The Colorado Trust Grants Six Western Slope Nonprofits via Rural Philanthropy Days

The Colorado Trust, a private statewide foundation dedicated to ensuring all people living in Colorado have the opportunity to thrive, has granted $30,000 to six nonprofit organizations ($5,000 each) on the Western Slope as part of the June 2024 iteration of Rural Philanthropy Days.

Rural Philanthropy Days connects funders with nonprofit organizations and government agencies that serve rural Colorado. The biannual event was created in 1991 by the Community Resource Center (CRC) and the Anschutz Family Foundation to strengthen nonprofit-funder relations and address critical needs in rural Colorado communities.

The June 2024 Western Slope Rural Philanthropy Days convened nonprofit and funder representatives from Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Mesa and Pitkin counties. The Colorado Trust awarded general operating grants of $5,000 to each of the following organizations:

• A Way Out, Inc.: Support for providing free substance-use and addiction counseling, transitional housing, case management and other services to people and families.
• Center for Independence: Support for promoting community solutions and empowering people with a disability to live independently.
• Counseling & Education Center: Support for providing professional, affordable counseling services to any community member in need, regardless of ability to pay.
• Harmony Acres Equestrian Center: Support for ensuring access to evidence-based, equine-assisted therapy services at the center’s 24-acre property in Loma.
• Life Inter Faith Team on Unemployment and Poverty (LIFT-UP): Support for providing equitable food security for people and families, as well as for educating, building understanding and supporting an end to hunger from Parachute to Aspen.
• Response: Help for Survivors of Domestic Violence: Support for providing trauma-informed, nonjudgmental advocacy in English and Spanish to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, stalking and human trafficking who live or work in the upper Roaring Fork Valley.

Since 2009, The Colorado Trust has provided $963,000 in grants to rural Colorado nonprofit organizations via Rural Philanthropy Days and CRC to support the statewide Rural Philanthropy Days program. For more information about Rural Philanthropy Days, visit the CRC website.

About The Colorado Trust 
The Colorado Trust is a foundation dedicated to ensuring all Coloradans have the opportunity to thrive. We partner with organizations across Colorado that are working to make positive changes for people and communities. We provide funding and other resources to help every person living in Colorado have the opportunity to live a long and healthy life. Our grants support organizations and efforts focused on direct services, policy advocacy, community building, public education and more. We work side-by-side with grantees and community members to ensure grants are solution-based and effective. For more information, visit www.coloradotrust.org.