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Our Mission
We invest in equitable arts and culture organizations and nonprofit leaders to create a thriving and just Denver.
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Daring Leaders, Transformational Art & Big Ideas.
At the heart of Bonfils-Stanton Foundation are stories about leadership, art, and big ideas. See our community in action embracing risks and actively engaging in groundbreaking endeavors that challenge the status quo.
At the heart of Bonfils-Stanton Foundation are stories about leadership, art, and big ideas. See our community in action embracing risks and actively engaging in groundbreaking endeavors that challenge the status quo.
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Bonfils-Stanton Foundation strategically provides grants and fellowships to advance the arts and inspire creative leadership in Denver. Our foundation is richly steeped in Denver’s cultural history, but we are also a contemporary leader in fueling innovation and exploration in our creative economy.
Each year we give more than $3.5 million to arts organizations and nonprofit leaders, because we believe these entities and individuals are critical to building and sustaining a vibrant and just community.
Denver is a diverse, vibrant community where arts and culture are essential, relevant and accessible to all, and nonprofit leaders have the tools and support they need to lead with vision, creativity, compassion and equity.
Our Values
Fostering Equity: Our Core Commitment
Steward Responsibly
Carry out our work and manage our resources with integrity, honesty, and transparency. By embedding these principles into our operations, we commit to responsible stewardship, fair dealings, and the cultivation of trust among all stakeholders, thereby fostering a culture of openness, fairness, and mutual respect.
Imagine What Is Possible
Pursue opportunities to encourage creativity and innovation and catalyze change. This commitment not only drives progress and transformation within our organization but also positions us as leaders in sparking advancements and pioneering new paths in our industry.
Champion Equity
Take action to undo systemic inequities – racism, ableism, and LGBTQ+ discrimination, and their intersections, and more. Examine assumptions that inform institutional, cultural, political, and economic norms, and counter them in a manner that promotes belonging and justice.
Better Together
Working collaboratively with community members and partners, we dedicate ourselves to forging solutions that not only nurture connections among diverse groups but also honor our shared future, deepening our collective impact.
Continually Learning
Listen, reflect, and respond to what we learn from the community. As we evolve, we acknowledge and learn from our history but are not bound by it. This process of engagement allows us to deeply understand the community's needs, aspirations, and challenges.
Our Goals
Fostering Impact: Our Approach
Investing with Impact
Intentionally investing our financial assets to align with our values and support our programmatic objectives.
Operationalize
Operationalize the foundation’s values in every aspect of our work.
Strengthen and Engage
Strengthen cultural organizations and increase arts engagement through grants
Nurture
Nurture creative, transformational nonprofit leaders and artists.
Elevate
Elevate the visibility and value of the arts, cultural heritage and identity.
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