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SEED Awards and Impact Investments

Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods’ SEED Awards encourage civic entrepreneurship and community engagement by providing financial support for projects that align with the mission and values of CHUN as well as enhance the quality of life for those who live within the greater Capitol Hill Community.  Funding priorities include:

• Smart, solutions-oriented development: Projects should foster a livable, walkable and sustainable city by encouraging accessibility and multimodal transit; enhancing quality of life for all, improving living conditions for those experiencing homelessness or seeking affordable housing solutions; and developing community-based efforts that create new, innovative ways to live, work, and play in the greater Capitol Hill Community.  
• Enrichment: Projects should provide enrichment opportunities such as literacy programs; the construction of mini, free libraries in your neighborhood; permanent structures that enhance knowledge and wisdom about community issues; programs, services or supplies providing access to the arts and fostering the unique culture of your neighborhood. 
• Environmental Sustainability: Projects should enhance the natural environment and promote resiliency such as planting trees, bushes and flowers in areas lacking green spaces; efforts to clean up parks and open spaces; pet waste stations particularly for properties that lack financial resources to provide them; recycling receptacles for properties or organizations; designated parking spots and signage for low-emission vehicles; or projects tackling climate change or championing a clean, healthy environment.  
• Diversity: Projects should foster an inclusive community; creation of murals and art projects recognizing historically marginalized communities; programs and initiatives that cultivate support for and within our community and to help address the needs of all residents by promoting social justice, expanding opportunities for leadership and empowering diverse constituencies to enhance their own communities.

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2023 SEED Awardees

• B-Konnected to fund the implementation and scaling of a tenant housing stability tool.
• Denver East High School to fund the creation of the Madam C.J. Walker Black Girl Hair Project.
• Denver Park Trust to help fund the annual Parks, Rivers, Trails and Trees event at Cheesman Park.
• Headwaters Protectors to fund compassionate water and trash services for people experiencing homelessness.
• Our Savior’s Lutheran Church to support Helping Hands sidewalk events and purchase of essential products for those experiencing homelessness.
• Queer Community Cultural District to help launch a new cultural district to acknowledge and honor the historic and ongoing contributions of Queer people to Denver and Capitol Hill.
• ReCreative Denver to underwrite Head Room Sessions -- live music sessions featuring BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists at various locations throughout greater Capitol Hill.​
• ReMerg to help fund the Housing, Opportunity, Unity, Stability, and Engagement (HOUSE) program for justice-involved populations.
• Senior Housing to provide outdoor activities for residents of Olin Hotel Apartments.
• Urban Servant Corps to provide professional development for their full-time staff.

2022 SEED Awardees

• Open Collective Fund to purchase a refrigerator to establish an outdoor pantry aimed at combatting food insecurity [top photo]
• Denver Park Trust to organize an Alamo Placita Park clean-up providing work opportunities for recently homeless.
• Senior Housing Options to procure outdoor heaters for the Olin Hotel Apartments, an affordable housing for seniors. [bottom photo]
• Our Savior’s Lutheran Church to buy much needed items for those living in shelters.
• Recreative Denver to host music sessions music featuring BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists at locations around Capitol Hill.
• Denver Urban Gardens to transform the community garden at Morey Middle School into an outdoor classroom. [middle photo]
• Dora Moore PTSA to purchase books for its Little Free Library that depict diverse main characters to help students to develop a healthy self-image.
• B-Connected to support housing access and stability by increasing retention rates of marginalized renters.