Strengthening Neighborhoods Fund
This is a key eligibility requirement for SN applicants leading the work.
What is the having at least three unrelated residents leading the work.
English.
What is the most common primary language among SN awardees?
The very first Strengthening Neighborhoods grant was made to Cultivando, in this City and County.
What is Commerce City, Adams County?
Another term used for “capacity building.”
What is “technical assistance”?
This was the most common Capacity Building request in 2024.
What is Strategic Planning and Operational Planning?
$500 to what dollar amount is typically the range of the grant sizes in the SN program.
What is $5,000?
African American/Black.
What race/ethnicity was most represented among SN awardees?
This metro city and neighbor to Denver has received significant SN support for immigrant and refugee-led community work.
What is Aurora?
This is a basic requirement to be eligible for Capacity Building grants.
Your organization must have received a grant from The Denver Foundation within the last three years.
This was the second most common Capacity Building request in 2024.
What is Inclusiveness and Racial Equity?
Unlike all other fund opportunites from The Denver Foundation, the Strengthening Neighborhoods Program is unique in not requiring this status.
What is a 501(c)3, or fiscal sponsor?
In their 2024 applications, this was the most common type of listed SN project/campaign selected.
What is Navigation? (helping other community members access resources)
Both the Strengthening Neighborhoods and Capacity Building Funds are limited to making grants in these counties.
What are the seven counties of Metro Denver: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.
This is the maximum amount available through a Capacity Building grant.
How much is $6,000?
This was the top issue area supported by Capacity Building grants in 2024.
What is Economic Opportunity?
$500 to what dollar amount is typically the range of the grant sizes in the SN program.
What is $5,000?
A small percentage of listed SN projects focused on developing this particular business model.
What are worker-owned co-ops? (or cooperative business models)
This city in Jefferson County has been a significant part of SN outreach and funding for community-led projects.
What is Lakewood?
Capacity Building funding helps nonprofits pay for this kind of external support.
What are consultants for short-term planning or training?
This was the least-funded issue area supported by Capacity Building grants in 2024.
What is Transportation?
This is the year that the SN program was created and began to support grassroots groups in Metro Denver.
When was 1996?
There are more than a dozen of these aspects of diversity among SN applicants.
What are racial or ethnic identity categories identified by applicants? (Also: languages)
Lady Trailblazers is the only Strengthening Neighborhoods grantee from this county?
What is Douglas County?
Twice a year.
How often can a qualified Capacity Building Fund applicant apply?
51, 56, or 51? This is the approximate percentage of TDF Capacity Building grantees led by BIPOC individuals in 2024.
What is 56%?