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Quality Community Foundation special meeting — December 10, 2025: scholarship and grant program updates; 2026 goals discussed

Commerce CityDec 10, 20252 min read

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Interim Chair Rachel Marsh called the Quality Community Foundation special meeting to order at 5:08 PM on December 10, 2025 at the Commerce City Civic Center (Rm 3109). Board members Marsh, Martha Beavers, Tisha Chapman and Valerie Lucero were present; Diane Narvaez and Sarai Thomas were excused. The board approved the April meeting minutes; reviewed and edited scholarship qualifications and set 2026 scholarship cycle dates; established student exception rules for scholarship payments; reviewed golf tournament planning (planning meetings to start in January); updated grant program rules including disallowing nonprofit consultant partnerships and permitting lot-rent funding within program grants but not rent for operational needs; moved the March meeting to March 31; reviewed 2025 goals and discussed adoption of 2026 goals at the January meeting; and scheduled January elections and a Kaleidoscope scoring tutorial. The meeting adjourned at 7:49 PM.

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Approved April meeting minutes (Min 25-254).
Revised scholarship program qualifications and set scholarship cycle dates for 2026.
Student exception rules: continue payments for undergraduate students moving to graduate school if enrolled full-time in graduate credits (9 credits); grant 50% scholarship payment for students below full-time requirement who are intentional and communicative.
Golf tournament planning meetings to begin in January.
Grant program rules: will not partner with nonprofit consultants; allow grants to be used for lot rent within program grants but prohibit rent payments for operational needs.
Moved the March meeting date to March 31.
Decided not to hold an additional January meeting; hold elections in January and provide a Kaleidoscope scoring tutorial.
Group photo deferred to the January meeting.
Reviewed 2025 goals and will adopt 2026 goals at the January meeting (25-287).

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