ColoradoCreates seeks arts grant applications
The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade is accepting applications for grants for nonprofit cultural organizations and arts groups. Given from the OEDIT’s, Creative Industries division, the ColoradoCreates grants provide financial support to produce arts and cultural activities throughout the state. Grant applicants must be nonprofit groups, department of Colorado public colleges or [...]
One of the first bills introduced in the Colorado General Assembly is aimed at giving startups and small businesses in certain sectors a much-needed financial boost. Supporters say the bill could be exactly what technology, aerospace and engineering companies need to get off the ground and recover from the recession. Detractors say that the funding [...]
Continue reading …Colorado has received a $2.9 million grant from the federal government’s “Race to the Top: Early Learning Challenge.” The money will be used during the next four years to accelerate the state’s plan to improve school readiness. The money will increase access to high-quality early learning programs and help develop the capacity of those people, [...]
Continue reading …The trustees of the El Pomar Foundation recently approved 90 grants totaling $1.4 million. The grants represent 27 counties in Colorado. Nearly 50 of the grants were in the Pikes Peak region, including several to area fire stations and nonprofits aiding in the Waldo Canyon fire relief. The local recipients: – American Heart Association, $10,000 [...]
Continue reading …The Inasmuch Foundation awarded grants totaling $25,000 to five organizations in Colorado Springs. Edith Kinney Gaylord founded Inasmuch in 1982 to support charitable, scientific and educational causes to enhance the progress and quality of life for Oklahomans. Today, the foundation carries on the interests of its late founder by giving to education, health and human [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs Philharmonic received a $90,000 grant from the Mary K. Chapman Foundation that will be spent during a three-year period starting with this concert season. The grant continues the foundation’s tradition of giving to community, civic and human services programs in Colorado and Oklahoma. Founded in 2002, the foundation was created to continue [...]
Continue reading …Even as the United Way of the Pikes Peak Region celebrates the end of its annual campaign Tuesday, some community groups have less to be happy about.
Continue reading …More than $50,000 in grants are available for the Spirit of the Springs program and the city is seeking applications to fund requests. Applications for the money – which was raised during the first Mayor’s Cup golf tournament – can be found at www.bachsoffice.com. Deadline is June 29, 2012. Funding decisions will be announced in [...]
Continue reading …Thanks to a state effort, the Pikes Peak Workforce Center added more than $2 million to the local economy and helped 837 people find job training. The Colorado Enhanced Approved Training Program allows people in the state who are receing unemployment benefits to receive 50 percent more a week if they are attending a traning [...]
Continue reading …The trustees of El Pomar Foundation met recently to consider grant proposals. They approved 57 grants totaling more than $1 million. The organizations receiving grants represent 26 counties across the state of Colorado. Front Range Grants American Council of Young Political Leaders – $60,000 Audio Information Network of Colorado – $10,000 Bonfils Blood Center Foundation [...]
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