Deadline: 1-Apr-22
The Denver Foundation has announced Black Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) Fund Grants Program, to address systemic racism and its impact on Black communities across the seven-county Metro Denver region. BRIC grants support Black nonprofit organizations led by and serving Black communities to withstand current crises and build long-term sustainability.
Priorities
- Emerging Community Issues/Needs
- Health – racial trauma, infant/mother mortality, underinsured, uninsured, Medicaid eligible, COVID-related loss of benefits.
- Housing – renters and/or people involuntarily 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 policy reform.
- Youth – youth organizing, youth-led programs, culturally responsive programs.
Funding Information
- Grant awards will typically range from $5,000 to $25,000. Another option for nonprofit organizations is the BRIC Loan Program
Eligibility Criteria
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Eligibility requirements include:
- Be a current 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization or have a fiscal sponsor
- Be Black-led and Black-serving. The Denver Foundation defines “Black” as encompassing people of Africanand Afro
- Caribbean descent, including African immigrants and refugees.
- Provide services within the seven-county Metro Denver area
- Fit one or more of the identified BRIC priorities, preferably.
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Black Resilience In Colorado (BRIC) does not fund:
- Capital campaigns
- Building endowments or reserve funds
- Operating funds for foundation, 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.
For more information, visit Denver Foundation.
For more information, visit https://denverfoundation.org/blackresilience/