The Denver Foundation Technical Assistance (TA) Grant Program

The Denver Foundation sets aside funds specifically to provide technical assistance (TA) grants. TA helps the staff and/or board members of an organization learn something new and increase their capacity to become more inclusive.

Examples of TA could include:

• attending a workshop or training session on inclusiveness
• hiring a facilitator for a board retreat
• working with a consultant to develop an inclusiveness blueprint or plan for the organization

All these forms of TA share the outcome that the staff and/or board members of the organization will be actively involved in the TA process and will learn new skills or information, which will help the organization change and improve.

There are no deadline dates; grant requests are considered on an ongoing basis. There is quick turn-around on grant requests: decisions are made about four weeks from the date that the request letter is received at the Foundation. TA grants are not made for activities that have already occurred.

Eligibility to Apply

• Limited to organizations that have 501(c)(3) status, serving people in the seven-county metro Denver area, and providing services in one or more of The Denver Foundation's funding areas (Arts & Culture, Civic & Education, Health, and Human Services).
• Organizations must be a current or former grant recipient of the Community Grants Program of The Denver Foundation, although there are certain conditions for organizations that have been declined by the Community Grants Program.
• An organization that has been declined by the Community Grants Program (or had an incomplete application) may apply for a TA Grant, providing the organization meets the basic eligibility of the Community Grants Program.
• An organization may apply for a TA grant even if they have separately received another grant from The Denver Foundation within the same year.
• An organization that has previously received a TA grant from this fund may apply for additional grants in subsequent years.

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