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2010 Grants
| Grantee Name | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grantee Name | $0 | Description |
| Art from Ashes, Inc. | $9,000 | Empowers at-risk youth through therapeutic poetry and creative arts workshops. |
| Art Students League of Denver | $20,000 | Provides a creative outlet for people of all ages and abilities who wish to learn and practice visual arts. |
| ArtReach, Inc. | $17,500 | Changes lives through the arts by providing access to arts and cultural experiences for underserved and at-risk people. |
| Ballet Nouveau Colorado | $14,000 | Creates inspiring, life-changing experiences through dance with passion, integrity, and artistic excellence. |
| Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc. dba KGNU | $17,500 | Provides individuals, groups, and issues underserved by other media with a voice on an independent, noncommercial community radio station. |
| Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art | $12,000 | Offers creative programming and exhibits of contemporary visual art. |
| Center for the Arts Evergreen | $9,000 | Promotes and cultivates artistic excellence and enriches the art experience in a mountain community. |
| Chicano Humanities & Arts Council | $12,000 | Promotes and preserves the Chicano/Latino culture through the expression of the arts. |
| City Park Jazz | $11,000 | Enhances Denver's City Park and benefits neighboring communities by providing free, public jazz concerts featuring local musicians. |
| Colorado Chamber Players | $7,500 | Presents public and educational concerts with a special emphasis on minority and women composers. |
| Colorado Music Festival | $20,000 | Presents classical music performed by professional musicians from around the world, as well as offering year-round instruction in all instruments and voice. |
| Curious Theatre Company | $22,000 | Offers innovative modern theatre and education programs for diverse audiences. |
| The Dairy Center for the Arts | $16,000 | Provides an affordable home for artists and organizations and encourages appreciation and advancement of the arts in Boulder and surrounding communities. |
| The Denver Brass, Inc. | $17,500 | Presents concerts consisting solely of brass instruments for the general public. |
| Denver Municipal Band | $15,000 | Entertains and educates the public with free concerts throughout the Denver Metro area. |
| Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA) | $24,000 | Strengthens the Original Aurora community through the experience of the visual arts. |
| El Centro Su Teatro | $20,000 | Produces, preserves, and promotes the art and culture of the Chicano and Latino heritage and experience. |
| Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | $16,000 | Provides aerial dance-theatre performances and education. |
| Friends of Arts Street dba Arts Street | $13,000 | Uses the power of the arts to engage youth and build leadership skills, with arts professionals as teachers and mentors. |
The Denver Foundation improves life in Metro Denver by investing in the vision, passion and expertise of hundreds of nonprofit organizations through several types of grantmaking programs. Through its primary grantmaking program, the Community Grants Program, The Denver Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations serving residents in the seven-county Metro area working in four major focus areas: Arts & Culture, Civic & Education, Health, and Human Services. Click here for more information about the Community Grants Program.
Strengthening Neighborhoods, a program of The Denver Foundation, makes grants in 10 selected neighborhoods around Metro Denver. Grants are given directly to residents for projects that make their neighborhoods better places to live. Click here for more information about the Strengthening Neighborhoods Program.
Technical Assistance Grants -- The Denver Foundation has set aside funds to provide grants of up to $3,000 for nonprofit organizations to increase their capacity to achieve their missions. Click here to read more about the Technical Assistance Grants Program.
Thank You Kresge Foundation for Investing in Technical Assistance for Arts and Culture Grantees!
In 2009, The Denver Foundation noticed that its arts and culture organizations were more financially vulnerable, suffered greater funding losses, and were cutting back or eliminating programs at a higher rates than other nonprofit agencies. Due to the economic downturn, arts and culture organizations reported poorer board engagement, organizational collaboration, and incorporation of best practices than their nonprofit peers (The Colorado Nonprofit Association: Weathering the Storm: Challenges and Opportunities for Colorado Nonprofits During Recession.)
To support the capacity of these struggling arts and culture grantees , The Denver Foundation approached the Kresge Foundation who made and award of $65,000 to support more than 19 arts and culture organizations through the existing Technical Grants program.
