Best Costilla County Grants for Nonprofits in Colorado

Catholic schools and dioceses in Costilla County, Colorado can access funding through Catholic Extension to develop and retain promising school leaders through graduate-level training. The program covers most tuition plus travel for Loyola Marymount University’s online Certificate in Catholic School Administration, building leadership capacity and strengthening K–12 Catholic education in participating dioceses.

With a mission to strengthen Catholic pastoral and social outreach, Catholic Extension provides designated mission dioceses, including those serving Costilla County, Colorado, with support to enhance ministries. Funding can help expand catechesis, marriage and family programs, Catholic media, liturgical life, social outreach to homeless, immigrants, or incarcerated people, and restore ecclesial services after disasters.

Catholic dioceses seeking to strengthen fundraising, financial management, and operational efficiency in Costilla County, Colorado can apply for Building Capacity Grants, which support strategic planning, audits, technology, and development staff training. Catholic Extension funds only designated Extension Dioceses, so local Catholic entities should coordinate applications through their approved diocesan leadership.

Catholic dioceses and parishes serving young people with faith formation programs in Costilla County, Colorado can seek support for ministries to children, teens, young adults, and families. Catholic Extension funds campus ministry, youth ministry, religious education, and young adult programs in eligible Extension dioceses through operational support, salary subsidies, or seed money.

Catholic dioceses in Costilla County, Colorado can receive funding to recruit, educate, and provide ongoing formation for seminarians, deacons, and lay or religious leaders. Catholic Extension provides mission dioceses with support for tuition subsidies, leadership training, professional development, and recruitment efforts to ensure well-trained ministers are available to sustain parish and diocesan life.

Catholic dioceses and ministries providing Catholic pastoral and administrative services in Costilla County, Colorado can seek funding to sustain or expand core operations and leadership. With a mission to strengthen Catholic life in under-resourced areas, Catholic Extension provides designated Extension Dioceses with salary subsidies and essential operating support for priests, religious, lay leaders, and parish administration.

Catholic dioceses and parishes in Extension dioceses can receive up to US $100,000 to construct, expand, or renovate Catholic churches and related facilities in Costilla County, Colorado. Catholic Extension provides funding for church buildings, community and program spaces, residential facilities for ministers, temporary structures, and minor repair or equipment projects for under-resourced communities.

Nonprofit organizations supporting Costilla County, Colorado can seek US $2,000 - US $5,000 to strengthen community services and leadership-focused programs. Southern Colorado Community Foundation supports projects that encourage or enhance civic and youth leadership across eligible southeastern Colorado counties, including Costilla County, through its Community Fund Grant.

Colorado local governments in Costilla County, Colorado can use this grant to fund design, engineering, planning, feasibility studies, and environmental clearance for eligible public facilities and water infrastructure projects. The Colorado Department of Local Affairs supports non-entitlement municipalities and counties undertaking CDBG public facility projects that primarily benefit low- to moderate-income residents or address slum, blight, or urgent needs, with awards up to US $100,000.

Mission Catholic dioceses serving Costilla County, Colorado can apply for Catholic Extension’s Francis Grants to fund major diocesan events or bishop education. These grants support occasions like a new bishop’s ordination, significant diocesan anniversaries, papal visits, and ongoing formation for bishops in pre-approved poor dioceses across the U.S.

Nonprofit 501(c)(3) arts organizations in rural communities can apply for the Rural Arts Initiative to support general operations and exceptional literary, visual, music, or performing arts programs. Grants from the Laura Jane Musser Fund help Costilla County, Colorado and other eligible rural areas with budgets under $350,000 access up to US $12,000 in annual support, renewable for up to three years.

Nonprofits and fiscally sponsored initiatives in rural Colorado advancing economic security for women, girls, and nonbinary people of color can apply for grants of US $10,000 - US $20,000. With a mission to support liberatory, women-of-color-led work, The Women's Foundation of Colorado provides Costilla County organizations with funding for direct services or community organizing in areas like education, health, housing, and leadership.

501(c)(3) nonprofits in Costilla County, Colorado can apply for Frederick H. Leonhardt Foundation’s US $5,000 - US $20,000 grants for trackable projects in arts, humanities, education, animal and human welfare, or environmental programs. Organizations must propose clearly measurable activities, such as specific numbers of books delivered, public lectures held, or wildlife tagged.

New businesses planning to start or relocate in designated Rural Jump-Start zones in Costilla County, Colorado can receive up to US $25,000 in matching grants and significant tax benefits to support rural business development and job creation. The Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade administers this program for firms that are not yet operating in Colorado and meet specific hiring and export requirements.

Costilla County, Colorado nonprofits focused on education, health and human services, civic betterment, or arts and culture can access funding through Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Charitable Giving Program. Organizations within the cooperative’s multi-state service territory may receive financial support or surplus office equipment to strengthen community growth and sustainability.

Focused on public infrastructure, Colorado Department of Local Affairs invites Costilla County, Colorado units of general local government to seek funding for public facilities and improvements. Eligible city, county, or municipal applicants in non-entitlement, low-income areas can receive up to US $600,000 for acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or installation projects, including on behalf of local nonprofits.

Wyndall Ivey Scholarship

The scholarship has been established in memory of Attorney Wyndall Ivey, a 1992 graduate of Sidney Lanier High School (Lanier Academic Motivational Program), the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Washington and Lee University School of Law. Eligible applicants must have a minimum 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale and plan to attend an accredited two-year or four-year college or university. Two $500 scholarships will be awarded.

Application Requirements:

• High School Transcript, Essay and References

Wayne Hawkins Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship benefits students who are children of employed or independent, exclusive sales representatives or insurance agents of Alfa Mutual Insurance Company or its insurance affiliates or subsidiaries. Awarding is based on academic achievement.

Application Requirements:

• High School Transcript

Osborn scholarship

The Osborn scholarship is for BIPOC students with demonstrated financial need, who are enrolled in or planning to pursue an accredited bachelor’s or master’s degree program in landscape architecture or civil engineering. Priority will be given to students with a demonstrated a commitment to developing public infrastructure and/or public places in the State of Washington. The intention of the scholarship is to create opportunities for those who have faced historic barriers to access to these professions in the United States. The scholarship founders believe that the design challenges of the 21st century require diverse voices to solve. They look forward to the stronger design solutions to which future scholarship recipients will contribute. Scholarship applicants must demonstrate the grit, resiliency and aptitude that is necessary for success in these professions. This may be demonstrated by any combination of at least two of the following characteristics: overcame a significant personal challenge to maintain at least a B average at school, honor roll grade point average, demonstrated ability to juggle multiple responsibilities, demonstrated service contributions to their community.

Awards

• $5,000 - $10,000

Allied Arts Fund

These awards help talented young students further their training in their artistic field. Students must live within the boundaries of the Greater Renton Area or have a Renton address and are between the ages of 12-19. The categories under which a student may apply are all areas of visual or performing arts. Awards may be used for tuition, school fees or academic expenses such as music, lessons, books, painting supplies, etc.

Awards

• $500 - $1000

The Tom Woodward Memorial Visual Arts Scholarship

The Tom Woodward Memorial Visual Arts Scholarship benefits students pursuing postgraduate studies at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or trade school. Art is not a required major for eligible applicants. This scholarship is renewable.

Application Requirements:

• High School Transcript, Essay, 3 Pieces of Artwork and References.

RoseLoe-Dix Endowed Scholarship Fund

Attending four-year university, two-year college or trade school in the upcoming semester, majoring in Business, Sciences, Computers, Christian Religion, Literature, Pre-med, Medical Field, or Engineering.

Awards

• (2) $12,000.00

Eleanor & James Latta Jr. Scholarship Fund

Mission Statement

In the spirit of the A. Duie Pyle company focus on supporting people in as many ways as possible, the Latta Scholarship goal is to assist the children or stepchildren of A. Duie Pyle employees to enter into or continue attending an accredited college or technical school. Applicants must be children or stepchildren of A. Duie Pyle employees, should be able to demonstrate academic success, community and/or school contribution and a solid-grasp of future professional plans.

If you are an A. Duie Pyle employee and would like your child to apply for the Latta Scholarship, full details and an application can be accessed here. For any additional questions you can reach out to pylemarketing@aduiepyle.com. or grants@chescocf.org

Background

The Eleanor & James Latta Jr. Scholarship Fund was established through donations from A. Duie Pyle, Inc. and from private donors for the benefit of children of employees of A. Duie Pyle. The fund is administered through the Chester County Community Foundation, and award winners are selected by the fund's scholarship committee, none of whom work at A. Duie Pyle.

Eleanor Pyle was Duie Pyle's daughter, and in 1942 she married James Latta, Jr. At the time, Mr. Latta was serving his country in the U.S. Army. Shortly after the wedding, Mr. Latta shipped out and served in the China-Burma-India Theater, and did not return home until April of 1945. Beginning in 1946, Jim Latta worked alongside Duie Pyle as the company continued to grow.

As Mr. Pyle's health declined in the early 1960's, Mr. Latta assumed the decision making for the future of the company. Mr. Latta led Pyle through rapid expansion, diversification, and a Teamster strike, and Pyle's resulting decertification. Throughout his leadership, Eleanor, his wife of 52 years, was by his side and involved in the company's activities. As Mr. Latta's health problems began to compound during 1985, much of the responsibility for the day to day decision making was transferred to Mr. and Mrs. Latta's three sons: Jimmy, Duie, and Peter. Mr. Latta remained a guiding force for his sons until his passing on June 16, 1995. Mrs. Latta continued as the matriarch of the company for many more years, until her passing on September 29, 2011.

The company experienced tremendous growth and solidified its identity as an outstanding place to work under the leadership of Eleanor and James Latta, Jr. They were always big proponents of education, and this scholarship fund is in memory of their tremendous contribution, and for the benefit of the employees of A. Duie Pyle, who they both so dearly respected and valued.

In 2013, shortly before his retirement, Pyle's President, Steve O'Kane, started the Eleanor & James Latta Jr. Scholarship Fund for the benefit of children of employees of A. Duie Pyle, in memory of Eleanor & James Latta Jr.

East End Neighborhood Association Scholarship Fund

Mission Statement

The sole purpose of this fund shall be to support agencies and other charitable causes as recommended by the Fund Advisors and approved by the Board of the Community Foundation.

Rene Hernandez Scholarship Fund

Hispanic graduating seniors in Travis and Williamson county.

Awards

• (1) $2,000.00

YWCA Chester County Fund

Mission Statement

A primary focus of the YWCA Chester County Fund is to provide scholarships to women, primarily non-traditional students, to continue their education.

National Academy of Construction

Purpose: The purpose of the Academy is to establish a body of acknowledged construction industry leaders and to provide them recognition through election to the National Academy of Construction. It also offers their collective experience and expertise for the improvement of the industry. The Academy shows recognition to fresh and novel industry achievement with appropriate awards programs. Another important purpose of the Academy is to provide a network system of linkage between past and present participants in the construction industry.

NAC Scholarship

• Members of the National Academy of Construction (NAC) established this scholarship to provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in construction or a closely related field and who intend to pursue a career in the construction industry.
• NAC’s mission is to recognize and honor individuals from all disciplines in the industry for their distinguished contributions to the industry and to share this reservoir of expertise as a service to the nation, including service contributions. It is one of the nation’s esteemed construction industry institutions, characterized by its extensive and diverse expertise, proven leadership, and trusted judgment.
• NAC is committed to diversity and inclusiveness in the construction industry. The intent of this scholarship is to provide financial support for two semesters for deserving students who plan to pursue careers in the construction industry, thus giving back to the profession some of the benefits that its members have received.

Since the scholarship program’s inception in 2020, NAC has awarded 36 scholarships worth over $203,000 to students from across the country.

Only one applicant is permitted from each university. There are no exceptions to this requirement. If more than one application is received from a university, the university will be notified and asked to choose one applicant.

Scholarship recipients will be invited to attend the NAC Annual Meeting. NAC will cover registration for this event and work with the recipients, their universities and others to identify sources of funding to cover travel expenses to attend. Attendance at the Annual Meeting is not required.