Colorado Youth Corps Association
The Colorado Youth Corps Association (CYCA) is a Colorado nonprofit that supports and coordinates conservation corps statewide, focusing on youth development, service, and stewardship. The website provides program information, impact metrics, contact details, team listings, and financial reports.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
An established Colorado-based conservation corps or youth-development nonprofit delivering environmental remediation and stewardship programs with capacity to manage multi-hundred-thousand to million-dollar awards.
Good Fit
- • Based and operating in Colorado.
- • Runs a conservation corps or youth corps program focused on land stewardship or remediation.
- • Program scale and financial systems able to absorb large operational grants.
- • Existing relationship or partnership with the statewide corps network or with CYCA affiliates.
Geography
All observed grants across the three-year window were made to Colorado organizations, with 100% of dollars and grant counts in-state, indicating a narrowly state-focused geographic footprint.
Recipient Variety
Each year the funder supported 6–7 distinct independent recipients (primarily regional conservation corps), showing moderate breadth for a state-focused funder, though dollars are heavily concentrated among the top recipients.
New Applicants
Across three years recipients are largely repeat grantees (all returning in the latest year) and no public application process was found, so it appears relationship-driven and unlikely that unfamiliar applicants can easily enter the portfolio; the public website and staff contacts permit outreach but do not indicate an open competitive application path.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
