Yampa Valley Community Foundation (YVCF), in collaboration with the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), is awarding grants totaling $3,702,220 to nonprofits that were affected by the infrastructure aftermath of COVID-19. YVCF is one of eight Regional Access Partners designated as part of the Nonprofit Infrastructure Grant program to receive submissions and vet applicants across Colorado.

YVCF received 115 applications since July, and through a rigorous process, identified 56 nonprofit organizations to receive grant awards. In total, the NPI Grant program awarded 433 applications from across the state, submitted through the eight Regional Access Partners.

Routt County recipients were: Family Development Center, Friends of the Yampa, Integrated Community, Partners in Routt County, Perry Mansfield, Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide, Routt County Economic Development Partnership, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, The Health Partnership, Totally Kids, Veterans to Farmers, Yampa Valley Autism Program, Yampa Valley Sustainability Council and Young Tracks.

Moffat County organizations that received grants were: Advocates Crisis, Trauma and Survivor Services, Boys and Girls Clubs of Northwest Colorado and the Community Budget Center.

The NPI Grant was created after Colorado House Bill 22-1356 was signed into law on June 3, 2022 to help underrepresented communities with limited access to state and federal funding and those impacted and disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The emphasis on infrastructure and capacity building aims to help nonprofits with annual budgets between $150,000 and $2,000,000 build critical staff and boards, while providing funds to proactively invest in the organization’s makeup.

For more information, visit yvcf.org/npi.