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!
CAUSES OUR DONORS CARE ABOUT
2025 Grants through Quarter 1 | $1,670,435
Animal Protection ($118,595)
Arts & Culture ($283,250)
- America 250/ Colorado 250
- Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center
- Durango Arts Center
- Durango Botanic Gardens
- Durango Friends of the Arts
- Durango Independent Film Festival
- iAM Music
- KDUR
- MakerLab
- Mancos Creative District
- Maria's Literary Foundation
- Merely Players
- Music in the Mountains
- Powerhouse Science Center
- Rocky Mountain PBS
- San Juan Symphony
- Silverton Creative District
- Stillwater Music
County/Impact ($303,850)
Education ($390,825)
- ACLU of Colorado
- Cause Internship Fund
- Colorado School of Mines
- Colorado State University
- Durango Adult Education Center
- Durango Education Foundation
- Durango School District 9-R
- Early Childhood Council of Archuletta
- High Noon Rotary Scholarship Fund
- Imagination Library of Colorado
- Joel Zucker Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Know Your Dough
- Oklahoma State University
Environment ($53,000)
Human Services ($427,315)
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 25 – 26, 2025.
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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.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
Herman Melville
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