YVCF News

2024 Community Grant Cycle Awards

The Yampa Valley Community Foundation’s 2024 Community Grant Cycle has awarded a record $656,068 through grant awards to 79 nonprofits serving the Yampa Valley. This was an increase of 21% over the amount awarded in 2023. The maximum possible grant award was raised to...

Casey’s Pond Senior Living Community Saved from Closure

The Yampa Valley Community Foundation announced on Friday, August 23, 2024 that a verbal agreement has been reached with the bondholders of Casey’s Pond to secure the property and allow it to continue operating as a senior living and skilled nursing facility, and...

Yampa Valley Community Foundation Wins National HUD Award

​The Yampa Valley Community Foundation (YVCF) and the Craig Housing Authority (CHA) are honored to be recognized with the 2024 Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in partnership with...

YVCF Board of Trustees Endorses Brown Ranch Annexation

This year marks the Yampa Valley Community Foundation’s 45th year since our founding in 1979.  For the course of our history, we have generally chosen not to endorse ballot measures, preferring instead to allow our actions speak for our values.  The Brown Ranch...

Women’s Giving Circle 2023 Report

Through the generosity of 76 members of the Women’s Giving Circle, 73 requests for assistance were funded in 2023 for a total of $96,313. In comparison, in 2019, the Women’s Giving Circle funded 17 proposals totaling $22,612. This 326% growth over four years of the...

IMPACT100 Season 17 Results

Another successful season of IMPACT100 is in the books! Congratulations to Brighter World Child Advocacy Center who was the winning nonprofit for Season 17, receiving a $10,000 grant. Brighter World’s mission is to elevate voices, facilitate safety, seek justice, and...

Hayden Flood Relief Fund Opened

The flooding of Dry Creek in Hayden, CO in April 2023 damaged nearly 50 properties, with up to 25 experiencing moderate to major damage. Many Hayden residents are currently living in hazardous conditions and experiencing great financial strain as they work to return...

YouthRoots Routt County Program Summary

YouthRoots Routt County grants $13,500 to local nonprofits The Yampa Valley Community Foundation partnered in 2022-2023 with the nonprofit YouthRoots to implement a leadership program that empowers high school students to address community issues. During the year-long...

WZ Giving Circle Funds Over $100,000

The WZ Giving Circle gathered in October 2022 for its third and final meeting of the year. At the meeting, eight nonprofit organizations presented thirteen proposals for funding consideration. The WZ Giving Circle funded all 13 requests, totaling over $46,000 in...

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