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Our region’s trail systems give residents and visitors unparalleled access to the outdoors. The Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund affords a permanent endowment for non-motorized trail and trailhead maintenance projects on public lands within Routt and Moffat Counties. Your donation today will help maintain the trails you love—forever.
To donate to the Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund by check, mail to:
Yampa Valley Community Foundation
348 Oak Street
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
* Please make the check out to YVCF and note the name of the Fund in the memo line.
This is a Board Designated Fund of the Yampa Valley Community Foundation. Donations are irrevocable assets of the Foundation to be used for the charitable purpose stated above.
SUPPORTING THE TMEF
This is a ten-year campaign to raise $100,000 annually. Your gifts are a commitment to our future. Achieve the following donor levels cumulatively and maintain them with an annual gift until 2026 or until the fund reaches its $1 million goal.
$1-$249 Trail Donor • You are now a part of forever. Thank you for being a Trail Donor.
$250-999 Trail Maintainer • You love trails and are now a part of forever. Thank you for being a Trail Maintainer.
$1,000-$9,999 Trail Protector • You love trails and are now a big part of forever. Thank you for being a Trail Protector. Your name will be listed permanently on local public lands so future trail users can enjoy what your gift protected.
$10,000-$49,000 Trail Lover • You really love trails and are now a big part of forever. Thank you for being a Trail Lover. Your gift is one of love to the trails that you care about today, providing them maintenance so they can be loved tomorrow. Your name will be listed permanently on a plate on local public lands so future trail users can enjoy what your gift protected.
$50,000+ Vista Seeker • Supporting Yampa Valley Trails forever can seem exhausting. Good thing there is a bench that recognizes your support to the fund. The crew will also have a place to take a rest and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
$100,000+ Journey Creator • Creek crossings can be a hazard. You’ll be a part of our trail system forever with a bridge made in recognition of you. Every time you cross your bridge, know that your donation to the fund supports crew members who work on the trails for several weeks every year—forever. Countless journeys will forge onward thanks to your bridge. Thank you for being the bridge to the success of the Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund.