2025 Community Giving Grant Recipients
The Westminster Community Foundation is excited to announce its 2025 Community Giving Program grant award recipients. WCF is honored to award $60,000 in total funding to the following non-profit organizations whose missions, programs and services benefit the Westminster community, inspire positive change, and align with the objectives of the WCF Community Giving Program. This year’s grants will bolster programs that provide Westminster residents with food, basic essentials, and housing assistance; health care for disadvantaged children; aid for at-risk youth and those who have experienced abuse or neglect; and long-term stability for the homeless. Funds will also expand preventative mental health and family resilience support for Westminster’s first responders—firefighters, police officers, EMS providers, and their families.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver: Out-of-School Programming for Hidden Lakes and Sunset Ridge Programs
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver (BGCMD) has provided Westminster children and teens with a safe, supportive and enriching after school environment that inspires them to achieve their greatest potential for the past seven years. In the 2025-2026 program year, BGCMD aims to serve 400 Westminster youth at the Hidden Lake Club and 80 students at the Sunset Ridge Club. BGCMD’s programming addresses the critical lack of accessible, high-quality out-of-school time programming for Westminster families, a gap that disproportionately impacts working parents and single-parent households.
CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties: Volunteer Advocacy Program
For 25 years, CASA has provided high-quality advocacy services for children and youth who have experienced abuse and neglect and are involved in the court system through no fault of their own. In 2023, the organization expanded its programming to include truancy cases, and during the 2024-2025 school year, introduced a prevention-focused initiative designed to support families before truancy filings occur. Across all programs, Volunteer Advocates meet twice a month with the children on their cases to build relationships and advocate for them, ensuring families have access to the resources and support needed to create safe, stable, and nurturing homes - ultimately building the foundation for strong and thriving communities. CASA’s goal for FY26 is to serve 455 at-risk children and youth across all programs.
FISH of Westminster: Homeless Support Program
FISH of Westminster’s mission is to improve the quality of life for hungry seniors, adults, youth and children in Westminster. Since 2018, FISH’s Homeless Support Program has provided a safety net for those experiencing homelessness in Westminster by providing food and critical supplies such as gloves, socks, blankets, sleeping bags and hand warmers to unhoused individuals who aren’t in shelters (aka living rough). In 2024, 240 unhoused individuals were given food, water and hygiene products from FISH’s food pantry. FISH also conducts homeless outreach where volunteers walk through Westminster’s homeless camps to distribute critical supplies to those in need. Approximately 100 individuals are provided meals, hygiene supplies and needed gear each month through the homeless outreach program.
Kids First Health Care: Direct Clinic Health Care Services
With the belief that all children deserve access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, Kids First Health Care has provided services for Westminster infants, children and youth for over 20 years regardless of their insurance status or family’s ability to pay for care. Most recently, Kids First is working to reduce barriers to care for children by expanding direct clinic services across Westminster with the opening of the new Alto Community Clinic in South Westminster and the new school-based health center at Westminster High School(WHS). In its first year of clinic operations, the Alto facility is planning to provide at least 2,800 medical visits to 1,100 patients, as well as provide at least 230 mental health visits to 60 patients. At the WHS school-based health center, they plan to provide 185 medical visits to 90 patients, as well as 120 behavioral health visits to 30 patients.
A Precious Child: Resource Bridge Program
A Precious Child’s (APC) mission is to provide children in need with opportunities and resources to empower them to achieve their full potential. APC operates a centralized Resource Bridge and targeted Satellite Resource Centers embedded in Westminster schools and community organizations to increase accessibility for local residents - particularly those experiencing food insecurity, housing instability and economic hardship. In 2024, the Resource Bridge served 743 Westminster children and 484 adult caregivers, distributing 13,436 pounds of essentials, 1,902 pounds of food, and 34,680 diapers. In 2025, APC is on pace to serve 1,500 Westminster residents through Resource Bridge. They also will reach an additional 5,000 Westminster children through wraparound programming: Fill A Backpack (school supplies), Precious Gift (holiday assistance), and giveACCESS (aid for sports, arts and educational opportunities).
Growing Home: Community Garden
For over 27 years, Growing Home has walked alongside Westminster residents to address personal and systemic challenges while focusing on increasing access to food, housing, parenting education, and lifelong stability. In 2024, Growing Home served 13,343 unique participants across all programs. The Community Garden program specifically provides disadvantaged families and community members in Westminster with nutritious and culturally relevant produce. The harvested food is directly donated to Growing Home’s Food Pantry to be distributed to Westminster residents experiencing food insecurity. In 2024, Growing Home harvested 4,900 pounds of produce from the garden, and they expect to harvest more than 5,000 pounds in 2025.
Revital Colorado: Support for Westminster First Responders
Revital Colorado proactively supports the mental health and wellness of Westminster’s first responders and their families by offering trauma-informed, nonclinical programming rooted in peer support, outdoor therapeutic activities, and relational health. From wilderness retreats and family days to crisis debriefings and financial wellness workshops, Revital Colorado’s tailored programs meet first responders where they are - culturally, emotionally, and geographically. Revital Colorado’s programs address the urgent need for preventative mental health and family resilience support for Westminster’s first responders - firefighters, police officers, EMS providers, and their families - who face disproportionate rates of trauma exposure.
Questions? Please contact communitygiving@westyfoundation.org
