Proactive Grants
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
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Geography
- In Weld County
Overview
Geographic Scope: Weld County, Colorado
Collaborative projects identified through outreach by The Weld Trust's grants team. The funder proactively identifies community challenges and assembles stakeholders to address them.
Approach:
- The Weld Trust staff identifies specific community issues through collaborative discussions
- Multiple organizations work together to deliver greatest impact
- Funding supports innovative, collaborative solutions
Recent Proactive Grants:
- Colorado Youth Sports Gives Day (Matching Grant - up to $100,000): Supports youth recreation sports in Weld County. The Weld Trust match combined with Daniels Fund statewide match (up to $500,000) can triple donations for participating organizations.
- Mobile Workforce Unit ($830,803): Collaboration between Employment Services Weld County, High Plains Library District, and HPLD Friends & Foundation
- Five Proactive Grants totaling $2.1+ million (2025-2026 cycle): Addressed community-identified challenges
Contact Information:
- Address: 815 8th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado
- Phone: 970-350-6052
- Website: weldtrust.org
What The Weld Trust actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 102
- Total given
- $18.67M
- Median grant
- $47K
- Range
- $7,500–$5M
- By dollars: Colorado >99%, Utah <1%. Top recipient cities: Greeley, CO; Denver, CO; Fort Collins, CO.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 25% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Banner Health · Greeley, CO
Health and/or education purposes for weld county
$5M
Greeley Weld Habitat for Humanity · Greeley, CO
Health and/or education purposes for weld county
$2.61M
High Plains Housing Development Corp · Greeley, CO
Health and/or education purposes for weld county
$2.5M
The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc · Greeley, CO
Health and/or education purposes for weld county
$698K
United Way of Weld County Inc · Greeley, CO
Health and/or education purposes for weld county
$673K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Youth sports
- Workforce development
- Community development
- Foundation
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