Donate to the CMC Foundation - Colorado Mountain College

FUND OUR FUTURE

Investing in CMC Students and Programs

When you give to Colorado Mountain College, you're opening doors, strengthening programs, and helping build a stronger mountain workforce. Your generosity creates opportunity—for students, for faculty, and for the communities we serve.

At the Colorado Mountain College Foundation, we invest your generosity where it matters most.
Every gift supports the following pillars of impact:

A CMC nursing student prepares an IV for a patient in a CMC Nursing Simulation lab.

Supporting Students

We directly support students with scholarships, stipends, and emergency funds—ensuring they can focus on their education and thrive at CMC.

Building Tomorrow's Workforce

We invest in hands-on, high-impact academic programs—from nursing to teaching to the skilled trades—equipping students for success.

Strengthening Communities

We empower students to build meaningful careers close to home, creating a strong workforce where graduates, families, and communities can flourish together.

OVER 40 YEARS OF IMPACT

Our direct support of students by the numbers.

Scholarships awarded in millions to students in 2025

Number of students awarded scholarships in 2025

Students who receive scholarships are more likely to achieve their goals

MAKE YOUR IMPACT

Your support of the Colorado Mountain College Foundation helps keep higher education accessible, affordable, and life-changing. From first-generation college students to those seeking a new career path, your gift opens doors to opportunity through CMC’s certificates, associate, and bachelor’s degree programs. You’re not only empowering future nurses, teachers, first responders, and skilled tradespeople—you’re investing in stronger communities and brighter futures, near and far.

Learn how your support makes a difference

Give by Program

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HOW TO GIVE

When you give to the CMC Foundation, you can focus on the programs or scholarships that matter most to you or give to the area of greatest need.

MAKE YOUR IMPACT

Colorado Mountain College graduate Thomas Schoonover, right, hugs Rachel Pokrandt, vice president and campus dean of CMC Leadville and Chaffee County, as Schoonover receives his associate degree in natural resource management during the campus’s May 4 commencement ceremonies at the Climax Molybdenum Leadership Center at the Leadville campus. Photo Andy Colwell

OTHER WAYS TO GIVE

There are many ways to give to Colorado Mountain College Foundation. Learn more about giving by mail, stock and securities, IRAs, wire transfers, planned gifts, and more.

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MY GIVING STORY

I am so thrilled that CMC is here and doing so much for our local community. I give because I know it means that students don’t have to go into debt to get a wonderful education. I received my degree when I was 49, and it changed my whole life. I want to pay it forward and allow others to experience that very same thing.

Karen Kern
CMC Class of 1989

MY GIVING STORY

As a family, we love to support the arts and mission and vision at CMC. It is our hope that all students will have access to CMC’s state-of-the-art facility to bring their creative vision to life. The arts bring people together, drive innovation, increase academic performance, strengthen mental health, and build community through empathy and understanding.

K Cesark