The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County

The Community Foundation has awarded over $20 million in grants since our inception. In 2007, we awarded nearly $5.2 million to nonprofits. We fund in five areas: the arts, civic involvement, education, the environment, and health and human services. We fund nonprofits primarily in Boulder County, although we also work with donors who wish to make grants through us in other parts of the country and the world.

Grants to Boulder County nonprofit organizations are made from the Community Trust as well as field of interest funds through a competitive grant application process. The Arts Trust, the Millennium Trust, and the Open Door Fund are examples of field of interest funds. Deadlines and application requirements are different for different funds; please check the links below for more information.

2008 Grant Application Deadlines
The Community Trust General Grants Cycle Concept Papers	September 30, 2008
15 Forever	January 31, 2008
Bamboo Fund	No new applications will be considered for 2008. The next grant cycle will be announced in 2009.
Everest '96 Memorial Fund	June 16, 2008
Millennium Trust Concept Letters	March 14, 2008
Open Door Request for Proposals	June 16, 2008
Social Venture Partners Letters of Inquiry	No new applications will be considered for 2008. The next grant cycle will be announced in 2009.

In addition, we have a number of funds that are Donor Advised Funds, each of which has its own grantmaking capacity and process. Many function in the same way a family foundation would, with The Community Foundation serving as support staff. Donor Advised Funds can make grants locally, nationally, or internationally. Fundholders become aware of local grantmaking opportunities by reviewing grant proposals submitted during The Community Foundation's Community Trust
or Millennium Trust Grant Cycles.