Pen & Podium Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Denver metro area
Focus Areas: Literary arts, education, and youth literacy
Program Description
Grant program associated with the Denver Post's Pen & Podium Series, a literary event series featuring authors and literary programming.
Recent Recipients (2015/16 season)
- America SCORES Denver
- Bright By Three
- Book Trust
- Denver Public Library Friends Foundation
- Reach Out and Read Colorado
Focus
Support nonprofit agencies working in literacy, education, and literary arts
Contact Information
The Denver Post Community Foundation
- Address: 5990 Washington Street, Denver, CO 80216
- Phone: 303.954.3001
- Email: dpcommunity@denverpost.com
- Website: denverpostcommunity.com
What Denver Post Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 55
- Total given
- $1.63M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $10K–$140K
- By dollars: Colorado 100%. Top recipient cities: Denver, CO; Aurora, CO; Lakewood, CO.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 24% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Denver Kids Inc · Denver, CO
Support of children youth health and wellness and homelessness and hunger programs
$140K
Tennyson Center for Children · Denver, CO
Support of children youth health and wellness and homelessness and hunger programs
$130K
Colorado Uplift · Denver, CO
Support of children youth health and wellness and homelessness and hunger programs
$85K
Griffith Centers for Children Inc · Northglenn, CO
Support of children youth health and wellness and homelessness and hunger programs
$51K
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO
Support of children youth health and wellness and homelessness and hunger programs
$40K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Literacy
- Arts
- Education
- Youth programs
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