Community Grants

Community Grants is sponsored by El Pomar Foundation. Supports organizations in Colorado in arts and culture, civic/community initiatives, education, health, and human services.

Colorado Grant Making, Leadership & Community Programs - El Pomar Foundation Learn about our historic properties Learn about our historic properties *Important: Debate Venue Changed* Please note that the debate venue has been moved to Pikes Peak Center. The 5th Congressional District debate will take place at 6 p. m.

, followed by the Gubernatorial debate at 7:30 p. m. – sponsored by KOAA News5, The Gazette, Colorado Politics, and El Pomar Foundation.

Long-lasting impact takes foresight, vision, and continual care. Our approach to philanthropy is centered around investing in people and places that allow good to grow. Empowering communities & nonprofits with grant funding Doing good work also means doing hard work.

That’s why we award grants to nonprofits, the real experts, throughout Colorado. We’re here to support you throughout the entire process and make the application process as simple as possible. Learn about our grant making Providing spaces to convene, connect and engage Our unique properties provide access to places where eligible organizations can build authentic connections.

Modern amenities in historic properties, with programming to engage community conversation, are inspiring and foster the spark needed to ignite something big. More about historic properties Leadership programs for investment in human capital Going beyond grants means helping empower people and communities in a variety of ways.

So we’ve created opportunities to engage in leadership development, from the Fellowship and ELD , to our PeOPLE program and more, to tap into our individual and collective strengths, as well as a number of community engagement programs to spark civic dialogue. In 1937, Spencer and Julie Penrose established El Pomar Foundation as a philanthropic bequest for the people of Colorado.

Spencer’s entrepreneurial interests and one-of-a-kind personality combined with Julie’s big heart and love of the arts has created a living legacy. Today, we share their adventurous spirit, blending their original vision with modern ideas and input. We build on their dream of a Colorado where everyone can thrive and experience the beauty of the modern west.

Since 1989, El Pomar has gone beyond grant making to contribute to the success and vitality of communities and nonprofits throughout Colorado through our leadership development and community engagement programs. Giving young leaders an opportunity to grow and learn how to lead in their communities is critical to the long-term success of organizations in Colorado.

Our Fellowship for recent college graduates and young professionals is a paid, two-year program where Fellows work full-time for the Foundation and participate in a professional development curriculum. El Pomar Foundation’s place-based grant making program, Regional Partnerships, seeks to help communities address local needs through community-informed grant making.

El Pomar’s Trustees created the program in 2003 after recognizing rural communities were disproportionately supported by fewer grants than urban regions on the Front Range. The Trustees also understood local communities are best equipped to identify their own needs. With these principles in mind, the Foundation developed the Regional Partnerships model.

Today, El Pomar divides the state into 11 regions and convenes local community leaders into regional councils for each, which recommend up to $200,000 in grants each year. Elevating Leadership Development Empowering leaders of color in our communities is essential to cultivating and celebrating diverse leadership.

We created Elevating Leadership Development (ELD) to create greater access and support for people of color in Southern Colorado to tap into their leadership potential. ELD provides spaces and places to foster connections between people and opportunities.

Explore all of our programs If these walls could talk Book your place in history History you can experience Spencer and Julie kickstarted projects we all still enjoy and treasure today – from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, The Broadmoor to the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, to name a few. We continue to create and maintain places and spaces where people can immerse themselves in a living piece of history.

Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun Take in the beauty of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. Located on the side of Cheyenne Mountain at nearly 8,000 feet above sea level (just above Cheyenne Mountain Zoo) the Shrine provides an impressive panoramic view of Colorado Springs and the surrounding area. Details, hours & directions Step back into the past and explore the history, heritage, and characters of the Pikes Peak region.

This one-of-a-kind collection contains vintage carriages and autos, the official race car and memorabilia collection of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, personal Penrose artifacts, and quirky remnants of the past. Admission is free.

Details, hours & directions Community & connections in action More Than a Fellowship: How El Pomar’s Investment in People Continues to Shape Colorado Alumni , Blog Posts , Fellowship , Internship When I was asked to interview an alum of the El Pomar Fellowship for the Alumni Relations team, I quickly realized there was no shortage of… Homeward Alliance Spotlight Blog Posts , Regional Partnerships Founded in 2008 as a volunteer-led effort to provide essential gear and supplies to individuals experiencing homelessness, Homeward Alliance (HWA) has grown into Larimer County’s largest… Healthy Archuleta Spotlight Blog Posts , Regional Partnerships Healthy Archuleta (HA) advances community well-being through a range of initiatives that strengthen health, connection, and resilience across Archuleta County.

Among these efforts, HA supports food… Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906