Meet the Arts in Society Funders!
Meet the collaborative partners who make the Arts in Society Colorado art grant possible!
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation strategically provides grants and fellowships to advance the arts and inspire creative leadership in Denver. Our foundation is richly steeped in Denver’s cultural history, but we are also a contemporary leader in fueling innovation and exploration in our creative economy. Each year we give more than $3 million to arts organizations and nonprofit leaders, because we believe these entities and individuals are critical to building and sustaining a vibrant community.
Colorado’s Creative Industries Division, Colorado’s state arts agency, is a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Established to capitalize on the immense potential for our creative sector to enhance economic growth in Colorado, the mission of Colorado Creative Industries is to promote, support and expand the creative industries to drive Colorado’s economy, grow jobs and enhance our quality of life.
The Colorado Health Foundation is bringing health in reach for all Coloradans by engaging closely with communities across the state through investing, policy advocacy, learning and capacity building. For more information, please visit www.coloradohealth.org.
Arts & Venues is the City and County of Denver agency responsible for operating some of the region’s most renowned facilities, including Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, the Denver Performing Arts Complex, Colorado Convention Center, Denver Coliseum and McNichols Civic Center Building. Arts & Venues also oversees the Denver Public Art Program, Create Denver, SCFD Tier III granting process, Arts Education Fund and other entertainment and cultural events such as the Five Points Jazz Festival, Urban Arts Fund, P.S. You Are Here and implementation of IMAGINE 2020: Denver’s Cultural Plan. Denver Arts & Venues is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in all our programs, initiatives and decision-making processes. http://www.artsandvenuesdenver.com
The Colorado Trust is a grantmaking foundation dedicated to ensuring all Coloradans have the opportunity to thrive. When the nonprofit PSL Healthcare Corporation was sold to a for-profit organization in 1985, the proceeds of the sale were used to create The Colorado Trust. We partner with organizations across Colorado that are working to make positive changes for people and communities. We provide funding and other resources to help every person living in Colorado have the opportunity to live a long and healthy life. Our grants support organizations and efforts focused on policy advocacy, community building, direct services, public education and much more. We work side-by-side with grantees and community members to ensure grants are solution-based and effective.
Since 2001, Bee Vradenburg Foundation has invested more than $3.6 million in the creative communities of the Pikes Peak Region. The Foundation is named in honor of Bee Vradenburg, a visionary cultural leader in Colorado Springs. Bee Vradenburg Foundation carries on Bee’s legacy by centering equity and inclusion in its work to advance the relevance, resilience and greatness of the arts in the Pikes Peak Region. Visit BeeVradenburgFoundation.org for more information.
Spencer and Julie Penrose established El Pomar in 1937 with a mission to enhance, encourage, and promote the current and future well-being of the people of Colorado. The philanthropy they set in motion across Colorado has grown today to more than $25 million annually through grants and community programming.
The Jospeh Henry Edmondson Foundation was established in 1987 as a private, multi-purpose foundation to provide philanthropic support to the Pikes Peak region.
In keeping with our founders' philosophy, the Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation operates with the values of humility, service, and respect at the forefront. We are partners with the nonprofit organizations and fellow funders with whom we work. In partnership, we leverage our dollars, our expertise, our knowledge, our networks, and the vast palette of opportunity that lie before us. We are not only vigilant stewards of the dollars entrusted to us, but also of human capital ~ of people and their talents.
While we employ traditional grantmaking tools, we understand that the philanthropic sector allows for a flexible, agile, and dynamic environment that is apt for the production of creative capital. As such, we also proactively identify, cultivate and support innovation and strategic endeavors.
The Chapman Trusts provide financial contributions to projects focusing on Education, Health and human services, Civic and Community initiatives, the Arts, and Nature and Wildlife protection, primarily within Tulsa, Oklahoma and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
