Resource Library: Community Resources

Since its founding as part of the One Valley Prosperity Project, CFGV has been a member of the Gunnison County Community Health Coalition (CHC). Formed to address the major challenges our community faces with regards to community health and equity, we have been working with other key community partners (including representatives from the County Department of Health and Human Services, the GVH Foundation, Juvenile Services, Adult Protective Services, and Gunnison Valley Family Physicians) to improve collaboration in addressing basic needs for community members. In 2022, the CHC released the State of the Community Report that examined behavioral health and community challenges. The findings were quite alarming and have helped inform community investments made in behavioral health and other …

In 2025, CFGV and partners undertook the first community-wide Gunnison Valley Salary & Benefits Survey to better understand local compensation practices across all sectors.

Examine the housing challenges our community is facing and establish shared understanding as a baseline from which local municipalities, nonprofits, and other community-based organizations can work toward solutions.

La Guía de Recursos Básicas puede ayudar siestás tratando de llegar a fin de mes, eres un inmigrante, un anciano, un padre, un veterano, o solamente quieres aprender más sobre los varios recursos disponibles en el Valle de Gunnison.

In late 2024 and early 2025, CFGV worked with Triple Point Strategic Consulting and Gunnison County Juvenile Services to produce an update to the original 2022 State of the Community Report. Narrowing the focus to fewer metrics allowed the team to reexamine some key findings of the original report and gauge our community’s progress. Like with the 2022 version, this updated report gives us areas of focus that can guide community investment over the next few years. Thank you to Crested Butte Mountain Resort and Vail Resorts EPICPromise for supporting this important …

The Basic Needs Guide may be helpful if you are trying to make ends meet, an immigrant, a senior, a parent, a veteran, or just want to learn more about the myriad of resources available in the Gunnison Valley.

Consider what you love about the Gunnison Valley. Is it our open spaces and public lands? Our vibrant, creative communities? Education, mentorship, and recreation for youth or the way we care for pets needing homes? What about how organizations step in to fill gaps in serving community members’ basic needs like food, homes, and connection? Whatever it is you love about this place, your generous support of local nonprofits, including the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley, uplifts our entire community. Thank you. There are many ways to make a legacy gift in the Gunnison Valley. This overview walks you through some of the options and gives you advice on next steps you can take to keep your love of the Gunnison Valley alive, …