The Denver Reparations Fund grant program is a combined effort of Reparations Circle Denver (RCD), a giving circle of The Denver Foundation, and the Denver Black Reparations Council (DBRC), an organization focused on rebuilding and sustaining institutions and traditions that were destroyed, damaged, or prevented from thriving as a result of the enslavement of African and African descendant people and the aftermath of slavery.
Donor Name: The Denver Foundation
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/18/2022
Grant Size: $2,500 – $7,500+
Details:
Grant Priority Areas:
- Build economic strength, generational wealth acquisition and financial literacy
- Preserve, provide access to, and expand Black history, culture, knowledge, and awareness
- Enhance mental and physical health access and increase public health education
- Provide quality education from early childhood through adulthood, including reimagination of career options and pathways
- Enhance community building and advocacy that responds to the needs of Black residents
- Provide access, including transportation, to critical life-sustaining services
- Create openings for transformative change that are both systematic and relational
Funding Information
Grants from the fund typically range from $2,500 – $7,500+ and are awarded in spring and fall grant cycles annually for a total of $50,000 each cycle.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be a viable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or have a fiscal sponsor with this status;
- Be Black-led and Black-serving;
- For these grants “Black” is defined as including people of African descent;
- Be based in and serve the state of Colorado
Grants are not made for the following:
- Organizational membership campaigns, drives or events
- Debt retirement
- Endowments or other reserve funds
- Grants that further political activities or candidates
- Grants that further religious doctrine (community benefit programs qualify)
- Capital campaigns
- Grants to individuals
- Grants for re-granting purposes
For more information, visit The Denver Foundation.