Strengthening individuals and communities to improve the quality of life in the Pikes Peak region.

GCF's civic investment has three major components…

Community Grants

Empty Stocking Fund

Best & Brightest
Scholarship Program

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Over 25 years of giving back

The ability of The Gazette to demonstrate its strong sense of community and to support more than 200 nonprofit organizations is accomplished through Gazette Charities Foundation, established in November 1999 as a 501(c)3 public charity.

$27 million

In donations to the Empty Stocking Fund since 1984.
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$50,000

Distributed in community grants

$280,000

in scholarships given through Best and Brightest

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