2024 CFGV Grantees
In 2024, the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley invested over $2.8 million in nonprofits and community partners via grantmaking.
2024 Grants by Type
2024 Grants by Source
2024 Grantees and Sources
= Community Grants 
= Donor Advised 
= Designated 
= CFGV Subsidiary 
= DOLA NPI 
= Field of Interest
4-H Forever
Adaptive Sports Center
Ah Haa School for the Arts
Alfred University
All Saints in the Mountains Episcopal Church
American Red Cross
American Whitewater
Basin Clinic, Inc.
Black Canyon Boys & Girls Club, Inc.
Blue Sage Center for the Arts
Brennan Center for Justice
Bright Futures for Early Childhood and Families
Cabo English Church, Inc.
Carbon Leadership Forum
CARE
CASA – Youth and Family Advocacy Services
CB State of Mind
Center for the Arts
Church of the Good Samaritan
City of Gunnison Parks & Recreation
Coal Creek Watershed Coalition
Coldharbour Institute
Colorado Canyons Association
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
Colorado Public Radio
Colorado State University – Civil & Environmental Engineering
Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma
Crested Butte Arts Festival
Crested Butte Avalanche Center
Crested Butte Film Festival
Crested Butte Land Trust
Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association
Crested Butte Mountain Theatre
Crested Butte Museum
Crested Butte Nordic
Crested Butte Search and Rescue
Crested Butte Senior Center
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
CSU Extension – Gunnison County
EarthJustice
Elk Mountains Backcountry Alliance
Environment America Research & Policy Center, Inc.
Families Plus
Firebird Theatre Co.
Fresh Foundation
Friends of the Paradise Theatre
Friends of the Wright Opera House, Inc.
Gunnison Arts Center
Gunnison Country Food Pantry
Gunnison County Department of Health & Human Services
Gunnison County Juvenile Services
Gunnison County Libraries
Gunnison County Pioneer & Historical Society
Gunnison Creative District
Gunnison Middle School
Gunnison Nordic
Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy
Gunnison Sanctuary Housing Inc.
Gunnison Tough
Gunnison Trails
Gunnison Valley Animal Welfare League
Gunnison Valley Health
Gunnison Valley Health Foundation
Gunnison Valley Mentors
Gunnison Valley Music Association
Gunnison Valley Regional Housing Authority
Gunnison Watershed School District RE-1J
Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley
Habitat for Humanity of the San Juans
Hartman Castle Preservation
Heritage School
High Country Conservation Advocates
Hispanic Affairs Project
Home Trust of Ouray County
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Gunnison Valley
Imagination Library of Colorado
KBUT Community Radio
KOTO FM
Lake City Arts Council
Lambs Farm
Lighthouse Pregnancy Center
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Living Journeys
Metro Caring
Mountain Roots Food Project
Mountainfilm, Ltd
Natural Building Alliance
Natural Resources Defense Council
North Fork Valley Public Radio, Inc.
Oh Be Joyful Church
One to One Mentoring
Palm Arts, Inc.
Paradise Place School
Partners of Delta Montrose and Ouray
Peer Kindness, Inc.
Project Hope of Gunnison Valley
Public Policy Forum of Crested Butte
Redemption Animal Rescue
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Public Media, Inc.
Rotary Club of Gunnison
San Miguel Resource Center
Six Points Evaluation and Training, Inc.
South Wood County Historical Corporation
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Inc.
Stepping Stones Children’s Center
Telluride Academy
Telluride Adaptive Sports Program
Telluride AIDS Benefit
Telluride Arts
Telluride Chamber Music
Telluride Foundation
Telluride Mountain Club
Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club Inc.
Telluride Theatre
Tenderfoot Family & Development Center
The Learning Council
The Matthews House
The Nature Conservancy
The Pinhead Institute, Inc.
The Trailhead Children’s Museum
Titans Booster Club
True North Youth Program
Valley Food Partnership
Valley Housing Fund
Wake Forest University
West Elk Hockey Association
West Elk Soccer Association
West End Economic Development Corporation
West End Family Link Center
Western Colorado University
Western Colorado University Foundation
Wounded Warrior Project, Inc.
CFGV Community Grant Recipants
2025 Community Grants
Total awarded = $225,000
ARTS & CULTURE
Center for the Arts
General Operating
Crested Butte Film Festival
General Operating
Crested Butte Mountain Theater
General Operating
Crested Butte School of Dance
General Operating
ATHLETICS & RECREATION
Adaptive Sports Center
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Crested Butte Avalanche Center
General Operating-Two-Year (year two)
Crested Butte Development Team
General Operating
Crested Butte Nordic
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Elk Mountains Backcountry Alliance
General Operating
gO Initiative
General Operating
West Elk Hockey Association
General Operating
West Elk Soccer Association (WESA)
General Operating
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley, Inc.
General Operating-Two-Year (year two)
KBUT Community Radio
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Mountain Roots
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Valley Housing Fund
General Operating
DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE
Gunnison Animal Welfare League
General Operating
EDUCATION
Crested Butte PTA
General Operating
Coldharbour Institute
General Operating
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Gunnison Friends of the Library
General Operating
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
General Operating
The Trailhead Children’s Museum
General Operating
ENVIRONMENT
Crested Butte Land Trust
General Operating
Coal Creek Watershed Coalition
General Operating
High Country Conservation Advocates
General Operating
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
CASA of the Seventh Judicial District
General Operating
Crested Butte State of Mind
General Operating
Gunnison Country Food Pantry
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Gunnison Sanctuary Housing
General Operating
Gunnison Tough
General Operating
Gunnison Valley Mentors
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Living Journeys
General Operating-Two-Year (year two)
Project Hope of Gunnison Valley
General Operating-Two-Year (year two)
Six Points Evaluation and Training, Inc.
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Special Olympics Colorado
General Operating
HISTORIC PRESERVATION & TRADITION
Crested Butte Museum
General Operating-Two-Year (year two)
COLLABORATIONS
Gunnison Congregational Church
Juntos Por Gunnison
Chats in the kitchen
Gunnison PTA
Bike Bus Group
Gunny Bike Bus
Gunnison Valley Regional Housing Authority
Gunnison Watershed School District
GV-HEAT/Pathways Internship
PROJECTS
GCSAPP/Choice Pass
Parent Education
Gunnison Watershed School District
Peer Mentors
Gunnison Watershed School District
Señorita Rita’s Rockin’ Reading Route Book Bus
Gunnison Valley Health
Mountain Mamas Cafe
Legacy Family Ministries/Lighthouse Pregnancy Center
Lighthouse Kids Car Seat Program
Western Colorado University
Adult Degree Completion Program for Local Teachers
Western Colorado University
Wellness Elevated
2024 Community Grants
Total awarded = $200,000
ARTS & CULTURE
Center for the Arts
General Operating
Crested Butte Film Festival
General Operating
Crested Butte Mountain Theater
General Operating
Crested Butte Arts Festival
General Operating
Firebird Theatre
General Operating
Gunnison Arts Center
General Operating
Gunnison Creative District
General Operating
The Trailhead Children’s Museum
General Operating
ATHLETICS & RECREATION
Adaptive Sports Center
General Operating
Crested Butte Avalanche Center
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Crested Butte Nordic
General Operating
West Elk Hockey Association
General Operating
West Elk Soccer Association (WESA)
General Operating
Western Colorado University
Junior Mountaineers Summer Camp Program
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley, Inc.
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Hispanic Affairs Project
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
KBUT Community Radio
General Operating
Valley Housing Fund
General Operating
EDUCATION
Coldharbour Institute
General Operating
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
General Operating
Gunnison Watershed School District
Peer Tutors
Gunnison Watershed School District
Rockin’ Reading Route Book Bus
Paradise Place
General Operating
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
Stepping Stones Children’s Center
General Operating
ENVIRONMENT
Crested Butte Land Trust
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
Coal Creek Watershed Coalition
General Operating
Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy
General Operating
High Country Conservation Advocates
General Operating
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Crested Butte State of Mind
General Operating
Gunnison Country Food Pantry
General Operating
Gunnison County Multicultural Resource Services
Connecting and Celebrating Cultures
GCSAPP
Summer Programming
Gunnison Valley Health
Mountain Mamas Cafe
Gunnison Valley Mentors
General Operating
Living Journeys
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Project Hope of Gunnison Valley
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
Six Points Evaluation and Training, Inc.
General Operating
Western Colorado University
Mountaineer Marketplace
HISTORIC PRESERVATION & TRADITION
Crested Butte Museum
General Operating-Two-Year (year one)
COLLABORATIONS
Church of the Good Samaritan
Gunnison United Church of Christ
B’Nai Butte Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Gunnison Valley Regional Housing Authority
Gunnison Watershed School District
GV-HEAT/Pathways Internship
2023 Community Grants
Total awarded = $174,687
ARTS & CULTURE
Center for the Arts
General Operating
Crested Butte Film Festival
General Operating
Crested Butte School of Dance
General Operating
Gunnison Arts Center
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
ATHLETICS & RECREATION
Adaptive Sports Center
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
Crested Butte Avalanche Center
General Operating
Crested Butte Nordic
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
Gunnison Watershed School District
Gunnison High School Boys’ Soccer Team Camp
West Elk Hockey Association
General Operating
West Elk Soccer Association (WESA)
General Operating
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley, Inc.
General Operating
Hispanic Affairs Project
General Operating – Two-Year (year one)
KBUT Community Radio
General Operating
Valley Housing Fund
General Operating
DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE
Gunnison Valley Animal Welfare League
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
EDUCATION
CBCS Parent Teacher Student Association
General Operating
CSU Extension – Gunnison County
Juntos 4-H Family Engagement Nights
Gunnison Watershed School District
Rockin’ Reading Route Book Bus
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
General Operating – Two-Year (year one)
The Trailhead Children’s Museum
General Operating
ENVIRONMENT
Crested Butte Land Trust
General Operating – Two-Year (year one)
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
High Country Conservation Advocates
General Operating
Western Colorado University M.E.M.
Characterizing Biochar for Use in Municipal, Agricultural, and Public-Lands Settings
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
CASA of the Seventh Judicial District, Inc.
General Operating
Gunnison Country Food Pantry
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
Gunnison County Substance Abuse Prevention Project
Choice Pass Parent Education
Gunnison Valley Health
Mountain Mamas Cafe
Gunnison Valley Mentors
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
Living Journeys
General Operating
Mountain Roots Food Project
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
Project Hope of Gunnison Valley
General Operating
Six Points Evaluation and Training, Inc.
General Operating – Two-Year (year two)
Western Colorado University
Wellness Elevated
HISTORIC PRESERVATION & TRADITION
Crested Butte Museum
General Operating
COLLABORATIONS
Gunnison County Veteran Services
American Legion Post 54
American Legion Post 54 Accessible Restroom
Gunnison Valley Regional Housing Authority
Gunnison Watershed School District
GV-HEAT/Pathways Internship
2022 Community Grants
Total awarded = $162,300
ARTS & CULTURE
Gunnison Arts Center
General Operating – Two-Year
ATHLETICS & RECREATION
Adaptive Sports Center
General Operating – Two-Year
Crested Butte Avalanche Center
General Operating
Crested Butte Nordic
General Operating – Two-Year
West Elk Hockey Association
General Operating
West Elk Soccer Association
General Operating
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley
General Operating
KBUT Community Radio
General Operating
DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE
Gunnison Valley Animal Welfare League
General Operating – Two-Year
EDUCATION
Crested Butte Community School PTA
General Operating
Gunnison Watershed School District
Rockin’ Reading Route Book Bus
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
General Operating
Wonderland Nature School
General Operating
ENVIRONMENT
Coldharbour Institute
General Operating
Crested Butte Land Trust
General Operating
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
General Operating – Two-Year
High Country Conservation Advocates
General Operating
Sustainable Crested Butte
General Operating
Sustainable Development Strategies Group
General Operating
Western Colorado University – MEM
Researching Biochar Effectiveness for Productive Rangelands
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink
General Operating
Crested Butte State of Mind
General Operating
Gunnison Country Food Pantry
General Operating – Two-Year
Gunnison County Substance Abuse Prevention Project (GCSAPP)
Choice Pass Parent Education
Gunnison Valley Mentors
General Operating – Two-Year
Lighthouse Pregnancy Center
General Operating
Living Journeys
General Operating
Mountain Roots Food Project
General Operating – Two-Year
Project Hope of Gunnison Valley
General Operating
Six Points Evaluation & Training
General Operating – Two-Year
Western Colorado University – Mountain Rescue Team
Backcountry Response Vehicle Replacement
Youth & Family Advocacy Services (CASA)
General Operating
HISTORICAL TRADITION & PRESERVATION
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
General Operating
COLLABORATIONS
Coldharbour Institute
Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley
Building Materials Reuse Center Pilot
Gunnison County Veteran Services
Mountain Roots Food Project
Military Veteran Farming Project
2021 Community Grants
Total awarded = $161,055
ARTS & CULTURE
Celebrate the Beat
General Operating
Center for the Arts
General Operating
Crested Butte Arts Festival
General Operating
Crested Butte Film Festival
General Operating
Crested Butte Music Festival
General Operating
Gunnison Arts Center
General Operating
Gunnison Watershed School District
Crested Butte Community School Enrichment Program
ATHLETICS & RECREATION
Adaptive Sports Center
General Operating
Crested Butte Avalanche Center
General Operating
Crested Butte Nordic
General Operating
Gunnison Nordic Club
General Operating
West Elk Hockey Association
General Operating
West Elk Soccer Association
General Operating
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley
General Operating
Hispanic Affairs Project
General Operating
KBUT Community Radio
General Operating
DOMESTIC ANIMAL WELFARE
Gunnison Valley Animal Welfare League
General Operating
EDUCATION
Gunnison Watershed School District
Rockin’ Reading Route Book Bus
Paradise Place
General Operating
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
General Operating
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
General Operating
Stepping Stones Children’s Center
General Operating
Wonderland Nature School
General Operating
ENVIRONMENT
Crested Butte Land Trust
General Operating
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
General Operating
Mountain Roots Food Project
General Operating
Sustainable Crested Butte
General Operating
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
CASA of the Seventh Judicial District
General Operating
Cattlemen’s Days Tough Enough to Wear Pink
General Operating
Crested Butte State of Mind
General Operating
Gunnison Country Food Pantry
General Operating
Gunnison County Substance Abuse Prevention Project (GCSAPP)
Choice Pass Parent Education
Living Journeys
General Operating
Six Points Evaluation & Training
General Operating
Western Colorado University – Exercise Sport Science
Wellness Elevated Program
HISTORICAL TRADITION & PRESERVATION
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
General Operating
COLLABORATIONS
Crested Butte School of Dance
Trailhead Children’s Museum
Center for the Arts
Former Building Reopening to Serve Local Arts
Coldharbour Institute
Habitat for Humanity Gunnison Valley
Construction Materials Recycling Center
Previous Year Grantees
These are the past 5 years of grantees. See earlier years.