2025 Spotlight Projects

Kids on Bikes & D-11 - $15,000

This grant represents the second phase of our partnership with Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy, a D-11 public middle school in southeast Colorado Springs. In the spring, alongside Kids on Bike, Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy, and Colorado Springs Mountain Bike Association, the construction of a bicycle pump track was completed! This bicycling asset includes features such as rocks and wooden planks that are built into the track so that kids can further develop their skills. 

Kids on Bikes brings bicycling opportunities to youth and families in fun, safe places to ride. They sustain programming that allows kids to earn quality bikes of their own while increasing hours of physical activity.

FLying pig farm - $25,000

Flying Pig Farm provides agriculturally-based programming on a historic 3-acre property in Manitou Springs for K-12 school groups throughout El Paso County. They offer a wide range of programs, reaching over 2,000 community members. Over 1,500 youth visit the Farm for field trips and summer camps annually. 

After securing $25,000 in donations from community members and private funders, this matching grant allowed them to secure the land as a community resource. In partnership with the landowner and Palmer Land Conservancy, the land will be placed into a protective easement, allowing future generations to enjoy and steward the land for generations to come. 

Other 2025 Projects Completed

• Mindfulness and Positivity Project - $50,000 to support the development of new curriculum tailored for K–3 students, high schoolers, and early college learners.
• Peak Education - $35,000 to support the purchase and transition to their first organizationally-owned building in downtown Colorado Springs.
• Atlas Preparatory School - $10,000 to support the Continuing Education Opportunity Fund for nontraditional student trajectories including CNA certification, technical certification, and earn-to-learn programs.
• Youth Philanthropy - $2,000 to three nonprofits in partnership with Pinon Valley Elementary School. Students learned and supported philanthropy in their community!