Daily Featured Foundation - 11/4/25

11/4/2025

Here is today’s featured foundation.

LOR Foundation

Website: https://lorfoundation.org/

Mission & Purpose: To work with rural communities in the Mountain West to enhance livability and prosperity while preserving the character that makes each community unique. The foundation's name stands for the values of Livability, Opportunity, and Responsibility.

Broad Funding Guidelines: Grantmaking is geographically focused on rural communities in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. They are a proactive, "listening-first" funder. They do not have a traditional open application; instead, they encourage community members to reach out to their local LOR program officer with an idea that addresses a local challenge or opportunity.

Featured Opportunity: The foundation's grantmaking model is its most unique feature. They are highly responsive and community-driven, often funding small-scale but high-impact projects identified by local residents. This could include funding for a new boat ramp, a "Main Street" revitalization project, trail improvements, or a pop-up market.

Recommendation: A local community leader or nonprofit in a rural town in their five-state region who has a specific, tangible project that will directly improve the town's quality of life (e.g., a new park, trail, or community center) and can demonstrate strong local support.