The Denver Foundation has announced the Community Grants Program to support a diversity of organizations and community groups who are working to foster a more just, healthy, and vibrant Metro Denver area and beyond.
Donor Name: The Denver Foundation
State: Colorado
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/01/2022
Grant Size: $20,000 to $50,000
Details:
The Denver Foundation seeks proposals from organizations that center constituent leadership among people who live in low-income communities, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
Through the Community Grants Program, the foundation invests in nonprofit organizations and collaborations that are reducing disparities and promoting equity for communities, prioritizing people living in poverty, immigrants and refugees, and people of color in Metro Denver.
Priority Areas
The Community Grants Program funds 501c3 organizations in the following priority areas:
- Economic Opportunity
- community wealth-building
- workforce development
- Education– K-12 in-school reforms with an emphasis on
- racial equity
- school funding
- Environment
- energy efficiency
- renewable energy
- air quality
- Housing and Homelessness
- affordable housing
- homelessness
- Transportation
- public transit accessibility and affordability
Funding Information
Grant awards typically range from $20,000 to $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Foundation funds many faith-based organizations. However, they do not fund religious activities or programs that require religious activity as a condition of receiving services.
- The Denver Foundation funds organizations that serve residents of the Metro Denver area—Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties. Field of Interest Funds, Donor-Advised Funds, and other Special funds are not limited to Metro Denver.
For more information, visit The Denver Foundation.
