The town of Granby set aside $85,000 in the 2025 town budget to go toward grant awards for local nonprofits that directly benefit Granby residents. Town trustees approved the 2025 donor-advised fund grant award recommendation presented by town staff in a 6-1 vote, with trustee Seth Stern voting against the item.

The town teams up with the Grand Foundation for the administration of the grant awards.

On Dec. 11, 2024, Granby representatives met with Grand Foundation Executive Director Megan Ledin and Grants Manager Amy Hoover to look at grant applications.

The recommendation presented to trustees by Town Manager Ted Cherry includes in-kind donations in addition to the budgeted $85,000. In-kind donations are defined as non-cash donations given to a nonprofit organization, such as use of town spaces.

This year, health and human service organizations, including Grand County Rural Health Network, received $44,350 or 32% of the award amount. Arts and culture nonprofits, such as the Moffat Road Railroad Museum, received $40,600 or 29% of the award amount. These numbers also include in-kind donations from the town.

The Flying Heels Arena Association and the Moffat Road Railroad Museum both received the lions share of the cash awards at $15,000 and $10,000, respectively.

Community radio station KFFR also received $6,000, which will be going toward putting up a new tower in Granby Ranch that will extend the station’s reach, according to Cherry.

Grand Kids Learning Center Executive Director Ashley Bobo said the group will be using its $5,000 grant to start replacing all the windows at the child care center’s Granby location. Bobo said the grant “definitely won’t cover the whole cost” of the project, but that it’s a start.

“The amounts that were recommended to the board, and then approved, were done with a few different lenses,” Cherry said. “The first is how those organizations provide a benefit to the town. Second was, if the organization is located outside the town limits, what impact they have on residents.”