The Community Grants Program supports organizations in the seven-county Metro Denver region working in four priority funding areas: economic opportunity, environment and climate, housing, and youth well-being.
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: 03/02/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant opportunity’s goal is to support organizations working to reduce disparities by incorporating community and constituent leadership and racial equity into their approach.
Through the Community Grants Program, they aim to improve the lives of historically oppressed people living in Metro Denver, with a particular focus on people who live in low-income communities and communities of color. They seek to reduce racial and ethnic, and economic disparities.
Priority Areas
Funding Information
Each grant ranges from $20,000-$50,000.
Ineligibility
- Proposals that fall outside the priority areas
- Capital campaigns
- Building endowments or reserve funds
- Membership campaigns
- Sponsorships
- Retroactive funding, i.e., activities, projects, or programs that will be completed before funding becomes available
- Debt retirement
- Grants to individuals
- Grants for re-granting purposes
- Grants for medical, scientific, or academic research
- Grants that further political doctrine or religious activities
- Grants to private, parochial, or religious schools
- Scholarships
- The Denver Foundation does not fund organizations or programs that discriminate based on 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.
