Get to know the Windsor Community Foundation

This year, the Weld Community Foundation is working to strengthen our ties with our affiliate funds in Windsor and Fort Lupton. Part of this work includes highlighting the good these organizations do in their corners of Weld County. Take a moment to read about the work of the Windsor Community Foundation: Established in 2001, the […]

Introducing Our New Program Officer

The Weld Community Foundation is welcoming Megan Martinez to the team! Megan is stepping into Lauren Weber’s past program officer position (following Weber’s promotion to chief operations officer). We are so glad to welcome her to the team! Here is an intro from Megan: Hello! My name is Megan Martinez, and I am thrilled to […]

StG 2022

Twenty-five years is quite a milestone. Would you join us in celebrating?  Truly, the scope of this journey is large, so it’s hard to get a grip on it. How do you celebrate two and a half decades of generosity? There have been inspiring donors, strengthened nonprofits, college degrees attained, people uplifted in times of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Weld Recovers Fund allocates initial 87K to local nonprofits

Thirteen nonprofits in Weld County received $87,000 from the Weld Recovers Fund: COVID-19 Relief in the first round of funding. Introduced by the United Way of Weld County (UWWC) and the Weld Community Foundation in March, more than $110,000 has been raised for round 1. Distribution has begun to Weld nonprofits involved in supporting populations affected by the COVID-19 […]