The Black Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) Fund grants provide critical support to Black-led and Black-serving nonprofit organizations that are responding to immediate challenges while fostering long-term sustainability in Colorado’s Black communities.
Donor Name: The Denver Foundation
State: Colorado
County: Adams County (CO), Arapahoe County (CO), Boulder County (CO), Broomfield County (CO), Denver County (CO), Douglas County (CO), Jefferson County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The BRIC Fund’s mission is to serve as a perpetual resource addressing systemic racism and its impact on Black communities across the seven-county Metro Denver region.
Funding Areas
- Humanities
- Economic Opportunity,
- Education
- Health & Behavioral Health
- Housing & Homelessness.
Funding Information
Grant awards will typically range from $5,000 to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your organization must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor
- Your organization must be Black-led and Black-serving. Encompassing people of African and Afro-Caribbean descent, including African immigrants and refugees
- Your organization must be located in and do work in the seven-county Metro Denver area.
- Your organization’s annual budget cannot exceed $1.5 million
- Your organization must fit one or more of the identified priorities identified by the community-led advisory committee:
- Emerging community issues/needs – current/ urgent issues identified by the community
- Health – racial trauma, infant/mother mortality, underinsured, uninsured, Medicaid eligible, and/or COVID-related loss of benefits
- Housing – renters and/or people involuntary displaced or experiencing homelessness to provide access to housing/homeownership for low-income community members
- Economic Opportunity – business or workforce development or access to living-wage jobs
- Racial Justice – community organizing, advocacy, law, and/or policy reform
- Youth – youth organizing, youth-led programs, and/or culturally responsive programs
- Not eligible for funding:
- Capital campaigns
- Building endowments or reserve funds
- Operating funds for foundations, funds, or giving circles
- Membership campaigns
- Special events or sponsorships
- Grants to individuals
- Grants for re-granting purposes
- Multi-year funding requests
- Conferences, symposia, and related travel
- Grants for medical, scientific, or academic research
- Grants that further political doctrine or religious activities
- Grants to parochial or religious schools
- Organizational Scholarships.
For more information, visit The Denver Foundation.
