Arizona Cardinals

Custom Cardinals license plates raised more than $1 million for charity

Published Mar. 9, 2016 3:45 p.m. ET

Cameron DaSilva

The Arizona Cardinals helped raise a boatload of money for charities in 2015, all thanks to the sale of license plates.

The Arizona Department of Transportation announced that $1,087,677 was raised by Cardinals specialty plates last year, benefiting local charities.

Per ADOT, Cards license plate led to $1,087,677 for Cardinals Charities in '15, #1 among 60 specialty plates in AZ pic.twitter.com/RRhuy7WDVn
— Mark Dalton (@CardsMarkD) March 7, 2016

"Seeing so many vehicles on the road displaying their Cardinals plates is fantastic and the display of support is incredibly gratifying," Cardinals president Michael Bidwill said. "But even more meaningful is knowing the type of impact that the project is having on Cardinals Charities and, in turn, so many worthy causes throughout the state. We appreciate the opportunity that ADOT has provided and are especially grateful to all of those fans who have stepped up to participate."

Each plate costs drivers $25 per year, but $17 of it goes to charity or a non-profit group. Arizona has 60 different specialty plates to choose from, but the Cardinals design raised the most money of all. A total of $6.5 million was generated from the 389,536 plates in the state.