One County. One Community.
2024-2027 Strategic Plan

See the full 2024 - 2027 Strategic Plan.

WE BELIEVE

  • Philanthropy: That everyone can be a philanthropist and create a positive legacy for the community.

  • Equity: That community strength is bolstered by valuing our differences; that diverse voices, engagement, and participation are essential to building and sustaining thriving communities.

  • Collaboration: In the transformative power of partnerships around shared passions and objectives. We encourage and celebrate teamwork, pooling of resources, open communication, and trust.

  • Service and Stewardship: In serving the people of Chaffee County. We strive to nurture lifelong relationships that span generations. We safeguard donor intent in perpetuity. We ensure that the resources entrusted to us are protected and invested for positive, sustainable outcomes.

  • Innovation: In welcoming and working to demonstrate creativity, resourcefulness, and ingenuity. We invite and encourage new ideas and inventive methods for achieving community good.

  • Integrity: In building on the trust of those we serve by operating ethically and transparently, honoring our commitments, and demonstrating courtesy and respect in all aspects of our work.

  • Responsiveness: In being flexible, open to creative strategies, unique requests and constructive feedback.

Strategic Priorities

OUR FOUR PILLARS

Inspiring Philanthropy: Be the community’s trusted resource to disseminate philanthropy.

Strategies: 

  • Facilitate giving opportunities that are accessible to the full breadth of the local community and maximize the local philanthropic opportunity.

  • Maintain a high level of transparency on the impact of all funds invested through CCCF.

  • Maintain diverse pathways to give including financial gifts and volunteerism.

  • Foster local funding resources for local solutions.


Operational Capacity & Financial Stability: Commit to sustainable pursuit of our mission to ensure we are a permanent resource for the community. Be financially sustainable to continue our operations while being able to invest in our community.

Strategies:

  • Provide for the long-term financial future of the community foundation by maximizing funding opportunities in pursuit of our mission.

  • Efficiently manage the resources at our disposal to deliver on our core strategies.


Community Empowerment: Foster a strong, interconnected network of community organizations that are resilient and well resourced to effectively address community issues.

Strategies: 

  • Increase nonprofit effectiveness and efficiency through education, training, fiscal sponsorship, grant making, mentoring, consultation and other support.

  • Facilitate collaboration within the nonprofit sector.

  • Advocate for and support needed community solutions as determined by an engagement rubric.

  • Elevate the voices of the local nonprofit sector to be included in key decision-making opportunities.

Emergency Response: We are uniquely positioned to respond to emergencies quickly and effectively, so our community has a reliable cross-sector response as we know emergencies are going to happen.

Strategies:

  • Provide an opportunity for community members to donate in a way that directly supports their neighbors in a community crisis.

  • Provide a safety net of financial support that can be activated for the next community crisis

Inception Strategic Priorities

View the leadoff Strategic Priorities Developed by the Board of Directors in 2019 to guide the opening of the Chaffee County Community Foundation

Click on the images below to see the various objectives and goals of each priority area.