The Foundation

A matchmaker
who couldn't stop
giving.

Roseann Higgins launched SPIES — Single Professional Introductions for the Especially Selective — with a simple belief: great relationships start with great people. What she didn't anticipate was that those same people would become the most generous community of givers Phoenix had ever seen.

It started with quarterly charity socials — fundraising evenings where her clients gave as naturally as they socialized. Then came the campaigns: the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year award, driven in part by the loss of her own mother to non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Arizona's Finest, where she stepped in last-minute and still walked away with the most guests, the most auction items, and the Caring & Commitment Award.

Two volunteers met at the CASS shelter renovation project in 2002. They worked side by side. They fell in love. They got married. That is what Matchmaking A Difference really means.

The flagship project — a six-month transformation of CASS's Vista Colina Emergency Family Shelter — brought together over 200 volunteers including Air Force squadrons, interior designers, doctors, and neighbors. Every one of 30 apartments was repainted. Every appliance was replaced. Carpets, light fixtures, roofing, AC systems — all donated. An estimated $100,000 in labor and materials, raised entirely through Roseann's network of people who simply couldn't say no.

Three decades later, she's still going — serving Christmas dinner at St. Vincent de Paul, hiking for the Homeless ID Project, supporting foster children's adoption pathways, and finding the next cause that needs exactly the kind of people she knows.

$86K+ Raised for Blood Cancer Research
$100K Shelter Renovation Value
$55K Sent 55 Kids to MDA Camp
3,100 Meals Provided via Food Bank
200+ Volunteers on One Project Alone

Signature Campaigns

Where she showed up
and changed everything

01

CASS · 2002–2003

Vista Colina Shelter Transformation

200+ volunteers. 30 apartments renovated. Air Force squadrons. Interior designers. A children's clothing bank. Disney murals in the preschool. One marriage. One hundred thousand dollars of love.

~$100,000 donated in-kind

02

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · 1999–2001

Woman of the Year — Twice

Motivated by her mother's death from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, Roseann chaired two back-to-back campaigns, recruited Scott O'Grady as keynote, and won Woman of the Year running the most successful fundraising campaign Arizona had seen.

$86,000+ raised

03

Muscular Dystrophy Association · 2005–2006

Cupid's Cure — 55 Kids to Camp

32 of Scottsdale's most eligible singles raised $55,000 at a 200-person gala. Every dollar went to Camp Shadow Pine — where Roseann and her team were welcomed as VIP guests by the children whose summers they made possible.

$55,000 raised

20+ Organizations Served Since 1995

CASS Vista Colina Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Muscular Dystrophy Association Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Alice Cooper's Solid Rock St. Mary's Food Bank Boys & Girls Clubs Special Spaces Phoenix StarShine Academy Florence Crittenton Big Brothers Big Sisters Feeding America Feed My Starving Children St. Vincent de Paul AAFC Foster Children Homeless ID Project Sports Legends Foundation Mentors International Kayaneh Foundation HandsOn Greater Phoenix

Founder & President

Roseann
Higgins

Matchmaker · Philanthropist · Community Builder

LLS Woman of the Year CF Caring & Commitment Award Board Member · Sports Legends Phoenix Chamber Graduate Citizens Police Academy
"My matchmaking company gave me the most extraordinary gift: an endless supply of generous, big-hearted people who wanted to make their city better. I've just been lucky enough to ask them."

Roseann has spent thirty years proving that the same qualities that make someone a great partner — generosity, follow-through, showing up — also make them an exceptional citizen. Her approach to charity is identical to her approach to matchmaking: deeply personal, relentlessly optimistic, and powered by genuine human connection.

She doesn't send emails and hope for the best. She calls. She recruits. She chairs events while running her business. She shows up at the shelter on a Saturday with coffee and a volunteer roster — and somehow, the right 200 people always show up with her.

How You Can Help

Giving doesn't have to be complicated.

The people who've made the most impact through MMADF didn't start with a plan. They started with a yes. Here's what showing up actually looks like.

01

Come to an Event

Roseann's charity socials are the easiest entry point — an evening of good company, silent auctions, and giving back. No fundraising targets. No pressure. Just good people in a room together.

02

Bring Your Skills

The CASS project worked because painters painted, electricians wired, designers designed. Whatever you do professionally, there's a cause that needs exactly that. Roseann will find it.

03

Give What You Can

Every dollar raised through MMADF goes directly to the cause at hand — no bureaucracy, no overhead bloat. A $40 donation funds an ID for someone experiencing homelessness. Impact is always traceable.

04

Tell Someone

Roseann built $250,000 in community impact one conversation at a time. Sharing what she's doing — with your network, your colleagues, your friends — is itself an act of generosity.

Be Part of the Story

The same people who find love
change the world.

You're already here because you believe in meaningful connection. Matchmaking A Difference is what happens when that belief extends beyond your own front door.

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Give Your Time

Volunteer With Us

Show up at the next event, join a project team, or bring your professional skills to a cause that needs them. Roseann has a way of making sure every hour you give lands exactly where it matters most.

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Give What You Can

Make a Donation

Every dollar goes directly to the cause — no overhead, no delays. Whether it's funding a child's summer at camp or an ID for someone rebuilding their life, your contribution is always traceable and always real.

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Go Deeper

Explore Matchmaking A Difference

Thirty years of campaigns, causes, and community. See the full story — every project, every partnership, and every moment where generosity and connection became the same beautiful thing.

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