Awarded Grants – 2022

Arts & Culture

Access Gallery
$20,000 for general operating support

Alliance for Music Education Equity
$20,000 for general operating support

Art Students League of Denver
$30,000 for general operating support

Arthive
$10,000 to support the Archives as Muse, Exhibition and Residency Program

Athena Project
$15,000 for general operating support

Augustana Arts Inc
$15,000 to support the Stratus Chamber Orchestra’s 2021-22 Season

Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
$15,000 for general operating support

Buntport Theater Company
$20,000 for general operating support

Central City Opera House Association
$60,000 for general operating support

Children’s Museum of Denver Inc
$30,000 for Arts Engagement and Education Programming

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$200,000 to support the Campaign for the Future (payment 3 of 3)

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$60,000 for  general operating support

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$75,000 a gift in honor of Harold R. Logan, Jr. recognizing his 18 years of service on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees

CM Dance
$15,000 for general operating support

Colorado Ballet Company
$60,000 for general operating support

Colorado Black Arts Movement
$40,000 for start-up administrative and operations costs to support the opening of FreshLo/Arts

Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
$20,000 for general operating and the development of an arts advocacy plan

Colorado Ceasefire Outreach Inc
$4,000 to create an original mural in honor of social justice leader Richard Male

Colorado Children’s Chorale
$40,000 for general operating support

Colorado Photographic Arts Center Inc
$23,000 for general operating support

Colorado Photographic Arts Center Inc
$35,000 to support the Framing the Future capital campaign

Colorado Symphony Association
$60,000 for general operating support

Community College of Aurora Foundation
$4,000 to support Colorado Film School’s production of a documentary highlighting the work of Second Chance Center and Fellow, Hassan Latif

Control Group Productions
$12,000 for general operating support

Curious Theatre Company
$45,000 for general operating support

D3 Arts
$20,000 for general operating to support artistic programming

Denver American Indian Festival
$4,000 to support the 8th annual Denver American Indian Festival

The Denver Architectural Foundation Inc.
$20,000 for general operating support

The Denver Art Museum
$350,000 to support Vision 2021: North Building Renovation (payment 7 of 10)

Denver Biennial of The Americas
$27,000 to support the Gabriel Rico Public Art Exhibit and related programs

The Denver Brass Inc
$15,000 for general operating support

Denver Children’s Choir
$10,000 for general operating support

Denver Civic Arts Foundation
$100,000 to support the planning and launch of the campaign for the May Bonfils Stanton Theater & Library at Loretto Heights

Denver Digerati
$20,000 for general operating support

Denver Film Society
$30,000 for general operating support

Denver Fringe Festival Inc
$8,000 for general operating support

Denver Museum of Nature and Science
$75,000 a gift in honor of Harold R. Logan, Jr. recognizing his 18 years of service on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees

Denver Theatre District Inc
$10,000 to support ARTcade, an interactive public program

Denver Young Artists Orchestra
$20,000 for general operating support

Diversity in the Arts Program
$35,000 to support the 2021-2022 Program

Emancipation Theatre
$4,000 to support the cost of a business plan for the development of a creative space and employment model specifically for artists of color in the Five Points neighborhood

Emanuel Project/Chicano/a/x Murals of Colorado
$20,000 to support the Denver Mural Preservation Project

Friends of Chamber Music
$20,000 to support two years of the Mosaic Project

Friends of Levitt Pavilion Denver
$30,000 for general operating support

The Gift of Jazz
$10,000 to support the 2021/2022 concert series

Hattie McDaniel Museum for African American Performing Arts
$25,000 to assist with the feasibility study of establishing the Hattie McDaniel Museum for African American Performing Arts in the Five Points neighborhood

Kantorei
$20,000 to support Walk Together Children, a collaboration to elevate African American choral traditions

Latino Cultural Arts Center
$20,000 to support Phase One of the Las Bodegas: Masterplan

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc
$25,000 for general operating support of public-facing literary arts programs

Mexican Cultural Center
$25,000 for general operating and to support the Latin Beats Program

Mizel Center for Arts and Culture
$20,000 for general operating support

Motus Theater
$4,000 to support UNDOCUAMERICA: 10 Years of DACA Through Story and Song

Museo de las Americas
$35,000 for general operating support

Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver
$60,000 for general operating support

Newman Center for the Performing Arts
$25,000 to support performances and educational outreach of three culturally diverse, multidisciplinary performing arts groups

No Credits Productions
$11,500 to support Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theatre
$4,000 to support the Revival performance

Opera Colorado
$60,000 for general operating support

Phamaly Theatre Company
$25,000 for general operating support

Platteforum
$30,000 for general operating and capital support

Presenting Denver
$4,000 to support the 2022 Presenting Denver Dance Festival

RedLine Contemporary Art Center
$200,000 to support the Arts in Society program

RedLine Contemporary Art Center
$25,000 for general operating support

RedLine Contemporary Art Center
$3,650 to support Hope Tank’s community gathering  for healing and recognition for the businesses and artists impacted by the Broadway, Capital Hill and Belmar shootings

Rino Gives Back
$20,000 to support the ArtPark River Series

Shine Music
$4,000 to support the 2022 Shine Music Festival

St Martin’s Chamber Choir
$15,000 for general operating support

Stories On Stage
$10,000 for general operating support

Su Teatro
$50,000 for general operating support

Swallow Hill Music Association
$30,000 for general operating support

The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary
$10,000 to support [margins.] a festival, conference and book fair

Union Hall
$10,000 to support the Rough Gems Curatorial Program

University of Denver/University College
$7,000 to support the Institute for Leaders in Development

VFW Post 1 Foundation
$60,000 for capital improvements to the Veteran Community Center on Santa Fe that allows for expanded gallery space and arts programming with full accessibility

Western States Arts Federation
$4,000 to support Civic Imagination in Denver, a gathering of local arts agency/organization leaders

Wonderbound
$200,000 to support the Wonderbound Permanent Performance and Rehearsal Facility (payment 3 of 3)

Wonderbound
$50,000 for general operating support

Youth on Record
$20,000 for general operating support

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Sector Leadership

Colorado Nonprofit Association
$20,000 for general operating support

Grantmakers In The Arts
$10,000 for general operating support

Philanthropy Colorado
$5,000 for general operating support

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$50,000 to participate in the Upstart Co-Lab cohort

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Total grants paid at FYE June 30, 2022: $3,254,511

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Awarded Grants – 2021

Arts & Culture

Access Gallery
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Alliance for Music Education Equity
$20,000 for general operating support

Art Students League of Denver
$40,000 for general operating

Athena Project
$10,000 to support #ArtFindsYou programming

Augustana Arts Inc
$15,000 to support the Stratus Chamber Orchestra’s 2020-2021 Season and free summer concert series

Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
$15,000 for general operating support

Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Buntport Theater Company
$20,000 for general operating support

Central City Opera House Association
$67,500 for general operating support

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, Inc.
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Children’s Museum of Denver Inc
$30,000 Arts Engagement and Education Programming

Civic Center Conservancy
$4,000 to support Civic Center Live: a series of live performances at Civic Center Park

Civic Center Conservancy
$15,000 to support the 2021 Civic Center LIVE series

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$50,000 for general operating support

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$150,000 to support the Campaign for the Future (payment 2 of 3)

Colorado Ballet Company
$60,000 for general operating support

Colorado Ballet Company
$60,000 for general operating support (early release of final multi-year grant)

Colorado Black Arts Movement
$4,000 to support the development of a business plan for CBAM related to the Montbello FreshLo Hub

Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
$10,000 for general operating support

Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
$4,000 to support the Arts Through It All holiday campaign

Colorado Celebration of African-American Arts and Culture
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Colorado Children’s Chorale
$40,000 for general operating support

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Colorado Fine Arts Association
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
$4,000 to support the “Familias Separadas” project

Colorado Korean Chorus
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Colorado Media Project
$50,000 to support the CPR/Denverite Initiative

Colorado Photographic Arts Center Inc
$20,000 for general operating support

Colorado Symphony Association
$80,000 for general operating support

Community-Minded Dance
$15,000 for general operating support

Control Group Productions
$10,000 to support “Sojourners” an immersive performance project

Curious Theatre Company
$45,000 for general operating support

The Denver Architectural Foundation Inc
$20,000 for general operating support

The Denver Art Museum
$350,000 to support Vision 2021: North Building Renovation (payment 6 of 10)

Denver Biennial of The Americas
$25,000 to support the COVID-19 Americas Memorial

Denver Brass Inc
$20,000 for general operating

Denver Children’s Choir
$10,000 for general operating support

Denver Digerati
$20,000 to support the Supernova Digital Animation Festival

Denver Film Society
$30,000 to support Mini-Festivals and Denver Film Festival Mini-Festival Sections

The Denver Foundation
$4,000 to support Dazzle’s Bread & Jam initiative

Denver Fringe Festival Inc
$4,000 to support the second annual Denver Fringe Festival

Denver March Powwow Inc
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Denver Young Artists Orchestra
$20,000 for general operating support

Diversity in the Arts Internship
$35,000 for general operating support

Downtown Denver Events Inc
$4,000 to support a lunch time music series through paid performances by local musicians

Emerson Collective
$4,000 community development grant to support the Carne y Arena exhibit

Fiesta Colorado Inc
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Filipino-American Community of Colorado
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Flamenco Fantasy Dance Theatre Inc
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Friends of Chamber Music
$20,000 to support virtual content development

Friends of Levitt Pavilion Denver
$25,000 for general operating support

Grantmakers In The Arts
$10,000 for general operating support

History Colorado
$4,000 to support a community mural project and events to honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

History Colorado
$15,000 to support the Five Points Museum of Memory Project

Inside The Orchestra Inc
$15,000 to support the Inside the Story project

Latino Cultural Arts Center
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Leon Gallery
$4,000 to support the annual performance series

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc
$250,000 to support the Building a Home for the Literary Arts capital campaign

Mexican Cultural Center
$27,000 for general operating and to support the Latin Beats Program

Mile High Freedom Band
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Mizel Center For Arts and Culture
$20,000 for general operating

Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver
$60,000 for general operating support

Newman Center for Performing Arts
$25,000 to support the Community Connections initiative

No Credits Productions
$10,000 to support Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

Opera Colorado
$60,000 for general operating support

Phamaly Theatre Company
$35,000 for general operating

PlatteForum
$25,000 for general operating

Radical Arts Academy
$4,000 to support the Denver Does Denver program

Rainbow Militia
$10,000 for general operating support

RedLine
$25,000 for general operating support

RedLine
$200,000 to support the Arts in Society initiative

Rino Gives Back
$15,000 to support CRUSH Walls 2020

Rocky Mountain Arts Association
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc
$250,000 in capital funds to support a new performance studio within the Buell Public Media Center (payment 4 of 4)

Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc
$100,000 to help support the capital cost of a radio translator for THE DROP

St. Martin’s Chamber Choir
$15,000 for general operating

Stories On Stage
$10,000 for general operating support

Su Teatro
$35,000 for general operating support

Swallow Hill Music Association
$30,000 for general operating support

Tesoro Foundation
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Tunas Mekar Incorporated
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

Union Hall
$10,000 to support the Rough Gems curatorial project

University of Colorado
$25,000 a collaborative project with the Comcast Media & Technology Center to design and implement a virtual artist walk of the RiNo neighborhoods

University of Denver
$7,000 to support the Institute for Leaders in Development at University College

Vocal Coalition
$10,000 for general operating support

Wonderbound
$80,000 for general operating support

Wonderbound
$150,000 to support the Wonderbound Permanent Performance and Rehearsal Facility (payment 2 of 3)

Youth Employment Academy
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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COVID-19 Relief Grants

In addition to the grantmaking noted above, the Foundation awarded a total of $600,000 in COVID-19 Relief to all grantees who had received general operating or project grants between October 2019 and April 2020. Individual grants were equal to 40% of the organization’s most recent award and ranged from $2,000 to $24,000.

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Sector Leadership Development

Colorado Association of Funders
$10,000 to support the arts funders affinity group in calendar years 2020 and 2021

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$50,000 to participate in the Upstart Co-Lab cohort

Special one-time leadership grants were awarded to recognize the contributions of the BIPOC Livingston Fellows and provided $10,000 to be designated by the Fellows to the 501c3 organization(s) of their choice. Grants were given to:

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Asian Pacific Development Center of Colorado
Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art
Center for African American Health
Chinook Fund
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy, and Research Organization
Denver Indian Center Inc
Denver Indian Family Resource Center
DJR Memorial Baseball Foundation
Girls Incorporated Of Metro Denver
La Raza Services Inc
Mental Health Center of Denver
Metropolitan State University Of Denver Foundation
Second Chance Center Inc
Street Fraternity Inc
Su Teatro
United For A New Economy
Valley-Wide Health Services, Inc
Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of Denver
Wayfaring Band Inc
West Community Economic Development Corporation

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Grants awarded in fiscal year 2021 totaled $4,058,115

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