Southern Colorado Community Foundation
Southern Colorado Community Foundation is a public charity based in Pueblo, Colorado, formed in 1998. It supports charitable giving and community organizations in southeastern Colorado through grantmaking and philanthropic leadership.
Southern Colorado Community Foundation at a glance
In short: Southern Colorado Community Foundation gave $2.4M across 58 grants in 2025 (avg $42K), mostly in Colorado. 28% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,412,051
- +57.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 58
- +18.4% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $41,587
- +33.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $15,325
- Total assets
- $45,859,844
- +12.2% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 28% first-time grantees (16 of 58, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Colorado (94% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Southern Colorado Community Foundation
- How to Apply
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The website directs applicants to submit through an online application and select a grant fund. The form requests organizational and project information, the amount requested, other funding sources, and information about people involved and how they will be involved. A project budget is required. Recipients must submit a final report within 60 days of receiving funds, including supporting financial documents showing the program budget and expenditures; a report is required before an organization can be considered for a subsequent grant.
- Review Cycle
- The website lists March 1 and September 1 for the Community, Chamberlain, and E.M. Christmas funds. The September 1, 2026 cycle has passed. The Kerr Foundation deadline is ongoing.
- Deadline
- The website lists March 1 and September 1 for the Community, Chamberlain, and E.M.
- Contact
Mailing address: 121 W City Center Drive Suite 240, Pueblo, CO 81003
Phone: (719) 546-6667
Website: https://sccfcolorado.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
5 open opportunities from Southern Colorado Community Foundation
E.M. Christmas Fund Grant
Southern Colorado Community Foundation
Amount
US $2,000 - US $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Madeline Mellers Memorial Girls Golf Scholarship Grant
Southern Colorado Community Foundation
Amount
US $2,500
Deadline
Deadline not published
SCCF: Chamberlain Fund Grant
Southern Colorado Community Foundation
Amount
US $2,000 - US $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Southern Colorado Community Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was CSU Pueblo Foundation ($342K). Together the top 10 received $1.5M.
Grant Size Distribution
211 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 171 grants of 211 (81%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation says it serves 18 southeastern Colorado counties: Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Mineral, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, and Saguache. Fund eligibility varies: the Community Fund serves organizations across those counties; the Chamberlain and E.M. Christmas funds focus on Pueblo County; and the Kerr Foundation focuses on organizations in Rio Grande and Saguache counties.
The 2025 filing reports that 94% of grant dollars went to recipients in Colorado, 4% to Idaho, 1% to Missouri, and 1% to New Jersey.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 58 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Southern Colorado Community Foundation open to new grantees?
28%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 16 of 58 grantees (28%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $29K; repeat grants $47K. How we count
Medians: $14K first-time, $17K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $914K (2020) to $2.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 58 grants totaling $2.4M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| CSU Pueblo Foundation Pueblo, CO | Educational Purposes | $342,467 |
| Rosemount Museum Pueblo, CO | Educational Purposes | $247,510 |
| Southern Colorado Science Center Pueblo, CO | Educational Purposes | $200,000 |
| Center for American Values Pueblo, CO | Educational Purposes | $161,311 |
| Summit Healing Inc Littleton, CO | Educational Purposes | $110,000 |
| Pueblo Community College Foundation Pueblo, CO | Educational Purposes | $107,110 |
| Boise State University Athletics Boise, ID | Educational Purposes | $100,000 |
| YMCA of Pueblo Pueblo, CO | Educational Purposes | $85,776 |
| Praise Assembly of God Pueblo, CO | Educational Purposes | $80,000 |
| Pueblo Symphony Association Pueblo, CO | Educational Purposes | $78,757 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $45,859,844 | $4,571,171 | $3,065,110 | $2,412,051 | 58 | $3,111,984 |
| 2024 | $40,873,628 | $5,793,723 | $2,170,803 | $1,530,081 | 49 | $2,440,509 |
| 2023 | $34,760,242 | $2,359,538 | $1,529,207 | $1,028,359 | 37 | $1,321,522 |
| 2022 | $31,344,799 | $1,820,056 | $2,157,410 | $1,292,487 | 35 | $942,165 |
| 2021 | $38,709,924 | $8,379,882 | $1,458,923 | $972,345 | 32 | $2,181,343 |
| 2020 | $28,696,226 | $3,888,919 | $1,317,757 | $913,845 | 29 | $665,646 |
| 2019 | $23,645,831 | $4,395,902 | $2,131,453 | $1,665,022 | 25 | $1,318,358 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s mission is to enhance quality of life and promote philanthropy through leadership, resources, and traditions. Its website also describes work convening regional leaders, managing charitable gifts and bequests, supporting donors’ philanthropy, and providing resources and educational programs to donors and nonprofit organizations.
Among its 2025 grantees, Colorado State University-Pueblo’s foundation says it promotes the university and manages contributions for its benefit. Rosemount Museum describes its work as preserving and exhibiting a Victorian-era mansion and its furnishings and artifacts, with education, curatorial, and renovation programs. Summit Healing says it supports people with co-occurring diagnoses through supportive housing, treatment connections, community integration, and independent-living skills. These are grantees’ descriptions of their own work, not stated focus areas of the foundation.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 58 grants totaling $2,412,051. Grants ranged from $5,050 to $342,467, with a median of $15,325. The filing lists the purposes of the largest grants as educational purposes.
Among the largest grants were $342,467 to CSU Pueblo Foundation, $247,510 to Rosemount Museum, $200,000 to Southern Colorado Science Center, and $161,311 to Center for American Values. Other notable awards included $110,000 to Summit Healing, $107,110 to Pueblo Community College Foundation, and $100,000 to Boise State University Athletics.
The website describes several application-based funds. The Community Fund gives preference to requests that encourage or enhance leadership and serves organizations across the foundation’s 18 counties; most awards are $2,000–$5,000. The Chamberlain Fund and E.M. Christmas Fund give preference to leadership-related requests from Pueblo County organizations, with most awards also $2,000–$5,000. Kerr Foundation grants are based on the request’s impact for organizations in Rio Grande and Saguache counties; most awards are $500–$5,000, and the fund has an ongoing deadline.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Jeffrey Shaw as president, Dan DeRose as vice-president, Barbara Duff as treasurer, and Ken West as secretary. It lists Michael Baxter, Joe Bower, Patsy Cresswell, Gigi Dennis, Bruno DeRose, and Donna Maes as directors.
Southern Colorado Community Foundation is led by Jeffrey Shaw, President on every filing since 2019; 1 of 16 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jeffrey Shaw
President
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donna Maes
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gigi Dennis
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane L. Rawlings
Director
Vice President → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Bower
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Swanson
Director
Past President → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Till
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patsy Cresswell
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paulette Stuart
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Baxter
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bruno Derose
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Swerdfeger
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Osterman
Executive Di
On filings since 2019
48 hrs/week
$103K (2019) → $165K (2025)
Barbara Duff
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Derose
Vice President
Past President → Vice President, 2020
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ken West
Secretary
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (4)
- Former: James Valenzuela MD (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Matt Heimerich (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Alejandro Rojas-Sosa (2020) — Director
- Former: Terri Martinez-McGraw (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $165K, to Jeff Osterman (Executive Di).
Frequently asked questions about Southern Colorado Community Foundation
How much does Southern Colorado Community Foundation give each year?
Southern Colorado Community Foundation gave $2.4M across 58 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.5M across 49 grants.
What is Southern Colorado Community Foundation's typical grant size?
Southern Colorado Community Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $15,325, and its average grant was $41,587, across 58 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Southern Colorado Community Foundation that year got $29K on average.
Where does Southern Colorado Community Foundation give grants?
Southern Colorado Community Foundation gives mostly in Colorado: 94% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Pueblo, CO (37 grants), Pueblo West, CO (3 grants), Littleton, CO (2 grants) and Center, CO (2 grants).
Does Southern Colorado Community Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 57 grants with a stated purpose on Southern Colorado Community Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Educational Purposes" (57 grants).
Who are Southern Colorado Community Foundation's largest grantees?
Southern Colorado Community Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include CSU Pueblo Foundation ($342,467), Rosemount Museum ($247,510) and Southern Colorado Science Center ($200,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 33% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Southern Colorado Community Foundation?
Southern Colorado Community Foundation reported $45.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.6M.
What does Southern Colorado Community Foundation fund?
The foundation’s mission is to enhance quality of life and promote philanthropy through leadership, resources, and traditions. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Southern Colorado Community Foundation?
The website directs applicants to submit through an online application and select a grant fund. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Southern Colorado Community Foundation's EIN?
Southern Colorado Community Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-1449305. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 4, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 18, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 3, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 4, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 8, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 20, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Southern Colorado Community Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/southern-colorado-community-foundation-morg_aaad85de76594948a90a111ca36d1a85
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