The Colorado Gives Foundation is pleased to announce the Thriving Jeffco Responsive Grant to support Jeffco serving organizations focused on helping their communities thrive.
Donor Name: Colorado Gives Foundation
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/29/2023
Size of the Grant: more than $3,000,000
Details:
Colorado Gives Foundation provides unrestricted, one-year grant support to Jeffco serving organizations focused on advancing Jeffco Thrive metrics that complement Colorado Gives Foundation’s strategic impact work and in response to other community needs. Specifically, they are looking for organizations working in these impact areas:
- Essential Needs
- It’s hard to thrive when you cannot meet your most essential needs. That’s why they’re focusing attention on issues of food access, housing, safety and health care (physical, dental and mental) for people living in Jefferson County, Colorado. The portfolios of work are where they are activated around these issues. It’s also where grants, impact investments and other tools of the foundation will be deployed in 2021.
- Economic Prosperity
- When all the neighbors are economically secure, everyone benefits. It supports efforts that help neighbors get, keep, and even create, good-paying jobs. It begins with quality early childhood education (ECE) through 12th grade education for everyone, and continues through adulthood to support apprenticeships, job training, up-skilling and programs that promote entrepreneurship and small business development. The portfolios of work will be showcased below as they are developed.
- Resilient and Connected Neighborhoods
- The Jeffco community is more resilient and strong when work together. Successful community collaborations require a strong backbone or container to develop shared goals, effective communication and a common agenda to align efforts among the whole community. That’s why they’re developing a portfolio of work that supports various coalitions and other collective efforts in Jefferson County.
- Civic Engagement
- Great communities are built by engaged and active community members. It supports efforts that promote quality of life, community engagement, civility and/or help community members develop the knowledge, skills and motivation they need to make a difference in their communities through leadership, art, advocacy and other means. The portfolios of work will be showcased below as they are developed.
Funding Information
The foundation is committing more than $3,000,000 for this funding opportunity.
Award Considerations
Applications and funding decisions will be made based on the strength of criteria alignment with one or more Jeffco Thrive Metrics:
- Demonstrated and/or desired impact in Jeffco Priority will be given for demonstrated impact in Jeffco’s corridors of poverty:
- Arvada Corridor: Between Sheridan on the East and Ward Road on the West and from 41st Avenue South to 60th Street North.
- Wheat Ridge, Edgewater and Lakewood Corridor: Between Sheridan on the East and Simms/South Union St. with westward expansion along 6th Avenue near Denver West on the West and 6th Avenue South to 25th Street North.
- South Lakewood/Golden Corridor: Between Sheridan on the East and Johnson Road in Golden on the West and Jewell Avenue (South) to 6th Avenue (North).
- Unincorporated-Rural Jefferson County: considered the mountain rural area of Jefferson County.
- Jeffco Residents Live Fulfilled Lives.
- Employment or Workforce Development
- Housing (any type of service helps a residents find or maintain housing, whether temporary or permanent)
- Early Care and Education (Screening, Home Visitation, Child Care, Early Childhood Mental Health, Early Care Workforce, Resource and Referral, and Parent Education)
- Education – outside of early childhood and specific to K-12, post-secondary and adult life skills (E.g., money/wealth building).
- Physical Health/Access to Health
- Mental Health – Adult-focused
- Mental Health – Youth-focused
- Substance Use & Abuse
- Food Security – direct food assistance
- Food Security – helping people atain food subsidies.
- Food Security – Local production and delivery of healthy, nutritious food
- Domestic Violence/Victim Services
- Jeffco residents are meaningfully involved in maters that affect their lives and communities. Inclusive of:
- Political efficacy
- Volunteering
- Civic Engagement
- Changes to neighborhood design (physical)
- Involvement in community groups
- Jeffco residents connect with, appreciate and support one another. Inclusive of:
- Demonstrated need for resources to fulfill primary purpose identified in your application.
- Strength of performance measure alignment with Jeffco Thrive metrics and proposed funding.
- Consideration of annual organizational budget and impact for activities as identified above.
- Previous relationship with Colorado Gives Foundation (formerly Community First Foundation).
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible, organizations must be 501(c)(3) Nonprofits and/or government equivalents, or 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, such as neighborhood associations, operating within the defined geographic scope of this grant opportunity. In some instances, for profit organizations may be eligible if they have or serve a charitable purpose.
- Funding will be prioritized to organizations most strongly aligned with the Award Considerations outlined above.
For more information, visit Colorado Gives Foundation.
