Steamboat Education Fund

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Grant History 2021/2022

Click here for a detailed history of funds granted for 2021-2022.

Steamboat Springs Education Fund (SSEF) Board unanimously approved the Grant Commission recommendation at the April 7, 2021 board meeting, awarding over $5.2 million dollars ($5,279,840) in grants to public education in Routt County for the 2021-2022 grant cycle. Conservative sales tax revenue projections for funds to be spent in the 2020-2021 academic year lead to an excess of cash reserves, resulting in the largest amount ever awarded since the inception of the fund. The board also approved a change to categorical grant applications for the school districts. 

Grants awarded to school districts include $4,261,506 to Steamboat Springs School District, $266,118 to Hayden School District, $212,894 to South Routt School District, and $212,894 to Steamboat Montessori. This year with increased funds availability, ten community non-profits were granted funding for school-based programming totaling $213,928. The community non-profits receiving grants were: Integrated Community, Northwest Colorado Health, Opera Steamboat, Partners in Routt County, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, STARS, Steamboat Dance Theater, Steamboat Symphony Orchestra, Yampatika, and Yampa Valley Autism Program. Two additional grants were awarded for a total of $87,500, funding one grant writer for Steamboat Springs, South Routt, and Hayden school districts and one for Steamboat Montessori. The grant writers typically secure over $2 million per year in additional funds for the school districts.

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All board meetings are open to the public. Meetings are held in the Steamboat Springs School District Administration Building at 325 7th Street in Steamboat. Please fill out a contact form if you want to be included on the meeting notice list.

Check out our complete schedule of meetings HERE.

The Steamboat Springs Education Fund (SSEF) is a nonprofit, independent corporation that administers the proceeds of the half-cent sales tax—five cents on a $10 purchase. The half-cent city sales tax was originally approved by Steamboat voters in 1993 to fund “public K-12 educational purposes.” The tax was extended by voter approval in three subsequent elections. In 2009, voters extended the tax and expanded the purpose to share a portion of the proceeds of the tax with other Routt County public schools. Since 1993, more than $75M has been granted directly for public K-12 education in Routt County.

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