Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation
The Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation website (rawlingsfoundation.com) is the foundation's official site serving Pueblo and an 18-county area in southern Colorado. The site includes grant program details, eligibility and how-to-apply instructions, news, annual reports, and contact information. It lists directors and staff and shows recent activity and a 2026 copyright notice.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A community-based nonprofit or public entity located in Pueblo or the foundation's southern-Colorado service area seeking project or operating support aligned to education, youth development, libraries, food/security, health, cultural preservation or community facility needs.
Good Fit
- • Located in Pueblo or within the foundation's stated southern Colorado service area.
- • Request is for project or operating support at a scale consistent with prior awards (small-to-mid grants with occasional larger awards to major local institutions).
- • Clear evidence of community impact or facility/program capital needs (libraries, museums, parks, youth services).
- • Willingness to follow the foundation's published application process and timing (spring/fall cycles and the every-other-year rule).
- • Capacity for local stewardship and reporting appropriate for a private foundation grantee.
Geography
Observed giving in all available years is entirely in Colorado and focused on Pueblo and the foundation's southern-Colorado service area, indicating a narrow geographic footprint.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded many distinct independent recipients each observed year (81 in 2022, 57 in 2023, 70 in 2024) across education, social services, cultural institutions, libraries and more, demonstrating broad recipient variety for its size.
New Applicants
Direct evidence shows a high rate of new recipients in the latest year (62 new grantees in 2024) and the foundation publishes application instructions and contact details, so unfamiliar local applicants appear plausibly able to enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
