Grant Details

The Daniels Fund Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, as well as national programs. The Daniels Fund focuses on supporting highly effective and ethical nonprofit organizations that achieve significant results in the community. The program areas eligible for grants through the Daniels Fund fall under the following categories:

• Aging: Ensuring older adults achieve maximum independence and quality of life through support for in-home services, community engagement, and palliative care;
• Amateur Sports: Ensuring the opportunity for amateur participation in quality youth sports programs, as well as national and international competition;
• Disabilities: Ensuring physically and developmentally disabled individuals and their families achieve maximum independence and quality of life through support for developmental disabilities support services and physical disabilities equipment;
• Drug & Alcohol Addiction: Ensuring youth and adults with alcohol and substance abuse challenges achieve stability through efforts aimed at prevention, treatment, and after-care facilities;
• Early Childhood Education: Improving the quality of the early childhood education system to ensure quality and school readiness through support for teacher training and development, facility quality, and parental involvement;
• Homelessness and Disadvantaged: Ensuring that homeless individuals and families achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through support for emergency services and transitional housing with supportive services;
• K through 12 Education Reform: Improving the quality of the K-12 educational system to ensure increased student achievement through support for school reform and school choice, parental involvement, and teacher training and development; and
• Youth Development: Ensuring the opportunity for youth to develop character and gain the necessary life skills to become successful adults through academic and supplemental services, civic literacy and community engagement, financial literacy and entrepreneurship, and career and technical education programs.