Through the Community Grants Program, the Denver 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.
Donor Name: The Denver Foundation
State: Colorado
County: Adams County (CO), Arapahoe County (CO), Denver County (CO), Douglas County (CO), Jefferson County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Priorities
In response to the needs, desires, and solutions they heard from the community, they updated their Priority Funding areas as part of their new Strategic Framework.
The Community Grants Program funds 501(c)(3) 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 seeks to fund organizations that are aligned with The Denver Foundation’s values.
- The Foundation funds 501(c)(3) organizations and collaborative efforts among 501(c)(3) organizations and other groups in the seven county Metro Denver region that address one or more of the goals described in this booklet. Organizations that have fiscal sponsorship from a 501(c)(3) are eligible to apply.
- The Foundation prefers requests for general operating support, but they will consider both general operating and program support.
- The Denver Foundation wants to follow your organization’s progress and commitment to constituent and BIPOC inclusion in staffing and board representation to better serve all populations utilizing your services. They will prioritize funding to support BIPOC led organizations and will take into account your overall progress and learnings.
- The Foundation prioritizes improving the lives of historically oppressed people living in Metro Denver, with a particular focus on people who live in low-income communities and people of color.
- The Foundation seeks to reduce racial and ethnic disparities, as well as economic disparities.
- The Foundation supports organizations that share and demonstrate their Core Values of racial equity and community leadership.
- The Foundation does not fund proposals that fall outside of their priority areas. The Denver Foundation embraces organizations that work to address two or more of these priority areas.
For more information, visit TDF.
