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Our Racial Equity Work Continues
By Gary Steuer, President & CEO Earlier this year, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation invited key stakeholders to respond to a survey being conducted by The Gemini Group as part of a racial equity assessment, training and planning process the Foundation has been engaged in since early 2020. This included Livingston Fellows, grantees, and a group of colleague [...]
Collective Impact of the COVID-19 Arts & Culture Relief Fund
By Gina Ferrari, Director, Grants Program Launching the Relief Fund When the pandemic became life-changing for all of us in March 2020, it was clear the arts & culture sector would take a huge hit. Bonfils-Stanton Foundation realized we needed to be there for the community, nonprofits and organizations that were so greatly [...]
Arts in Society: Grant Applications Open Through Sept. 14, 2021
Administered by RedLine Contemporary Art Center, the Arts in Society grant-making program fosters cross-sector work through the arts by supporting the integration of arts and culture into multiple disciplines critical to the health and well-being of Coloradans. The Arts in Society program funds projects that engage arts organizations and artists as partners in illuminating [...]
Meet Jess Bolormaa: Bonfils-Stanton Foundation’s summer DITA intern
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation has a new smiling face in our offices. We are elated to host a Diversity in the Arts (DITA) Intern over the next 10 weeks. The DITA Internship Program is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the leadership of the arts & culture nonprofit community in Colorado. Everyone, meet [...]
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation announces $600,000 in crisis funding; $500,000 PRI to Colorado Enterprise Fund; $95,000 in Inclusive Communities Grants
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation announces distribution of just over $600,000 in additional crisis funding as part of the Foundation’s April 2020 Board commitment to potentially double grantmaking during the pandemic – a pledge of up to $3 million in support over and above the Foundation’s normal giving of about $3 million. In total, 73 of the [...]