Join Philanthropy Colorado's Rural Funders Learning Network for a visit to Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to:
- Listen and learn about solutions, assets and challenges of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, including Tribal and community priorities;
- Strengthen and build relationships in the community for investment of philanthropic resources and partnership opportunities; and
- Identify next steps and ways for funders to partner with work underway with Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
Philanthropy Colorado is working with the Center for Rural Outreach and Public Services, Inc. (CROPS) to coordinate the event in partnership with the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Council, Farm and Ranch, Community Services Division, and Economic Development; as well as Colorado Health Foundation and Santicola & Company, in an effort to bring new funding resources to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
Please access the Draft Agenda for Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Visit April 24-25, 2025 to view more details.
Please plan to attend the Montelores nonprofit and funder gathering on Wednesday, April 23 at 4:00-6:00 p.m. The Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado will be hosting this event together with other local partners. The purpose of this gathering is to provide an opportunity to hear from local community leaders on the top issues of this area and briefly share information on your foundation with area nonprofits. There will also be time for individual mingling and conversations. Please indicate on the registration if you will be attending this event.
AGENDA-AT-A-GLANCE:
Wednesday, April 23, 2025:
- Funder participants travel and arrival in Cortez and Towaoc
- Check-in to Ute Mountain Casino Hotel (before or after event in Cortez)
- 4:00-6:00pm: Funder and Nonprofit Gathering and Reception in Cortez (location TBA)
- Optional, post-event: Casual meet-up for dinner in Cortez (location TBA)
Thursday, April 24, 2025:
- Breakfast on your own at Kuchu’s Restaurant or Peak Café inside the Ute Mountain Casino Hotel
- 9:00am: Start meeting at UM Casino Hotel
- 1:00pm: Depart after lunch for afternoon tour by bus
- 5:00pm: Farm and Ranch tour and dinner
Friday, April 25, 2025:
- 8:00-9:00am: Breakfast for foundations at Ute Mountain Casino Hotel
- 9:30am: Start meeting at Community Center (5m drive from Hotel)
- 12:00pm: Close and Adjourn meeting
The fee for this event includes stipends for various speakers, cultural ceremonies and music, and others from the UMUT who are working to make this event happen. It also includes venue fees, catering, etc. Meals included during the event are lunch and dinner on April 24 and breakfast on April 25. Please let us know if the fee is a barrier to participation and we can adjust as needed.
Lodging and travel to and from Cortez and Towaoc will be on your own.
There is a block of rooms reserved at the Ute Mountain Casino Hotel with a discount rate of $70 per night. Please book at https://utemountaincasino.com/ using the Code RURAL25
Travel information:
There are flights from Denver to Durango and Denver to Cortez leaving in the morning on April 23 and departing in the afternoon on April 25. Rental cars are most readily available in the Durango airport, but available off-site in Cortez during the week. It is an approximately one-hour drive from Durango to Cortez.
Driving time from Denver to Cortez is approximately 7 hours and from Colorado Springs is approximately 6 hours 20 minutes.
If you have an interest in coordinating travel, please indicate it on your registration and we’ll help facilitate communication among the funder group.
If you have any questions and/or would like more information, please contact Amy Swiatek, Senior Director of Rural and Statewide Networks, at info@philanthropycolorado.org