Our mission is to improve every life by mobilizing the caring powers of our communities to advance education, financial stability, and health.
United Way of the Yampa Valley’s grantmaking is built around four funding pillars: Youth Opportunity, Healthy Community, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency. That framework shows up in grants for early childhood education, youth mentoring, health and dental access, crisis mental health, food security, immigrant and refugee resource support, and emergency assistance. The organization also funds individuals, including scholarships and tuition assistance, which places direct household support alongside nonprofit program grants. Recent awards show a local funder working across several service systems at once. Nw Colorado Health received $42,500 in 2025 for health and dental access, while Advocates Building Peaceful Communities received $39,250 for an outreach program. Other awards went to Partners for Youth for a school mentor program, Health Partnership for sober recovery, and Mind Spring Health for crisis mental health services. The pattern is consistent with a community foundation-style approach that combines program support, restricted project funding, and short-term relief. The grant list also includes early childhood and family supports such as preschool tuition assistance and parent support/newborn network funding, along with housing-related emergency assistance and ADA-related accessibility work. Across the recent list, the foundation’s work is concentrated in Northwest Colorado and tied closely to local basic-needs and prevention services.
Early childhood education is a recurring focus. United Way of the Yampa Valley gave $30,000 to Discovery Learning Center for tuition assistance in 2024, and separate awards went to North Routt Community Charter for preschool tuition assistance and to Soroco Preschool for preschool tuition assistance. Youth services are another major theme. Partners for Youth received $36,750 in 2025 for a school mentor program, and Rocky Mountain Youth Corp received $17,500 in 2023 for youth programs. The foundation also funded Boys and Girls Club of NW CO for community outreach education. Health and crisis services appear across multiple grants. Nw Colorado Health received funding for health and dental access, Mind Spring Health was supported for crisis mental health services, and Health Partnership received a grant for sober recovery. Food and household stability also show up through grants such as Community Budget Center for housing-related emergency assistance and Routt County Council on Aging for meals congregate home.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $20K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$20K
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Typical grant size clusters in a narrow band: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $14,750, and the 75th percentile is $19,716. Recent awards in the list range above that band as well, which suggests a mix of standard program grants and larger awards for selected partners. The organization also shows repeated support to the same recipients across years, including Nw Colorado Health, Family Development Center, Partners for Youth, Mind Spring Health, Young Tracks, Integrated Community, Totally Kids Inc, and Soroco Preschool. That indicates recurring relationships rather than one-time grants. The grantmaking structure includes operating and program grants, scholarships, tuition assistance, and emergency relief. An annual community investment/grant cycle is named on the site, and several pillars accept unsolicited applications.
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly local and concentrated in Colorado, with 99% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient list is centered in Northwest Colorado and the Yampa Valley, especially Steamboat Springs, Craig, Hayden, Clark, and Routt County communities. Specific recipient cities in the recent grants include Steamboat Springs, Craig, Hayden, and Clark. The geography matches the foundation’s local service area rather than a broader statewide or national footprint.
The foundation organizes its grantmaking around Youth Opportunity, Healthy Community, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency. Those pillars cover early childhood education, youth mentoring, food security, health and dental access, crisis mental health, sober recovery, immigrant and refugee support, housing-related emergency help, and disaster or emergency response.
The distribution is fairly tight: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $14,750, and the 75th percentile is $19,716. Recent grants also include larger awards, such as $42,500 and $39,250, showing that some partners receive materially higher support.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Nw Colorado Health, Family Development Center, Partners for Youth, Mind Spring Health, Young Tracks, Integrated Community, Totally Kids Inc, and Soroco Preschool. That pattern suggests continuing partnerships rather than isolated awards.
Yes, at least some programs accept unsolicited applications. The Healthy Community pillar accepts unsolicited requests, as do the Early Childhood Education grant, the Yampa Valley Skilled Trades Scholarship Program, Bucks for Good, and the Community Grant Programs listed on the site.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from United Way of the Yampa Valley that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Local nonprofit programs addressing Financial Security focus areas. Applicants expected to follow UWYV grant application requirements; specific eligibility detailed in grant cycle materials when open.
Deadline: Grant cycles announced annually; specific deadlines are posted on the UWYV Grants page when open.
Who can apply: Nonprofit programs that address Healthy Community focus areas. Specific eligibility and required materials are provided when UWYV opens the grant cycle.
Deadline: Grant cycles and deadlines posted annually on the UWYV Grants page.
Who can apply: Program funding only; no general operations or capital equipment. UWYV does not fund sports or sports enhancement programs. Programs should align with board priorities, serve primarily lower-income at-risk clients, address a UWYV community impact goal, and demonstrate strong program management. Applicants must be tax-exempt organizations eligible to accept charitable donations.
Deadline: Applications made available in summer; submissions due one month later; award notifications issued in the fall.
Who can apply: Programs must align with UWYV community impact goals and serve lower-income, at-risk populations in the service area. UWYV only accepts requests for program funding, not general operations or capital equipment.
Deadline: Applications for all other UWYV pillars will be made available in the summer; submissions are due one month later; grant award notifications are issued in the fall.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW COLORADO HEALTH | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $42,500 | 2025 | HEALTH AND DENTAL ACCESS |
| ADVOCATES BUILDING PEACEFUL C | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $39,250 | 2025 | OUTREACH PROGRAM |
| PARTNERS FOR YOUTH | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $36,750 | 2025 | SCHOOL MENTOR PROGRAM |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NW CO | CRAIG, CO | $34,500 | 2025 | COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATION |
| FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $32,000 | 2025 | PARENT SUPPORT/NEWBORN NETWORK |
| HEALTH PARTNERSHIP | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $25,000 | 2025 | SOBER RECOVERY |
| TOTALLY KIDS INC | HAYDEN, CO | $24,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS/COMMUNITY CULTIVATION |
| COMMUNITY BUDGET CENTER | CRAIG, CO | $22,355 | 2025 | HOUSING-RELATED EMERGENCY ASSIST |
| MIND SPRING HEALTH | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $21,000 | 2025 | CRISIS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES |
| YOUNG TRACKS | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $18,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| INTEGRATED COMMUNITY | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $17,500 | 2025 | IMMIGRANT RESOURCE AND REFERRAL |
| HORIZONS | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $17,500 | 2025 | ADA COMPLIANT BATHROOM REMODEL |
| SOROCO PRESCHOOL | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $16,000 | 2025 | PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| HAYDEN VALLEY PRESCHOOL | HAYDEN, CO | $15,000 | 2025 | TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| ROUTT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $15,000 | 2025 | MEALS CONGREGAT HOME |
| CONNECTIONS 4 KIDS | CRAIG, CO | $14,170 | 2025 | PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES |
| SOUTH ROUTT COMMUNITY CENTER | OAK CREEK, CO | $14,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORP | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $13,500 | 2025 | YOUTH PROGRAMS |
| LOVE INC | CRAIG, CO | $11,500 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SERVICES |
| NORTH ROUTT COMMUNITY CHARTER | CLARK, CO | $11,144 | 2025 | PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| LIFT-UP OF ROUTT COUNTY | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $10,500 | 2025 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & FOOD BANK |
| STEAMBOAT SPRINGS SD PRESCHOO | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | TUITION ASSITANCE |
| YAMPA VALLEY AUTISM PROGRAM | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATION |
| THE CHURCH AT MEEKER | MEEKER, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | CHILDCARE TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| REPS | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING |
| HERITAGE PARK PRESCHOOL | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| STEAMBOAT READING | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $9,500 | 2025 | EARLY LITERACY |
| DISCOVERY LEARNING CENTER | STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO | $7,500 | 2025 | TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| HUMAN RESOURCE CENTER | RANGELY, CO | $7,500 | 2025 | CHILDCARE TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| CRAIG CITIZENS ACTION GROUP | CRAIG, CO | $7,000 | 2025 | GEN OPERATIONS SENIOR SOCIAL CENTER |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | CRAIG, CO | $7,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE |
| NORTHWEST ROCKY MTN CASA | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $5,712 | 2025 | CHILD ADVOCACY |
| BEAR RIVER YOUNG LIFE | CRAIG, CO | $5,530 | 2025 | SUMMER CAMP |
| DISCOVERY LEARNING CENTER | STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO | $30,000 | 2024 | TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| NW COLORADO HEALTH | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $22,900 | 2024 | HEALTH AND DENTAL ACCESS |
| NORTH ROUTT COMMUNITY CHARTER | CLARK, CO | $22,000 | 2024 | PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| TOTALLY KIDS INC | HAYDEN, CO | $21,500 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS/COMMUNITY CULTIVATION |
| PARTNERS FOR YOUTH | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $21,000 | 2024 | SCHOOL MENTOR PROGRAM |
| INTEGRATED COMMUNITY | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $17,000 | 2024 | IMMIGRANT RESOURCE AND REFERRAL |
| YOUNG TRACKS | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $15,966 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| SOROCO PRESCHOOL | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $15,000 | 2024 | PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| HAYDEN VALLEY PRESCHOOL | HAYDEN, CO | $15,000 | 2024 | TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| ROUTT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $14,500 | 2024 | MEALS CONGREGAT HOME |
| SOUTH ROUTT RECREATION ASSOCI | OAK CREEK, CO | $14,000 | 2024 | YOUTH PROGRAMS |
| BETTER TOMORROW | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $13,500 | 2024 | PREVENTION EDUCATION ON DV |
| HEALTH PARTNERSHIP | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $13,000 | 2024 | SOBER RECOVERY |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORP | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $13,000 | 2024 | YOUTH PROGRAMS |
| STEAMBOAT SPRINGS SD PRESCHOO | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $12,500 | 2024 | TUITION ASSITANCE |
| YAMPA VALLEY AUTISM PROGRAM | STEAMBOAT SPRIN, CO | $10,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATION |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NW CO | CRAIG, CO | $10,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATION |
PARTNERS FOR YOUTH
$36,750SCHOOL MENTOR PROGRAM
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NW CO
$34,500COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATION
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
$32,000PARENT SUPPORT/NEWBORN NETWORK
HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
$25,000SOBER RECOVERY
TOTALLY KIDS INC
$24,500SCHOLARSHIPS/COMMUNITY CULTIVATION
COMMUNITY BUDGET CENTER
$22,355HOUSING-RELATED EMERGENCY ASSIST
YOUNG TRACKS
$18,000SCHOLARSHIPS
HORIZONS
$17,500ADA COMPLIANT BATHROOM REMODEL
HAYDEN VALLEY PRESCHOOL
$15,000TUITION ASSISTANCE
ROUTT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING
$15,000MEALS CONGREGAT HOME
CONNECTIONS 4 KIDS
$14,170PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES
SOUTH ROUTT COMMUNITY CENTER
$14,000COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER
LOVE INC
$11,500COMMUNITY SERVICES
NORTH ROUTT COMMUNITY CHARTER
$11,144PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS SD PRESCHOO
$10,000TUITION ASSITANCE
THE CHURCH AT MEEKER
$10,000CHILDCARE TUITION ASSISTANCE
REPS
$10,000SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING
HERITAGE PARK PRESCHOOL
$10,000SCHOLARSHIPS
STEAMBOAT READING
$9,500EARLY LITERACY
DISCOVERY LEARNING CENTER
$7,500TUITION ASSISTANCE
HUMAN RESOURCE CENTER
$7,500CHILDCARE TUITION ASSISTANCE
CRAIG CITIZENS ACTION GROUP
$7,000GEN OPERATIONS SENIOR SOCIAL CENTER
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
$7,000COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
NORTHWEST ROCKY MTN CASA
$5,712CHILD ADVOCACY
DISCOVERY LEARNING CENTER
$30,000TUITION ASSISTANCE
NORTH ROUTT COMMUNITY CHARTER
$22,000PRESCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE
TOTALLY KIDS INC
$21,500SCHOLARSHIPS/COMMUNITY CULTIVATION
PARTNERS FOR YOUTH
$21,000SCHOOL MENTOR PROGRAM
YOUNG TRACKS
$15,966SCHOLARSHIPS
HAYDEN VALLEY PRESCHOOL
$15,000TUITION ASSISTANCE
ROUTT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING
$14,500MEALS CONGREGAT HOME
SOUTH ROUTT RECREATION ASSOCI
$14,000YOUTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
$13,000SOBER RECOVERY
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS SD PRESCHOO
$12,500TUITION ASSITANCE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NW CO
$10,000COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATION