Southeast Rural Colorado Philanthropy Days

Grant Deadlines

Now’s the time to apply!

To: Southeast Colorado Rural Philanthropy Days Participatants
From: Jeff W. Pryor, Ed.D., Anschutz Family Foundation

Half-baked, half-hearted, half-_____ed - you get the picture! You don"t want to be one of those when it comes to identifying potential resources to fuel the work of your nonprofit or community organization. If you recently participated in the Southeast Colorado Rural Philanthropy Days, you had the opportunity to meet with representative grant makers from foundations and public sources. If you sat at the tables, presented your organization and received a "green" or "yellow" light from the grant maker, then by all means, submit a proposal by their next deadline!

Yes, grant writing can be challenging. However, you have three great advantages:

1. You believe in what you do and that passion linked to a good plan (strategy) offers a compelling reason for a grant maker to invest in your organization;

2. Once you write one grant, you can use it as a template for many grants (i.e. the Common Grant Application).

3. You’ve got a great resource at the Grant Resource Office in the SCORE Center at Otero Junior College -amazing people, terrific trainings, superb help!

There is an old proverb in fundraising: "You don’t get unless you ask." And now is the time to ask: develop and/or polish up that proposal, build a list of prospects, create the calendar and buy the stamps! I was in the office of one executive director who had a post-it calendar with each grant deadline boldly printed in colorful markers and created a timeline to give herself one month prior to the date to finalize each grant. She also had a small filing cabinet with all of the related materials. When the time came to submit the proposal, she had a basic check sheet from each grantmaker’s Web site and simply printed out the proposal with the right name and address, put in the dollar amount requested, opened up her filing cabinet and included the right attachments. And she was successful – her organization did receive support! And yes, it is possible that you may not get all of the funding you ask for, but hey, it is much, much better than playing the lottery!

You can get good at resource development! And don’t forget that the SCORE Center in La Junta can help you!

Best Wishes,
Jeff W. Pryor

Grant Organization Deadlines

Below is a list of several granting foundations in the state of Colorado. (This is not a complete list or foundations, but is a listing of those with Web sites who give in our geographic region. Additional foundations and information may be found in the Colorado Grants Guide.) They are listed by name, grant due date(s) and Web site address. Information supplied here is the most recent available. However, for specific details on each foundation and clarification regarding deadlines, please visit their Web sites or contact them directly. Foundation names appearing in red attended Southeast Colorado Rural Philanthropy Days in September 2006.
Foundation	Deadline(s)	Web Address

Animal Assistance Foundation	September 30, March 30	www.aaf-fd.org/

Anschutz Family Foundation	January 15, August 1	www.anschutzfamilyfoundation.org/

Boettcher Foundation	Accepts proposals year-round	www.boettcherfoundation.org/

Bright Mountain Foundation	March 15, August 15, October 15, January 15	www.brightmtnfdtn.org/

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation	January 31, April 30, July 31, October 31	www.bonfils-stanton.org/

Brett Family Foundation	March 1, September 1	www.brettfoundation.org/

Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation	January 1, May 1, September 1	www.buellfoundation.org/

Nathan B. and Florence R. Burt Foundation	Contact funder	www.burtfoundation.org/

Caring for Colorado	Contact funder	www.caringforcolorado.org/

Colorado Council on the Arts	March 1	www.coloarts.org/

Colorado Historical Society	Accepts proposals year-round	www.coloradohistory-oahp.org/

Colorado Office of Economic Development	Accepts proposals year-round	www.advancecolorado.com/

Chinook Fund	February 21, August 21	www.chinookfund.org/

Colorado Garden Show, Inc.	August 30	www.gardeningcolorado.com/

The Colorado Health Foundation	January 15, June 15	www.coloradohealth.org/

Colorado Humanities	Contact funder	www.coloradohumanities.org/

Colorado Medical Society Foundation	Contact funder	www.coruralhealth.org/crhc/crop/

The Colorado Trust	Contact funder (Accepts proposals based on RFPs)	www.coloradotrust.org/

Adolph Coors Foundation	Accepts proposals year-round	www.coorsfoundation.org/

Copic Medical Foundation	Contact funder	www.callcopic.com/CMF/Index.asp

Henry P. Crowell and Susan C. Crowell Trust	Accepts proposals year-round	www.crowelltrust.org/

Daniels Fund	Accepts proposals year-round	www.danielsfund.org/

Division of Criminal Justice	Contact funder	http://dcj.state.co.us.

Donahue Foundation	April 15	www.donahuefoundation.org/

El Pomar Foundation	Contact Funder	www.elpomar.org/

Energy Outreach Colorado	January 31, July 31, August 1	www.energyoutreach.org/

Sheila Fortune Foundation, Inc.	Contact funder	www.sheilafortunefoundation.org/

Gates Family Foundation	January 15, April 1, July 1, October 1	www.gatesfamilyfoundation.org/

Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado	Contact funder	www.gayandlesbianfund.org/

Great Outdoors Colorado	Contact funder	www.goco.org/

A.V. Hunter Trust	Contact funder	www.avhuntertrust.org/

JJJ Foundation	Accepts proposals year-round	www.jjjfoundation.org/

Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation	April 1, July 1, October 1	www.johnsonfoundation.org/

Kenneth King Foundation	March 1	www.kennethkingfoundation.org/

Edmund T. and Eleanor Quick Foundation	Accepts proposals year-round	www.quickfoundation.org/

Sutherland Family Foundation	April 1, October 1	www.sutherlandfamilyfoundation.org/

USDA Rural Development	Accepts proposals year-round	www.usda.gov/co/index.htm

Women’s Foundation of Colorado	Contact funder	www.wfco.org/

Southeast Colorado Rural Philanthropy Days

Grant Deadlines

To: Southeast Colorado Rural Philanthropy Days Participatants From: Jeff W. Pryor, Ed.D., Anschutz Family Foundation

Best Wishes,Jeff W. Pryor

To: Southeast Colorado Rural Philanthropy Days Participatants
From: Jeff W. Pryor, Ed.D., Anschutz Family Foundation

Best Wishes,
Jeff W. Pryor