Buck Foundation Grants

Buck Foundation Grants is sponsored by The Buck Foundation. Awards grants to nonprofit organizations in Colorado, mainly in the Denver Metro area, for peace, social justice, and climate-related projects.

Grantmaking | Awarded Grants | The Buck Foundation Grantmaking at the Buck Foundation The Buck Foundation is a family foundation with a commitment to peace, social justice and the prevention of climate catastrophe. We award grants proactively by identifying and inviting potential grantees to apply, given our limited capacity. The Buck Foundation awards grants only to 501(c)(3) organizations and non-governmental agencies.

The Buck Foundation will not accept grant requests from individuals, for endowments, or for capital campaigns. The Buck Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations from qualified organizations in Colorado (mainly in the Denver Metro area) . Occasionally the board members make small grants to organizations in their home communities.

The average grant size is $10,000 to $20,000. The Buck Foundation makes both General Operations Support grants and Program Specific grants. General Operating Support provides unrestricted funding to help support and maintain an organization as it pursues its mission.

This type of grant is flexible and gives the grantee the ability to use the funds where they are most appropriate.

350 Colorado and 350 Montana Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center GRID Alternatives Colorado High Country Conservation Center The Alliance for Collective Action Coloradans for Immigrant Rights Colorado Nonprofit Association & Lawyers Committee Asylum Seekers Centre (AUS) Housekeys Action Network Denver Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network Denver Metro Tenants Union The Buck Foundation’s 2025 grant budget was $649,000 total and the average grant size was $20,000.

350 Colorado and 350 Montana COSSA Institute – Rural Climate Ambassador Program GRID Alternatives Colorado High Country Conservation Center The Alliance for Collective Action Colorado Safe Parking Initiative Housekeys Action Network Denver La Puente & Rural Alliance for Dignity Western Regional Advocacy Project Youth Documentary Academy Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center (Drivers Co-Op) American Friends Service Committee – Colorado Immigrant Rights Program The Buck Foundation’s 2024 grant budget was $440,000 total and the average grant size was $10,000 to $20,000.

Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, except to serve a historically underserved group Activities, projects, or programs that will have been completed before funding becomes available (no retroactive funding) Endowments, or other reserve funds Membership or affiliation campaigns, dinners, or special events Conferences, symposia, film and video production, and related travel Grants that further political doctrine or religious activities Scholarships or sponsorships Grants to parochial or religious schools or private schools Requests from individual schools or departments/programs of universities or colleges Requests from foundations/organizations that raise money for individual schools that have not coordinated the request with their central school district/university administration or fundraising arm Grants for re-granting purposes Multi-year funding requests (Please note: the Buck Foundation, on rare occasions, provides grantees with multi-year grants.

However, organizations cannot request such funding) The Buck Foundation is not currently accepting new Letters of Inquiry If you want to learn more about the Foundation please contact Erika Church at echurch@thebuckfoundation. org. gro.

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