The Denver Foundation is pleased to invite qualified community groups to apply for funding from the Strengthening Neighborhoods Program.
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: 10/19/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Strengthening Neighborhoods Program provides small grants to 1. hire a capacity-building “coach” or 2. support grassroots community organizing campaigns or projects. Projects must make use of the strengths and assets that already exist in the community, such as neighborhood leaders’ skills or neighborhood institutions (like businesses, schools, churches, or parks). The goal of this program is to support communities where people earn less than the area median income and communities of color.
Funding Areas
- Animals
- Arts, Culture
- Humanities
- Capacity Building
- Economic Opportunity
- Education
- Environment & Climate
- Health & Behavioral Health (including Youth Mental Health)
- Housing & Homelessness
- Human Services
Funding Information
- Typical Grant Range: $500 to $5,000.
- The average grant size is $2,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your community group must be led by at least three (3) unrelated people/leaders
- Your organization must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3).
- Your organization must be located in and do work in the seven-county Metro Denver region.
Ineligibility
- Sponsorships
- Retroactive funding, i.e., activities, projects, or programs that will be completed before funding becomes available
- Debt retirement
- Grants for re-granting purposes
- Grants for medical, scientific, or academic research
- Grants that further religious activities
- Scholarships (for more information, please visit our website)
- The Denver Foundation does not fund organizations or programs that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), physical or mental disability, pregnancy status, body type, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, except to serve a historically disadvantaged group.
For more information, visit The Denver Foundation.
