Nonprofits: Grants

First National Bank awarded $134,000 in community development grants to 13 organizations in Colorado to support educating the region’s workforce. The grants were part of the bank’s $996,000 in community development grants to 58 organizations in Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas. The round of grants marks the bank’s final disbursement of grant funding for the year. First National Bank awarded $1.8 million in community development grants in 2017 to 104 organizations across its seven-state service area. Loveland-based Project Self-Sufficiency received $14,000, and the Westminster-based Front Range Community College Foundation was awarded $10,000, as was the Boulder-based I Have a Dream Foundation, The Matthews House in Fort Collins, Lafayette-based Thrive, the Boulder-based Emergency Family Assistance Association, Fort Collins-based Homeless Gear, the Student Recovery Program in Greeley, Boulder-based Attention Homes, the Boys & Girls Club of Larimer County, Broomfield-based Forward Steps Foundation, Salida del Sol Academy in Greeley, and Longmont-based Outreach United Resource Center.