Capacity-Building Mini-Grant Opportunity (Colorado Springs)

Capacity-Building Mini-Grant Opportunity (Colorado Springs) is sponsored by Colorado Springs Health Foundation. This opportunity focuses on enhancing organizational skills and effectiveness in health services, with funding areas including healthcare access and suicide prevention. It aims to strengthen local organizations in El Paso and Teller Counties, Colorado.

Capacity-Building Mini-Grant Opportunity - Colorado Springs Health Foundation Capacity-Building Mini-Grant Opportunity Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and decisions are generally issued within one month of application submittal. The application may be found on-line .

CSHF defines capacity-building work as discreet projects that help an organization acquire or strengthen organizational skills, strategies, systems and/or structures. They often involve the use of an outside expert consultant. For CSHF, capacity-building funding may not be used for ongoing operating expenses or capital projects.

CSHF offers other grant opportunities designed for general operating, program or capital needs and you can learn more about them here . Mini-grant requests may not exceed $5,000. The request must align with at least one of the Foundation’s funding focus areas and benefit the El Paso or Teller County Region.

Please see information on CSHF’s funding focus areas here . Organizations that have a current, open general operating, program or capital grant are eligible to apply for capacity-building funding. An organization may be awarded no more than two capacity-building grant awards in a given calendar year.

Strong preference given to organizations that have been previously or are currently funded by CSHF.

Examples of Capacity-Building Initiatives Planning (strategic, operational, succession, funds development, communications etc.) Impact Assessment (e.g. program evaluation) One-time or infrequent volunteer or staff training (e.g. board governance training, leadership coaching, etc.) Merger, dissolution or other restructuring efforts Process improvement work (e.g. LEAN) One-time technology needs (e.g. computer hardware) Funding for ongoing operating expenses (e.g. salaries, benefits, supplies, lease, software subscriptions, ongoing training) Funding for capital projects Support for capacity-building needs that exceed $5,000 in cost (CSHF has another capacity-building opportunity for larger initiatives) If you are interested in applying for funding, you must speak with Colorado Springs Health Foundation staff about your proposal before applying.

If you do not have this conversation first, your application will not be considered. Please find a date/time for this conversation through Calendly . Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and decisions are generally issued within one month of application submittal.

The application may be found on-line .