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Community Foundation Trust’s largest recent grant was $3,040,000 to Community Foundation of Northern Colorado for program support, a signal that the foundation works through substantial, community-level commitments rather than small transactional awards. Its giving is tied to Northern Colorado priorities and spans housing stability, childcare, older adults, mental health, social connection, water, sheltering and caring, and community cohesion. The foundation’s active grant programs include donor-funded scholarship offerings, disaster recovery support, discretionary community grants, a pooled giving catalog, and named local funds. The pattern is strongly place-based. Recent grants also include a $758,930 program support grant to Community Foundation of Northern Colorado and a $13,149 tithe to Immanuel Community Church, both in Fort Collins. Across the active program lineup, the foundation supports both broad community infrastructure and more targeted relief or scholarship channels. That mix suggests a funder that uses multiple vehicles to address regional needs while keeping its focus on Northern Colorado communities.
In community impact work, Community Foundation Trust uses grant programs that map directly to regional needs. The Community Grant program supports nonprofits serving Berthoud, Estes Valley, Fort Collins, and Loveland, with focus areas including affordable housing, aging population, childcare, social connectivity and belonging, and mental health. The Intersections Grant is aimed at cross-cutting issues identified in the Northern Colorado Intersections Report and covers sheltered and caring, connecting, affordable housing, aging population, and childcare. Housing-related giving also appears through the GroupGives Fund Grants, which support programs that help people get into and stay in their homes through education, home maintenance and improvement, and financial assistance. For disaster response, the Northern Colorado Disaster Recovery Fund supports immediate and long-term relief, including ecosystem restoration and watershed restoration after environmental or man-made disasters.
Typical grants are large: the 25th percentile is $386,040, the median is $758,930, and the 75th percentile is $1,899,465. That distribution points to a foundation that usually gives at a substantial scale, with a long upper tail of especially large awards. The grant list also shows repeat support to the same organization over time, with Community Foundation of Northern Colorado appearing in both 2023 and 2025. Structure-wise, Community Foundation Trust is classified as a mixed community foundation and manages donor-funded scholarships, pooled donor-advised fund opportunities, and named local funds. Several active programs accept unsolicited requests, including scholarship programs and community grants.
$19K
$1.7M
$980K
$34K
Most grants fall between $386K and $1.9M, with a median of $759K.
25th Percentile
$386K
Median
$759K
75th Percentile
$1.9M
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Giving is tightly concentrated in Colorado: 100% of grants in the provided data went to recipients in the HQ state, and Colorado is also the top state by grant count. Named recipient locations in the grant list include Fort Collins, and the active programs point to Berthoud, Estes Valley, Loveland, Larimer County, and Northern Colorado more broadly. The foundation’s geography is local rather than national, with grantmaking directed to nearby communities and regional issue areas.
Its active programs cover affordable housing, aging services, childcare, social connectivity and belonging, mental health, sheltering and caring, connecting, water, disaster recovery, and scholarships. The grant programs also include housing stability, homelessness-related work, and ecosystem or watershed restoration in Northern Colorado.
Yes, several active programs do. The scholarship programs, Community Fund Community Grant, Loveland Generations Fund Grants, GroupGives Fund Grants, and the Community Grant program all accept unsolicited applications. The Northern Colorado Disaster Recovery Fund and the Giving Opportunities Catalog do not.
The provided grant-size distribution shows a 25th percentile of $386,040, a median of $758,930, and a 75th percentile of $1,899,465. That indicates a generally high grantmaking scale, with awards often in the hundreds of thousands and some much larger.
Grantmaking is local and concentrated in Colorado. The provided data shows 100% of grants to recipients in the HQ state, with program geography centered on Northern Colorado and specific communities such as Berthoud, Estes Valley, Fort Collins, Loveland, and Larimer County.
Yes. Community Foundation of Northern Colorado appears in the recent grants list in both 2023 and 2025, with program support awards of $3,040,000 and $758,930. That suggests repeat support to the same organization over multiple years.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Community Foundation Trust that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Individual schools and nonprofit organizations may request support for their students or clients. The fund's mission is to promote equal access to quality music education in the Fort Collins area and strengthen school or nonprofit music programs.
Deadline: Fall cycle: August 1-October 1. Spring cycle: December 1-February 1.
Who can apply: Nonprofits seeking expert consulting support for unique organizational capacity-building needs. Funding is limited. Applicants should first contact the Foundation to discuss the planned capacity-building work.
Deadline: No fixed deadline stated; funding is limited and requests are considered subject to availability.
Who can apply: Designed for nonprofit organizations seeking support for collaborative change and team cohesion; details on formal eligibility are not specified on the page.
Who can apply: Organizations whose work aligns with the Foundation's strategic priorities for the region; specific eligibility and application processes not detailed on the donation page.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITY PARK CHURCH | FORT COLLINS, CO | $19,041 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO | FORT COLLINS, CO | $758,930 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| IMMANUEL COMMUNITY CHURCH | FORT COLLINS, CO | $13,149 | 2025 | TITHE |
| IMMANUEL COMMUNITY CHURCH | FORT COLLINS, CO | $11,200 | 2024 | TITHE |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO | FORT COLLINS, CO | $3,040,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
CITY PARK CHURCH
$19,041GENERAL SUPPORT
IMMANUEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
$13,149TITHE
IMMANUEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
$11,200TITHE
