The Community Grants Program is The Denver Foundation’s signature funding strategy, which is supported by The Fund for Denver, our permanent endowment. Our permanent endowment is made up of unrestricted gifts to The Denver Foundation given by nearly 1,500 donors in the past 100 years.

The Community Grants Program supports organizations in the seven-county Metro Denver region working in our four priority funding areas: economic opportunity, environment and climate, housing, and youth well-being.

This grant opportunity’s goal is to support organizations working to reduce disparities by incorporating community and constituent leadership and racial equity into their approach.

Through the Community Grants Program, we aim to improve the lives of historically oppressed people living in Metro Denver, with a particular focus on people who live in low-income communities and communities of color. We seek to reduce racial and ethnic, and economic disparities.

The Community Grants Program grants approximately $4M each year during two grant cycles. Each grant ranges from $20,000-$50,000.

Grant cycles

• Cycle 1 applications open on January 15, 2026, and close March 2, 2026.

• Cycle 2 applications open June 16, 2026, and close August 3, 2026.

If you have any questions during this grant process, please contact us at: cgp@denverfoundation.org