Who Accepts These Forms?

Which form do I use?

CGA User's Guide

CGA for Capital Campaigns

CGR User's Guide

Who Accepts These Forms?

Grantmaker Toolkit

The following grantmakers accept the Common Grant Applications and/or the Common Grant Report. Please note that some grantmakers give applicants the choice of either using the CGA and CGR or a format specified by the grantmaker. Others on this list accept the common forms - and only use the common forms. Still other grantmakers will require additional information for their applications or reports, or they have made slight modifications to the application or report. Others may require a letter of intent prior to receiving an application. Therefore, it is critical that grantseekers visit grantmaker websites for the most up-to-date information about individual funding entities areas of interest, application requirements, deadlines, modifications to the CGA, reporting requirements, and other pertinent information. It would be a shame to waste time and energy on writing a grant that is quickly dismissed because it doesn’t fit with a grantmaker’s guidelines. Thorough research of your potential new funder is a critical step in the application process.

The Common Grant Application for Capital Campaigns is the newest common form. It was released in September 2009. If you are submitting a capital request and there is no indication that the grantmaker you are applying to accepts the CGA-Capital, it is worth checking with them to determine their interest in using this specialized CGA.

While this list is updated periodically, we cannot guarantee that it is completely accurate. Again, check each grantmaker’s website prior to submitting an application or report. Where available, a link to the grantmaker’s website is provided.

List last updated on October 22, 2012

Accepts the CGA, CGA-Capital, or the CGR?*

If a column is blank, we were unable to confirm a grantmaker’s position.

Please Note: It is your responsibility to research which grantmakers to submit proposals to and then your responsibility to submit your proposal to them. This website is NOT an online application tool.

Organization and Guidelines	Accepts CGA?	Accepts CGA-Capital?	Accepts CGR?
A.V. Hunter Trust	Yes	No	Yes
Animal Assistance Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Anschutz Family Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Aspen Community Foundation	No	No	Yes
Bamboo Fund	No	No	Yes
Bee Vradenburg Foundation	Yes	No	No
Betty Jane Schuss Charitable Trust	Yes	No	Yes
Boettcher Foundation	No	Yes	No
Bohemian Foundation	No	No	Yes
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Brett Family Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Broomfield Community Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Carl W. & Carrie Mae Joslyn Charitable Trust	Yes	No	No
CDW: Motorboat Colorado! (MOCO)	No	No	Yes
Chamberlain Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Chambers Family Fund (Note: Does not accept unsolicited proposals)	Yes	No	Yes
Chinook Fund	Yes	No	No
Colorado Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund	Yes	No	No
Colorado Garden Show, Inc. Grant Programs	No	No	Yes
Colorado Health Foundation (The)	Yes	No	Yes
Community First Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley	Yes	No	Yes
Community Foundation Serving Boulder County	Yes	No	Yes
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado	Yes	No	No
Concerts for Kids	Yes	No	No
Coors Brewing Company	Yes	No	No
David & Lucile Packard Foundation	No	No	Yes
Denver Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Donahue Foundation	Yes	No	No
E.M. Christmas Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
ECA Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Foundation for Protection of Animals	Yes	No	Yes
Fred & Elli Iselin Foundation	Yes	No	No
Gates Family Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Greenlee Family Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Griffin Foundation	Yes	No	No
H. Chase Stone Trust	Yes	No	No
Harry W. & Louis L. Vicksman Charitable Trust	Yes	No	No
Hewit Family Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Huddleston Butler Memorial Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
J.K. Mullen Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
JJJ Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation (The)	Yes	No	Yes
Junior League of Denver	Yes	No	No
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado	Yes	No	Yes
Kenneth King Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Kinder Morgan Foundation	Yes	No	No
Lake Fork Community Foundation	Yes	No	No
Longmont Community Foundation	Yes	No	No
Loretta & Leigh H. Norgren Foundation	Yes	No	No
Louis and Harold Price Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Lucille Drink Water Allen Trust	Yes	No	No
Lustig Family Foundation	Yes	No	No
Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust	Yes	No	No
Mesa County Small Grants Fund	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Corporation, Rocky Mountain Region	No	No	No
Montrose Community Foundation	Yes	No	No
Nutrition Camp School Foundation	Yes	No	No
Odell Brewing Company	Yes	No	No
OEDIT: Colorado Creative Industries	Yes	No	No
OEDIT: Colorado FIRST/Existing Industry Customize Training Program	Yes	No	No
Oreg Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Peggy & Steve Fossett Foundation	Yes	No	No
Pikes Peak Community Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Pueblo Day Nursery Children's Foundation	Yes	No	No
Ralph L. & Florence R. Burgess Trust	No	No	Yes
Robert L. & Olive S. Belcher Family Foundation	Yes	No	No
Robin E. Hernreich Foundation	Yes	No	No
Sam S. Bloom Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Schlessman Family Foundation, Inc.	Yes	No	No
Schramm Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Scripps Howard Foundation	Yes	No	No
Shoup Charitable Trust	Yes	No	Yes
Social Venture Partners Denver (SVP)	Yes	No	No
Southern Colorado Community Foundation	Yes	No	No
Summit Foundation (The)	No	No	Yes
Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Thomas W. Bean Foundation	Yes	No	No
Timothy and Bernadette Marquez Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Tointon Family Foundation	Yes	No	No
United Way of Southwest Colorado	Yes	No	Yes
Venoco Community Pa rtnership	Yes	No	No
Virginia Hill Charitable Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Walter & Elizabeth Lipe Trust	No	No	Yes
Weckbaugh Foundation	Yes	No	No
Wells Fargo Foundation	No	No	No
Western Colorado Community Foundation	Yes	No	Yes
Western Colorado Health Fund	Yes	No	Yes
Williams Family Foundation (The)	Yes	No	No
Xcel Energy Foundation	No	No	No
Yampa Valley Community Foundation	Yes	No	No

* -- All information comes from the 2012 edition of the Colorado Grants Guide. Be sure you check with each funder for their most recent guidelines and requirements.

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