Colorado Parks and Wildlife says it has $1.7 million in matching grants available to support projects that would benefit fishing, shooting ranges or motorized boating. Parks and wildlife officials are accepting applications from individuals, organizations and local governments for some of that money. The Fishing is Fun grant program has $900,000 available to distribute for [...]
Continue reading …Inasmuch Foundation announced today the distribution of $154,500 in grants to 13 organizations in Colorado Springs, according to a press release from the organization. Grants were awarded to organizations for projects addressing the foundation’s areas of interest as follows: • $25,000 to Colorado Springs Conservatory for programming support, scholarship development and the strengthening of internal [...]
Continue reading …Youth Service America and United Healthcare are launching the fourth year of Health Heroes grants to fight childhood obesity in Colorado. During the most recent cycle, United awarded $2,000 in grants to four Colorado-based, youth-led organizations. UnitedHealth Heroes is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people, working with educators and youth leaders, [...]
Continue reading …The State Historical Fund awarded 53 grants for historic preservation totaling more than $6 million for the fiscal year 2012 grant round. These new grants join 322 already active grant projects, for a total of nearly $35 million in direct investment in the State of Colorado.
Continue reading …The Colorado Foreclosure Hotline received a two-year, $600,000 grant to continue its work, all thanks to the Colorado Attorney General. John Suthers finalized the grant, which will aloow the hotline to continue to help homeowners avoid foreclosures for two more years. “This grant will ensure that the Colorado Foreclosure Hotline will continue to provide vital [...]
Continue reading …At its spring board meeting, the Bee Vradenburg Foundation awarded more than $36,000 in grants to nonprofit arts organizations. The grants were awarded to Amateur Pianists International, the Business of Art Center, the Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale, FutureSelf, Manitou Art Theater and the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival. The local nonprofit also provided funding for [...]
Continue reading …A local music festival, dance company, the Chinese New Year Festival and a local art gallery all received grants from the Bee Vradenburg Foundation. The foundation gave awards to the Colorado Springs Chinese Cultural Institute for the 2011 Chinese New Year Festival, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs for their programs on campus and [...]
Continue reading …Ten Colorado colleges and universities have agreed to work together to increase the number of Colorado residents who attend college. The Southern Colorado Education Consortium received a $750,000 grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. The consortium was formed last year to enhance educational opportunities in southern Colorado. Members are: Adams State [...]
Continue reading …The Pikes Peak Library District is one of 76 community library districts throughout the state to benefit from a $3.3 million grant to add more computers and Internet services to the state’s libraries. In Colorado, the money will pay for 692 laptop computers, 451 desktop computers and 69 computer stations for the disabled. The money [...]
Continue reading …Colorado’s safety net clinics will benefit form a $500,000 Kaiser Permanente grant program. The grant program aims to improve the quality of care at the clinics, which largely serve uninsured or under-insured people. Statewide, more than 500,000 people use the clinics annually. Individual grants will range from $10,000 to $100,000 and will be available to nonprofit health [...]
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