Apply now for a 2025 Grant!
Grant applications are due March 21, 2025, by midnight.
- Log on to the Lake County Community Fund’s Online Portal.
- New Users: Please click on “Create New Account” to complete the registration process and create your login credentials.
- Existing Users: Please enter your credentials and log in. If you forgot your password, please use the “Forgot your Password?” link to the left to reset your password. Not Sure? If you think that you or someone at your organization has already registered in the system, do not create a new account. Please contact our John McMurtry at director@lakecountycommunityfund.org or (970) 393-4335 to receive your username.
The Lake County Community Fund is offering two programs:
- the Lake County Community Grant and
- the Copper Mountain Resort Grant
Eligible organizations may apply for one of the grants but not both.
Lake County Community Grant
The Lake County Community Grant provides support for Leadville/Lake County nonprofits’ greatest needs. This grant funds projects that fit within the following areas:
- Arts and Culture
- Community and Economic Development
- Education and Training
- Environmental Initiatives
- Health and Wellness
For the 2025 grant cycle, LCCF will offer $51,000 for the Community Grant. This includes funding from the City of Leadville.
Copper Mountain Resort Grant
Thanks to a gift from Copper Mountain Resort and POWDR, the Copper Mountain Resort Grant will be initiated to fund projects that fit within the following areas:
- Outdoor adventure education
- Development of lifetime sports skills and
- Environmental causes
The objective of this grant is to inspire a healthy adventure lifestyle among Lake County youth, promote lifetime sports, and protect our natural environment.
Thanks to grant funding from Copper Mountain Resort and POWDR, LCCF will offer $25,000 for youth-oriented outdoor adventure education, teaching lifetime sports skills, or supporting environmental causes.
Please note these important dates:
- February 3, LCCF community grant application is available here
- February 13, Information Zoom session for potential grant applicants (12-1 pm) *Not mandatory*
- March 21, Grant applications due by midnight
- April 23, Grant awards announced
- To view and download the full LCCF grant application, as well as the full grant guidelines, please CLICK HERE
Please email John McMurtry, director@lakecountycommunityfund.org or call 719-286-3396 with any questions, ideas or suggestions.
About Lake County Community Fund: The Lake County Community Fund (LCCF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit community organization that was established in 2016 to create a sustainable funding source to accomplish collective goals for the Lake County community. The LCCF helps build ongoing funding and a sustainable future for the extraordinary community of Leadville and Twin Lakes, Colorado. Since 2017, the Lake County Community Fund has awarded 147 grants totaling more than $446,000 to Lake County nonprofit organizations.