Steven M Gootter Foundation

In an unparalleled move to prevent avoidable deaths from sudden cardiac arrest, the gootter-jensen foundation has provided over 499 automated external defibrillators (aeds) to the tucson police department, pima county sheriff's department, southern arizona schools, places of worship and recreational centers that did not have these life saving devices. The long-range goal of the foundation is to make sure that all the places where people work, worship and play will have an aed in case it is ever needed. In 2024, the foundation donated $67,130 of aeds to various organizations.