In 2014, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe contributed $74,000 to the City of Tempe in Maricopa County for its computer crimes forensics unit in 2014
In 2013, the Ak-Chin Tribal Council pledged $7.4 million to the City of Maricopa to help cover the operating costs Copper Sky Recreational Complex. Christian Price, the Mayor of Maricopa observed that, “this is not the 12 percent gaming money required by the [compact]; this is [Ak-Chin’s] own personal investment... in the City of Maricopa.”
