Discretionary Funding Grants

Areas of focus for these grants may be:
• Hiring a consultant to perform an equity audit of an area of your organization such as salary, recruitment and retention, or programming, with a clear action improvement plan.
• Conducting a website accessibility audit with a clear action improvement plan.
• Hiring a consultant to create an EDI plan specifically for your organization that could include diversifying your board and staff, incorporating an EDI practice into your decision making, etc.
• If your organization has an EDI plan, interpretation services for programs and events such as live interpretation (simultaneous interpretation in any language), ASL, or closed captioning
• If your organization has an EDI plan, translation of materials or website to support community engagement and outreach efforts.
• Hiring of an EDI consultant to provide training for your team and board.
• Other initiatives or efforts that advance your EDI efforts.
• If your organization, through its mission, is focused on serving a community that has been historically marginalized per above, the grant may support an existing or new program.

• Organizations must be SCFD eligible and must have submitted an accepted application for General Operating Support in Denver County in the most recent application cycle (to be eligible in Denver, organizations must conduct 51% of their annual activities in the City and County of Denver).
• Applications must be for work that will be initiated after the award is approved, even if the program is not a new program. Retroactive awards will not be considered.
• Funds must be used within one year of receipt.
• A short Final Report Form should be filled out at the end of the work.