Deadline: 20-Aug-21
The Community Foundation Boulder County has announced a call for proposals for the following areas: Health & Human Services, and Civic Engagement.
Funding Priorities
- Health & Human Services: The Community Trust – Health & Human Services category is designed to fund the most pressing needs and concerns related to health & human services in Boulder County, and to actively promote an equity lens in this work. As in past years, all organizations and entities working in this sector are invited to apply for funding. However, this year priority will be given to the following:
- Programs that address the digital divide for vulnerable populations other than for educational settings and purposes. This may include, but not be limited to, reentry or unhoused populations; court-, child welfare- or domestic violence-involved families; people experiencing disabilities, or elder adults.
- Applicants that address equity in the community by expanding access to and reach of programs and services to historically underrepresented populations. This may include, but not be limited to, development of new partnerships, and networks; translation of materials, social media, website and communications to be language and culturally appropriate; successful recruitment of board members, staff, or interns from historically underrepresented populations; or efforts to develop or fine-tune capacity for referral, service navigation, case support, or liaison work.
- Applications from organizations with leadership that reflects the population served, or demonstrate they work directly with the population served to design and implement projects and programs.
- Civic Engagement: The Community Trust – Civic Engagement category is designed to contribute to a more informed, inclusive and connected community with more equitable outcomes for residents who have been historically underrepresented in Boulder County. As in past years, all organizations and entities working in this sector are invited to apply for funding. However, this year priority will be given to the following:
- Community organizing and other efforts that meaningfully engage historically underrepresented communities to represent themselves as they address community issues that impact them.
- Applicants that address equity in the community by developing new partnerships to extend reach of programs and services to historically underrepresented populations; translation of materials, social media, website, and communications to be language and culturally appropriate in order to support outreach; or successful recruitment of board members, staff, or interns from historically underrepresented populations.
Funding Information
- Community Trust grants typically range between $1,000 and $9,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any nonprofit organization with an IRS 501(c)(3) designation or any governmental or public entity can apply. Groups or organizations that do not have IRS 501(c)(3) designation may do so with a fiscal sponsor.
- The Community Foundation accepts applications for project, general operating, capital campaigns, and technical assistance funding.
- Grantees must use grant proceeds only for the stated purpose of the grant or for charitable and educational activities consistent with the organization’s tax-exempt status.
- Organizations may not receive funding for a particular program more than once in a calendar year from multiple unrestricted Community Foundation grant funds. This policy does not apply to General Operating requests or to grants from donor-advised funds.
- Grants from the Community Trust are exclusively for activities or projects in Boulder County and for the benefit of Boulder County residents.
- Community Foundation Boulder County does not make grants to organizations where grant money from unrestricted or field of interest funds would be used to further a particular political or religious doctrine.
For more information, visit https://www.commfound.org/grants/get-grant/community-trust/request-proposals