Bar NI Community Fund
Trinidad, Colorado, the Bar NI Community Fund is a private foundation formed in 2004 to provide support to local nonprofits and service organizations of the Purgatoire Valley.
During two grant cycles a year, Spring and Fall, grants are awarded in the areas of youth development, education, environment and conservation, health and human services, and civic and public benefit.
Grant awards are made to nonprofit organizations in the Purgatoire Valley with projects that serve to inspire awareness, expand horizons, create independence, and ignite the spirit.
Creative collaboration is strongly encouraged.
History
In 2004, through the generosity of the Cabot Family and the Virginia Wellington Cabot estate, the Bar NI Community Fund was formed to give back to the local communities and their non-profit organizations near the Bar NI Ranch. It is a private foundation.
Early in 2004 Tom and Linda Perry, then managers of the Bar NI Ranch, gathered community leaders together at the Bar NI Ranch to help identify needs in the community and ideas and ways to address those needs.
Initially the fund was set up to award $20-$25,000 a year in grant awards. In 2006 the Cabot Family again invested in the extended Bar NI Ranch community by almost doubling the annual grant award amount.
Through a series of collaborative community leader meetings, the primary areas identified for the BNI CF to focus their mission were identified as:
- Education
- Youth Development
- Environment/Conservation
- Health and Human Services
- Civic and Public Benefit
Application Forms
Deadlines
March 31 and September 30.
Grant applications will be reviewed by the Local Advisory Committee and prioritized for the Executive Director to present to the Board of Trustees at their Trustee Meetings in May and November.
The Board of Trustees makes final decisions on all grant awards.
Declined grant requests are eligible to apply in the next grant cycle. A new grant application must be completed and submitted.
Eligibility
- The Bar NI Community Fund (BNI CF) awards grants to 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in the Purgatoire Valley area.
- The BNI CF Local Advisory Committee recommends grant awards to the fund trustees in areas that represent the most fitting community needs and best match the focus of our mission.
- Grants to programs sponsored by religious organizations may be funded if the program or activity is clearly distinguished from religious activities and if the program or activity is available to all denominations.
Program Policy & Guidelines
The Bar NI Community Fund will primarily consider grant applications for support of specific programs and activities. Grant applications for capital campaigns and for general support are sometimes, but not usually, recommended. Grant awards generally range from $1000 — $5000 for a one-year period.
The fund prefers grant applications for programs that Pay It Forward, show Personal Ownership, strive for Organizational Sustainability, provide Leverage, and exhibit Collaboration.
Contact
Bar NI Community Fund
612 South Chestnut Street
Trinidad, CO 81082
Executive Directors: Tom Perry and Linda Perry
609-751-2539
tomandlindaperry@gmail.com
Grant Application Process
There are two grant application cycles per year – Spring and Fall. Organizations will be eligible to receive only one grant per calendar year. Each grant application is in competition with all other qualified grant applications in that grant cycle.
All applications are reviewed and judged in how they serve our community and advance the mission of the Bar NI Community Fund.
Grant applications will be reviewed by the Local Advisory Committee and prioritized for the Executive Directors to present to the Board of Trustees at their Trustee Meetings in May and November. The Board of Trustees makes final decisions on all grant awards.
Declined grant requests are eligible to apply in the next grant cycle. A new grant application must be completed and submitted.
Trustees
- Sophie Black
- Bradford Cabot
- Hannah Carrigan
- Kate Christensen