The Community Foundation facilitates grants through our own programming and on behalf of our fundholders. Click on any year below to see a recent list of nonprofits benefiting from the generosity of our community. Approximately 95% of our grants stay in SW Colorado.
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Community Impact
Gather with like-minded changemakers to enrich nonprofits – and yourself.
From a speaker series to Durango’s largest wine tasting, the Community Foundation is proud to partner with community members to ignite action for the greater good. These events and special programs not only help fund our work with nonprofits, but also create awesome memories that inspire us to dream bigger and better together. We demonstrate impact through grant facilitation, scholarships, emergency funding, and more!
2025 Grants $5,802,579
Animal Protection ($54,050)
- 4 Paws 4 Life Rescue & Boarding
- Annie’s Orphans
- Bear Smart Durango Fund
- Colorado Pet Pantry
- Dogster’s Spay and Neuter Program
- Humane Society of Pagosa Springs
- La Plata County Humane Society
- Parker’s Animal Rescue
- Wolfwood Refuge
Education ($834,866)
• American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado
• American University
• Amos Tuck School of Business
• Animas High School
• Berry College
• Biblical Israel Ministry Tours
• Build Pagosa Inc.
• Cause Internship Fund
• Children’s Literacy Foundation
• Colorado Mesa University
• Colorado School of Mines
• Colorado State University
• Durango Adult Education Center
• Durango Education Foundation
• Durango Montessori School
• Durango School District 9-R
• Early Childhood Council of Archuleta County
• Fort Lewis College
• Gonzaga University
• Imagination Library of Colorado
• Iowa State University
• J Street Education Fund Inc.
• Know Your Dough
• Lawrence University
• Luther College
• Maria’s Literary Foundation
• Metropolitan State University of Denver
• Montana State University
• National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
• New York University
• Oklahoma State University
• Prairie Hill Waldorf School
• San Juan College
• The Liberty School
• The University of New Mexico
• The University of Texas at El Paso
• University of Colorado Boulder
• University of Colorado Foundation
• Utah State University
• Western Colorado University
Youth ($3,079,291)
• Audubon-Rockies
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado
• Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County
• Boys & Girls Club of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe
• Camp Manito-Wish YMCA
• Dolores Rotary Club Foundation Inc.
• Durango Baseball and Softball
• Durango Devo
• Durango Nordic Ski Club
• Fort Lewis College
• Fort Lewis College Foundation
• Four Corners Rainbow Youth Center
• High Desert Baseball League
• Karma Tutors Impact Fund
• La Plata Youth Services
• Our Own Lives
• Pagosa Youth Soccer
• Rocky Mountain District Kiwanis Foundation
• San Juan Mountains Association
• School Community Youth Collaborative (Onward)
• Silverton Youth Center
• Sonlight Adventures, Inc.
• Students Tackling Unhealthy Decisions (Onward)
• Team Up
• The Hive DGO
• The Mango Project
• Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Arts & Culture ($409,131)
• America 250-Colorado 150 Southwest Local Organizing Committee
• Animas Museum
• Artists of Rico Colorado
• Bayfield Heritage Day & Sheep Trailing
• Bayfield High School
• Chimney Rock Interpretive Association
• Colorado Public Radio, Inc.
• Community Concert Hall at FLC
• Cortez Cultural Center
• Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
• Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center
• Dolores County Development Corporation
• Dolores County Fair & Fairgrounds
• Dolores County School District
• Dolores Schools Music Department
• Durango Arts Center
• Durango Botanic Gardens
• Durango Creative District
• Durango Friends of the Arts
• Durango Independent Film Festival
• Durango Playfest
• Equal Representation of Media Advocacy Corporation dba KRZA Community Radio
• Fort Lewis College Foundation
• iAM Music
• KDUR
• KSJD
• KSUT
• Mancos Creative District
• Maria’s Literary Foundation
• Merely Players
• Mountain Light Music Festival c/o Brent Phillips
• Music in the Mountains
• National Public Radio Inc.
• Rocky Mountain PBS
• San Juan Symphony
• Silverton Creative District
• Stillwater Music
• The Center for Investigative Reporting
• The MakerLab
• The Powerhouse
• The Wooden Floor
• Thingamajig Theatre Company
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• West Slope Westies
• Wright Opera House
Environment ($93,010)
• 350.org
• American Rivers Inc.
• Bears Ears Partnership
• Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
• Durango Trails
• Earthjustice
• Earthworks
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc.
• Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency (4CORE)
• Friends of the San Juans
• Great Old Broads for Wilderness
• Greater Dolores Action
• La Plata County Search and Rescue, Inc.
• La Plata Open Space Conservancy
• Mountain Studies Institute
• National Parks Conservation Association
• Rocky Mountain Retreat DBA Turtle Lake Refuge
• San Juan Citizens Alliance
• San Juan Mountains Association
• Sierra Club Foundation
• Silverton Avalanche School
• Southwest Conservation Corps
• Telluride Mountain Club
• The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
• The Nature Conservancy
Other ($61,495)
• 100+ Women Who Care La Plata Fund
• Anti-Defamation League ADL Mountain States
• Barney Family Fund
• Christiana Faith Foundation
• General Fund
• San Juan Mountains Association
• Vallecito Nordic
County/Impact ($386,213)
• 100+ Women Who Care La Plata Fund
• Adaptive Sports Association
• America 250-Colorado 150 Southwest Local Organizing Committee
• Archuleta County Community Emergency Relief Fund
• Archuleta County Fund
• Bear Smart Durango Fund
• Boys and Girls Club Great Futures Fund
• CERF: La Plata County Flood
• CERF: SNAP Relief Fund
• Cafe au Play Fund
• Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado
• Conservation Legacy
• Durango Chamber of Commerce
• Durango Derailers Fund
• Durango Playfest – Christina Erteszek Fund
• General Fund
• Giving Brands
• Jonathan Abshagen Fund
• Making a Difference Fund
• Maria’s Literary Foundation
• Nonprofit Professional Development Fund
• SPUR Fund
Human Services ($884,523)
• 4 the Children
• A Safe Place in Pagosa Inc.
• ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties
• Adaptive Sports Association
• Alexis Manore
• Aliya Musser
• Alternative Horizons
• Alyssa Forrest
• Alzheimer’s Association
• Amanda Prince
• Amanda Speraw
• American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.
• American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
• American Red Cross
• Amy Longfellow
• Amy McTeer
• Andrew Jennings
• Angela Simons
• Angie Scott
• Animas View MHP Cooperative, Inc.
• Anti-Defamation League ADL Mountain States
• Archuleta Housing for the Elderly
• Archuleta Seniors, Inc.
• Ash Foundation Inc.
• Ashleigh Ewing
• Ashleigh Tucker
• Ashley Winter
• Aspire Medical Services and Education
• Barbara Noriega
• Bella Lucero
• Can Do Multiple Sclerosis
• Cancer Support Community Southwest Colorado
• Candace Duran
• Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation
• Children’s Wisconsin Foundation
• China Rose Rivas
• Christ the King Lutheran Church
• Christina Brown
• Community Compassion Outreach
• Community Connections, Inc.
• Community Emergency Assistance Coalition (CEAC)
• Community Investment Alliance
• Community Treehouse Fund
• Community United Methodist Church
• Compañeros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center
• Daisy Matthews
• Danielle Phelps
• Dawntelle Sylvester
• Deonaveigh Alonzo
• Don Monti Memorial Research Foundation
• Dove Creek Care and Share Food Pantry
• Durango Food Bank
• Durango Rotary Club
• ECDC African Community Center
• Edward Moore
• Elizabeth Rogers
• Emily Gutierrez
• Esmeralda Carreon
• Evanne Caviness
• Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund
• FORCE- Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered Inc.
• Families Forward
• First United Methodist Church of Durango dba Summit Church Durango
• Forrest Lyons
• Fort Lewis College Foundation
• Four Corners Food Coalition
• Four Corners Rainbow Youth Center
• Fraternal Order of Police Durango Lodge #8
• Freedom of the Press Foundation
• Friné Brito
• Genevieve Wilson
• Good Food Collective
• Good Sam’s
• Greta Neumann
• Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County
• Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County
• Healthy Archuleta
• Heather Jackson
• Hoag Hospital Foundation
• Housing Solutions for the Southwest, Inc.
• Ilan Kaye
• Immaculate Heart of Mary- Pope John Paul II Catholic Church
• In The Weeds
• Indigo Adara
• J. Leonard Martinez
• Jadie Graham
• Janice Canuto
• Jared Edgerton
• Julie Constan
• Kahryssa Snow
• Kamran Zafar
• Karla Gomez
• Kassie Cox
• Katelynn Murga
• Katherine Shapiro
• Kayla Cornish
• Kayla Gallegos
• Kendall Smith
• Kiffanie Smith
• Kim Gibson
• Kimberly Raney
• La Plata County Search and Rescue, Inc.
• La Plata Family Centers Coalition
• Lacasia Goldtooth
• Laci Jones
• Lana Lemke
• Laura Shelton
• Lavona Hansen
• Leah Ouzts
• Lesley Iacona
• Linda Goldsberry
• Lindsey Oliver
• Lisa Jewell
• Mancos Valley Resources
• Manna
• Marcos Sandoval
• Maria De Leon
• Marsha Vallejos
• Mary Rambo
• Megan Beanland
• Megan Kinney
• Melva Caveness
• Mercy Corps
• Mercy Health Foundation
• Micaela Kinkead
• Michelle Archer
• Mikaylah Merz
• Miranda Bellison
• Miriam Morgan
• Moms Demand Action
• Mt. Lookout Grange
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Neighbors In Need Alliance
• Nicole Pitcher
• Oak Tree Youth Resources
• Onward! A Legacy Foundation
• Pagosa Springs Medical Center Foundation
• Pine River Shares
• Prescilla Ketchum
• ProPublica
• Project Sanctuary
• Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc.
• Raymond Taylor
• Renae Reed
• Resilient Colorado
• Rise Above Violence
• Robin Goldman
• Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood, Inc.
• Rolanda Garcia
• Rotary Club of Durango Daybreak
• Rowdy Sanchez
• Ryan Searle
• San Juan County Public Health
• Sara Voss
• Sarah Murphy
• Sarah Tracy
• Sexual Assault Services Organization
• Shannon White
• Shanta Foundation
• Shelbey Roman
• Shelby Trotter
• Sonlight Christian Camp, Inc.
• Southwest Center for Independence
• St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church
• Staci Kaplan
• Stephanie Lischke
• Stephanie Sherman
• Tabitha Rosenbaugh
• Team Up
• The Center for Reproductive Rights
• The Grief Center of Southwest Colorado
• The Hundred Club of Durango
• The Ohio State University Foundation
• The River Church
• The Salvation Army- Durango Service Center
• The Southern Poverty Law Center
• Tracy Everett
• Tri-County Head Start
• Tristania Lansing
• Tristin Montoya
• Tyr Persson
• UNICEF USA
• Unitarian Universalist Association
• Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango
• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
• VFW Post 4031
• Valarie Gee
• Vanessa Aguilar
• Volunteers of America Colorado
• Women’s Resource Center
• Zach Durrett
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Community Foundation offers a scholarship opportunity for low-income, first-generation college students called the MOLAS scholarship. We also facilitate scholarships for other organizations.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE SPEAKER SERIES
The Community Foundation’s Making a Difference Speaker Series is designed to inspire conversation, prompt action, and bring a new perspective. We look for speakers who propel philanthropy – an idea, event, or action that is done to better humanity.
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DURANGO WINE EXPERIENCE
The Community Foundation will uncork another fabulous Durango Wine Experience, April 24 – 25, 2026.
Visit the Durango Wine Experience
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
The Community Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) is designated for broad-based community emergencies in Southwest Colorado.
Donations are accepted and deployed to community-based organizations directly responding to the needs of our community.
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS
The Community Foundation is honored to have outstanding relationships with dozens of community-minded individuals and organizations that support our work to create a thriving community. We couldn’t be successful without our amazing partners.
