VISION

Opportunities to empower and support emerging community leaders committed to tackling long-standing problems in innovative ways.

MISSION STATEMENT
The Colava Foundation is a family foundation that provides grants to small and early-stage entrepreneurial non-profits whose leadership advances innovative solutions to long-standing social needs.

GIVING VALUES

We mobilize our generosity in a variety of ways intended to bring about the greatest positive impact based upon our Foundation’s values:

• Commitment to Impact
  We fund charitable organizations with the belief in the leadership’s ability to guide a sustainable organization that effectively addresses social needs.
• Pragmatic Simplicity
  We deal with things in a clear, easy to understand, sensible, respectful, and realistic way, based on practical considerations and experience.
• Thoughtful Risk-Taking
  Our Foundation’s way of knowing “we believe in you” is based on the experience and track record of organizational leadership to keep the organizational mission active, growing, and in time, impactful.