The Human Relations Fund (HRF) supports community-initiated activities that focus on or raise awareness of civil rights, human rights, or equity issues and problems in Boulder; facilitate interaction, understanding, collaboration and civic participation among diverse communities; or enable communities that experience marginalization to celebrate events significant to them while providing learning opportunities to the general population.
Donor Name: City of Boulder
State: Colorado
City: Boulder
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
The city anticipates awarding approximately $85,000 in funding in 2024 to qualified community organizations through a competitive application process. The maximum amount that an organization can apply for varies by project.
Guidelines 
Human Relations Fund (HRF) grants may be given to:

Nonprofit organizations and individual organizers under the fiscal sponsorship of a nonprofit
Projects that have a significant component of programming that impacts residents of Boulder
Events that take place within the city limits of Boulder
Projects that reinforce the goals of respect for diversity, inclusivity, and equity
Activities that are free of charge for participants and open to the public.

Additional criteria considered include:

Projects that are community-led
Collaboration with other organizations
Diversity among planners and decision makers
Inclusivity among participants
Access to people with disabilities
Projects or activities that provide opportunities for communities that experience marginalization
Activities that advance the ongoing and annual priorities of the HRF
Ability or inability to access multiple sources of funding
Projects that have not received prior funding from HRF
The extent to which the project or activity might engage and educate the larger community
The program or event for which you are seeking funding, take place in the City of Boulder and/or will engage community members in the city?

The HRF will not fund:

Proposals that are not from community organizations
Groups that have failed to meet their contractual requirements with the HRF in the past
Projects that do not have a significant component of programming that impacts residents of Boulder
Activities that charge fees for participants.

For more information, visit City of Boulder.