Montrose Community Foundation Impact Grants

Montrose Community Foundation Impact Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Montrose Community Foundation
Amount: Up to US $5,000
Last Updated: October 16, 2025

Summary

The Montrose Community Foundation Impact Grants aim to foster community-driven solutions that enhance giving, leadership, and service, ultimately improving the quality of life for all residents. These grants support organizations that demonstrate financial responsibility, encourage innovative approaches, and prioritize collaboration. With funding between $1,000 and $5,000, the grants are available for programs that address the needs of underserved populations in Montrose County, ensuring a vibrant and inclusive community.

Overview

Purpose & Description Our Impact Grants help encourage community based solutions that inspire and empower giving, leadership, and service, and improve the quality of life for all in our community. We envision…a healthy and vibrant community that is created, sustained, and supported by its members and powered by generosity. Impact Grants Our Impact Grants help us fulfill our mission to inspire and empower giving, leadership, and service improving the quality of life for all in our community. We envision…a healthy and vibrant community that is created, sustained, and supported by its members and powered by generosity. In order to grow organizations in Montrose and the surrounding community and to incubate qualifying community projects and partnerships, we will support programs and operating expenses through our MCF Impact Grants. MCF Impact Grants will: Promote organizations that demonstrate financial responsibility and sustainability.Encourage innovative and strategic approaches.Support a “better together” approach (significant collaboration, less duplication of services).Invest in leadership and operations that demonstrate action.Encourage participation that is reflective of our entire community The following criteria are used in the evaluation of grant requests: Organization’s mission is aligned with their programsOrganization demonstrates that they understand the needs of the population they are serving and engages their constituents in their planning processImpact of programs or services is explainedPopulation that is served is underserved or at-risk/vulnerable. Underserved meaning that there are not currently adequate services available for that populationOrganization demonstrates collaborationFinancial information is complete Grant amounts will be from $1000-$5000.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Organizations should be a registered 501(c)3 or have a current fiscal sponsor. If not a 501(c)3, please be prepared to describe your charitable or tax exemption status. The MCF can fund an organization that does not have the IRS tax status, but the project MUST be charitable.Organizations with budgets over $3 million must apply for program or project funds, not operational.Programs and services must impact Montrose County residents.

Ineligibility

MCF does not support requests for:Political activitiesExpenses for an individualTravel expensesCollege scholarshipsRequests from religious organizations for the sole purpose of furthering that religion.