Wet Mountain Valley Community Foundation

In 2022, 70 nonprofit organizations received donations totaling over $434,000 during the 18th annual Spirit Campaign. Since the Campaign’s inception over $5.3 million has been donated and shared by virtually every nonprofit headquartered in Custer County. Over 700 donors from Custer County, throughout Colorado, several other states and a number of foreign countries contributed to the future success of our counties charitable organizations.

Organizations eligible to receive the foundation’s Spirit Campaign Make-It-More funds must provide services to Custer County residents and be a 501(c)(3) or be considered a qualified government equivalent. Organizations must be headquartered in Custer County, or provide services directly to the residents of Custer County. If an organization is a chapter and/or otherwise affiliated with a larger organization, the 501(c)(3) designation must be to the local entity.   Nonprofits must be a 501c3, hold an IRS designation letter, and have been in operation for at least one year.