Funding Opportunities

We fund 501(c)(3) organizations, groups of residents in low-income neighborhoods, and collaborative efforts among groups in the seven-county Metro Denver.

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Comprecare Fund

The Comprecare Fund supports community-based projects that focus on helping older adults maintain their health through self-help and lifestyle changes.

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  • Funding Areas: Health & Mental Health
  • Grant Range: $7,500 - $20,000
  • Region: Colorado
  • Status: Open
  • Opening Date: 5/1/2023
  • Closing Date: 6/15/2023

Eulipions Fund

The Eulipions Fund at The Denver Foundation provides grants to generate, assist, increase, and encourage the performing arts in Colorado African-American communities.

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  • Funding Areas: Arts, Culture, Humanities
  • Grant Range: $4,000 - $10,000
  • Region: Colorado
  • Status: Open
  • Opening Date: 5/1/2023
  • Closing Date: 6/15/2023

Lowe Fund

The Lowe Fund provides grants to nonprofits in Colorado that support training, education, and research into the causes, cures, and treatment of developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, and other related nervous and muscular disorders.

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  • Funding Areas: Education, Health & Mental Health
  • Grant Range: $10,000-$50,000
  • Region: Colorado
  • Status: Open
  • Opening Date: 5/1/2023
  • Closing Date: 6/15/2023

Renewable Energy Trust

The Renewable Energy Trust, a donor-advised fund of The Denver Foundation, supports renewable energy projects for Colorado nonprofit organizations and public entities. 

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  • Funding Areas: Environment & Climate
  • Grant Range: $15,000 - $40,000
  • Region: Colorado
  • Status: Open
  • Opening Date: 5/1/2023
  • Closing Date: 6/15/2023

Strengthening Neighborhoods

The Strengthening Neighborhoods program supports neighborhood residents who want to make a difference in their own communities. 

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  • Funding Areas: Arts, Culture, Humanities, Civic Fabric, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environment & Climate, Food & Nutrition, Health & Mental Health, Housing & Homelessness, Human Services, Other, Religious Institutions, Transportation, Youth Development
  • Grant Range: up to $5,000
  • Region: Aurora, Metro Denver, Westwood
  • Status: Open
  • Opening Date: 1/20/2023
  • Closing Date: 12/31/2023

Technical Assistance (TA) Fund at The Denver Foundation

The Technical Assistance (TA) Fund at The Denver Foundation is developmental support that enables you to do your work more effectively. Technical assistance activities build new skills and provide information that will help your organization change and grow. They should include the active involvement of staff, constituents, and board members. We consider requests for Technical Assistance at The Denver Foundation on an ongoing basis.

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  • Funding Areas: Other
  • Grant Range: $500 - $6,000
  • Region: Metro Denver
  • Status: Open