All proposals receive a preliminary review for basic requirements.  About a month after the deadline, you will receive a letter or a phone call informing you of the status of your application. We are extremely busy during this period of time and appreciate your willingness to wait until you hear from us.

It takes about 4 ½ months from the day of the deadline to receive notification. We have a very thorough review process including input from community advisors and members of our Board of Trustees.

Rather than being specialists in one specific category, the program officers of The Denver Foundation are generalists. Each program officer may be assigned grants in all four areas of funding – Arts and Culture; Civic and Education; Health; and Human Services.  Proposal review responsibilities are reassigned each grant cycle. If your organization has received funding previously and you want to speak with “your” program officer, it is best to speak with the program officer that you last worked with. If that person is not available or you are not sure who that person is, then please contact the Grants Manager.

Absolutely – and the sooner, the better! Please notify the Grants Manager of significant changes, such as a change in the Executive Director position, IRS status, etc. as soon as possible.