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This is a secure website where you can use Visa or MasterCard to make a donation to any existing fund,
or give to participating non-profit organizations, YVCF Initiative Funds, YVCF Field of interest funds, or donor-advised funds
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Our Mission
The Yampa Valley Community Foundation
provides leadership in raising funds, in partnership with community
members, to support innovative programs benefiting the Yampa Valley
community.
Our Vision
Building a healthy and vital
community through the power of philanthropy
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Yampa Valley
Community Foundation Announces
September 15TH
Deadline for Grant Opportunities
September 15,
2008 will be the deadline for two grant opportunities for local
nonprofits: The Yampa Valley Community Foundation Community Grant
round and the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation Recreation Grant
Fund.
Community Grants are available for any nonprofit activity in Routt
or Moffat County that falls within the following areas: Environment,
Education, Health and Human Services, Recreation or Art and
Culture. Please
click here to see the guidelines and
here to get
the grant application.
The SS&RC
Recreation Fund will serve above ground recreation projects in Routt
County, please
click here for the guidelines and
here for the
grant application.
Recipients will
be announced in December 2008. For more information please contact
the Yampa Valley Community Foundation at 970-879-8632.
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YVCF Joins Foundation Center
National Network
The Yampa Valley
Community Foundation recently acquired a Cooperating Collection from
the Foundation Center. The Cooperating Collection offers access to
the The Foundation Directory Online, profiling more than
91,000 U.S. grantmakers, print directories, and proposal writing
guides. Cooperating Collections also hold training sessions on how
to effectively use these resources and identify potential funders.
The Collection will be available Monday - Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm
at the Yampa Valley Community Foundation offices. For more
information on the collection please call 970-879-8632. To learn
more about the Foundation Center please
click here.
The Foundation
Center also offers free training courses, currently they are
offering an online grant writing basics class;
Learn about the basics of writing a proposal
for your nonprofit organization. The class takes 60 minutes to
complete and requires registration.
Click here to register.
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The National Standards Seal by our name indicates
official confirmation from the Council on Foundations that we have
met the most rigorous standards in philanthropy. It affirms our
commitment to financial security, transparency and accountability.
It says our grantmaking includes an open, competitive process
designed to address the changing needs of our community. The
National Standards Seal also confirms our history of honoring
donors’ wishes.
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