Johnathan and Shari Fox Family Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Johnathan and Shari Fox Family Foundation supports human services, education, recreation, beautification, arts and culture and other community needs in Colorado.
FUNDING AREAS: Human services, education, recreation, beautification, arts and culture, community needs
IP TAKE: Although FFF’s grants are relatively small, this is an accessible and approachable funder for many different nonprofit needs in the region each year.
PROFILE: Established in 2005, the Johnathan and Shari Fox Family Foundation (FFF) is a private family foundation based in Fowler, Colorado. This is the foundation of Johnathan Fox and Shari Fox. Jonathan Fox is CEO and chairman of the board of Fowler State Bank and has served on the board of directors of the Colorado Bankers Association. The foundation aims to provide "an ongoing philanthropic support to non-profit organizations, even if not designated as a 501(c)3.” It funds local efforts for human services, education, recreation, beautification, arts and culture and other community needs.
The Fox Family Foundation supports a wide range of causes in its home region. Grants are typically divided into a few different areas here: Crowley County area, Fowler area, Las Animas area, La Junta area, Rocky Ford area and the outlying areas. FFF often provides support for equipment needs, such as a new filtration system for a city pool, new flooring for a nonprofit’s facilities or car seats for an organization’s efforts to assist needy families. Other grants have gone towards conference costs, program expenses, emergency shelter for domestic violence victims and school supplies.
Grants range between about $500 and $1,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on Southeastern Colorado and especially the Fowler area of Colorado. Past local grantees include Ark Valley Concert Association, Girls in the Middle and the Rocky Ford Historical Museum.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. FFF shares a grant application in PDF form on its website, and this application can be submitted by email, fax or mail. It accepts new funding requests from early September to late October. FFF announces grant awards before the end of the year. Direct general questions to the staff at foxfamilyfoundation@foxfamilyfoundatoin.net or 719-263-4277.
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