The Colorado Springs Health Foundation is seeking Applications for its Capacity-Building Mini-Grant Program.
Donor Name: Colorado Springs Health Foundation
State: Colorado
County: El Paso County (CO), Teller County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
CSHF defines capacity-building work as discreet projects that help an organization acquire or strengthen organizational skills, strategies, systems and/or structures. They often involve the use of an outside expert consultant. For CSHF, capacity-building funding may not be used for ongoing operating expenses or capital projects.
As such, Colorado Springs Health Foundation is offering an additional capacity-building funding opportunity – one that is smaller, more responsive (faster decisions) and lower barrier (shorter application).
Funding Information
Mini-grant requests may not exceed $5,000.
Grant Period
One year.
Eligibility Criteria
The request must align with at least one of the Foundation’s funding focus areas and benefit the El Paso or Teller County Region.
- Organizations that have a current, open general operating, program or capital grant are eligible to apply for capacity-building funding.
- An organization may be awarded no more than two capacity-building grant awards in a given calendar year.
- Strong preference given to organizations that have been previously or are currently funded by CSHF.
- Examples of Capacity-Building Initiatives
- Planning (strategic, operational, succession, funds development, communications etc.)
- Impact Assessment (e.g. program evaluation)
- One-time or infrequent volunteer or staff training (e.g. board governance training, leadership coaching, etc.)
- Merger, dissolution or other restructuring efforts
- Process improvement work (e.g. LEAN)
- One-time technology needs (e.g. computer hardware).
Ineligibility
- Funding for ongoing operating expenses (e.g. salaries, benefits, supplies, lease, software subscriptions, ongoing training)
- Funding for capital projects
- Support for capacity-building needs that exceed $5,000 in cost (CSHF has another capacity-building opportunity for larger initiatives).
For more information, visit CSHF.
