Collective Impact – The State of the Community One Year Later

Collective Impact, One Year Later In March of 2022, the Community Health Coalition (CHC) presented the 2022 State of the Community Report at a series of public meetings. The full report ran 283 pages. We covered it extensively at the time because the findings were so...

STEPping Up to the Plate

Helping Nonprofits for Over 10 Years Ronda Connaway was born in the eastern plains of Colorado, not far from the Kansas border. In her early childhood, her family farm suffered through the swath of challenges brought on by the 1930s – not only the Great Depression,...

2022 Annual Survey Results

Good Information for 2022 In late 2021, we did our first annual survey of community members to learn a bit about how people view the Gunnison Valley community at a particular moment in time. We also wanted to learn how you view CFGV and our role in leading work...

2022 Highlights

What a Year! What a year! It’s hard to believe we’re already in mid-January. Before we get too much distance between us and the end of 2022, we want to share a few highlights from last year. These efforts were made possible by the support of generous donors and...

A Great Time to Give Where You Live

A Gift for the Future Many of you reading this are likely already aware of the breadth and depth of work being done by local nonprofits to address some of our community’s biggest needs: affordable housing, food insecurity, early childcare, mental and behavioral health...

Tools for strategic giving before year-end

Ways to Give Strategically As part of the CARES Act, Congress expanded the opportunity to claim deductions for charitable giving in 2021, but those special rules don’t apply to the 2022 tax year. However, there are still a variety of ways to maximize the tax benefits...