Indigo Oak Fund: The Arts Grants
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Deadline
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Grant Type
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Eligible organizations
- The Indigo Oak Fund generally funds in Colorado and the Bay Area but occasionally considers non-profits in other areas.
Overview
The Indigo Oak Fund is a Colorado-based foundation dedicated to empowering individuals through support for education, the arts, and social justice. Focused on fostering lifelong learning and creative expression, the Fund aids various programs that enhance community engagement. It supports both youth and adult initiatives, including classes and community events in diverse artistic disciplines. By prioritizing equal opportunity and personal potential, the Fund strives to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals and the community.
The Indigo Oak Fund is a Colorado-based private foundation focused on education, the arts, women and children’s issues, and ensuring equal justice under the law.
The Fund supports selected programs and initiatives which promote personal empowerment and achievement and which qualify as related to the above-named issues. We seek to contribute to a better world by recognizing and respecting the value of each individual, funding programs which have the potential to improve lives, fostering lifelong learning, and ensuring access to equal opportunity for all.
Our Focus
Fostering Lifelong LearningEnsuring access to equal opportunity for allImproving the quality of livesRecognizing and advancing individual potential
Fostering Creative Expression - The Arts
Past grants have supported funding for classes and camps, community theaters, internship programs, and one-time events in the fields of visual arts, music, writing, graphic design, and drama.
Eligibility
The Indigo Oak Fund generally funds in Colorado and the Bay Area but occasionally considers non-profits in other areas.
What The Vance R and Colleen H Andrus Family actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 97
- Total given
- $624K
- Median grant
- $2,000
- Range
- $250–$25K
- By dollars: Colorado 78%, California 10%, District of Columbia 6%. Top recipient cities: Castle Rock, CO; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA.
- 17% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 38% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Crisis Center · Littleton, CO
Legal Advocacy and Immediate Client Need Fund
$25K
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO
Art in Prison, Diversity in the Arts Internship Program, and Adult Scholarship programs
$20K
Berkeley Music Group · Berkeley, CA
Concert Career Pathways
$20K
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC
General Operating Support
$20K
Milestone Charitable Foundation Inc · Buffalo, NY
Pre-settlement Funding
$20K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Education
- Music
- Youth programs
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