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Grants

If your organization would like to apply for a grant from the Golden Civic Foundation, please follow the guidelines set forth on this page. Please note that we review grant applications twice a year, in April and September.

History and Structure

The Golden Civic Foundation was organized as a 501(c)(3) public foundation in 1970 to operate for charitable and civic purposes for the citizens of Golden. Since its inception the Foundation has awarded about $1,850,000 to non-profit organizations and city schools in Golden and capital projects for the city of Golden.

Generally, only one request is considered from an organization during any twelve month period. The Foundation does not consider grants to organizations which discriminate on the basis of race, creed or sex. Additionally, no grants will be made to an organization whose primary purpose is to influence legislation or to participate in any political campaign.

Charitable Purposes: The Foundation is generally supportive of community and human service agencies which assist the disadvantaged in their efforts to be self-sufficient and productive.

Civic Purposes: Programs supported by the Foundation are typically those which enhance Golden's culture and heritage and are likely to be of economic benefit to and broadly used by the Golden Community.

What We Do Not Fund

The Foundation will not consider grants for:

Direct support of individuals
Endowments
Research projects
Churches, church projects, or religious organizations
Conferences, symposium, or workshops
Debt retirement or operational deficits
General operating expenses
Production of films or other media-related projects
Preschools, day care centers, nursing homes, etc.
Programs designed to influence legislation or elect candidates to public office
Tickets, raffles, golf outings or sponsorships

Grant Application Guidelines

A letter requesting a grant should include a general description of the program or project and the pertinent information as indicated below.

Legal name and address of applicant organization
Contact person and telephone number
Information about the mission and purpose of the organization
Most recent copy of IRS letter of tax-exemption status
Organization's financial statement for most recent year, and preferably a copy of your audit
Purpose and amount of grant requested including problems and issues the proposed project will address
   Project budget
   Resume for project staff
   Future funding plans
   Substantiation of funding need and anticipated results
   Other funding sources and the amounts

Only one copy of the request needs to be submitted, and it should be noted if any parts of the proposal are to be returned. If some of the above information is not available, please indicate that in your request.

The Golden Civic Foundation's Board will generally consider proposals twice per year: at its April and September board meetings. Proposals should be submitted to the Executive Director by the 15th of March and by the 15th of August. Grants will be disbursed when the funds are needed by the requesting organization.

Organizations receiving grants are encouraged to recognize the Civic Foundation in printed material regarding the specific project and allow the Foundation to use the name of the recipient organization in Foundation publicity.

Thanks for your interest

The Golden Civic Foundation is eager to support those organizations which benefit the Golden community. Applying for a grant isn't difficult. Just follow the guidelines given above. If you have any questions, please contact the Executive Director for more information.

The Golden Civic Foundation
Charles J. Baroch, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1538
Golden, CO 80402
(303) 278-9697

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