Direct Effect Awards


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December 7, 2023

CHFA is proud to announce its Round Two 2023 Direct Effect Award recipients. CHFA’s Direct Effect Awards recognize Colorado nonprofit organizations whose missions align with CHFA’s work to strengthen Colorado by investing in affordable housing and community development.

CHFA is donating $1,070,050 to 93 organizations through its Direct Effect program in Round Two, which received 164 applications seeking more than $3.4 million in combined funding. This is CHFA’s largest Direct Effect award round in the program’s history.

The Round Two 2023 Direct Effect Award recipients are listed below. Learn more about each organization and how Direct Effect will support its work by visiting this page on CHFA’s website.

The 2024 Direct Effect application dates will be announced in early 2024. To learn more, please visit chfainfo.com/directeffect or sign up for CHFA’s Community Connections eNews.

Round Two 2023 Direct Effect Award Recipients

60+ Ride $7,500
Access AfterSchool $10,000
African American Trade Association $15,000
AgeWise Colorado $5,000
Aurora Interfaith Community Services $15,000
The Blue Bench $7,500
Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity $7,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Pueblo County $15,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado $10,000
The Bridge Emergency Shelter $17,316
CARE Housing $5,000
Casa de Paz $10,000
Catholic Charities of Central Colorado $15,000
Center for Community Wealth Building $10,000
Clayton Early Learning $7,500
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance $10,000
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless $15,000
Colorado Health Network, Inc. $10,000
Community Options Inc. $15,969
Community Partnership for Child Development $10,000
Drylands Agroecology Research $10,000
Elevation Community Land Trust $20,000
Envida $10,000
Families Plus $10,000
Family and Intercultural Resource Center $20,000
The Family Learning Center $10,000
Family Resource Center Association $5,000
Family Tree, Inc. $10,000
Fifty-Five and Over Club $7,500
Florence Crittenton Services $10,000
Fort Lewis College Foundation $10,000
Friends of DHA $10,000
Generation Schools Network $7,500
Good Food Collective $10,000
The Greenway Foundation $5,000
Gunnison Country Food Pantry $7,000
Gunnison Valley Mentors $7,500
Habitat for Humanity of Grand County $5,000
Habitat for Humanity of the San Juans $10,000
Haseya Advocate Program $7,500
Haven of Hope $10,000
Jewish Family Service of Colorado, Inc. $15,000
Junior Achievement of Southern Colorado $10,000
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc. $7,000
Karis Community $15,500
L’Arche Fort Collins $10,000
La Pinata del Aprendizaje $10,000
Little Sprouts Learning Center $10,000
Logan County Economic Development Corp. $7,500
Loving Beyond Understanding $15,000
Manna – The Durango Soup Kitchen $30,000
Mile High Ministries $10,000
Mile High Workshop $15,000
Montrose Recreation Foundation $5,000
Morgan County Family Center $20,000
Mountain Roots $15,000
NeighborWorks Southern Colorado $20,000
New Legacy Charter School $10,000
NEWSED Community Development Corporation $10,000
Northeast Denver Housing Center $7,500
One Nation Walking Together $7,000
The Papagayo Organization, Inc. $5,000
Pitkin County Human Services $15,000
Posada $25,000
Project Hope of Gunnison Valley $5,000
Project I See You $10,000
Providence Network $10,000
Pueblo Cooperative Care Center $20,000
RecoveryWorks $15,000
RISE 5280 $10,000
Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation $20,000
Ruby M. Sission Memorial Library Foundation, Inc. $10,000
San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition $30,000
The Salvation Army $10,000
Save Our Youth $10,000
Second Chance Center, Inc. $10,000
Servicios de La Raza $20,000
Sidewalk Poets $5,000
Southeastern Colorado Area Health Education Center       $7,500
Southern Ute Indian Tribe $7,500
Spark the Change Colorado $7,000
Springs Rescue Mission $21,730
Startup Colorado $20,000
Sunshine Childcare Center at Northeastern $7,500
Teller Senior Coalition $10,000
Treeline Pass $16,535
Tu Casa, Inc. $10,000
United Neighbors/Vecinos Unidos $10,000
Veterans Community Project $15,000
Victory Service Dogs $5,000
Village Exchange Center $10,000
The Wayfaring Band $7,500
Yampa Valley Housing Authority $15,000

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Contact Kristen Soroko or 303.297.7425
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