Rose Community Foundation is pleased to announce an open funding opportunity for nonprofit organizations in the Greater Denver region.
Donor Name: Rose Community Foundation
State: Colorado
Counties: Adams County (CO), Arapahoe County (CO), Boulder County (CO), Broomfield County (CO), Denver County/city (CO), Douglas County (CO), and Jefferson County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
This opportunity is intended to help build practices and environments for social and emotional learning that equitably integrate efforts to strengthen both social and emotional needs and academic learning for PreK-12 students, with a focus on the teachers and administrators that create and contribute to classroom culture.
This opportunity focuses on adults in school systems changing behaviors, practices and/or systems in support of creating a culture of social-emotional learning. They are interested in hearing from applicants that can build on previous work and momentum in this space and can demonstrate deep collaboration in school systems.
Purpose
To support programs or projects that seek to build a culture of social-emotional learning that equitably integrate efforts to strengthen social and emotional needs and academic learning for students, addressing adult mindsets and skills as well as school and district policies.
How much funding and what type of funding is available?
- Total funding available: $1.5 million. They anticipate making between 20-30 grants and anticipate this to be a highly competitive process.
- Grant duration: One year
- Types of support: Program or Project Support – grant funding will be structured as program support.
- Funding amounts will be determined based on the program or project budget, number of staff engaged, and number of students impacted. We seek to fund organizations with programs across the spectrum of budgets.
- Program/project budget of $250,000 and below: up to $25,000
- Program/project budget of $250,001 – $750,000: up to $50,000
- Program/project budget of $750,001 – $1,000,000: up to $75,000
- Program/project budget above $1,000,000: up to $100,000
- Collaborative projects are strongly encouraged to apply; please use the funding amount range listed for the overall program or project budget, noting that not all grant requests will be funded and those that are may not all be funding at the full amount requested
Eligibility Criteria
- This opportunity is open to nonprofit organizations, schools/school districts, government agencies or fiscally sponsored projects in the seven-county Greater Denver region: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties.
- Organizations funded through donor-advised funds, Rose Youth Foundation, Roots and Branches, or other giving circles at Rose Community Foundation are eligible for this opportunity, as long as other eligibility requirements are met.
- Organizations that house endowments at Rose Community Foundation are eligible to apply.
- Organizations that have current funding through Rose Community Foundation’s discretionary grantmaking are not eligible to apply for this opportunity.
For more information, visit Social-Emotional Learning in Education.
