First Responder Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Lake, and Saguache Counties
Status (2026): Applications CLOSED
Grants provided through Sangre de Cristo Electric Association to support first responders.
What Chaffee County Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 38
- Total given
- $2.58M
- Median grant
- $12K
- Range
- $5,258–$879K
- By dollars: Colorado 100%. Top recipient cities: Salida, CO; Buena Vista, CO; Steamboat Springs, CO.
- 26% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 43% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chaffee County · Salida, CO
General operating funds & capital match
$879K
Watershed NP Inc · Buena Vista, CO
Grove project
$400K
Central Colorado Conservancy · Salida, CO
Enhancing ranch and rangeland management through virtual fencing & conservation easements
$316K
Riverside Ditch & Allen Extension Company · Steamboat Springs, CO
Riverside ditch and allen extension company ditch improvement initiative 2
$153K
Chaffee County · Salida, CO
Transfer of fiscal sponsoree to new entity
$132K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- First responders
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