GRANT GUIDELINES
Denver Post Season To Share is merging into Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund. Season To Share will continue as a campaign of Denver Post Charities. This merged fund will implement a philanthropic strategy focused on programs with strong measurable outcomes with the overall mission to alleviating poverty by helping low-income children, youth and families be successful and achieve self-sufficiency.

Effective November 1, 2011 guidelines for Denver Post Charities/Season To Share will be

• Child/Youth Education: to help children and youth, ages 9 to 24, achieve academic success, complete high school, and enter post-secondary education programs.
• Hunger: to support the hunger relief infrastructure, and community programs with case-managed services that lead clients to self-sufficiency.
• Housing: to keep individuals and families at risk of homelessness in stable housing; to provide housing with support services for homeless individuals and families.
• Literacy: to support Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language programs that enable low income adults to raise their English proficiency and reading levels to meet eligibility requirements for job training and/or post-secondary education programs.
• Health and Wellness: to support programs that promote healthy living practices and provide access to health care service to low-income individuals.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Due to the transition this program is currently undergoing, applications for the 2011/2012 program are being distributed by invitation only. Invitations will be distributed by July 15 2011. If your organization did not receive an invitation to apply, but has a program that fits these guidelines and can show strong measureable outcomes, we encourage you to bookmark and revisit this page in the spring of 2012 for more details on application procedures for the 2012/2013 campaign.

If your organization has been invited to apply, please click here and enter the password provided to access the downloadable grant application forms.