Deadline: 15-Jan-2025
The Anschutz Family Foundation is accepting submissions for its Grant Program to support endeavors that strengthen families and communities and help individuals become productive and responsible citizens.
The Foundation has a special interest in self-sufficiency, community development and programs aimed at the economically disadvantaged, the young, the elderly and the disabled.
The Anschutz Family Foundation supports rural and urban Colorado nonprofit organizations that assist people to help themselves while nurturing and preserving their self-respect.
Areas
- Anschutz Family Foundation typically provides grants to Colorado nonprofit organizations offering programs and services that fit within one or more of the grant funding areas:
- Civic, Community, and Capacity Building
- Crisis Intervention
- Early Childhood Development
- Food/Shelter/Homeless
- Low-Income Housing
- People with Disabilities
- Self-Sufficiency/Families/Literacy
- Senior Programs
- Youth Development/Outdoor Programs
Funding Information
- Typical grants range between $5,000-$10,000, but generally do not exceed 10 percent of an organization’s annual budget.
What are they looking for?
- Alignment with the Foundation’s mission and interests
- Clearly presented goals, objectives and strategies
- Provision of unduplicated, needed programs and services
- Sustainable and diversified funding streams
- Solid financial statements and cash reserves
- Demonstrated financial need
- Proven track record of success with positive outputs and outcomes
- Effective and qualified leadership
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization must be classified as one of the following:
- A 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity
- Independent sponsored project of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit acting as a fiscal sponsor
- Government or tax-supported public entity
- Activities or programs must take place in Colorado and the Foundation aims for an even distribution of grants between organizations serving in Colorado’s rural and urban communities.
- Only one application per organization is accepted every 12 months.
- Organizations receiving funding for two consecutive calendar years must take one year off before re-applying.
- A final report for any previously awarded grant is required before a new request is considered.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They do not typically fund:
- Arts and culture
- Capital campaigns (on rare occasions, the Foundation will fund capital campaigns for organizations located in rural Colorado whose mission closely aligns with the Foundation’s interest. Applicants are advised to submit a one-page letter of inquiry prior to the submission of a grant request for this purpose.)
- Education (primary or secondary)
- Endowments, debt reduction, or loans
- Grants to individuals
- Healthcare, mental health, or disease-specific
- Multi-year grants
- Organizations with annual budgets in excess of $10 million
- Organizations in leadership transition (i.e. interim director)
- Organizations that discriminate in any way
For more information, visit Anschutz Family Foundation.