The Thornton COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program is designed to help provide financial support for Thornton businesses and nonprofits that support residents that have been impacted by the pandemic with an additional $500,000 in grant funding in 2022.
Donor Name: City of Thornton
State: Colorado
City: Thornton
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/08/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
Thornton’s City Council directed staff to explore a Thornton recovery grant program during their Strategic Planning Conference (SPC) in April.
Council approved the program in May with some general guidelines. Business applicants must be businesses located in Thornton that have fewer than 125 employees. Applicants can have a maximum of three locations in Thornton, and they must submit all locations as one application. This includes franchises. This grant program can support a broad range of activities, including but not limited to capital projects and equipment, hiring and retention such as payroll expenses if one-time costs or can be self-sustaining in the future, marketing, technology, etc.
Ineligible businesses include marijuana related businesses, businesses that practice predatory lending, multi-level marketing businesses, speculation-based businesses (gambling included), and businesses primarily engaged in political or lobbying activities.
Funding Information
Grants for $5,000 or less available.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Business
- Is your business located in Thornton?
- Do you own fewer than three locations in total?
- Does your business have 125 employees or less among all locations?
- Does your business have up-to-date filings (business license, taxes, etc.)?
- Is your Business or any owner of the business presently suspended, debarred, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any federal agency, state agency, or any government entity?
- Does your business fall within any of the following categories: marijuana-related businesses, businesses that practice financial lending, multi-level marketing businesses, speculation-based businesses (gambling included), or businesses primarily engaged in political or lobbying activities?
- Is your organization capable of administering grant funds in compliance with city funding guidelines by providing updates when requested and a final report?
- Will the business owner or authorized representative be able to agree to the terms of,and sign off on, the City’s “Grant Agreement Template”?
- Eligible Organizations
- Organizations are eligible to apply if they can answer “yes” to the following questions:
- Is your organization a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with recognized legal status equal under the United States Internal Revenue Code?
- Do you serve Thornton residents through your services or programs?
- Does your organization have up-to-date filings (Form 990, 501(c)3 status)?
- Is your organization capable of administering grant funds in compliance city funding guidelines by providing updates when requested and a final report?
- Will an authorized representative be able to agree to the terms of, and sign off on, the City’s “Grant Agreement Template”?
- Organizations are eligible to apply if they can answer “yes” to the following questions:
For more information, visit City of Thornton.
