Funding Amount

US $20,000 - US $50,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

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Other requirements

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Overview

The Denver Foundation's Community Grants Program supports diverse organizations in Metro Denver, focusing on reducing disparities and promoting equity for underserved communities, including those living in poverty, immigrants, and people of color. The foundation prioritizes funding in areas such as economic opportunity, youth well-being, environment, and housing, investing in initiatives that foster a just and vibrant community. For more information, please visit their FAQs.

We invest in your vision
The Denver Foundation and our donors are honored to support a diversity of organizations and community groups who are working to foster a more just, healthy, and vibrant Metro Denver area and beyond.
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 Funding Areas
Through the Community Grants Program, The Denver Foundation supports nonprofits that serve the seven-county Metro Denver area; advance our Core Values of constituent engagement and racial equity; and align with our priority funding areas:

  • Economic Opportunity
  • community wealth-buildingworkforce development
  • Youth Well-being
  • K-12 school reformsschool fundingyouth mental health
  • Environment/Climate
  • air qualityenergy efficiencyrenewable energy
  • Housing
  • affordable housinghomelessness

Please see FAQs for additional guidelines.

Eligibility

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What The Denver Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
1,184
Total given
$131.69M
Median grant
$27K
Range
$5,100–$25M
  • By dollars: Colorado 58%, Pennsylvania 19%, California 6%. Top recipient cities: Denver, CO; Aurora, CO; Boulder, CO.
  • <1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

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    $2.18M

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Poverty alleviation
  • Education
  • Housing
  • Immigration
  • BIPOC

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