The Gates Family Foundation is pleased to announce its Capital Grant Program.
Donor Name: Gates Family Foundation
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2023
Details:
Land, facilities, and civic infrastructure are long-term assets that can transform the ability of nonprofit and community organizations to serve Colorado communities. For this reason, the Gates Family Foundation invests in capital projects across the state, in both rural and urban areas. They strive to be responsive to each community’s unique needs and opportunities.
The capital grants are generally limited to comprehensive capital campaigns, which are typically for building purchases, construction, expansion, renovation, and/or land acquisition. Only nonprofit organizations with capital projects that benefit Colorado and its residents are qualified to apply. When making funding decisions, they prioritize:
- Projects that address root problems with substantive solutions
- Projects with evidence of community involvement in setting project priorities
- Projects in rural and low-income areas across Colorado where there are fewer individuals and institutions providing support for capital projects
- Projects that serve individuals and communities of color who have faced historic inequities and lack of access to funding
- Projects with strong engagement and financial support from the organization’s governing board
- Projects that reinforce the foundation’s strategic priorities in K-12 public education, natural resources, community development, and informed communities
- Projects that address climate change, and/or incorporate green building and sustainable development practices.
Grants Categories
They fund capital projects within five categories that overlap somewhat with the Foundation’s strategic priorities, but are broader in scope in order to be more responsive to community needs:
- Art and culture
- Artistic expression arouses the imagination, stimulates creativity, and prompts self-discovery. Organizations dedicated to art and culture enrich the spirit and enhance economic vitality. They support capital projects that:
- enhance the cultural quality of community life while also strengthening the economy
- link a community with its heritage and contribute to usable community infrastructure
- serve as an educational resource for children, youth, and adults.
- Artistic expression arouses the imagination, stimulates creativity, and prompts self-discovery. Organizations dedicated to art and culture enrich the spirit and enhance economic vitality. They support capital projects that:
- Community Development
- Colorado’s economic health is dependent on the vitality of all of the state’s communities — large and small, urban and rural. They support capital projects that:
- Create economic opportunity, add to the quality of life, and enhance stability for the residents of a community
- have the potential to reinforce and enhance the economic vitality of a community
- involve partnerships between public and private sector organizations that seek to improve the economic and cultural health of communities.
- Colorado’s economic health is dependent on the vitality of all of the state’s communities — large and small, urban and rural. They support capital projects that:
- Education
- Closing the achievement gap for children from low-income families and increasing access to high-quality, life-long learning for all Coloradans enhances the economic, social and civic life of communities. They support capital projects that:
- serve a majority of students from low-income families (who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch)
- build or improve education facilities that will be heavily used by a majority of the community
- increase access to education in rural areas
- provide life-long learning to a broad audience.
- Closing the achievement gap for children from low-income families and increasing access to high-quality, life-long learning for all Coloradans enhances the economic, social and civic life of communities. They support capital projects that:
- Parks and Recreation
- Appreciation and conservation of Colorado’s natural beauty, resources, and opportunities for outdoor recreation are fundamental to the quality of life and the economy of the state. They support capital projects that:
- protect and steward land and water resources, habitat, and the health of natural systems
- preserve the state’s agricultural legacy
- construct and improve parks, trail systems, and open space for public recreation and access
- provide environmental education and leadership opportunities for young people.
- Appreciation and conservation of Colorado’s natural beauty, resources, and opportunities for outdoor recreation are fundamental to the quality of life and the economy of the state. They support capital projects that:
- Well-Being of Children, Youth and Families
- Healthy individuals have greater opportunities to be productive members of society who contribute to the economic, social and cultural life of their communities. They prioritize capital projects that:
- develop greater self-sufficiency, including the well-being and independence of disadvantaged families and the elderly
- increase leadership and life skills
- promote good health and well-being rather than cure disease.
- Healthy individuals have greater opportunities to be productive members of society who contribute to the economic, social and cultural life of their communities. They prioritize capital projects that:
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a capital grant from the Gates Family Foundation, applicants must:
- Be classified by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), classified as a public charity under section 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2) of the Code, and be able to provide documentation of tax-exempt status issued within the last five years. In limited circumstances, the Foundation also considers grant requests from governmental entities.
- Provide services benefiting the state of Colorado and its citizens.
- Have commitments for approximately 30% of the funds needed to complete the project in place prior to submission, unless a waiver of this requirement has been granted.
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