Montrose Community Foundation Impact Grants

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.

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.
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.
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:
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

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.