2025 End-of-year Board Incentive Fundraiser

For every 10 gifts over $25, The Network's Board of Directors will donate $500!* 

New recurring gifts are matched up to $100 by CO Gives Foundation. Spread your gifts throughout the year to help you (and The Network) budget. 

*Up to $3,000.

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Infrastructure isn't sexy; it's essential. 

People will grumble about potholes or the chaos of tearing up a water main downtown during peak season. It’s like a colonoscopy: the prep is awful, the process is invasive, but you know it has to be done. Because if you ignore it too long, and something goes wrong, ALL your options are bad.

Nonprofits are the infrastructure of the human experience. 

And that feels like a big statement. But at every stage of life, nonprofits shape and support us. 

As children, our first breath may have been supported in a nonprofit hospital. Families find childcare through nonprofit centers. As adults, we benefit from trails maintained by conservation organizations or museums that are run by volunteers. And as we age, nonprofits offer us senior centers, transportation programs, and hospice care. 

And when a large-scale crisis strikes, nonprofits rise to the call, often in concert with government and private businesses. 

From the first cry to the last breath, nonprofits are a pervasive part of our story. Meanwhile, nonprofits are going through their own life-cycles: idea, startup, growth, maturity, decline, and turnaround. 

The Network provides education and resources to support nonprofits at all stages. 

Sometimes this is one-on-one intervention, a workshop, a responsive email, or a guest presentation at a board meeting. We are well-informed, have a rolodex of experts to call on, and do whatever it takes to support our local Industry.

Invest in the people of The Network. 

Cato, Alison, and Karen have collectively worked at the Network for over 20 years. They understand the nuances of the Estes Valley and genuinely care about the 100+ nonprofits that serve this community...now and into our future.

If nonprofits aren't supported by The Estes Nonprofit Network, they will falter, and the community will suffer from a decline in services. 

The Network makes the Industry more resilient through training, data, collaboration, advocacy, and initiatives like the Giving Guest Program that channels tourist dollars into local services. We are the backbone for the backbone. 

In the current funding landscape, The Network must rely more on individual donors.

The entire system is under strain, and the Network feels it too. Costs keep rising. Grants and donations are shrinking. Government programs are being cut, and requests for Foundation support have increased. The Network must shift its income matrix and rely more on individual donors who "get" that you need the engineer behind the bridge. 

The truth is simple: Strong Nonprofits = Strong Community.

Our work is essential. 

When dollars are tight, it’s tempting to cut what doesn’t look “essential.” But capacity-building work is essential. Just as you wouldn’t build a bridge without engineers, you can’t expect nonprofits to thrive without infrastructure to hold them up.

A gift to the Estes Nonprofit Network is a gift to serve and strengthen all nonprofits in Estes.