LOCAL CHANGE COMMUNITY GRANTS

Supporting local nonprofits every year.

The Local Change Foundation supports our Colorado communities by awarding community grants annually to area nonprofit organizations. Our 2025 application period will open on July 14 and will close on September 3. Grant recipients will be notified on October 16.

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Areas of funding.

The Local Change Foundation awards grants to local nonprofits working in the following fields:

  • Mental Health

  • Affordable Housing

Priority will be given to mental health organizations with operating budgets under $1M and affordable housing organizations with operating budgets under $3M. Organizations with operating budgets above those thresholds are unlikely to receive funding.

Local Change periodically reviews and updates its funding priorities, using local community research to focus our funding in areas where there are significant gaps in services.

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Meet our 2024-2025 community grant recipients:

Affordable Housing

BeyondHome(opens in a new window)Colorado Homeownership Coalition(opens in a new window)Crossroads Safehouse(opens in a new window)Sunshine Home Share Colorado(opens in a new window)Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley(opens in a new window)The Inn Between of Longmont, Inc.(opens in a new window)Veterans Community Project(opens in a new window)

Mental Health

3Hopeful Hearts(opens in a new window)Ignite Adaptive Sports(opens in a new window)Revital Colorado(opens in a new window)Richard Lambert Foundation(opens in a new window)Rise Against Suicide(opens in a new window)

"At Veterans Community Project, we like to say that community is our middle name for a reason. It's communities like the Local Change Foundation and the credit union’s incredible members that make our work possible and help us to ensure that every veteran in our community has a place to turn when they're in need."  - Jennifer Seybold of Veterans Community Project

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The Local Change Foundation has provided over $791,400 in community grants to 72 nonprofit organizations since 2010.

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LOCAL CHANGE FOUNDATION

Opportunities for a better community.

The Local Change Foundation is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has provided over $1.5 million in community resources in the form of scholarships to graduating seniors for higher education, community grants to local nonprofit organizations and emergency assistance.

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FOUNDATION NEWS

The latest from Local Change Foundation.

Want to learn more about the important work our community grantees are doing? Visit our blog to read our latest Local Change Foundation Grantee Profiles, plus catch up on other Foundation news.

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Elevations Foundation, DBA Local Change Foundation, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.