Caring for Colorado is seeking applications to improve the lives of children and families in Colorado through collaboration, partnership, shared knowledge and grantmaking.
Donor Name: Caring for Colorado Foundation
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/02/2023
Details:
Integrity, inclusion and commitment are the core values that guide Caring for Colorado’s work
with partners, communities and each other. We recognize that the grantmaking process is an
expression of our values and the primary way we build relationships and fulfill our role in the
nonprofit sector.
In their work with applicants and grantees, they seek to:
- Build relationships grounded in trust and mutual goals.
- Be transparent in their communication.
- Be accessible and available to provide guidance and thought partnership.
- Streamline our process and only ask for the information they need to make funding decisions.
- Be present in communities and the places their partners live and work.
- Have a strengths-based approach to their understanding of communities.
- Learn with and from their partners to strengthen organizations, communities, systems and policies.
The grantmaking program is rooted in their purpose of achieving equity, health and well-being for Colorado’s children and families. When reviewing applications and assessing alignment, they rely on their grantmaking guiding principles. Their guiding principles are:
- They center the health and well-being of all children, youth and their families, and they prioritize resources and attention to children and youth living in families with low incomes, children and youth of color, and children and youth who experience systemic injustice.
- They center the voice and perspective of children, youth, families and caregivers and support efforts that seek, integrate, and respond to their insights and solutions.
- They center organizations that are rooted in and trusted by the children, youth and communities they serve.
Funding Focus Areas
Caring for Colorado Foundation Focus Areas are:
- Healthy Beginnings
- Healthy Youth
- Strong and Resilient Families
- Public Policy Advocacy
Eligibility Criteria
Caring for Colorado will consider applications from and awards to organizations who benefit Colorado and are:
- Charitable nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt classification from the Internal Revenue Service; or
- Tax-supported institutions including state and local governments and schools.
Caring for Colorado Does Not Fund
- For-profit entities
- Annual appeals or membership drives
- Financial support for political candidates
- Fee-based programming without a robust sliding scale
- Pregnancy resource centers
- Research (costs specifically associated with the research process such as design, investigation, or analysis)
For more information, visit Caring for Colorado Grant.