December 6, 2024
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chfa donates $1.4 million to 115 colorado nonprofits

A hand drawing a web of icons with overlay text that reads corporate giving direct effect awards(DENVER) – Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) is proud to announce its Round Two 2024 Direct Effect Award recipients. In this round, CHFA is donating $1,476,000 to 115 nonprofits across Colorado. The average award amount is $12,835.

CHFA’s Direct Effect Awards recognize Colorado nonprofit organizations whose missions align with CHFA’s work to strengthen Colorado by investing in affordable housing and community development. Eligible Direct Effect Award recipients include nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations including public housing authorities and local governments. Through its Direct Effect Awards CHFA has donated more than $7.5 million to more than 475 Colorado organizations since 2021.

This year, CHFA is celebrating 50 years of strengthening Colorado. To commemorate, an additional five $50,000 awards will be made to applications demonstrating an exceptional alignment with CHFA’s mission. CHFA is pleased to announce the following five recipients of $50,000 Direct Effect Awards for 2024 Round Two.

Achieve $50,000
Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center                                                     $50,000
Native American Housing Circle   $50,000
Project Angel Heart                                                                  $50,000
Sun Valley Youth Center $50,000
 

The remaining Round Two award recipients are listed below. Learn more about each organization and how Direct Effect will support its work on CHFA’s website.

A Little Help $12,000
A Safe Place in Pagosa, Inc $7,500
Abundance Foundation $7,500
All Access Wellness $5,000
All Roads $7,000
Almost Home $8,000
AYA Foundation $7,000
Better Tomorrow $7,500
BeyondHome $15,000
Black Canyon Boys and Girls Club $7,500
Bridge House $7,500
Center for African American Health $10,000
Centro de la Familia $10,000
ChildSafe Colorado Inc $10,000
Colorado Safe Parking Initiative $10,000
Colorado Youth for a Change $20,000
Community Compassion Outreach $7,500
Community Economic Development of Sedgwick County                     $20,000
Community Enterprise Development Services $12,000
Cooperating Ministry of Logan County $20,000
Crossroads Safehouse $7,500
The Delores Project $15,000
Doctors Care $10,000
Dream Centers $15,000
EarthLinks $7,500
Ekar Farm $15,000
Energy Resource Center $20,000
Envida $7,500
Environmental Learning for Kids $7,500
Family Promise of Colorado Springs $10,000
First Southwest Community Fund $20,000
Food Bank of the Rockies $17,500
Food for Hope $10,000
Gateway Domestic Violence Services $10,000
Grand County Rural Health Network $15,000
Greeley Family House $10,000
Greenhouse Scholars $10,000
GRID Alternatives Colorado $10,000
Hearts and Horses $7,500
Help for Abused Partners $20,000
Home Builders Foundation $12,500
Home Front Military Network $10,000
Homeward Pikes Peak $10,000
Hope Communities $15,000
Housing Solutions for the Southwest $15,000
Hunger Free Colorado $7,500
Ithaka Housing $15,000
JUST Living Recovery $5,000
Kavod Senior Life $7,500
Kids At Their Best $18,000
Latina SafeHouse $12,500
Lighthouse $7,500
Loaves and Fishes Ministries of Fremont County $10,000
Maiker Housing Partners $7,500
Maslow Academy of Applied Learning $7,500
The Matthews House $7,500
Mercy Housing Mountain Plains $10,000
Metro DEEP $10,000
Mile High United Way $10,000
Minds Matter Colorado $10,000
Mongolian School of Colorado $5,000
Montbello Organizing Committee $15,000
Mountain Family Center $10,000
Mountain Resource Center $10,000
My Father's House $12,000
Neighbor to Neighbor $20,000
ParadigmONE $10,000
Peak Education $10,000
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity $15,000
Pikes Peak United Way $10,000
The PLACE $15,000
Prairie Rose Development Corp. $7,500
Pride of the Glens $5,000
Project Self-Sufficiency of Northern Colorado $20,000
Response $12,500
Restoration Outreach Programs $15,000
Rise Above Colorado $7,500
Roaring Fork PreCollegiate $7,500
The Rock Foundation $10,000
Rocky Mountain Equality $8,500
Rural Communities Resource Center $10,000
SAINT Volunteer Transportation $7,500
The Savings Collaborative $8,000
SECORCares $7,500
Senior Support Services $10,000
Silver Key Senior Services $20,000
Solid Rock Community Development Corporation $7,500
Southwest Improvement Council $15,000
Special Kids Special Families, Inc. $20,000
Steamboat Reading, Inc. $7,500
Sun Valley Kitchen and Community Center $12,000
TARA Historical Society $7,500
TGTHR $7,000
The Thrive Network $15,000
Town of San Luis $12,000
Tri-County Health Network $10,000
Tri-Lakes Cares $15,000
United Way of Pueblo County $15,000
Urban Peak $10,000
Vail Valley Charitable Fund $7,500
Valley Food Partnership $10,000
Valley Settlement $10,000
Vive Wellness $10,000
Warren Village $15,000
We Fortify $15,000
WeeCycle $7,500
Weld Food Bank $15,000
West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition $10,000
Whiz Kids Tutoring $5,000
Work Options $15,000
 

CHFA is not a state agency and does not receive any direct state or federal appropriations. CHFA is a self-sufficient, quasi-governmental organization serving Colorado. The Direct Effect Awards are funded by directing a portion of CHFA’s program investments and earnings to provide philanthropic support and strengthen the capacity of mission-aligned nonprofits throughout Colorado.

Please visit chfainfo.com/directeffect for more information.


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