Funding Priorities

We can’t expect people to want to change the world or care about the environment if they have not had an opportunity to explore the outdoors. As we plan for the future, we invite you to make a tax-deductible donation today to help us with the following funding priorities:

1. Help underwrite the Cottonwood Institute’s public school program. Given the narrowing scope of public school curriculum (due to the emphasis of standardized test scores and the lack of funding for extracurricular programs) we need your financial support to underwrite our core public school initiative — the Community Adventure Program — which is currently offered to three public schools along the Colorado Front Range.
2. Support the Jason F. Griffith Scholarship Fund. In 2008, we awarded over $7,000 in scholarships to increase the accessibility of our Summer Courses to students that otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford our programs. This represents a 250% increase compared to 2007. With your help we hope to raise more than $10,000 for 2009!
3. Support the infrastructure that enables us to deliver our programs. Nonprofit does not mean “no profit” and like any other business we need to generate more revenue than we spend to support the dedicated people that have chosen a path to inspire the youth of America and the infrastructure needed to deliver our programs. Please consider making an unrestricted gift to the Cottonwood Institute so we can use it wherever there is the greatest need.

To make a tax-deductible contribution to the Cottonwood Institute, please Click Here or mail a check made payable to Cottonwood Institute: PO Box 7067, Denver, CO 80207.