Oct. 24, 2023
GARY COMMUNITY VENTURES ANNOUNCES 2023 REQUEST FOR GRANT PROPOSAL RECIPIENTS
More than $1.1 million in grant funding distributed across School Readiness, Youth Success and Family Economic Mobility impact areas
By Department of Communications, Gary Community Ventures
Gary Community Ventures is pleased to announce the grant recipients of its 2023 Request for Proposals process, which launched in August. We’ve awarded 20 organizations grants to improve impact across three key areas:
- Mitigating the effects of childhood poverty through income and parenting support
- Youth peer-to-peer support programs
- Credentials of value in high school
With 89 applications received, we spent the month of September engaging in a structured review and due diligence process to award a total of $1,115,600 in funding to the following recipients:
| Mitigating the effects of childhood poverty through income and parenting support | Youth peer-to-peer support programs | High school credentials of value in partnership with Ednium |
| Arapahoe County Public Health Center for African American Health Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County Early Learning Ventures Elephant Circle Growing Home Inc La Piñata Del Aprendizaje Mile High United Way Parent Possible | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Colorado Youth Congress Girls Athletic Leadership School Struggle of Love Foundation The Center on Colfax Wezesha Dada Center | Adams 12 Five Star School District Cherry Creek Public Schools CEC Early College Jefferson County Public Schools for Warren Tech New Legacy Charter School |
| Total Funding Awarded: $315,000 | Total Funding Awarded: $360,000 | Total Funding Awarded: $440,600 |
Collectively the grantees aim to create impact across the four counties we serve, including: Denver, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties. More than 80 percent of the grantees are new partners to Gary and many grantees are BIPOC-led and or have significant BIPOC representation on their leadership teams and boards.
Grantees in each cohort will engage in a Community of Practice beginning in December 2023 and lasting through the duration of the cohort grant period. Throughout this time they will meet as a cohort, set goals for impact and participate in a variety of activities that foster learning and test new ideas designed to increase opportunity for kids and families.
Over the grant periods, we look forward to partnering with each grantee and supporting the communities of practice with reaching their impact goals. Along the way we plan to share key learnings and insights that lead to positive impact in our community.
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