Local
Grants
The grant cycle for Onward! will open on September 1 and close October 15. Questions may be directed to grants@onwardfoundation.org.
Applications accepted September 1 to October 15
Short-term (maximum 1 year) grants ranging from $500 to $5000 are disbursed to grant awardees. Four additional grant fund partners participate in the grant cycle to raise the level of giving.
Who can apply
Criteria to apply:
- Be a not-for-profit project or organization located in and providing services to Montezuma, Dolores, La Plata, Archuleta or San Juan County, Colorado
- Have 501(c)(3) status
- Have an organizational structure that demonstrates professionalism and accountability (i.e. a board of directors or similar structure with some kind of governance)
- Have well defined goals and a method for evaluating success for the grant activity proposed
Montezuma Dolores La Plata Archuleta San Juan
Local
Grant awardees, year by year
From 2017 to 2024 Onward! has given out $601,691 from our donor-advised funds, General Endowment Fund and General Fund in grants to local nonprofits.
2025 awardees
Yellow Jacket Charitable Fund
- Four Corners Child Advocacy Center
- Good Samaritan Center
- Lewis-Arriola Community Center
Heart of Axis Fund
- Indigenous Wellbriety
- La Plata Youth Centers
- School Community Youth Collaborative
- Veterans for Veterans of Archuleta County
Heartwood Fund
- Dove’s Nest Early Care and Education Center
- K-9 Search and Rescue Team, Inc.
- Reaching Out to Community and Kids
- San Juan Symphony
- Silver Lining Recovery Homes
- Students Tackling Unhealthy Decisions
Searle Community Endowment Fund
- Grace’s Kitchen
- Lamp Post Creative Learning Center
Golden Dreams Foundation Fund
- The Bridge Emergency Shelter
Onward! General Endowment Fund
- Cortez Farmers Market
- Cortez Water Dragons, Inc.
- DARE to be You
- Four Corners Community Band
- Grace’s Kitchen
- Hospice of Montezuma
- Lamp Post Creative Learning Center
- Montezuma County Department of Social Services
- Montezuma Heritage Museum
- School Community Youth Collaborative
- Southwest Memorial Hospital Foundation
- The Powerhouse
- The Salvation Army
2024 awardees
Funded in 2024
- Battle Rock Charter School
- Community Connections
- Community Radio Project KSJD
- Cortez BMX
- Cortez Fire Protection District
- Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
- DARE To Be You
- Dolores Family Project
- Dolores Watershed Collaborative
- Dove’s Nest Early Care and Education Center
- Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering
- Four Corners Child Advocacy Center
- Four Corners Community Band
- Galloping Goose Historical Society of Dolores, Inc.
- Heart to Heart
- Hospice of Montezuma
- In The Weeds Co
- Indigenous Wellbriety Program
- K-9 Search and Rescue Team
- La Plata Family Centers Coalition
- Mancos Creative District
- Montezuma Leadership Network
- Montezuma-Cortez High School Band Boosters
- Reaching Out to Community and Kids (ROCK)
- Renew, Inc.
- Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance (SCCA)
- Southwest Colorado Concerts
- Southwest Health Systems, Inc.
- Students Tackling Unhealthy Decisions (STUD)
- TAILS of Transformation
- The Bridge Emergency Shelter
- The Grief Center of SW Colorado
- The Salvation Army
- Veterans for Veterans of Archuleta County
2023 awardees
2022 awardees
Together
The Celebration Luncheon
It is always fun to recognize the good work nonprofits are doing across the five county region.
The Board of Directors of SouthWest Colorado Concerts are very appreciative of Onward! A Legacy Foundation for funding these (Brassfire & master class) opportunities for exciting, professional music for the students in our area.
There were ten juveniles who completed substance abuse evaluations and had nice counseling sessions as a result of those evaluations.