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MCF

Grantees 2025

Giving back to the community is integral to the Montrose Community Foundation (MCF)

 

Our granting program has spanned more than thirty years and awarded more than a million dollars to support local organizations. Combining forces with the City of Montrose since 2014, MCF distributed $96,500 in 2025 to 36 local nonprofit organizations performing important and innovative projects in and around Montrose.

All Points Transit

Transition to a combined ADA-eligible paratransit/Microtransit system

Arrowhead Nordic

Nordic ski grooming assistance

Black Canyon Boys and Girls Club

Expand teen engagement and membership

Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition

Safety, preparedness, and rapid response work for immigrant families

Community Options, Inc.

Day programming, community gatherings, and trips to the Rec Center

Faultless

“Ask First” game and other consent games

Haven House of Montrose, Inc.

Transitional housing operations costs

Hilltop Community Resources, Inc.

Fatherhood program

Hispanic Affairs Project

Expand community outreach + women’s empowerment program

Hoof & Paw Animal Rescue

Examination table for convenient and affordable basic vet care

Kids Aid Montrose

Food to be distributed to students struggling with food insecurity

LFMG Music Academy

Youth-led programming and help to outfit our multimedia space

Magic Circle Players

Expand and upgrade the sound system

Maslow Academy

Operating expenses

MADA

Expand our commisary kitchen/small business incubator

Montrose Center for Arts

Youth art locker initiative

Montrose Children’s Museum

Museums for All program subsidy

Montrose County Historical Museum

Hands-on learning stations

Montrose Medical Mission

Medical care

National Inventors Hall of Fame

Critical summer STEM education to low-income Montrose youth

Nucla Early Learning Center

Tuition assistance

Ouray Mountain Rescue

Operating expenses

Partners Youth Mentoring

Local growth and the range of services

PEER Kindess

Program expansion for youth kindness leaders

PrimeHealth+

Sanitation and screening supplies, plus an intraoral camera

River Valley Family Health Center

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Program

Second Chance Humane Society

Operations, to sustain and expand critical animal welfare programs

Sharing Ministries, Inc.

Purchase of food

Uncompahgre Combined Clinics

Wheelchair accessible transport van support

Uncompahgre Volunteer Legal Aid

Wheelchair accessible transport van support

Valley Food Partnership

Improve operational efficiency for the Montrose Farmers Market

Valley Symphony Association

Free community concert & Youth Engagement Initiative

Valley Youth Orchestra

“Strings in Schools” program

Weehawken Creative Arts

scholarship program for Montrose students

West End Family Link Center

Operating expenses

West End Schools RE-2

Hands-on, project-based LEGO course for middle school students