The Bray Cares Foundation recently awarded a total of $30,000 to eight local nonprofit organizations. Grant amounts ranged from $1,500 to $5,000 to address housing-related needs in Mesa County.

The following organizations received support through this year’s funding: Foster Alumni Mentors; Grand Valley Catholic Outreach; Grand Valley Peace and Justice; Habitat for Humanity Mesa County; Hilltop Community Resources – Permanent Supportive Housing; HomewardBound of The Grand Valley; Toilet Equity; and The Joseph Center.

The Bray Cares Foundation partners with the Western Colorado Community Foundation to raise funds and make grants annually to address this need as well as providing emergency funding throughout the year. Funding targets projects that provide emergency shelter and rent assistance, affordable housing and programs that help seniors, veterans and special-needs individuals stay in their homes.

In the six years since the Bray Cares Foundation was formed, it has provided funding to fifteen different housing related nonprofits and has raised a total of $580,000 which includes an endowment of $290,000.