Cultivating Arts and Leaders for a Vibrant Community

Art for the Culture, Leaders for the People.

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Denver’s leading private arts funder, has distributed over $90 million in grants since 1981.
We extend grantmaking opportunities to arts institutions and organizations dedicated to fostering a just and vibrant city. Bridging arts and leadership, we shape Denver's cultural and civic landscape through investing with impact, innovative grant-making, and community partnerships. We are creating a vibrant city that works for everyone.
Why Arts

In The News

August 12, 2015

Denver Grant Maker Narrows Focus to the Arts — Just the Arts

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September 8, 2015

Opinion: Could effective altruism destroy the arts?

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April 12, 2016

Small Town, Big Art: Denver’s Ascendance Proceeds According to Plan

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March 30, 2016

Gary interviewed as part of Createquity Podcast series “Watch Where You’re Giving”

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June 13, 2016

Meet Livingston Fellow Michael Niyompong

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June 13, 2016

Livingston Fellows take nonprofits from success to significance

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August 4, 2016

More than $800,000 up for grabs with new Arts in Society grants

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August 17, 2016

Time to Float Ideas for Art Tank 2017

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May 10, 2018

'I Just Pass It On': Artist Inspires Next Generation

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December 15, 2019

Hassan Latif receives Livingston Fellowship for creating Second Chance Center

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March 16, 2020

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation releases $125,000 to help arts groups during coronavirus outbreak

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March 19, 2020

Survival of Arts Groups Threatened by the Impact of Coronavirus

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March 19, 2020

Efforts to help local artists as the coronavirus shuts down venues

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June 25, 2020

Upstart Co-Lab Creates Member Coalition to Spur Creative Economy

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May 20, 2020

What happens when the shows actually can’t go on and no one knows when they will again?

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April 19, 2017

Giving out money, but creatively: Arts in Society grants benefit those in the middle

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June 4, 2023

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation adopts strategic framework centering equity

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March 20, 2023

A historic Denver theater is getting a $9.3 million renovation — and that’s just the beginning for new arts campus

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