Lake County Community Fund

Fiscal sponsorship and capacity-building efforts. This lccf program area includes all the components of acquiring and housing fiscal sponsored funds, as well as serving as a local convener when appropriate and offering trainings and technical assistance to local nonprofit and charitable groups. This also includes putting on events in support of fiscal sponsored funds and/or events related to local capacity-building. In the prior year, the lccf housed seven fiscal sponsored funds (we love leadville tribute, pumpkin patch, tree of sharing, lions club safeway cards, lideres latinos leadville, and Lake County open space initiative.

Community grantmaking. On an annual basis, the lccf offers a competitive Community grants round, which includes advertising the grant-making opportunity, holding information sessions, receiving grant proposals, conducting technical review of proposals, and facilitating grant award determinations by the lccf board of directors. In the prior year, the lccf granted out 81,294 to 12 local charitable groups as part of its Community grants round.

Development of the lccf into a Community asset, including networking and promotional activities designed to build relationships with potential contributors and major investors in the leadville/lake County Community.