Grants
Globeville
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Diversity Dynamics Denver
Phase II Community Engagement
To support the phase II community engagement.
Builds connections and relationships between residents and organizations.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $3,000 | Project Type: Newsletters/Communication
Community Video Project
Commentary
To support the video completion and showing.
Uses media to share community efforts.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
Globeville K.A.R.E.S. Committee
Year-Long Activities
To support the new neighborhood association.
The resident group hopes to work with Street Kidz to identify neighborhood issues and hold community celebrations.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Neighborhood Association
Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Cathedral
Old Globeville Days/Orthodox Food Fest
To support the Old Globeville Days/Orthodox Food Festival.
Provides spiritual leadership and community building activities.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Feed Denver
Mobile Farm Project
To support the creation of a mobile market.
The organization creates farms in the city where people come to learn how to grow food at high altitude.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $300 | Project Type: Community Gardens
Focus Points
Open House
To support the community-wide event.
The organization's mission is to build better communities by strengthening families.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $1,250 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Green Spaces
Green Route Festival
To support the multi-generational, multi-cultural event.
The group held a Green Route Festival in 2010.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $1,000 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Jam League
Basketball Uniforms
To support the two basketball teams with Street Kidz.
The teams play basketball and are made up of middle-schoolers.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Park Avenue Cop Shop
Annual Activities
To support the annual office activities.
Provides safety education and law enforcement partnership with northeast neighbors.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $5,000 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
Denver District Attorney
Cafe Milagro
To support the community coffee of the D.A.'s Volunteer Victim Advocate Program.
The D.A.'s program works with elders in the community to prevent elder abuse and financial exploitation.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $1,500 | Project Type: Adult Education
Bruce Randolph School
Students in Action
To support the one day student day of volunteering.
Denver's first inovation school is now a 6-12 school.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $400 | Project Type: School-Related - Celebration, Graduation, etc.
Grace Incorporated
Living Legends PG
To support the Living Legends luncheon.
Provides activities that shed light on the history and culture of community.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $250 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
North City Park Civic Association
Mayoral Forum
To support the 2011 mayoral forum.
Provide education and forum for residents to work collectively on issues affecting their neighborhood.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $3,650 | Project Type: Adult Education
Rebel Muzik Productions
Manual Conversations with the Mayor
To support the 2011 Manual Conversations with the Mayor forum.
Supports forums to inform concerned citizens about community issues.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $500 | Project Type: School Reform
Street Kidz
Annual Activities
To support the annual activities.
Provides youth development activities for Globeville youth.
Year: 2011 | Amount: $3,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Globeville Civic Association
Street Kidz Grand Opening
To support the grand opening of the Street Kidz Inc. youth center in Globeville.
Neighborhood association for Globeville.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Colorado Beautillion
Community Education Sessions
To support the community education/mentoring sessions.
Educate, mentor and recognizes exemplary minority male youth.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $3,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Platte Valley/Dispersed East Local Resident Council
Car Wash
To support the fundraiser, resource fair, and back-to-school backpack give away.
The R.C. develops and builds relationships with diverse neighbors and strengthens the voice of residents on common community issues.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $400 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Feed Denver
Urban Agriculture Project
To support the Globeville, Elyria Swansea youth corp, story corp, and 2010 documentation form.
The organization builds community-based urban greenhouse farms and markets to feed and sustain themselves and their communities through improving year-round access to fresh food.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $3,270 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
Cross Community Coalition
Feeding Our Families
To support the 2010 "Feeding Our Families" prgram in partnership with Garden Place Academy, Cross Community Coalition, and Denver's Metro Ministries.
This group is working together to create a food program for students and families at Garden Place Academy.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
Denver Marching Knights
Knights Drum Project
To support the drums and equiptment needs of the Denver Marching Knights.
Denver Marching Knights is a youth drum performance group made up of youth residents from Northeast Denver and Original Aurora.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $3,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Volunteer Victim Advocates
Elder Abuse Education Awareness
To support the on-going training of VVA volunteers and distribution of informational brochures.
VVA trains community volunteers to educate community about warning signs of abuse and available services for victims.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $1,496 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
Garden Place Academy Parent Organizing Committee
ESL Classes & Mural
To support the ESL classes and community mural.
The POC will manage and evaluate the project.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Adult Education
Grace Incorporated
2010 Living Legends
To suport the planning of community activities.
Provides education to youth and recognition of community leaders.
Year: 2010 | Amount: $300 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Yoga for All
Community Yoga Tour
To support the yoga for all, community yoga tour.
Provides free yoga instruction for the greater community.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $4,200 | Project Type: Health
HOPE (Helping Other People Endure) Food Bank
Annual Food Distribution
To support the operations of the food bank and food for distribution.
Provides food for community members in need.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $1,750 | Project Type: Health
Bruce Randolph Middle School
Mental Audition
To suport the student-run production.
The play will be videotaped and made available to the communty as a live performance as well.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $500 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Bruce Randolph Parent Organizing Committee
Organizing Activities
To support the communication between families and community and working on prominent issues such as lunch, transportation, security, college prep, website etc.
The POC organizes parents and youth through one-to-ones, meetings, and actions that hopefully lead to academic success.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Globeville Community Organization
Future of Rec Center Mtg
To support the community meeting about the future of the Globeville recreation center.
Globeville residents work together to support activities and policies that promote positive community living.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $1,000 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Cathedral
Old Globeville Days/River North Arts Festival
To support the 2009 Old Globeville Days Festival, which this year includes an arts festival featuring artists from the River North area.
The Cathedral is the centerpiece of the ORthodox church in America's Rocky Mtn. region and the cathedral, its pastor, and his wife are mainstays in the civic life of the Globeville's history and featuring diverse music and ethnic foods from the area. In 2009, the festival was expanded to include a celebration of artists living and working in the River North area of Globeville.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,000 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Cole Arts & Sciences Academy Parent Organizing Committee
Positive Behavior Training
To support the eight Positive Behavior System classes in order to create a consistent environment for CASA children at home and at school.
The MOP-led parent organizing committee provides the organization to provide classes and push for school reform at Cole.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Become A Champion
Annual Girls Basketball Activities
To support the girls basketball activities.
Supports tutoring and life skills for youth.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $1,800 | Project Type: Sports League
Cole Arts & Sciences Academy Parent Organizing Committee
Home Visits
To support the C.A.S.A. home visits.
Providing compensation to teachers who perform home visits to help support students and parents through knowledge of those situations that may need educational or behavioral help.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Community Organizing/Social Change
Denver Marching Knights
Annual Activities
To support the annual marching/competition activities.
Supports youth through drumming and step activities.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $5,000 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Bruce Randolph Public Acheivement Project
9th Grade Achievment
To support the collaborative work with DU's Center for Comunity Engagement and Service Learning and 9th graders at Bruce Randolph Middle School
Through the program students have identified different issues for work including decreasing teen pregnancy and fighting for rights of immigrants.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Youth (Arts, Community Garden, Drama, Music, Service Learning, Summer Camps, Tutoring, Development)
Friends of Ferals
Fix-A-Feral
To support a citizen-led effort to spay and neuter feral cats in North Denver and Adams County.
Friends of Feral is a volunteer group that seeks to reduce the number of feral cats in the Denver area (currently estimated @ over 250,000)
Year: 2009 | Amount: $2,500 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
Street Kidz
Water in the Park
To support the 2009 water in the park event.
Youth activities to engage young people and influenc their life choices.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $950 | Project Type: Single Day/Weekend Events (Block Parties, Gatherings, Celebrations, Non-Organizing Workshops)
Community Film Project
Community Projects Film
To support the community projects film.
Creates and produces films that capture the essence of community building and partnership.
Year: 2009 | Amount: $5,000 | Project Type: Resident to Resident Support
