SEED Funding Process and Application

We appreciate your interest in CHUN’s SEED Awards Program. Please complete the application below and submit by November 19, 2021. You may submit additional documentation, such as photos, budget and partner(s) information to community@chundenver.org and include your project name in the subject line. A review committee will select projects that best meet the criteria of the SEED award and will notify all applicants no later than December 15, 2021. Award recipients will be announced at a public event in early 2022.

General Requirements

Priorities

Individuals, groups or organizations applying must be proposing a project within CHUN’s boundaries.
Recipients must be currently recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as an entity described in Section 501(c)(3) and/or a Registered Neighborhood Organizations (RNO) as defined by the City and County of Denver.
Groups or organizations that do not have such designation may only apply in partnership with an IRS-qualified entity.
Projects should have a permanent presence and should have the capacity to acknowledge Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods’ support publicly and in a visible way.

Does proposed project align with CHUN's mission/values?
Do the individuals and/or organization have a track record of implementing community enhancement projects?
Is the project viable and can it be completed within a nine-month period?
Could the project be replicable in other neighborhoods?
Is the applicant a member of CHUN?
Will the project will have long-term impact in the community?
Priority will be given to projects that clearly benefit those who are disadvantaged and/or marginalized.

AWARDS APPLICATION

* Indicates required field

Project Name *

Primary Applicant Contact *

First

Last

Sponsoring 501c3 Organization *

Email *

Phone # *

Is the applicant a member of CHUN? *

Yes No

Who is submitting this? *

Individual Organization

Does the applicant have prior history in implementing projects? *

Yes No

Can the project be replicated in other neighborhoods? *

Yes No Unsure

Please describe the project and its potential impact on the neighborhood. *

What is the estimated budget for this project? (SEED Funding will not exceed $1000/project) *

Is there additional funding and/or in-kind services being secured for the project? If none, please type N/A. *

partners involved with the implementation of the project. If none, please type N/A. *

How does the proposed project align with CHUN’s mission and values? Please describe. *

How does the proposed project meet the funding priorities detailed in the SEED description? Please describe. *

SUBMIT APPLICATION