Your Generosity Moves Futures Forward
Across the Western Slope, Colorado Mountain College students are preparing for careers that strengthen the communities we all call home. Your support helps make that possible. Students can choose from nine bachelor’s degrees, 55 associate degree emphasis areas and 89 certificates, including programs in high-demand fields such as welding, nursing, and dental hygiene.
For many students, the hardest part of reaching graduation is finding a way to pay for it. Your gift to the Colorado Mountain College Foundation can help bridge that gap with scholarships and support during unexpected financial emergencies. For the 2026–2027 academic year, CMC awarded more than $2.2 million in scholarships to 685 students. The No Barriers Fund provided $54,780 in emergency support to 85 students.
Together, we can help students stay on track, complete their education and bring their skills back to the region.
Our mission: develop homegrown talent for the living-wage, high-demand roles our region relies on through degrees, certificates, concurrent enrollment, and skills-based training.
Founded in 1967, Colorado Mountain College began with classes at two locations: East Campus in Leadville and West Campus in Spring Valley, just outside Glenwood Springs. Today, CMC serves mountain communities across a 12,000-square-mile region of Colorado.
Over the past five decades, the College has grown from a two-year community college into a dual-mission, Hispanic-Serving Institution offering associate and bachelor’s degrees, career and technical certificates, GED preparation, lifelong learning, and concurrent-enrollment courses for high school students. CMC has 11 locations in Salida, Leadville, Breckenridge, Dillon, Edwards, Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Spring Valley, Carbondale, Aspen, and Rifle. The College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, with administrative offices in downtown Glenwood Springs.
The Colorado Mountain College Foundation partners with the College to help meet its highest-priority needs. Philanthropic support helps bridge the gap between available resources and what students need to succeed, making a quality, affordable education possible for more learners. Together, the College and Foundation are working toward CMC’s aspiration to be a premier, inclusive, and innovative institution—one that creates opportunity for students and strengthens the communities they call home.
Organization name
Colorado Mountain College Foundation
other names
CMC Foundation
1985
Tax id (EIN)
74-2393418
Category
Education
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
802 Grand AvenueMailing
802 Grand AvenueGarfield County, CO, US
Summit County, CO, US
Eagle County, CO, US
Pitkin County, CO, US
Lake County, CO, US