3Hopeful Hearts

3Hopeful Hearts provides grief-informed support to empower and equip those impacted by the death of a baby or child of any age, while increasing grief literacy in our larger community. Through its peer share programs, monthly support groups, and its guided Grief Support Journey, they walk alongside bereaved parents and caregivers with ongoing, relationship-centered support. Through therapeutic camps and retreats, it also supports families, children, and teens grieving the death of a parent, sibling, or other significant loved one. Together, its programs reduce isolation, build resilience, and ensure grieving families and youth feel seen, supported, and less alone.

Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County

The Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County (ASP) is a community-driven nonprofit dedicated to reducing suicide and strengthening mental wellness across Northern Colorado. Suicide is a leading cause of death, yet it is preventable. ASP addresses this urgent public health issue through a comprehensive, evidence-informed approach that focuses on prevention, early intervention, crisis response, and postvention support for those impacted by suicide loss. ASP’s strategies emphasize measurable impact and strong community partnerships. It delivers targeted youth and adult prevention programs, trains professionals and community members to recognize and respond to suicide risk, coordinates local crisis and post-crisis responses, and provides ongoing grief support to individuals and families. By working collaboratively with schools, healthcare providers, first responders, local government, and community organizations, ASP strengthens protective factors and closes gaps in care across the county.

Children’s Museum of Northern Colorado

Opening in the coming years, the Children’s Museum of Northern Colorado (CMNC) will be the region’s first and only dedicated children’s museum, filling a vital gap in cultural and educational opportunities for young families. CMNC will address Northern Colorado’s need for a space that fosters creativity, curiosity, and connection during the most critical years of brain development (ages 10 and under). Through hands-on exhibits, interactive programs, and play-based learning, it will provide children and their caregivers with opportunities to explore, experiment, and imagine—skills proven to support lifelong learning, social-emotional growth, and problem-solving abilities. By inspiring joyful discovery, CMNC will strengthen family bonds, prepare children for future success, and enrich the cultural landscape of Northern Colorado for generations to come. We are busy designing and raising funds for this special community space.

Children’s Speech & Reading Center

Children’s Speech & Reading Center is dedicated to unlocking every child’s potential through personalized care in speech, reading, and cognitive development. Its expert team crafts individualized programs to build fundamental skills that foster confidence and academic success. By partnering with families and utilizing evidence-based techniques, it ensures that each child embarks on a journey of growth and discovery. With Children’s Speech & Reading Center, your child’s future is bright, filled with endless possibilities and opportunities for success.

Colorado Youth Outdoors

Colorado Youth Outdoors’ (CYO) mission is to build relationships through traditional outdoor recreation. CYO currently offers four types of programs. The flagship offering is the CORE program, which pairs up teens and one of their parents/guardians for weekly evening lessons in fishing, fly-tying, archery, trap shooting, and survival skills. For those inspired to pursue one of these activities in more depth, there is the more advanced Adventure Series program, which culminates in a mentored excursion, allowing participants to use their new skills in a real-world context. It also hosts week-long summer camps similar to the Core program but abbreviated and geared to a younger audience. It also has the Partner program that hosts schools from around Larimer and Weld Counties at their property for field trips—introducing outdoor activities along with the relationship-building curriculum, PACD. The primary goal is to improve the bond between parents and their teenagers.

Dementia Together

Dementia Together realizes that for people living with dementia, their hope may not be in a future cure, but rather in the current care. It helps people care well, so that those experiencing dementia can live well, ensuring that no one has to walk the dementia journey alone. Through education and enrichment, Dementia Together makes living well with dementia the expectation, not the exception. It cultivates joy while building stronger connections for those living with dementia, their care partners, and our community. It shares the SPECAL® method in its dementia-friendly education, which is a simple evidence-based disability management model that is effective in positively managing dementia, promoting lifelong well-being for people living with dementia while decreasing stress for care partners.

Estes Park Museum

Estes Park Museum education programming strives for community building through historic and cultural connections and gatherings, leading to a better appreciation for Estes Park. It conducts activities that preserve, share, and respect the unique history of Estes Park.

Estes Valley Crisis Advocates

o Estes Valley Crisis Advocates is committed to ending violence for all victims of crime and trauma, including domestic violence and sexual assault survivors. It promotes empowerment and healing through crisis counseling, referrals, community education, and safe housing. It also provides victim services, including on-scene response with law enforcement in the Estes Valley, victim rights and victim compensation information, and criminal justice navigation.

Family Resource Center

The Family Resource Center addresses the critical need for structured youth engagement in rural northeastern Colorado by providing safe, positive spaces and evidence-based programs. Through its Game Plan for Success initiative, the Center serves over 200 K–12 students annually. This initiative includes three structured clubs:

• Summer Adventure Club: a four-day-per-week program in June and July
• ASSET Club: a free full-day program on non-school Mondays providing educational enrichment in a community with limited childcare options
• Teen Club: held Tuesday evenings for middle and high school students

Youth participate in peer-led initiatives such as drug prevention presentations and Cyber Days with senior citizens, building confidence and community connection. Enrichment activities like Becoming Your Personal Best and The Messy In Between further support healthy decision-making and goal setting. Through this comprehensive approach, the Family Resource Center empowers youth to thrive; fostering resilience, leadership, and academic achievement that benefits the entire community.

Finally Home

Since 2008, Finally Home has been equipping foster, adoptive, and kinship families to build healthy homes where children and youth can heal and thrive. Families who open their homes to children from hard places often face ongoing challenges related to trauma, attachment, and emotional regulation—yet support frequently ends once placement or adoption is finalized. Finally Home exists to address this gap by providing long-term, wraparound support that strengthens caregivers and promotes stability for children. Through a combination of family support services, mental health scholarships, on-demand family-strengthening curriculum, youth mentorship, and community partnerships, Finally Home walks alongside families at every stage of the journey. Its programs are designed to reduce caregiver isolation, equip families with practical tools, and help children build resilience, connection, and hope. The impact of this work is stronger families, healthier caregivers, and children who are better supported to heal, remain in stable homes, and move toward a hopeful future.

Fort Collins Children’s Theatre

The Fort Collins Children’s Theatre engages the Northern Colorado community in live, family-friendly theatre and story while providing safe, inclusive spaces for personal and cultural growth. It provides affordable live theatre, adult and youth performing arts education and opportunities, mentorship, family entertainment, and high production quality. FCCT has been a treasured community legacy for more than 60 years, and with generous supporters, it hopes to keep musical theatre for all ages alive and well, growing into the next 60 years and beyond.

Hearts & Horses, Inc.

Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center enhances physical, cognitive, and emotional well-being through the healing power of the horse–human connection. Nestled in the rural foothills of Northern Colorado since 1997, it serves children and adults with disabilities, youth-at-risk, individuals with dementia, and Veterans—populations who often face social isolation, limited access to adaptive recreation, and barriers to traditional therapies. Each year, more than 600 participants benefit from engaging with the 33 equine partners on the 23-acre ranch, supported by one of Larimer County’s largest volunteer programs. Its impact is reflected in the success of participants gaining strength and balance, students improving behavior and connection, Veterans rebuilding purpose, and families finding hope. Hearts & Horses strives to ensure that every individual served feels valued, capable, and part of a caring community.

Larimer County 4-H Foundation

The Larimer County 4-H Foundation aims to promote and sustain positive youth development and create space where youth can experience a strong sense of connection and belonging. The Foundation helps provide learning opportunities for Larimer County 4-H Youth to participate in programs held locally, statewide, and nationally. The Foundation supports educational programs, project workshops, contests and competitions, camp experiences, citizenry skills, and post-secondary education.

Poudre Landmarks

Poudre Landmarks preserves and shares the stories of Fort Collins’ past through the stewardship of two historic sites: the 1879 Avery House and the 1883 Water Works. Through engaging tours, educational programming, and beloved annual events, it brings Northern Colorado’s history to life by highlighting early architecture, water infrastructure, and the people who shaped our region. Its work is made possible by a robust volunteer program, sustained almost entirely by seniors in the community, whose involvement not only fuels its mission but also fosters intergenerational connection and civic pride. Poudre Landmarks partners with local organizations, schools, and cultural institutions to strengthen impact and broaden community engagement. It offers free and low-cost community events for people of all ages and backgrounds. By preserving these landmarks and sharing their stories, Poudre Landmarks aims to make local history accessible, engaging, and relevant for today’s community and generations to come.

Vindeket

Vindeket’s mission is to empower each of us to take ownership in the food cycle to restore our earth, our communities, and ourselves. Vindeket is a non-profit food rescue that partners with grocery stores, restaurants, and farms to reduce wasted food. Through its no-cost market open to anyone and powered by community members working together, it helps to educate about food waste and to revalue food and one another. Vindeket is run by the community, for the community.