We need only one copy of your proposal. Use a standard 12 point or larger font (such as Times New Roman). As we create a digital copy of all proposals submitted, please: 

• Submit all materials printed single-sided on 8 ½ x 11 paper.  Please reduce any oversized or legal sized pages to 8 ½ x 11 size. Be sure to double check your audit for odd-sized and double sided pages.
• Do not use three-ring binders, staples, or any binding on any materials (including audits). 
• Submit all loose materials in a single large envelope.
• Do not use sticky notes to flag sections of your proposal.
• Put all attachments on separate pages, and please label them following the checklist in the grant guidelines.

We also accept emailed copies.  Note that all documents must be submitted either in hard copy or emailed – we will not accept proposals is some of the information is sent via email and other information is sent in hard copy format.  Emailed proposals should be sent to cgpapplication@denverfoundation.org.

No. We require that applications be complete and submitted to us by 5:00 pm of the deadline day. We will consider a proposal that is missing one or more items incomplete and it will be withdrawn from consideration. If your organization is missing one or more of the required attachments or is unable to provide them by the grant deadline, then it would be better for you to wait until the next deadline and submit a complete proposal.

The Denver Foundation is strongly committed to funding organizations that are inclusive. The Foundation requires every applicant to the Community Grants Program to submit its board-approved anti-discrimination statement/policy. If these policies do not include every category identified in The Denver Foundation’s anti-discrimination policy, we will discuss this with the organization at the site visit. In addition, when one or more categories are not included, the Foundation will recommend the agency review its anti-discrimination policy to make it more inclusive.

Organizations that have received a grant from our Community Grants Program in the past must include a report on their most recent Community Grants Program grant.  Use the Common Grant Report (CGR), and be sure to add a separate section with detailed responses to any asterisked items in The Denver Foundation’s most recent rationale or contract.  If you’ve already turned in your grant report, please be sure to include a copy of that report with your new application.

If, for some reason, you are unable to submit a final report with your next application, you may submit an interim report, thought it, too, must include detailed responses to any asterisked items in the grant rationale or contract.  If you have any questions, please contact Bill Inama, our Associate Grants Manager, at 720-974-2600.