Arts & Culture

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Access Gallery
$20,000 for general operating support

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Alliance for Music Education Equity
$20,000 for general operating support

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Art Students League of Denver
$30,000 for general operating support

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Arthive
$10,000 to support the Archives as Muse, Exhibition and Residency Program

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Athena Project
$15,000 for general operating support

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Augustana Arts Inc
$15,000 to support the Stratus Chamber Orchestra’s 2021-22 Season

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Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
$15,000 for general operating support

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Buntport Theater Company
$20,000 for general operating support

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Central City Opera House Association
$60,000 for general operating support

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Children’s Museum of Denver Inc
$30,000 for Arts Engagement and Education Programming

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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$200,000 to support the Campaign for the Future (payment 3 of 3)

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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$60,000 for  general operating support

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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$75,000 a gift in honor of Harold R. Logan, Jr. recognizing his 18 years of service on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees

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CM Dance
$15,000 for general operating support

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Colorado Ballet Company
$60,000 for general operating support

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Colorado Black Arts Movement
$40,000 for start-up administrative and operations costs to support the opening of FreshLo/Arts

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Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
$20,000 for general operating and the development of an arts advocacy plan

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Colorado Ceasefire Outreach Inc
$4,000 to create an original mural in honor of social justice leader Richard Male

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Colorado Children’s Chorale
$40,000 for general operating support

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Colorado Photographic Arts Center Inc
$23,000 for general operating support

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Colorado Photographic Arts Center Inc
$35,000 to support the Framing the Future capital campaign

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Colorado Symphony Association
$60,000 for general operating support

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Community College of Aurora Foundation
$4,000 to support Colorado Film School’s production of a documentary highlighting the work of Second Chance Center and Fellow, Hassan Latif

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Control Group Productions
$12,000 for general operating support

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Curious Theatre Company
$45,000 for general operating support

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D3 Arts
$20,000 for general operating to support artistic programming

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Denver American Indian Festival
$4,000 to support the 8th annual Denver American Indian Festival

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The Denver Architectural Foundation Inc.
$20,000 for general operating support

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The Denver Art Museum
$350,000 to support Vision 2021: North Building Renovation (payment 7 of 10)

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Denver Biennial of The Americas
$27,000 to support the Gabriel Rico Public Art Exhibit and related programs

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The Denver Brass Inc
$15,000 for general operating support

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Denver Children’s Choir
$10,000 for general operating support

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Denver Civic Arts Foundation
$100,000 to support the planning and launch of the campaign for the May Bonfils Stanton Theater & Library at Loretto Heights

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Denver Digerati
$20,000 for general operating support

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‍Denver Film Society
$30,000 for general operating support

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Denver Fringe Festival Inc
$8,000 for general operating support

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Denver Museum of Nature and Science
$75,000 a gift in honor of Harold R. Logan, Jr. recognizing his 18 years of service on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees

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Denver Theatre District Inc
$10,000 to support ARTcade, an interactive public program

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Denver Young Artists Orchestra
$20,000 for general operating support

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Diversity in the Arts Program
$35,000 to support the 2021-2022 Program

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Emancipation Theatre
$4,000 to support the cost of a business plan for the development of a creative space and employment model specifically for artists of color in the Five Points neighborhood

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Emanuel Project/Chicano/a/x Murals of Colorado
$20,000 to support the Denver Mural Preservation Project

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Friends of Chamber Music
$20,000 to support two years of the Mosaic Project

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Friends of Levitt Pavilion Denver
$30,000 for general operating support

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The Gift of Jazz
$10,000 to support the 2021/2022 concert series

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Hattie McDaniel Museum for African American Performing Arts
$25,000 to assist with the feasibility study of establishing the Hattie McDaniel Museum for African American Performing Arts in the Five Points neighborhood

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Kantorei
$20,000 to support Walk Together Children, a collaboration to elevate African American choral traditions

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Latino Cultural Arts Center
$20,000 to support Phase One of the Las Bodegas: Masterplan

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Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc
$25,000 for general operating support of public-facing literary arts programs

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Mexican Cultural Center
$25,000 for general operating and to support the Latin Beats Program

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Mizel Center for Arts and Culture
$20,000 for general operating support

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Motus Theater
$4,000 to support UNDOCUAMERICA: 10 Years of DACA Through Story and Song

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Museo de las Americas
$35,000 for general operating support

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Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver
$60,000 for general operating support

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Newman Center for the Performing Arts
$25,000 to support performances and educational outreach of three culturally diverse, multidisciplinary performing arts groups

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No Credits Productions
$11,500 to support Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

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Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theatre
$4,000 to support the Revival performance

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Opera Colorado
$60,000 for general operating support

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Phamaly Theatre Company
$25,000 for general operating support

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Platteforum
$30,000 for general operating and capital support

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Presenting Denver
$4,000 to support the 2022 Presenting Denver Dance Festival

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RedLine Contemporary Art Center
$200,000 to support the Arts in Society program

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RedLine Contemporary Art Center
$25,000 for general operating support

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RedLine Contemporary Art Center
$3,650 to support Hope Tank’s community gathering  for healing and recognition for the businesses and artists impacted by the Broadway, Capital Hill and Belmar shootings

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Rino Gives Back
$20,000 to support the ArtPark River Series

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Shine Music
$4,000 to support the 2022 Shine Music Festival

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St Martin’s Chamber Choir
$15,000 for general operating support

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Stories On Stage
$10,000 for general operating support

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Su Teatro
$50,000 for general operating support

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Swallow Hill Music Association
$30,000 for general operating support

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The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary
$10,000 to support [margins.] a festival, conference and book fair

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Union Hall
$10,000 to support the Rough Gems Curatorial Program

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University of Denver/University College
$7,000 to support the Institute for Leaders in Development

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VFW Post 1 Foundation
$60,000 for capital improvements to the Veteran Community Center on Santa Fe that allows for expanded gallery space and arts programming with full accessibility

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Western States Arts Federation
$4,000 to support Civic Imagination in Denver, a gathering of local arts agency/organization leaders

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Wonderbound
$200,000 to support the Wonderbound Permanent Performance and Rehearsal Facility (payment 3 of 3)

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Wonderbound
$50,000 for general operating support

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Youth on Record
$20,000 for general operating support

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Sector Leadership

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Colorado Nonprofit Association
$20,000 for general operating support

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Grantmakers In The Arts
$10,000 for general operating support

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Philanthropy Colorado
$5,000 for general operating support

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$50,000 to participate in the Upstart Co-Lab cohort

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Total grants paid at FYE June 30, 2022: $3,254,511

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Arts & Culture

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Access Gallery
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Alliance for Music Education Equity
$20,000 for general operating support

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Art Students League of Denver
$40,000 for general operating

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Athena Project
$10,000 to support #ArtFindsYou programming

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Augustana Arts Inc
$15,000 to support the Stratus Chamber Orchestra’s 2020-2021 Season and free summer concert series

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Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
$15,000 for general operating support

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Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Buntport Theater Company
$20,000 for general operating support

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Central City Opera House Association
$67,500 for general operating support

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Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, Inc.
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Children’s Museum of Denver Inc
$30,000 Arts Engagement and Education Programming

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Civic Center Conservancy
$4,000 to support Civic Center Live: a series of live performances at Civic Center Park

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Civic Center Conservancy
$15,000 to support the 2021 Civic Center LIVE series

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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$50,000 for general operating support

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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
$150,000 to support the Campaign for the Future (payment 2 of 3)

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Colorado Ballet Company
$60,000 for general operating support

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Colorado Ballet Company
$60,000 for general operating support (early release of final multi-year grant)

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Colorado Black Arts Movement
$4,000 to support the development of a business plan for CBAM related to the Montbello FreshLo Hub

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Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
$10,000 for general operating support

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Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
$4,000 to support the Arts Through It All holiday campaign

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Colorado Celebration of African-American Arts and Culture
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Colorado Children’s Chorale
$40,000 for general operating support

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Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Colorado Fine Arts Association
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
$4,000 to support the “Familias Separadas” project

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Colorado Korean Chorus
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Colorado Media Project
$50,000 to support the CPR/Denverite Initiative

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Colorado Photographic Arts Center Inc
$20,000 for general operating support

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Colorado Symphony Association
$80,000 for general operating support

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Community-Minded Dance
$15,000 for general operating support

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Control Group Productions
$10,000 to support “Sojourners” an immersive performance project

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Curious Theatre Company
$45,000 for general operating support

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The Denver Architectural Foundation Inc
$20,000 for general operating support

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The Denver Art Museum
$350,000 to support Vision 2021: North Building Renovation (payment 6 of 10)

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Denver Biennial of The Americas
$25,000 to support the COVID-19 Americas Memorial

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Denver Brass Inc
$20,000 for general operating

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Denver Children’s Choir
$10,000 for general operating support

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Denver Digerati
$20,000 to support the Supernova Digital Animation Festival

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Denver Film Society
$30,000 to support Mini-Festivals and Denver Film Festival Mini-Festival Sections

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The Denver Foundation
$4,000 to support Dazzle’s Bread & Jam initiative

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Denver Fringe Festival Inc
$4,000 to support the second annual Denver Fringe Festival

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Denver March Powwow Inc
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Denver Young Artists Orchestra
$20,000 for general operating support

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Diversity in the Arts Internship
$35,000 for general operating support

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Downtown Denver Events Inc
$4,000 to support a lunch time music series through paid performances by local musicians

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Emerson Collective
$4,000 community development grant to support the Carne y Arena exhibit

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Fiesta Colorado Inc
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Filipino-American Community of Colorado
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Flamenco Fantasy Dance Theatre Inc
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Friends of Chamber Music
$20,000 to support virtual content development

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Friends of Levitt Pavilion Denver
$25,000 for general operating support

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Grantmakers In The Arts
$10,000 for general operating support

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History Colorado
$4,000 to support a community mural project and events to honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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History Colorado
$15,000 to support the Five Points Museum of Memory Project

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Inside The Orchestra Inc
$15,000 to support the Inside the Story project

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Latino Cultural Arts Center
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Leon Gallery
$4,000 to support the annual performance series

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Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc
$250,000 to support the Building a Home for the Literary Arts capital campaign

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Mexican Cultural Center
$27,000 for general operating and to support the Latin Beats Program

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Mile High Freedom Band
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Mizel Center For Arts and Culture
$20,000 for general operating

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Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver
$60,000 for general operating support

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Newman Center for Performing Arts
$25,000 to support the Community Connections initiative

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No Credits Productions
$10,000 to support Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

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Opera Colorado
$60,000 for general operating support

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Phamaly Theatre Company
$35,000 for general operating

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PlatteForum
$25,000 for general operating

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Radical Arts Academy
$4,000 to support the Denver Does Denver program

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Rainbow Militia
$10,000 for general operating support

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RedLine
$25,000 for general operating support

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RedLine
$200,000 to support the Arts in Society initiative

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Rino Gives Back
$15,000 to support CRUSH Walls 2020

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Rocky Mountain Arts Association
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc
$250,000 in capital funds to support a new performance studio within the Buell Public Media Center (payment 4 of 4)

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Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc
$100,000 to help support the capital cost of a radio translator for THE DROP

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St. Martin’s Chamber Choir
$15,000 for general operating

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Stories On Stage
$10,000 for general operating support

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Su Teatro
$35,000 for general operating support

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Swallow Hill Music Association
$30,000 for general operating support

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Tesoro Foundation
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Tunas Mekar Incorporated
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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Union Hall
$10,000 to support the Rough Gems curatorial project

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University of Colorado
$25,000 a collaborative project with the Comcast Media & Technology Center to design and implement a virtual artist walk of the RiNo

neighborhoods

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University of Denver
$7,000 to support the Institute for Leaders in Development at University College

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Vocal Coalition
$10,000 for general operating support

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Wonderbound
$80,000 for general operating support

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Wonderbound
$150,000 to support the Wonderbound Permanent Performance and Rehearsal Facility (payment 2 of 3)

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Youth Employment Academy
$5,000 Inclusive Communities Grant

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COVID-19 Relief Grants

In addition to the grantmaking noted above, the Foundation awarded a total of $600,000 in COVID-19 Relief to all grantees who had received general operating or project grants between October 2019 and April 2020. Individual grants were equal to 40% of the organization’s most recent award and ranged from $2,000 to $24,000.

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Sector Leadership Development

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Colorado Association of Funders
$10,000 to support the arts funders affinity group in calendar years 2020 and 2021

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$50,000 to participate in the Upstart Co-Lab cohort

Special one-time leadership grants were awarded to recognize the contributions of the BIPOC Livingston Fellows and provided $10,000 to be designated by the Fellows to the 501c3 organization(s) of their choice. Grants were given to:

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Asian Pacific Development Center of Colorado
Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art
Center for African American Health
Chinook Fund
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy, and Research Organization
Denver Indian Center Inc
Denver Indian Family Resource Center
DJR Memorial Baseball Foundation
Girls Incorporated Of Metro Denver
La Raza Services Inc
Mental Health Center of Denver
Metropolitan State University Of Denver Foundation
Second Chance Center Inc
Street Fraternity Inc
Su Teatro
United For A New Economy
Valley-Wide Health Services, Inc
Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of Denver
Wayfaring Band Inc
West Community Economic Development Corporation

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Grants awarded in fiscal year 2021 totaled $4,058,115

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