Caring For Colorado Grant Program: Youth Health and Well-Being

Caring For Colorado Grant Program: Youth Health and Well-Being

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Caring For Colorado Foundation
Amount: US $25,000 - US $125,000
Last Updated: September 13, 2025

Summary

The Caring For Colorado Grant Program: Youth Health and Well-Being aims to improve health equity for young people aged 9 to 25 facing economic and social challenges. With a commitment of $6 million, the program supports initiatives that foster belonging, supportive relationships, and access to essential services. Prioritizing flexibility and community engagement, the program encourages applications from organizations that serve at least 75% low-income youth or 90% from priority populations, with grant sizes ranging from $25,000 to $125,000.

Overview

NOTE: Pre-Proposal - This deadline represents the Part 1 deadline.Full Proposal - Invite Only - This deadline represents the Part 2 deadline. Caring For Colorado Grant Program: Youth Health and Well-Being Priority: Youth Health and Well-Being We’re working to advance health and well-being for young people, ages 9 to 25, in Colorado who experience health inequities due to economic injustice, racism, and discrimination through strategic investments designed to support young people, strengthen families, and build youth-centered communities. Our Approach Guided by local youth and community insight, and informed by the science of adolescent development, we believe that young people will experience greater health and well-being if they: Develop a strong sense of belonging, identity, purpose, and agency Experience secure and supportive relationships with their parents and caregivers Have equitable access to services, spaces, and systems that are youth-centered, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed To advance youth health and well-being, Caring for Colorado will invest $6 million in the upcoming year through our Youth Health and Well-Being Funding Priority in three focus areas: Supporting Young People Strengthening Families Building Youth-Centered Communities The Youth Health and Well-Being funding priority is designed to be flexible, leverage local community assets, and support grantee partners as they work to improve conditions for young people and their families. To understand how grant decisions are made, see our Guiding Principles. We believe that investments in these focus areas have the power to yield a triple benefit: increased health and well-being for young people today, into adulthood, and for the next generation. Funding Supporting Young People and Strengthening Families Focus Areas: The annual grant range for this focus area is $50,000-$125,000. We will also consider multi-year requests, for up to 36 months.Building Youth-Centered Communities: The annual grant range for this focus area is $25,000-$100,000. We expect the majority of grants in this focus area to have a term of 12 months. Grant size depends on several factors, including but not limited to, the scale and scope of the proposal, other sources of funding available to support the work, and our available budget.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Caring for Colorado considers applications from organizations that benefit the people of Colorado and are:Charitable, nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt classification from the Internal Revenue Service; or Tax-supported institutions including state and local governments and schools.New or emerging organizations or for-profits are permitted to apply through a tax-exempt organization acting as a fiscal agent. The most common type of fiscal agent arrangement is between a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization and a non-tax-exempt group. The fiscal agent has the ultimate authority and responsibility to see that the funds are used for the intended purpose; it cannot simply be a pass-through organization.In addition to Caring for Colorado’s general eligibility, applicants must serve a minimum of 75% of young people living with low incomes OR explicitly serve at least 90% of young people who represent one or more of Caring for Colorado’s priority populations.Additionally, applications must focus on cities or counties where 18% or more of young people under 18 are living at or below the federal poverty level or communities where CFC priority populations are experiencing significant health disparities, compared to the state average.We will consider general operating and program requests for the Supporting Young People and Strengthening Families Focus Areas.We will consider capital, general operating, and program requests for the Building Youth-Centered Communities Focus Area.Your organization does not have to focus on all the strategies to apply. For each strategy chosen, you will be asked to create at least one outcome and a subsequent objective. So only select the strategies that align with your proposed work.You may submit one application per year. If you have an active grant in one Focus Area, you are not eligible to submit a new application in the same Focus Area, even if it is for different work.

Ineligibility

Caring for Colorado does not fund:Organizations or projects that unlawfully discriminate with regard to employees, volunteers, delivery of programs or services, or clients based on age, sex, religion/creed, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or genetic information. Individuals. Activities supporting political candidates.