Celebrating Scholarships at the Foundation!
The Weld Community Foundation awarded more than 150 scholarships in excess of $815,000 to local students at its annual Scholarship Reception. It was the 18th year that the event was sponsored by FNBO. Since 1997, $4.7 million has been awarded in scholarships thanks to the generosity of donors to Weld County students. If you’d like […]
Applications Open for 2022 Scholarships!
The Weld Community Foundation is pleased to offer more than 100 scholarships for Weld County students! Click here to get more information and apply!
Thank You for an Incredible 2021 Luncheon!
For our annual Spread the Good Luncheon, the Weld Community Foundation featured the new book, “Weld County: 4,000 Square Miles of Grandeur, Greatness & Yesterdays”. The book, by John Fielder, was commissioned in honor of the Foundation’s 25th anniversary coming up next year and has released this past September. On Tuesday, people gathered and enjoyed […]
Pride of the Glens
Weld Found is a podcast produced through the Weld Community Foundation about belonging in an age of social isolation and disconnection. What does it look like to recover this lost art of community? This last episode of season 4 has two features. First, we hear a David & Goliath story: Danny, a 74-year-old man in his […]
StG 2021
Spread the Good Luncheon 2021: Picturing Weld County What do you picture when you think about Weld County? Is it the awe inspiring open skies and expansive lands? Its hard-working people and their pioneering spirit? The transformative educational opportunities found here? The immense industries built from the tilled soil? Or do you picture it as home surrounded […]
The Community Comes to the Rescue
Weld Found is a podcast produced through the Foundation about belonging in an age of social isolation and disconnection. What does it look like to recover this lost art of community? In our third episode of season 4, we hear four stories of the community coming to the rescue: people join Lexi’s 5K, donors raise […]
2021 Scholarship Reception Video
For those of us involved with the scholarship process, the Foundation’s annual reception is something we look forward to. We enjoy it because it gathers the donors who make these scholarships possible and the very bright students who have worked so hard to earn them. While we weren’t able to host the event in its […]
Weld Found Podcast Season 4 Begins
Weld Found is a podcast about belonging in an age of social isolation and disconnection. What does it look like for us here in Weld County to recover this lost art of community? Season 4 begins with a tale of two houses, as host Tim Coons notices something very interesting about his neighbors. Then we get […]
Pre-Purchase for “Weld County” Now Available
Order at John Fielder’s Website A new “coffee table book” about Weld County is being released in September by Colorado’s renowned nature photographer John Fielder. The project was commissioned by the Weld Community Foundation as a gift to the community in celebration of the Foundation’s upcoming 25th anniversary. Weld County: 4,000 Square Miles of Grandeur, Greatness & […]
A Photo from the Upcoming Book by John Fielder
Hope everyone is staying safe out there! The photo here is from John Fielder’s soon-to-be-released book about Weld. This project was commissioned by the Foundation as a gift to our great county in celebration of our 25th anniversary. It goes on pre-sale for bulk orders April 1st. There has been a picture from the book […]
