Yampa Valley

Community Foundation


 

2006 Competitive Grants

Environment

Nature Conservancy's Carpenter Ranch - $1,500  Purchase of a Trail Groomer to maintain a ski touring track at the Carpenter Ranch during the winter season. 

Colorado First Conservation District  - $4,000  
Matching grant request to assist with funding a technical position that services land users with conservation technical assistance.

Community Agriculture Alliance - $2,500   
Development and implementation of the Northwest Colorado Products Program. 

Yampa Valley Stream Improvement Charitable Trust $2,500 -
Yampa River Channel Stabilization and Riparian Rehabilitation Project, Chuck Lewis State Wildlife Area

Yampa River Botanic Park $1,090 - Computer System Upgrade 

Recreation

Totally Kids, Inc. - $2,500 - School Year Day Camps that provide structured, supervised, productive time for school age children.

Soap Box Derby $1,100 -
Derby’s license fee

Health and Human Services

Advocates Against Battering and Abuse - $2,500   Develop and implement a Latino Outreach Program.

Advocates Crisis Support Services - $1,500   Funding for a portion of flooring in a new shelter in Moffat County.

Comunidad Integrada - $5,000 - Business plan study for ELL instruction, and a Spanish/English cultural and language exchange group in Craig.

Partners in Routt County $5,000 - Healthy Lifestyles School-Based Mentoring Program

Hayden Community Action Network $1,000 - Staff for the Summer Teen Center

Family Development Center $750 - Moffat County Child Care Quality Expansion Grant

The Boys and Girls Club of Craig $5,000 - General Operating Expenses

First Impressions $5,000 - Quality Improvement Project

Routt County Habitat For Humanity - $2,500  Building duplex for two low income families.

Art and Culture

Bud Werner Memorial Library - $7,640  Digitize Routt County Republican from Jan 31, 1908 to May 20, 1923.  This will move papers from microfilm to a searchable database.

Hayden Historic Preservation Commission  - $2,420 Assist in building a replica of the Hayden Town water pumphouse built in 1907.

Historic Routt County! - $2,070 - Historic Building Survey and Report of Oak Creek historic commercial buildings in accordance with Colorado Historical Society Standards

Strings in the Mountains $4,000 - Family Youth and Concert Series

Tread of the Pioneers Museum $2,200 -
Oral History Initiative

Steamboat Arts Council $7,500 - General Operating Support

Emerald City Opera $1,000 - Education and Community Outreach

Steamboat Springs Youth Chamber Orchestra $4,000 - Student Scholarship

Education

South Routt School District - $700 South Routt Literacy Carnival

Soda Creek Elementary School - $500 First and Fifth grade students from Soda Creek Elementary School paired as Study Buddies for classroom and field based studies of the Yampa river ecosystem


 

2005 Grant Recipients

 

ART & CULTURE   $29,000

Emerald City Opera
Historic Routt County!
KUNC Public Radio
Main Street Steamboat Springs
Maybell Women's Club
Perry Mansfield Performing Arts Camp
Northwest Colorado Mexican Cultural Festival
Seminars at Steamboat
Steamboat Springs Arts Council
Steamboat Springs Chamber Orchestra
Steamboat Springs Community Orchestra
Steamboat Dance Theater
Strings In The Mountains
Tread of Pioneers Museum 
Town of Hayden
   

EDUCATION   $56,000

     American Leadership Forum
     The Baldwin School
     Boy Scout Troop 194
     Christian Heritage School
     Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation
     Comunidad Integrada
     Girl Scouts of America
     Hayden School District
     First Impressions
     Lowell Whiteman School
     Recreational After-School Doorway (RAD)
     Routt County 4-H
     Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
     South Routt Elementary
     Steamboat Springs School District
     Steamboat Springs Middle School
     Steamboat Springs Montessori
     Young Tracks Preschool 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

ENVIRONMENT   $119,000

Centennial Park Project
Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
Colorado Institute of Public Policy (CSU)
Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Community Agricultural Alliance
Community Youth Corps and Carpenter Ranch
Feline Rescue
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Routt County Cooperative Extension
The Nature Conservancy
Yampa River Botanic Park
Yampa Valley Land Trust
Yampa Valley Recycles
Yampatika Outdoor Awareness Association
 

 

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES   $158,000

     Advocates Against Battering & Abuse
     Comunidad Integrada
     Doak Walker Care Center
     Don Lufkin Lift-Up Endowment
     Grand Futures
     Habitat for Humanity, Routt County
     The Haven
     Healthcare Foundation of the Yampa Valley
     Horizons Specialized Services
     Hospice Services of Northwest Colorado
     Independent Life Center
     Lift-Up Food Bank & Emergency Services
     Memorial Hospital of Craig Foundation
     Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association
     Partners in Routt County
     Planned Parenthood
     Routt County 4-H, Livestock Sale
     Routt County Veterans Affairs
     Routt County Foundation for Senior Citizens
     Salvation Army
     South Routt Medical Center
     Steamboat Springs Pregnancy Center
     Yampa Valley Pregnancy Center
     Young Life Ministry
     Yampa Valley Autism Program

 

 

 
 

 RECREATION   $18,000

After Prom Party
Backcountry Snow Sports Alliance
Boys and Girls Club of Craig
Hayden Community Action Network
International Soap box Derby
Routt County Fair Association
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Tennis Town Colorado
 

SCHOLARSHIPS   $72,000

Boise State University
     California State Polytechnic University
     Colorado College
     Colorado Mountain College
     Colorado State University
     Columbia College
     Culinary Institute of America
     East Central College
     Florida Culinary Institute
     Fort Lewis College
     Johnson and Wales University
     Mesa State College
     Montana State University
     Northeast Junior College

 

Northeastern University
Oregon State University
Otero Junior College
Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College
PGA of America
Rocky Mountain College
Slippery Rock University
UNC Greeley
University of Colorado
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
University of Denver
University of Northern Colorado
University of Rochester
University of Wyoming