The Caring for Denver Foundation is seeking proposals to fund youth informed/youth-led, trusted, innovative mental health, trauma, and/or substance misuse supports, which increase youth’s ability to manage life stresses and pressures; address mental health and substance misuse early; and/or provide supports for families and allies of youth to better support youth in their healing.
Donor Name: Caring for Denver Foundation
State: Colorado
County: Denver County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/13/2023
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Priorities
The Caring for Denver Foundation will prioritize funding for projects and programs that address Denver’s mental health and substance misuse challenges in at least one of the areas below:
- Inclusive Access: Help youth, pregnant people, and other family/caregivers access care and support in ways that make sense for them, in places that feel comfortable, and at times that fit their schedules, so they are better able to participate, learn, build skills, and address mental health and substance misuse issues.
- Attention to Fit: Ensure that when youth, families, and pregnant people seek care, they feel understood, connected, and respected by those providing care—primarily through culturally affirming care options. Also, ensure the mental health needs of those supporting youth, family, and pregnant people are supported so they can be at their best as they help others.
- Care Over Time: Improve care transitions, making them easier and more seamless for youth and pregnant people, families, and allies. The goal is to increase stability and minimize the starts and stops in mental health and substance misuse care.
Funding Information
The total amount available for all grant awards in this focus area is $12.9 million. Applicants should consider the total amount available to organizations and agencies in the amount they request. Caring for Denver will evaluate budgets for their reasonableness and consider whether an organization has previously received a grant in allocation decisions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant seekers must be located and/or offer services in Denver and to Denver residents
- Nonprofit organizations designated by the IRS as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), or under other sections of the code or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity
- Faith-based organizations designated by the IRS as tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, if all Foundation grant funds are used for non-religious purposes
- Any Indian or Native American entity
- Government-supported entities, including schools, museums or libraries, and City and County of Denver agencies.
Ineligibility
- Grants to individuals, for-profit organizations, or private foundations
- Annual appeals, membership drives, underwriting, or fundraising events
- Endowments
- Loans
- Fellowships or scholarships
- Debt reduction
- Partisan causes
- Programs that require participation or membership in a certain religion or seek to advance a particular religious faith or belief.
For more information, visit CFDF.