The Friends of the Southwest Wine Center (FoSWC)
For more than 15 years, the Friends of the Southwest Wine Center (FoSWC) played a vital role in the growth and success of the Southwest Wine Center. Through their fundraising efforts, community advocacy, volunteer leadership, and unwavering support, FoSWC helped advance student scholarships, academic programs, vineyard and winery initiatives, and numerous projects that strengthened the Center’s impact on students and the Arizona wine industry.
As a fundraising auxiliary of the Yavapai College Foundation, FoSWC championed the Southwest Wine Center’s mission and helped establish it as a hub for education, innovation, industry collaboration, and workforce development. Although the organization concluded its service in January 2026, its legacy continues through the programs, opportunities, and student successes it helped make possible. The Southwest Wine Center remains deeply grateful for the dedication, generosity, and vision of the volunteers and supporters who served through FoSWC.
Founder’s Wall Campaign
Visionary Giving Set in Copper & Stone
The Founders Wall will serve as permanent recognition of those supporters who shared in the vision that together we can build on the area’s rich farming heritage to create a vibrant wine producing region.
The names to be engraved on the Founders Wall will include individuals, families, foundations and corporations who contribute $5,000 or more toward making the Southwest Wine Center a reality. Their philanthropy will reflect all types of giving, from support for students, faculty, programs and research to funding capital projects and deans’ and directors’ priorities.
Purposefully positioned adjacent to the new teaching winery, the wall will greet visitors and stand as a tangible reminder of the central role that these founding donors and their philanthropy played in establishing the Southwest Wine Center at Yavapai College.
Making Gifts of $5,000+