Donors
Byron and Margaret Brown Field of Interest Endowment Fund
Margaret
Brown recently established a Field of Interest Fund at the Community
Foundation to support developmentally disabled individuals and programs
in Weld County. She has a passion in her determination to help families
dealing with developmental disabilities to access community services.
Margaret is a unique, level-headed, professional community advocate, with a knack for business and accounting. She and her late husband, Byron Brown, were the parents of twin developmentally disabled, autistic sons (Mark and Scott) who now in their mid-fifties, live independently in their own apartments in Greeley.
Margaret was one of the individuals who started the ARC of Weld County and served on that board for many years. During that time and continuing after she left, she also served on the board of ARC of Colorado. Margaret was instrumental over the years in advocating for the developmentally disabled on the local level and with the state legislature.
At 88 years young, Margaret is a wonderful example of how life can be lived and how you can turn your passion into a legacy through the Community Foundation.
Littler Youth Fund
Hubert and Mary Littler were local ranchers in Weld County who lived their last years in Greeley. They did not have children but wanted to leave a legacy to support youth in Weld County. In 1972, an initial gift of $170,000 in corporate stock was donated to the Greeley Area Foundation (now the Community Foundation Serving Greeley and Weld County) to create an endowment. This gift has now grown to over $2.5 million and almost $2 million more has been distributed in grants. The fund supports more than 40 youth programs annually.