Community Grants

PPCF gives priority to high-impact initiatives that provide maximum benefit for our community. In addition, we prefer to fund specific programs and projects that demonstrate measurable results.

Primary Areas of Funding:

  • Arts and Culture, through our Fund for the Arts
  • Civic Improvement
  • Community Development
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Human Services 

Other Considerations:


PPCF generally does not fund the following (absent special circumstances):

    • Grants to organizations that do not have an active 501(c)(3) tax status
    • Grants outside of the Pikes Peak region, defined as El Paso County, Teller County, and adjacent    communities
    • Grants to another foundation or organization that distributes money to nonprofit recipients of its own selection
    • Debt retirement, endowments or other reserve funds
    • Grants to individuals or for individual healthcare procedures
    • Medical, scientific, or academic research
    • Grants that further political doctrine or religious doctrine
    • Non-strategic purposes such as: Sponsorships, camperships, travel, vehicle purchases, conference fees, symposium fees, workshop fees, writing, publications, or distribution of books, articles, newsletters, electronic media, annual memberships, dinners, etc.

Click here for our Community Grant application guidelines.