Quarterly Community
Unrestricted operating grants for ongoing stability to carry out an organization’s mission. Project support considered for relationship building.
A priority of the Foundation is to provide unrestricted operating grants for ongoing stability to carry out an organization’s mission. These grants may take time to secure as we build a relationship together. A new applicant to quarterly community grants may have received support through another Bonfils-Stanton initiative that supported a stage of earlier development. Project support may also be considered as a way to build our relationship. General operating and project support is currently capped at $60,000.
- 501 (c) 3 nonprofit arts & culture organization OR a fiscally-sponsored arts & culture group
- Mission is focused on producing and presenting the arts for the public
- Based in the city of Denver and deliver the majority of your programs in Denver*
- Minimum of 3 years consistent public arts & culture programming
- Organization has an annual operating budget of at least $50,000 and have paid staffing equivalent to .5FTE or greater
- Strong understanding of and clear plan for implementing DEI practices
*Bonfils-Stanton Foundation’s geographic focus is Denver. We welcome inquiries from arts and culture organizations based in adjacent Arapahoe, Adams and Jefferson counties that are informed by, majority led by and serving BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or Disability communities.
The first step is to complete our eligibility questionnaire. All new applicants must complete this questionnaire before submitting a proposal. Receipt of capital, general operating and project grant requests from new applicants without a completed questionnaire will be declined.
Fill out our Grant Eligibility Questionnaire.
Our team will review your responses and will follow-up with next steps.
If you are invited to apply, you may submit an application to one of our quarterly cycles.
Applications are due February 10, May 10, August 10, or November 10. If the date falls on a weekend, the deadline is automatically extended to the following Monday.
The following are generally not eligible for funding:
- Loans, grants or scholarships to individuals
- Events and media/film productions
- Activities or initiatives that have a religious purpose
- Endowment funding
- Funding to retire operating debt
- Requests from organizations outside of Colorado or that are not for the benefit of Colorado citizens
If you are planning to use a fiscal sponsor to receive grants, we encourage you to review these guidelines and template for a fiscal sponsor agreement.
With our funding we seek to
We work in partnership with grantees, other funders, community leaders and others engaged in the creative economy.
Grants Awarded
Make your Application online using the link to our portal below.
Applications close.
A panel will review your application and a decision will be made.
Program director, Chrissy Deal, welcomes your questions at chrissy@bonfils-stanton.org or 303.825.3774.
Individuals can nominate up to three candidates.
At the close of the nomination period, the Foundation will notify eligible candidates of their nomination and share a copy of each nomination and endorsement received on their behalf. Nominees, outside of self-nominations, will be able to provide additional information they feel may be relevant to their candidacy. Responses will be entirely optional and not required in order to advance in the selection process. For this reason, nominators may wish to notify the candidate in advance of recommending them for the fellowship.
The fellowship is quite competitive, so it is not unusual for individuals to be nominated several times over the years.
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Eligible candidates must be leading a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, or Jefferson county. Bonfils-Stanton Foundation’s leadership decided to focus solely on arts and culture and leadership for deeper impact in 2012. In recent years, the Foundation has taken steps to gradually align the Livingston Fellowship Program’s geographic area more closely with that of our grantmaking portfolio which focuses on the city of Denver.
Nominees will be updated of their status in the selection process via email by early November 2022. The Board of Trustees of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation will approve the 2023 class of Livingston Fellows in early 2023.
Visit our website for additional information about the history of the Livingston Fellowship program, stories from fellows and their fellowship activities.
Absolutely! If you can’t find what you’re looking for on our website, please reach out to Chrissy for more information.
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