$10.6M in expenses

The community foundation offers a wide array of services to assist community-minded people and businesses achieve their philanthropic goals. We help create, nurture, and deploy custom-designed philanthropic funds and endowments to support the community now and for generations to come. Through hundreds of charitable funds, we distribute millions of dollars into the community each year and serve as a long-term, strategic partner for individual and corporate fundholders.

$1.0M in expenses

Community impact - these public-facing programs, funded and/or operated by the community foundation, help us realize our vision of a thriving, resilient, sustainable community with a vibrant quality of life for all. We continued to help fund programs aimed at the redevelopment efforts embodied in the transforming safety initiative. This initiative represents a new vision for public safety, one that prioritizes community development and economic empowerment as tools for crime prevention. By supporting small business loans and community grants in southeast colorado springs, the initiative empowers residents to identify priorities and implement solutions tailored to their neighborhoods. Through this model, transforming safety fosters safer, more connected communities by investing in people, place-based strategies, and long-term resilience.

$128K in expenses

Our spacious skies - the community foundation launched our spacious skies, a regional initiative to identify shared community values and priorities across el paso and teller counties. This multi-phase effort uses scientifically grounded research and broad public input to develop a clear picture of what matters most to residents. The resulting data and insights are made publicly available to inform and support those making strategic investments in programs and opportunities that reflect the region's values.