Community Grants Program
Responsive grantmaking of roughly $5 million a year across two cycles to charitable organizations in the seven-county Metro Denver region, in economic opportunity, environment and climate, housing, and youth well-being (including youth mental health and K-12 school funding reform).
- Indicative award
- $20k–$50k (total award)Page states individual grant awards range from $20,000 to $50,000, out of approximately $5 million distributed each year across two cycles.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, Mar, Jun, AugNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Two cycles per year. The published 2026 dates were Cycle 1 open Jan 15 / close Mar 2, and Cycle 2 open Jun 15 / close Aug 3, 2026 at 5 p.m. MDT. Both 2026 windows have closed as of 2026-08-07; expect the same January and June opening pattern next year.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Charitable organizations serving the seven-county Metro Denver region (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson) that have been operating at least one year; statewide organizations considered only with clear Metro Denver impact.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- housing · youth well-being · economic opportunity · climate and environment · k-12 school funding
- Apply at
- https://www.denverfoundation.org/nonprofits/grant-opportunities/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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