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Funding & Technical Assistance
NWCCOG Regional Grants Navigator
NWCCOG has a Regional Grants Navigator on staff to assist with identifying appropriate grant opportunities, reviewing grants prior to submission, or helping to gather letters of support. Feel free to reach out to him for assistance: Jonathan Godes, NWCCOG Regional Grants Navigator - jgodes@nwccog.org.
Federal Opportunities
Our Town Program: National Endowment for the Arts
Deadline: August 1 | Details here. Our Town is the NEA's creative placemaking grants program supporting projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities over the long term. Successful Our Town projects demonstrate a specific role for arts, culture, and design as part of strategies for strengthening local communities, ultimately centering equity and laying the groundwork for long-term systems change tailored to community needs and opportunities.
Historic Preservation Fund: History of Equal Rights Grants
Deadline: August 20 | Details here. The National Park Service’s (NPS) History of Equal Rights Grant Program (HER) will preserve sites related to the struggle of all Americans to achieve equal rights. HER grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), administered by the NPS, and will fund a broad range of preservation projects for historic sites including: architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to structures. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match.
New Access Points: Health Resources and Services Administration
Deadline: August 23 | Details here. The purpose of this funding is to support new health center service delivery sites to expand affordable, accessible, and high-quality primary health care for underserved communities and populations.
Brownfields Job Training Grants: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Deadline: August 15 | Details here. The Brownfields Job Training Grants program provides graduates with the opportunity to seek and obtain environmental jobs across a spectrum of brownfield-related activities—including the assessment, cleanup, remediation, and planning/site preparation for the revitalization of brownfields—that contractors may otherwise fill from outside the affected community. This can involve the assessment and cleanup of solid and hazardous waste, chemical risk management, stormwater management relating to site cleanup, planning and site preparation for low-impact development activities, planning and site preparation for green infrastructure installation and maintenance, and vulnerability assessment and contamination mitigation planning.
State Opportunities
Revitalizing Main Streets Grant Program
Deadline: August 28 | Details here. Enhances active transportation safety and strengthens the connection of people to main streets and central economic hubs. The program encourages physical activity and enhances local economic vitality in towns and cities across Colorado through funding infrastructure improvements to make walking and biking easy, yielding long-term benefits that bolster community connections.
History Colorado State Historical Fund
Next Deadline: October 1 | Details here. History Colorado's State Historical Fund fosters heritage preservation through tangible and highly visible projects for direct and demonstrable public benefit.
Climate Resilience Challenge: Colorado Department of Local Affairs
Applications open July 1; deadline August 1 | Details here. The Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) will be opening the third round of the Climate Resilience Challenge (CRC), with $10M available in grant funding, on July 1, 2024. DOLA encourages Colorado local governments to think big and submit high-impact, multi-objective plans and projects that address climate adaptation, mitigation, and equity.
Local Planning Capacity Grants – Colorado Division of Local Government
Next round opens September 1 | Details here. DLG has awarded $1.7 million in its latest round of Local Planning Capacity grants, a new program established by Proposition 123, the State Affordable Housing Fund. These awards support local governments implementing Prop 123 goals including fast tracking review of affordable housing and achieving Prop 123 commitments.
The next round of funding opens September 1 - 30, 2024 with $4.8 million available. An informational webinar for prospective applicants is scheduled for Wednesday, July 31 at 2 p.m. - register here.
Tourism Marketing Grant
Deadline: September 10 | Details here. Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade Tourism Marketing Grant provides funding to eligible applicants to support tourism marketing campaigns and initiatives. Program updates this year include an increased maximum grant request amount and a tiered match requirement based on funding request.
Closed Landfill Remediation Grants: Colorado Dept. of Public Heath & Environment
Applications will be open July 1 | Details here. The program will provide grants to eligible local governments to help with the costs of environmental remediation efforts for, and management of, closed landfills owned by local governments.
Middle-Income Housing Authority (MIHA) Applications
Applications accepted on a rolling basis | Details here. MIHA is a special purpose authority that is independent from the state, and OEDIT assists with administrative needs. MIHA has the power to issue bonds to finance affordable rental housing projects with AMIs generally between 80% and 120%, or 140% in rural resort areas. MIHA reopened for applications on March 8, 2024 and is currently accepting applications on a rolling basis.
CHFA Direct Effect Awards
Round 2: Open August 19 and closes Sept. 17 | Details here. CHFA is pleased to announce the dates for its 2024 Direct Effect Awards. Direct Effect Awards are an opportunity for CHFA to recognize and support Colorado nonprofits whose missions align with our work to strengthen Colorado by investing in affordable housing and community development. In 2024, CHFA is celebrating 50 years of strengthening Colorado. To help commemorate, CHFA will additionally award up to five $50,000 Direct Effect Awards in each round of 2024.
Other Opportunities
AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge: Bezos Earth Fund
Deadline: July 30 | Details here. This initiative seeks to explore new ideas for multiplying the impact of climate and nature efforts using modern AI. The Grand Challenge aims to incentivize partnerships across experts in climate, nature, and AI, and give these collaborators the opportunity to bring speed, scale, accuracy, and precision to their climate and nature efforts by proposing, designing, and deploying modern AI solutions. The Grand Challenge is focused on sustainable proteins, power grid optimization, and biodiversity conservation, in addition to embracing visionary wildcard solutions for climate and nature.
Resources
Top 10 Things to Know About Small Business Loans
Learn more here! Develop an solid understanding of what to consider when applying for a small business loan! Nicole Christianson of b:side (formerly Colorado Lending Source) will go through ten considerations for taking on debt, with application tips from a lender perspective.
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