Funding Priorities

We are committed to increasing the accessibility of the outdoors to a diverse group of public school students in the Colorado Front Range. If you would like to support our efforts, here are our biggest funding priorities:

• Community Adventure Program: $500 per student x 60 students = $30,000 per year or $7,500 per program.
• Earth Task Force: $500 per month x 10 months = $5,000 per year
• Operation Military Kids: $250 per participant x 12 participants x 4 projects = $12,000 per year or $3,000 per project
• Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking: $875 per student x 12 students = $10,500 per project

All donations, no matter how large or small help make a huge difference:

• $5,000 helps 30 low income students camp under the stars for the very first time for an entire week!
• $2,500 helps 12 military kids go on a camping trip while their parents are serving our country!
• $1,000 helps 60 public school students take action to address pressing local environmental issues!
• $500 helps 12 public school students go rafting for the first time, while learning about their watershed!
• $250 helps a child from 1 military family take our Essential Survival Skills Course!
• $100 helps 4 public school students attend our hands-on water sampling field trip!
• $50 helps 1 student receive the gear they need to spend an entire weekend outdoors!
• $25 helps 15 students receive one hour of action-based professional instruction!

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.