Guidelines

Season To Share funds organizations and programs that help meet the basic human needs of individuals in the metro-Denver community. Specific guidelines include:

• Service to people who are hungry.
• Emergency/short-term service to people who are homeless.
• Service to individuals in need of medical care who are uninsured or otherwise unable to afford such care.
• Service to young children (under the age of ten) who come from low-income families.

In addition organizations/programs must have:

• 501(c)3 status
• At least one year successful history for the organization or program
• Strong financial history (no or small deficit, and assets higher or only slightly less than liabilities)

Application Process

The grant application deadline for the 2005-2006 Season To Share campaign has passed.

The deadline for the 2006-2007 campaign will be July 3, 2006.

To apply for funding from the Season To Share campaign, send a written letter of introduction and request for an application packet including a description of the program that will receive the potential funding and how it fulfills the Season To Share guidelines to:

Post-News Season To Share
Denver Newspaper Agency
400 W. Colfax Ave.
Denver, CO 80204

A letter of intent must be received before an application will be made available. The letter should be mailed in the spring; complete application packets will be mailed in April and May.

Deadline for letters of intent are June 23, 2006.

Deadline for completed applications is July 3, 2006.

Notification of grants and funding will occur in late-February/early-March 2007.

Grant requests from $5,000 to $50,000 will be considered.