The Denver Post Community Foundation Grant Application Information
For nonprofit organizations interested in a grant through The Denver Post Season To Share:
The Denver Post Season To Share helps those less fortunate in our community improve their lives and become self-sufficient. Season To Share grants are made to qualified nonprofit organizations in Metro Denver that focus on the program specific guidelines of Children and Youth, Health and Wellness, Homelessness and Hunger. For information on Season To Share guidelines, please click here.
CLICK HERE to access to the LOI form through our online portal from May 15 to June 30, 2022. Only submissions through the portal will be accepted.
In early September 2022, we will send your agency an email from dpcommunity@denverpost.com with either an invitation to apply or a decline to move forward for 2022/23. Full grant applications are by invitation only.
*If your agency received a Season To Share grant in the past three years, you do not need to submit an LOI unless you are requesting funds for a new program. Past grantees will receive an email in early September with further information. Please contact us at dpcommunity@denverpost.com with any questions.
Season To Share, a program of The Denver Post Community Foundation, uses an online application process that mirrors the Colorado Common Grant application questions and attachments.
Grant amounts will start at $10,000. A grant request must not exceed 10% of the general operating budget for the organization or if requesting program support, 30% of the program budget.
For nonprofit organizations invited to apply for a Denver Post Community Foundation grant through a Signature Event or Program, please see the General Information and Requirements below:
– Agency must be a 501(c)3 organization (as shown by the agency’s IRS 501(c)3 tax-exempt determination letter)
– Grant requests falling within the stated guideline areas can be for program support or general operating support
– Agency must serve the metro Denver area (primary)
– Agency or program has been operating for more than one year
– A current audit or IRS 990 must be made available
– Agency must be in good financial standing
– The amount of the request should not exceed $10,000
Funding for the following will not be considered:
– Capital funding
– Individual schools
– Individual persons
– Religious organizations for religious purposes
Full applications are accepted on an invite-only basis and a link to our online application portal will be sent to those invitees.
For more information, contact:
Stacy Schafer
Communications and Grants Manager
The Denver Post Community Foundation
sschafer@denverpost.com
