The Rose Community Foundation is pleased to announce the funding opportunity for nonprofit organizations in the Greater Denver region.
Donor Name: Rose Community Foundation
State: Colorado
County: Adams County (CO), Arapahoe County (CO), Boulder County (CO), Broomfield County (CO), Denver County (CO), Douglas County (CO), Jefferson County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The foundation seeks to fund a diverse slate of organizations engaging in equity-focused policy and advocacy work. Applicants may work at the state level, the local level or both and may pursue short- or long-term policy objectives. They aim to support policy efforts across a range of issues, representing a broad spectrum of approaches, perspectives, and populations served.
This grant cycle is intended to support Greater Denver’s diverse and dynamic ecosystem of organizations that leverage policy and advocacy efforts to help local communities furthest from opportunity create conditions for equity, justice, inclusion and engagement.
Types of support
- General Operating Support. To provide maximum flexibility for nonprofit organizations engaging in policy and advocacy work, They anticipate that most grants will be for general operating support.
- Program or Project Support. Organizations that have a primary organizational focus that does not include policy and advocacy should apply for policy-specific program funding. Non-policy work will not be considered through this grant opportunity.
- Organizations that do national or multi-state work should apply for program funding and specify that grant dollars would be used exclusively for local activities or statewide efforts that benefit region.
- Organizations applying on behalf of a coalition are required to apply for program funding.
- 501(c)(4) organizations are required to apply for program funding to distinguish from candidate or partisan work, which the Foundation cannot fund.
- Any grant applicants may opt to have funding structured as program support if that is preferred.
- Please note: Organizations that receive program or project support will be required to report direct and grassroots lobbying expenses, as applicable.
Funding Information
Funding amounts will typically range from $15,000 to $75,000.
Grant Duration
Most grant lengths will be one year.
Eligibility Criteria
- This opportunity is open to nonprofit organizations – 501(c)(3)s and 501(c)(4)s – or fiscally sponsored projects serving the seven-county Greater Denver region (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties) or advancing statewide policy efforts that benefit those within that catchment area.
- Local/municipal, state and federal government agencies are not eligible for this opportunity.
- Organizations funded through donor-advised funds or giving circles at Rose Community Foundation are eligible for this opportunity, if other eligibility requirements are met.
- Organizations that house endowments at Rose Community Foundation are eligible to apply, but like all other applicants, are not guaranteed a grant award.
- Organizations that have received a separate grant from Rose Community Foundation in 2024 are unlikely to receive funding via this opportunity. They encourage organizations that think they may still be eligible to meet with Ray Barrie-Kivel, policy and advocacy manager, before beginning their application.
- Organizations that have active multi-year grants from Rose Community Foundation are not eligible for this opportunity.
- Rose Community Foundation has multiple open RFPs every year, and They encourage organizations that think they could be a fit for more than one opportunity to speak with a member of grantmaking team before beginning their application.
For more information, visit Rose Community Foundation.
