Foundation has provided over 500 AEDs to schools, sports facilities, public places, nonprofits, and in law enforcement vehicles throughout Southern Arizona since 2009.
Apply for an AEDWhat is an AED?
An automated external defibrillator (AED), is a computerized medical device. An AED checks a person’s heart rhythm, recognizes whether a shock is required, and administers a shock if needed.
An AED uses voice prompts, lights, and text messages to tell the rescuer the steps to take. AEDs are very accurate and easy to use. With a few minutes of training anyone can learn to operate an AED safely.
If more people are trained and respond, we can save thousands of lives.
What are the laws surrounding AEDs?
The Community AED Act (2000), authorized the expenditure of funds to establish public access defibrillation programs. Communities receiving grants would purchase and place AEDs in public places where cardiac arrests are likely to occur.
The Cardiac Arrest Survival Act (2000) directed the federal government to issue guidelines for the placement of AEDs in federal buildings and extended the “Good Samaritan” protections to those both using and purchasing AEDs.
The AED Donation Program
In an unparalleled move to prevent avoidable deaths from sudden cardiac arrest, the Gootter-Jensen Foundation has provided over 500 AEDs to schools, sports facilities, public places, nonprofits, and in law enforcement vehicles throughout Southern Arizona since 2009.
Our long-term goal is to make sure that all the places where people work, worship, and play will have an AED in case it is ever needed.
To receive an AED at your facility or venue, please download and fill out the application below. Please note that at this time the AED Donation Program is limited to nonprofit organizations in Southern Arizona and tennis facilities nationwide.
AED Donation Program Recipients
Adobe Bridge Club
Amphitheater High School (5)
Amphitheater Middle School
Andrada Polytechnic H. S. (2)
Arizona Historical Society
Arizona Public Media
Arizona Rangers Madera Company
Arizona Sports Alliance
Assistance League of Tucson
ATC (Arizona Theater Company)
Baboquivari High School (2)
BASIS Tucson North High School
Beat Cancer Boot Camp
Benson High School
Biosphere 2
Bisbee High School
Bonita Elementary School
Borderlands Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Boy Scouts of America—Catalina Council Boys & Girls Club of Bisbee
Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Vista
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson (13)
Buena High School (3)
Canyon Del Oro High School (6)
Casa de los Ninos
Catalina Foothills High School (8)
Catalina High School
Center of Opportunity (3)
Cholla High School (2)
Cienega High School (6)
City of Tucson—Tucson Police Department (100)
Clinica Almstad
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona (Caridad Community Kitchen)
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona (Marana Resource Center)
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona (Nogales)
Congregation Anshei Israel (2)
Congregation Beit Simcha
Congregation Chaverim
Conquistadors Youth Golf Fund dba The First Tee
Continental School
COPE Community Services
Cornerstone Christian Academy
Coronado Middle School
Cross Middle School
Desert Christian High School (2)
Desert Son Community Church
Desert View High School (3)
Dietz Elementary School
Doolen Middle School
Douglas High School
Downtown Tucson Partnership (3)
Drachman Elementary School
Echoing Hope Ranch
Elizabeth Ann Seton School
Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse (4)
Empire High School (4)
Faith Tabernacle
Fenster School of America
Flowing Wells High School (8)
Fourth Avenue Merchants Assoc (2)
Fox Tucson Theatre
Friends In Deed
Gainesville H.S. Girls Tennis & Athletics
Gallego Intermediate School
Gospel Rescue Mission (2)
Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Green Fields Country Day School
Gridley Middle School
Hollinger Elementary School
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Integrative Touch
Ironwood Ridge High School (6)
James Lewis Tennis Center
Jewish Community Center
Jewish Community Center—Sarver Tennis Center
Jewish Family & Children’s Services
Jewish Federation of Southern AZ
Jewish History Museum
Jim Reffkin Tennis Center
Joyce Clark Middle School
S.V.Keeling Elementary School
Kino Border Initiative
La Cima Middle School
Lapin Sunshine Foundation
Leman Academy of Excellence Marana
Literacy Connects
Magee Middle School
Manzanita Elementary School
Marana High School (4)
Marana Police Dept (36)
Maxwell Elementary School
McCorkle Elementarty School
Mica Mountain High School
MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art)
Mount Calgary Baptist Church
Mountain View High School (4)
New Mountain Church
Nogales High School Athletics (2)
Northwest YMCA
Orange Grove Middle School
Oro Valley Dolphins
Oro Valley Lacrosse Club
Oro Valley Police Dept. (34)
Our Lady of Fatima
Palo Verde Magnet H.S. (3)
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve
Pima Council on Aging
Pima County Sheriffs Dept. (51)
Pister Middle School
Primavera Foundation
Pueblo High School (3)
Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (2)
Pusch Ridge High School (2)
Rialto Theatre
Rincon/University High School (2)
Rogue Theatre
Ronald McDonald House Charities of So. Az. (2)
Rose Elementary School
Sabercat Lacrosse Inc.
Sabino High School
Sabino Vista Hills Swim Team
Sahuarita Green Valley 49ers Youth Football
Sahuarita High School (4)
Sahuarita Police Department (12)
Sahuaro High School Athletic Dept.
Saint Michael’s School (2)
Saint Peter and Paul School
Salpointe Catholic High School (8)
Salvation Army Hospitality House
San Miguel Catholic High School (3)
Santa Cruz High School
Santa Cruz Valley United Methodist Church
Santa Rita High School
Secrist Middle School
Sister Jose Women’s Center
Sky Island Unitarian Universalist Church
Sonoita Hills Community Church
Southern Arizona AIDs Found. (3)
Southside Presbyterian Church
Sporting Chance Center (2)
St. Augustine Catholic H.S. (5)
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish
St. Francis Cabrini Church
St. Pius X Church
St. Thomas the Apostle Parish
Sunnyside High School (4)
Sunrise Drive Elementary School
Tanque Verde High School (2)
Temple Emanu-El
The Gregory School (4)
The Haven
THA (Tucson Hebrew Academy) (2)
The Loft Cinema
The Marshall Foundation (2)
Therapeutic Riding of Tucson TROT
TMA (Tucson Museum of Art)
Tombstone High School
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Assoc.
Tucson Auto Museum
Tucson Aztecs Soccer Club
Tucson Children’s Museum
Tucson Country Day School
Tucson Community Tennis Program
Tucson Firefighters Association (2)
Tucson Magnet High School (3)
Tucson Senior Softball League
Tucson Soccer Academy
Tucson Torah Center
Tucson Urban League
Tucson Village Farm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson
University Community Church
University of Arizona Hillel
University of Arizona Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program
Utterback Middle School
Vail Academy & High School
Vail Middle School
Valley Union High School
Veritas Academy
Visit Tucson, Visitor’s Center
Wakefield Middle School
Willcox High School
Wilson K-8 School
World Ministries Outreach to Children
YMCA Aquatic (Lohse Family Center, Ott Center, Lighthouse) (3)
YMCA of So.AZ. Ott Branch
Youth on Their Own
Yuma Union High School
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The Gootter-Jensen Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives by defeating sudden cardiac death (SCD) through increased awareness, education, scientific research, and the distribution of AEDs.
