Funding Amount

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Deadline

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Grant Type

Foundation

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  • Not eligible: Grant requests for the following will not be supported:Grants to individuals, for-profit organizations or private foundations.
  • Not eligible: Annual appeals, membership drives, underwriting or fundraising eventsEndowmentsLoans.
  • Not eligible: Fellowships or scholarships.
  • Not eligible: Debt reduction.
  • Not eligible: Partisan causes.
  • Not eligible: Programs that require membership in a certain religion or seek to advance a particular religious faith or belief.
  • Not eligible: Grant requests for the following are generally not supported at this time:General operating costs.
  • Not eligible: Facilities projectsProgram-related investments.
  • Not eligible: Organizations that practice discrimination of any kind
  • Not eligible: Participate in
  • Not eligible: Intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements)
  • Not eligible: Any political campaign on behalf of

Overview

The Caring For Denver Grants - Youth program is focused on enhancing the mental health and resilience of young people in Denver. It supports innovative initiatives that address trauma, mental health, and substance misuse, aiming to provide early intervention and resources. The goal is to empower youth and their families, creating a supportive environment for healing and resilience against life's challenges. Grants are not available for individuals or organizations that practice discrimination.

Note: We have an online Grants Portal where applicants submit materials . We ask that you register for an account by this date ( pre-proposal deadline) . If you have already applied or have received funding, you are already registered and may skip this step. Access our Grants Portal by visiting https://caring4denver.fluxx.io.
We are currently seeking proposals for our Youth focus area. This funding supports innovative mental health, trauma, and/or substance misuse supports, which increase youth’s resilience to life stresses and pressures; address mental health and substance misuse early; and/or provides supports for families and allies of youth to better support youth in their healing.
Grants in our Youth priority area provide earlier and more resources to reduce crisis and increase resilience for Denver youth coping with life stressors. Our grantees work to reduce youth harm to self and others through addressing trauma, mental health, and substance misuse; increase youth ability to demonstrate healthy resilience for coping with challenges and stresses in life; and increase awareness and involvement by family and allies in ways that help youth address trauma, mental health, and substance misuse.

Ineligibility

Grant requests for the following will not be supported:Grants to individuals, for-profit organizations or private foundationsAnnual appeals, membership drives, underwriting or fundraising eventsEndowmentsLoansFellowships or scholarshipsDebt reductionPartisan causesPrograms that require membership in a certain religion or seek to advance a particular religious faith or beliefGrant requests for the following are generally not supported at this time:General operating costsFacilities projectsProgram-related investmentsWe will not make grants to organizations that practice discrimination of any kind.We will not make grants to, participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of, in support of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

What Caring for Denver Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
95
Total given
$43.61M
Median grant
$351K
Range
$44K–$2.79M
  • By dollars: Colorado 97%, New York 3%, Maryland <1%. Top recipient cities: Denver, CO; Aurora, CO; New York, NY.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.

Example grants

  • Denver Health and Hospitals Foundat · Denver, CO

    Transforming health

    $2.79M

  • City and County of Denver - Denver · Denver, CO

    Dpd co-responder pro

    $2.1M

  • City and County of Denver - Departm · Denver, CO

    Support team assiste

    $1.61M

  • La Raza Services Inc · Denver, CO

    Comunidad sana "comm

    $1.46M

  • Colorado Village Collaborative · Denver, CO

    Peer & mental health

    $1M

IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Youth programs
  • Mental health
  • Addiction recovery

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