Denver Reparations Fund for Non-Profit Organizations in Colorado

The Denver Foundation is pleased to announce qualified organizations to apply for funding from the Denver Reparations Fund.

Donor Name: The Denver Foundation

State: Colorado

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 03/15/2023

Size of the Grant: $2,500 – $7,500

Details:

The Denver Reparations Fund grant program is focused on rebuilding and sustaining institutions and traditions that were affected, destroyed, damaged, or prevented from thriving as the result of the enslavement of African and African descendant people, and the oppressive aftermath of slavery.

Denver Black Reparations Council (DBRC) and Reparations Circle Denver (RCD) are working together to effect reparative change. RCD is a giving circle in Denver accepting new members; DBRC deploys funds raised by RCD and housed in the Denver Reparations Fund to provide reparative funding for the Black communities of Colorado.

Awards are focused on rebuilding and sustaining institutions and traditions that were affected, destroyed, damaged, or prevented from thriving as the result of the enslavement of African and African descendant people, and the oppressive aftermath of slavery.

Funding Areas

Economic Opportunity
Education
Health & Mental Health
Human Services

Funding Information

Grants from the fund range from $2,500 – $7,500 and are awarded in spring and fall grant cycles annually. There is a total of $50,000 available for each cycle.

Eligibility Criteria

Your organization must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor.
Your organization must be located in and do work in the state of Colorado.
Your organization must be Black-led and Black-serving. For these grants, “Black” is defined as people of African descent. Organizations that fall outside of this definition but have a specific program that fits the fund’s priorities may apply for a program-specific grant.
Your work must fit one or more of the priorities identified below:
- Build economic strength, generational wealth acquisition, and financial literacy.
- Preserve, provide access to, and expand Black history, culture, knowledge, and awareness.
- Enhance mental and physical health access and increase public health education.
- Provide quality education from early childhood through adulthood, including reimagination of career options and pathways.
- Enhance community building and advocacy that responds to the needs of Black residents.
- Provide access, including transportation, to critical life-sustaining services.
- Create openings for transformative change that are both systematic and relational.