2024 Nonprofit Timeline
- Application will open: Thursday, February 8
- Application will close: Thursday, March 7
- Final organizations will be announced: Late March
- All-participant planning meeting: Monday, April 15, 2:00 PM – save the date in case you are selected
- All-participant wrap-up meeting: Monday, July 15, 2:00 PM
Responsibilities
The Community Foundation Will:
- Create an online grant application and assist selection committee.
- Provide a bank for each event.
- Handle back-office accounting, including paying for bands, graphic design, and printing.
- Book music talent.
- Coordinate limited paid advertising.
- Bring nonprofits together for meaningful collaboration.
The Nonprofits Will:
- Provide collaborative promotion and publicity for the entire concert series and for your specific event via all means possible, including social media, email outreach, and word of mouth.
- Have 2-4 staff or board members help set up the event and collect a cover charge at the front gate.
- Have 1-2 people at an information table to talk about your organization. Have a tip jar at your table (tips from the evening are direct donations for the featured nonprofit).
- Have at least 2 volunteers assist with event clean up.
- Attend organization meetings for project coordination (April 15, 2:00 PM and July 15, 2:00 PM at the Pagosa Springs Golf Club).
- Execute one assigned marketing task for the events, as determined at the project coordination meeting.
To be eligible to apply, organizations must be a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) or be a project or organization under the fiscal agency of a 501(c)(3) organization. Organizations must serve Archuleta County. Grantees from 2023 are not eligible to apply.