OPPORTUNITY SPECIFICS
The Summer/Fall 2025 Funding Opportunity will focus on requests related to:
- Food
- Physical activity
- Transitional or affordable housing. This includes home improvement, weatherization and energy efficiency efforts to maintain affordable housing as well as efforts to connect people in need with transitional or permanent affordable housing, e.g. case management, resource coordination, navigation, and support.
- NOTE: Emergency shelter and emergency rent/mortgage requests will not be considered
Please read CSHF’s grant guidelines for specifics related to CSHF’s criteria including serving El Paso and/or Teller Counties.
Grant Types Available:
- General Operating
- Program/Project
- Capital
Note: If your organization is interested in applying for capacity-building/technical assistance support (e.g. planning, professional development/training, evaluation), a separate funding opportunity is available.
Proposals with the following attributes will be considered more competitive:
- Tight alignment with one of Colorado Springs Health Foundation’s funding focus areas
- Significant experience and expertise related to the Foundation’s funding focus area(s)
- Demonstrated need within the target population(s)
- An understanding of how avoidable health disparities shape the issue you aim to solve and the proposed solution(s)
- An evidence-based approach, if one exists. If not, a promising practice or innovative approach
- A method and plan for defining and measuring impact
- High potential for significant, positive impact on community health, especially in communities that experience disparities
- Strong organizational governance and leadership
- Diverse financial support
GRANT PERIOD
One year, though in special circumstances, a multiyear request may be considered.
ELIGIBILITY
- For general CSHF eligibility requirements, grant type, grant length, and other parameters, please review the grantmaking guidelines carefully.
- If, at the time of application, your organization has a current open grant for general operating, program/project or capital, you are not eligible to apply.
- If you are not sure what sort of grant you have, whether it is open or closed and/or are unsure of your eligibility to apply, please reach out to CSHF staff. We are happy to help!
APPLICATION PROCESS
- April 28, 2025 through July 10, 2025: Pre-application phone calls. CSHF requires a pre-application phone call with any interested applicant. Please find a date/time for this conversation through calendly. Applicants who have not spoken with staff prior to submitting an application will not be considered.
- Application deadline: Tuesday, July 22, 2025 noon Mountain Time. Decisions are anticipated late March 2025.
- The application may be found here late April.
Questions: Please contact CSHF staff directly at [email protected].