The Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado facilitates the growth and effectiveness of philanthropic contributions and expands the culture of giving to meet the needs of our communities. We envision a generous, vibrant and inclusive Southwest Colorado with opportunities for all to thrive.
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado stands out for the way it moves large sums into local nonprofits and county projects across Southwest Colorado. In the latest grants list, Pine River Shares in Bayfield received $835,931, while Onward in Cortez received $718,949, showing that the foundation’s work reaches beyond its headquarters city and into multiple parts of the region. The recent record also includes major support for San Juan Mountain Association, United Way of Sw Colorado, La Plata Youth Services, Ignacio Community College, Local First Foundation, and Good Food Collective, alongside smaller community grants. The foundation operates as a public charity and a mixed community foundation, with donor-advised fund management and intermediary roles reflected in its structure. Its published focus areas include youth, environment, human services, emergency relief, food security, housing security, water infrastructure, equity, and education. Those priorities appear in both competitive local programs and larger place-based distributions, including county social-impact funding and scholarships for students from La Plata and San Juan counties. The result is a grantmaker that supports direct service organizations, education access, environmental stewardship, and community resilience in the same region.
Youth and education appear across several named grants. The foundation gave $229,333 in 2024 and $223,412 in 2025 to La Plata Youth Services in Durango, and it also awarded $104,000 in 2025 to Durango School District 9R. Animas High School received $101,000 in 2024 and $100,000 in 2023, while Durango Adult Education Center received $86,000 in 2025. Food security and human services are another clear line of support. Good Food Collective in Durango received $136,000 in 2025, Durango Food Bank received $79,600 in 2024, and Manna in Durango received $79,000 in 2023. Environmental and water-related giving is also visible: San Juan Mountain Association received $381,500 in 2024, Resilient Colorado in Mancos received $100,000 in both 2024 and 2025, and La Plata West Water Authority in Hesperus received $100,000 in 2023.
Typical grants cluster at $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $16,825 at the median, and $31,200 at the 75th percentile, but the recent record also includes seven-figure awards and several $100,000-plus grants. The pattern suggests a mix of routine nonprofit support and larger place-based commitments. Recurring recipients are common: La Plata Youth Services, United Way of Sw Colorado, Ruby Sisson Memorial Library, Durango Adult Education Center, Durango Education Foundation, Animas High School, Resilient Colorado, and Durango School District 9R all appear more than once across the recent grants list. As a mixed community foundation, it also manages donor-advised funds and runs program-linked local grant opportunities; some are unsolicited, while county ARPA distributions are not.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $31K, with a median of $17K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$17K
75th Percentile
$31K
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Grant activity is heavily concentrated in Colorado, with 92% of grants going to recipients in the state. Durango appears most often in the recent list, alongside Bayfield, Cortez, Ignacio, Pagosa Springs, Mancos, and Hesperus. The grant record also reaches beyond La Plata County into Archuleta County and San Juan County through organizations such as Ruby Sisson Memorial Library in Pagosa Springs and Onward in Cortez. All recorded recipient-country activity is in the US.
The foundation funds local nonprofits and county-based public benefit projects across youth, education, environment, human services, emergency relief, food security, housing security, water infrastructure, and equity. Recent grants also show support for schools, libraries, workforce and adult education, and community health and food access organizations.
Typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $16,825 at the median, and $31,200 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also includes much larger awards, including several grants above $100,000 and one grant of $835,931.
Yes. Several recipients appear more than once in the recent grants list, including La Plata Youth Services, United Way of Sw Colorado, Ruby Sisson Memorial Library, Durango Adult Education Center, Durango Education Foundation, Animas High School, Resilient Colorado, and Durango School District 9R.
Yes. The CAUSE Nonprofit Grant, Ballantine Family Fund, Durango Wine Experience — Nonprofit Partner Grant, MOLAS Scholarship, Payroll Department's Pitch Palooza, and 19th Hole Concerts — Nonprofit Grants all accept unsolicited applications. The La Plata County Social Impact Grants distributions do not.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Who can apply: Applicants must be nonprofits serving Archuleta County. Selected grantees promote the concert series and work or host one event.
Deadline: Historical deadlines include February 14, 2020; March 29, 2022; and March 15, 2023. The program has been offered in recurring concert seasons, but no current deadline is provided.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PINE RIVER SHARES | BAYFIELD, CO | $835,931 | 2025 | — |
| LA PLATA YOUTH SERVICES | DURANGO, CO | $223,412 | 2025 | — |
| UNITED WAY OF SW COLORADO | DURANGO, CO | $155,276 | 2025 | — |
| GOOD FOOD COLLECTIVE | DURANGO, CO | $136,000 | 2025 | — |
| MANNA-DURANGO SOUP KITCHEN |
| DURANGO, CO |
| $122,240 |
| 2025 |
| — |
| RUBY SISSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $109,414 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO SCHOOL DISTRICT 9R | DURANGO, CO | $104,000 | 2025 | — |
| RESILIENT COLORADO | MANCOS, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | — |
| LPL FINANCIAL | DURANGO, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO ADULT EDUCATION CENT | DURANGO, CO | $86,000 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO EDUCATION FOUNDATION | DURANGO, CO | $61,000 | 2025 | — |
| LA PLATA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIET | DURANGO, CO | $50,300 | 2025 | — |
| ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL | DURANGO, CO | $50,000 | 2025 | — |
| CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY SW | DURANGO, CO | $43,080 | 2025 | — |
| LA PLATA FAMILY CENTER COALIT | DURANGO, CO | $43,000 | 2025 | — |
| COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ALLIANCE | AURORA, CO | $40,000 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO ARTS CENTER | DURANGO, CO | $35,932 | 2025 | — |
| VALLECITO NORDIC | DURANGO, CO | $35,000 | 2025 | — |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | DURANGO, CO | $31,914 | 2025 | — |
| STILLWATER MUSIC | DURANGO, CO | $31,000 | 2025 | — |
| SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION | DURANGO, CO | $30,620 | 2025 | — |
| MAKERLAB | DURANGO, CO | $30,000 | 2025 | — |
| I AM MUSIC | DURANGO, CO | $28,020 | 2025 | — |
| AMERICAN RIVERS | WASHINGTON, DC | $27,000 | 2025 | — |
| OAK TREE YOUTH RESOURCES | DURANGO, CO | $26,440 | 2025 | — |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB | DURANGO, CO | $26,240 | 2025 | — |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | FORT COLLINS, CO | $26,074 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO DEVO | DURANGO, CO | $24,000 | 2025 | — |
| FAMILIES FORWARD | IRVINE, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | — |
| SAN JUAN SYMPHONY | DURANGO, CO | $19,020 | 2025 | — |
| SOUTHWEST CONSERVATION CORPS | DURANGO, CO | $18,540 | 2025 | — |
| MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS | DURANGO, CO | $18,000 | 2025 | — |
| KSUT | IGNCIO, CO | $17,794 | 2025 | — |
| MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION | DURANGO, CO | $16,760 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO FOOD BANK | DURANGO, CO | $15,740 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO HIGH SCHOOL | DURANGO, CO | $15,452 | 2025 | — |
| KNOW YOUR DOUGH | DURANGO, CO | $15,000 | 2025 | — |
| COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES | GOLDEN, CO | $13,634 | 2025 | — |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | DURANGO, CO | $12,700 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO TRAILS | DURANGO, CO | $12,520 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO INDEPENDENT FILM | DURANGO, CO | $12,040 | 2025 | — |
| WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER | DURANGO, CO | $11,640 | 2025 | — |
| ROTARY CLUB OF DURANGO DAYBRE | DURANGO, CO | $10,724 | 2025 | — |
| PAGOSA NORDIC CLUB | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | $10,500 | 2025 | — |
| FORT LEWIS COLLEGE | DURANGO, CO | $10,500 | 2025 | — |
| 4 THE CHILDREN | DURANGO, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | — |
| COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSIST | DURANGO, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | — |
| SHANTA FOUNDATION | DURANGO, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | — |
| DURANGO NORDIC SKI CLUB | DURANGO, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | — |
| HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $9,500 | 2025 | — |
PINE RIVER SHARES
$835,931UNITED WAY OF SW COLORADO
$155,276GOOD FOOD COLLECTIVE
$136,000RUBY SISSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
$109,414DURANGO SCHOOL DISTRICT 9R
$104,000RESILIENT COLORADO
$100,000LPL FINANCIAL
$100,000DURANGO ADULT EDUCATION CENT
$86,000DURANGO EDUCATION FOUNDATION
$61,000LA PLATA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIET
$50,300ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL
$50,000CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY SW
$43,080COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ALLIANCE
$40,000DURANGO ARTS CENTER
$35,932VALLECITO NORDIC
$35,000COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$31,914STILLWATER MUSIC
$31,000MAKERLAB
$30,000I AM MUSIC
$28,020AMERICAN RIVERS
$27,000OAK TREE YOUTH RESOURCES
$26,440COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
$26,074DURANGO DEVO
$24,000SAN JUAN SYMPHONY
$19,020SOUTHWEST CONSERVATION CORPS
$18,540MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS
$18,000KSUT
$17,794DURANGO HIGH SCHOOL
$15,452KNOW YOUR DOUGH
$15,000COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
$13,634BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS
$12,700DURANGO TRAILS
$12,520DURANGO INDEPENDENT FILM
$12,040WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER
$11,640ROTARY CLUB OF DURANGO DAYBRE
$10,724PAGOSA NORDIC CLUB
$10,5004 THE CHILDREN
$10,000COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSIST
$10,000SHANTA FOUNDATION
$10,000DURANGO NORDIC SKI CLUB
$10,000