About Gazette Charities
Gazette Charities pairs broad community giving with a clear local footprint: every grant in the data goes to Colorado recipients, and the foundation’s active programs include community grants, in-kind media sponsorships, the Empty Stocking Fund, and the Best & Brightest Scholarship Program. That mix shows a funder that supports both direct service organizations and visibility, scholarship, and emergency-assistance work in the Pikes Peak region and nearby counties. Recent grants show steady support for core community institutions. Care and Share Food Bank received $147,349 in 2023 and $84,134 in 2024, while Peak Vista Community Health Care received $119,657 in 2023 and $78,124 in 2024. Other repeat grantees include Catholic Charities of Central Color, YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region, and The Place, all appearing across multiple years in the recent-grants list. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches senior services, housing, hospice, child development, and family support organizations, indicating a portfolio built around local human services, youth support, and community stability rather than a single issue area.
What Gazette Charities Funds
Health and human services is a visible part of Gazette Charities’ portfolio. Care and Share Food Bank received $147,349 in 2023 and Peak Vista Community Health Care received $119,657 in 2023, both signaling support for basic needs and community health. The foundation also backs family and safety-net providers: Catholic Charities of Central Color received $89,342 in 2023, and later $72,115 in 2024, while Salvation Army received $71,415 in 2023 and $66,106 in 2024. Youth and education appear through Community Partnership for Child Dev, which received $81,618 in 2023 and $66,105 in 2024, and The Place, which received $75,205 in 2023 and $57,091 in 2024. Arts, culture, environmental work, and civic initiatives are named in the foundation’s program areas, alongside scholarship support.
How Gazette Charities Gives
Gazette Charities’ typical grant size clusters tightly around the mid-$60,000 range: p25 is $54,086, the median is $65,116, and p75 is $72,195. The recent-grants list also shows repeated awards to the same organizations across 2023 and 2024, suggesting ongoing support rather than one-off gifts. Community Grants are described as a rolling program reviewed quarterly with awards at $5,000, while the larger recent grants indicate separate support through the foundation’s broader grantmaking. The foundation is a regular funder, funds organizations rather than individuals, and also makes in-kind sponsorships.
