Deadline: 1-Aug-22
The Denver Foundation has announced the Community Grants Program.
Through the Community Grants Program, the 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.
Priority Areas
- The Community Grants Program funds 501c3 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
- Economic Opportunity
Funding Information: Grant awards typically range from $20,000 to $50,000.
Criteria
- The Foundation funds many faith-based organizations. However, they do not fund religious activities or programs that require religious activity as a condition of receiving services.
- The Denver Foundation funds organizations that serve residents of the Metro Denver area—Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties. Field of Interest Funds, Donor-Advised Funds, and other Special funds are not limited to Metro Denver.
For more information, visit https://denverfoundation.org/grants/our-grants-program/