Max Funding
Up to $50K
Application Due Date
Aug 3, 2026
Funder Details:
Funder Type:
Public
Funding Frequency:
Biannual Grant
Use of Funds:
Programs/Projects
Funding Duration:
One-Year Grant
Application Type
Full Application
Eligibility:
✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations, ✅ Nonprofits with an Affiliate Sponsor
Program Areas:
Economic Development, Education, Environment, Homelessness, Housing, Climate Change, Mental Health, Youth, Job Training, Homelessness Shelter, Family Shelter, Women's Shelter, K-12 Education, Immigration
Locations:
Colorado
About The Grant
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.
Metro Denver area — Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties.
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.
Funding Priorities
In response to the needs, desires, and solutions we heard from the community, we updated our Priority Funding areas as part of our new Strategic Framework.
The Community Grants Program funds 501c3 organizations in the following priority areas:
Economic opportunity: community wealth-building, workforce development
Education- K-12 in-school reforms with an emphasis on: racial equity, school funding
Environment: energy efficiency, renewable energy, air quality
Housing and Homelessness: affordable housing, homelessness
Transportation: public transit accessibility and affordability
Grant Cycles:
Spring/Cycle 1 applications open on January 15 and close March 3.
Fall/Cycle 2 applications open June 15 and close August 3.
Requirements
Organizations must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits or have fiscal sponsorship.
The program supports nonprofits working in the seven-county Metro Denver region.
Grantor Information:
Restrictions:
Not Specified