The Denver Post Community Foundation Grant Information

The Denver Post Community Foundation, through funds raised by The Denver Post Season To Share, is dedicated to supporting individuals and families in need across the Metro Denver area. With the generous contributions of our donors and partners, we provide grants to qualified nonprofit organizations focused on:

  • Children and Youth
  • Health and Wellness
  • Homelessness
  • Hunger

Grant Making Focus Areas

Children and Youth

All children should have the chance to succeed in life and opportunities to help them reach their full potential by being on track for success in the classroom and in life.

Funding will focus mainly on out-of-school time programs that support the development of children and youth in the community, ages 5 – 18. Programs must be evidence-based and demonstrate positive outcomes in academic achievement and/or social and emotional development and show ongoing relationships with children/ youth beyond a one-time encounter. Programs must also focus on youth with barriers to success, serving at least 60% who qualify for free and reduced lunch or other low-income indicator.

Health and Wellness

Everyone deserves access to services that help them be healthy, including physical, behavioral and dental health care.

Funding will focus on established programs providing access to affordable, high-quality health care services for low-income residents in underserved communities. Programs of interest include community health centers serving under- and uninsured populations that provide integrated care and K-12 school-based health centers in schools where at least 60% of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. Organizations must be able to demonstrate positive health outcomes for clients in addition to other output measures.

Homelessness

The issue of homelessness persists in our community and providing housing and services is important in working to end homelessness and support families and individuals.

This funding area supports prevention services and/or long-term housing strategies with multiple wrap-around services for individuals and families. Eligible programs include homelessness prevention programs that provide short-term financial support (i.e. rent, utilities, mortgage) to maintain current housing and supportive and transitional housing (six months or more) with additional supporting services. Programs must effectively demonstrate impact by tracking clients who are able to maintain housing and/or those who transition into and maintain more permanent and/or stable housing.

Hunger

Families and individuals deserve access to nutritious, supplemental food in order to meet their daily needs and to help support them in work and school.

Funding priority is given to established providers with large-scale programs or initiatives that reduce food insecurity. Eligible organizations and programs must meet the following criteria: effectively use data to make organizational decisions; provide client-choice services; offer nutritious food options; work in geographic areas where gaps for and access to nutritional services exist; support enrollment in SNAP/benefit programs; and provide warm referrals to other community supports.

Guidelines for Funding Consideration

Season To Share supports nonprofits that serve low-income children, youth, and families in overcoming poverty and achieving stability.

Key Details:

  • Funding is awarded annually through a competitive review process
  • Grants are not guaranteed and must align with one focus area

2025/26 Grant Opportunity – click here to access our online portal.

If your organization is interested in applying:

  1. Review eligibility under the most relevant focus area.
  2. Submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) between May 15 – June 30, 2025 via our online portal – click here for access.

Note: You cannot save progress in the portal. We recommend drafting your LOI in a Word document first.

LOI Review Timeline

  • Reviews run through late September
  • Notifications will be sent via email and may include:
    • Invitation to submit a full application
    • Letter of decline
    • Year-of-rotation notice
    • Other important updates

Returning grantees from the past two years: You do not need to submit an LOI unless applying for a different program. If your organization was not advanced last year, you are encouraged to reapply.

Application Details

If your organization is invited to submit a full application in late September – we follow the Colorado Common Grant Application format and they too will be accepted through our online portal.

Funding Limits:

  • Max 10% of your organization’s operating budget
  • Max 30% of a program-specific budget (if applicable)

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

  • Meet one funding area’s specific criteria
  • Hold current 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status (IRS letter dated within the past 5 years)
  • Have one full year of programming and financial reporting
  • Report measurable outcomes
  • Present clear goals, objectives, and strategies
  • Have a diversified and sustainable funding base
  • Demonstrate financial stability
  • Serve vulnerable and low-income populations in: Adams, Arapahoe Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

We Do Not Fund:

  • Capital campaigns or endowments
  • Schools (public or private)
  • Government entities
  • Programs outside our focus areas
  • Organizations practicing discrimination
  • Foundations or pass-through nonprofits
  • Individuals
  • Religious organizations for religious programming
  • Research initiatives
  • Political or lobbying efforts
  • Start-up organizations

Questions?

Contact us at dpcommunity@denverpost.com.