The Weld Trust Expands Impact Across Weld County
GREELEY, CO (June 8, 2026): The Weld Trust serves a vital role as a funder in improving the lives of many Weld County residents. They support a wide range of health and education initiatives through grants they award to area nonprofit organizations, schools and government entities. These grants range from aiding with a person’s basic […]
Strengthening Nonprofits Through Leadership and Collaboration
Congratulations to the 27 graduates of The Weld Trust’s Executive Leadership Lab. Over the past nine months, executive directors and senior leaders from nonprofits across Weld County designed and led projects that strengthened their organizations’ capacity while growing their own leadership skills. Each month participants met with the facilitator Chalice Springfield of Unstoppable Curiosity to […]
Mexica Center Offers Boxing and Mentorship to Youth with Help of Grant
Rooted in its four core pillars, community, education, sports and empowerment, the Mexica Center, previously known as Azteca Boxing Club, advances the long-term success and well-being of some of Weld County’s most underserved youth and their families. Located in Greeley, the Mexica Center offers boxing classes, wrestling, volunteer opportunities, tutoring, mentorship and more to […]
Teen Entrepreneurs Showcase Hard Work During Panel
Teen talent is not emerging, it is here. That was the key message from a youth panel during a two-day entrepreneurship event in Greeley. Startup Colorado, a nonprofit focused on supporting rural entrepreneurs, travels to communities identified as rural economic drivers to host a two-day event featuring panels, educational seminars and hands-on technical assistance. […]
Grant from The Weld Trust Helps Open Coffee Shop at Greeley High School
There is a new hands-on learning experience at Dayspring Christian Academy thanks to the hard work from faculty, administrators, community members and a grant from The Weld Trust. The Dayspring Coffee Shop, Cornerstone Coffee, is now a permanent space in the school. A place for students and faculty to gather and where students can […]
Salida Del Sol reaches new academic achievement with help of textbooks from grant
Salida Del Sol Academy has reached a new milestone on its Colorado Department of Education testing, with more than 54% of students scoring proficient or above on the English Language Arts portion of the test. Student performance has steadily improved. In the first year of testing in 2016, only 29% of students scored proficient or […]
From Closet to Campus Resource: The Growth of UNC’s Bear Pantry
In 2014, a small group of University of Northern Colorado students started a food pantry out of a dormitory closet with just a few canned goods. That labor of love has since grown into a fully operational resource in the heart of campus, made possible in part by a $310,000 grant from The Weld Trust. […]
The Weld Trust Invests more than $800,000 in a Workforce Development Program
With support through a grant from The Weld Trust, rural and isolated areas in Weld County will now have greater access to workforce development resources, training and job search assistance. The Weld Trust awarded an $830,803 Flagship grant to the High Plains Library District Friends & Foundation to launch a Mobile Workforce Unit. This initiative […]
Unique Cancer Rehabilitation Center Supported by The Weld Trust
Weld County is home to a one-of-a-kind, nationally recognized cancer rehabilitation center. The University of Northern Colorado Cancer Rehabilitation Institute (UNCCRI) in Greeley takes a unique approach to helping cancer patients use exercise as an important component for their treatment and recovery. Since 2019, The Weld Trust has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to support […]
A Little Help Using Grant Money to Recruit Volunteers, Further Mission
A Little Help offers adults the ability to age in place and thrive by connecting them to volunteers to help with the “little things”. The Colorado-based organization is utilizing an $18,000 grant from The Weld Trust to recruit more volunteers to serve 75 Weld County residents. “We couldn’t do this without our volunteers,” the […]