Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Expected ~December

Based on past cycles

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle
Annual
Current deadline
December 31, 2027
Tracked since
April 2026

Deadlines typically fall in: December

Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.

Overview

An evolution of WFCO's WAGES grantee cohort (2017-2021). WINcome is a board-controlled grantmaking program that provides flexible and holistic resources to women for economic security.

Focus Areas: WINcome grantee partners work with WFCO for up to three years to improve access to:

  • Jobs with pay and benefits that satisfy basic needs, close the gender and racial income gap, and support economic security
  • Education and training, and ongoing opportunities to upskill and reskill
  • Cash assistance
  • Capital for women entrepreneurs
  • Child care and other caregiver support
  • Support for basic human needs, such as food, housing, health care, and transportation

Geographic Scope: Colorado statewide

Funding Structure:

  • Direct-service organizations
  • Public policy advocacy organizations
  • Three-year grant partnerships

Direct-Service Grantees:

  • Action is Safer
  • Alianza NORCO
  • Center for Community Wealth Building
  • Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities (CHIC)
  • Colorado River Valley Resident Team
  • Deaf Overcoming Violence though Empowerment (DOVE)
  • Denver Indian Family Resource Center (DIFRC)
  • Elephant Circle Impact Charitable
  • Latina SafeHouse
  • PM.GRAN.TE
  • Rise Above Violence
  • Soul2Soul Sisters
  • The Gathering Place
  • WomenRise

Public Policy Grantees:

  • 9to5 Colorado
  • Bell Policy Center
  • Bread & Roses Legal Center
  • Colorado Center on Law and Policy
  • Colorado Children's Campaign
  • Colorado Fiscal Institute
  • Colorado People's Alliance
  • Colorado Poverty Law Project
  • Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition
  • Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy & Research Organization

Contact:

  • Phone: (303) 285-2960
  • Email: wfco@wfco.org
  • Address: 1901 East Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO 80208

How to Apply

Application Process

The next open WINcome grant cycle will be in 2027. Specific application details, required materials, and submission procedures will be available when the cycle opens. Organizations interested in applying should contact WFCO directly for more information.

Contact for Application Details:

  • Phone: (303) 285-2960
  • Email: wfco@wfco.org
  • Website: wfco.org

What The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
93
Total given
$2.62M
Median grant
$20K
Range
$6,820–$100K
  • By dollars: Colorado 89%, Montana 4%, New York 2%. Top recipient cities: Denver, CO; Aurora, CO; Ft Collins, CO.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 41% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Project Worthmore · Aurora, CO

    Donor-driven grantmaking

    $100K

  • Thunderheart Media · Gallatin, MT

    Donor-driven grantmaking

    $100K

  • Redline Contemporary Art Center · Denver, CO

    Donor-driven grantmaking

    $85K

  • Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities · Aurora, CO

    Community investments & grants

    $76K

  • Colorado Nonprofit Development Center · Denver, CO

    Community investments & grants

    $75K

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

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Women
  • Workforce development
  • Nonprofits
  • Poverty alleviation

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