Wolcott Family Foundation Grants

Wolcott Family Foundation Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Wolcott Family Foundation
Amount: US $1,000 - US $5,000
Last Updated: December 03, 2025

Summary

The Wolcott Family Foundation focuses on funding grassroots organizations that drive social change and environmental stewardship. They prioritize support for projects that empower communities, strengthen civil liberties, and address ecological challenges. Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations in Colorado classified under section 501(c)(3), with grants awarded for one year. The foundation values projects emphasizing environmental preservation and community involvement aimed at tackling societal issues.

Overview

Mission Statement The Wolcott Family Foundation, WOLFF, focuses its funding in the areas of social change and environmental stewardship, with emphasis on supporting grassroots organizations for which a small grant can make a real contribution. We are a four generation family-run organization, convinced of the power of small groups to make a significant difference in helping people change their world. Priority is given to organizations that: empower individuals and communities to organize for social change seek to strengthen civil liberties and civil rights issuesExamples: equal opportunity, equal justice and racism, equal protection and due process, disabilities, reproductive rightsbuild community development that seeks to address urgent ecological problems or break the cycle of poverty, create economic opportunity and build effective leadership in distressed communitiesExamples: access to quality employment, leadership development, community participationdemonstrate linkages and interdependence of ecosystems and economics with win-win solutions and collaborative approaches or address urgent ecological threats

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. nonprofit organizations classified under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code geographic restriction - organizations based in Colorado are given preferencegrant awards are for the duration of one yearorganizations are eligible to reapply at the end of a grant period if a final report is on file for the previous grant award or is included with new applicationrequests will be considered for either general support or specific project support site visits may be requested at the discretion of the Foundation

Ineligibility

What is not funded: groups with annual budgets over $350,000individualsscholarshipscapital campaignsendowments