Cycle 2 Grantees
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Xocotlhuetzi Pahtia: Falling of the Fruit Healing Summit
$8,000
The Xocotlhuetzi Pahtia: Falling of the Fruit Healing Summit offers a community-wide day of indigenous healing practices rooted in ancestral knowledge. -
The Abolition Garden
$8,000
The Rootwork Youth Program seeks funding to expand into a two-year cohort model that engages GES youth in food justice, cultural preservation, and social change. -
Birdseed Collective
$7,000
The Birdseed Collective's free food distribution program serves over 90 families weekly in the Globeville community with 30-40 pounds of mostly redonated produce per family. -
La Piñata de Aprendizaje
$6,000
La Piñata supports GES families through culturally and linguistically responsive programs for approximately 40 Spanish-speaking Latinx families with young children. -
Green Dot Coalition
$5,000
The I-70 green infrastructure project transforms over ¼ acre of abandoned highway planting beds along 10 city blocks in Globeville through soil remediation, mulching, and ground cover installation. -
Confluence Colorado
$5,000
Establishes a resident-led steering committee to improve Lorraine Granado Park in Swansea, creating a much-needed community hub and outdoor recreation space.
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La Fresca
$5,000
Develop an equitable communication plan for La Fresca by contracting with a local GES community technology professional to develop a website that serves as an educational and resource hub, strengthens community connectedness within the local food system, and provides training to build capacity while keeping funding within the community. -
Ready to Roll Collective
$5,000
A partnership with a local GES auto body shop to repair donated or abandoned vehicles and gift them to families in need, removing transportation barriers to work, school, and essential services while exploring sustainable revenue streams like EV charging stations to support long-term program growth. -
Salud y Armonia
$5,000
A 12-week workshop program that helps participants manage stress and depression through relaxation techniques like yoga, meditation, and art therapy, culminating in the creation of positive motivational signs for their gardens. -
Project Angel Heart
$5,000
Project Angel Heart prepares and home-delivers medically tailored meals to GES residents living with severe illnesses like cancer, HIV/AIDS, and heart disease. -
The Outdoor Living Enhancement Project
$5,000
The Outdoor Living Enhancement Project addresses this gap, aiming to revitalize outdoor living spaces and improve access and safety for all residents, especially those with mobility issues. -
Alas de Yoga
$5,000
A thriving community program that offers free indoor and outdoor yoga classes to GES residents and their families, promoting physical and mental wellness while reducing stress, blood pressure, and various health conditions while fostering stronger neighborhood connections and emotional regulation skills. -
Swansea/Elyria Safe Cycle
$5,000
Provides intergenerational bicycle repair training to youth, adults, and seniors in the Swansea, Elyria, and Globeville neighborhoods. Also offers mobile repair services at community events, promotes cycling activities, and advocates for safe bike lane infrastructure to benefit local residents. -
GES Tree Care Fellowship Program
$4,000
The GES Tree Care Fellowship provides comprehensive, ongoing maintenance for urban trees to address environmental inequities and high tree mortality rates in underserved neighborhoods.
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Heart of the Hood
$3,000
Photo-based mural and storytelling project documenting life in the Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea (GES) neighborhoods.
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Our Dream Garden
$3,000
Providing accessible, high-quality childcare resources that move with the community — from homebase to city meetings — so that children can be cared for, engaged, and empowered while their families work toward collective community progress.
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Untold Stories
$3,000
The curation and development of a high-quality photo book, styled after the Images of America series, that documents the people, places, struggles, and spirit of GES.
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Sabor Comunitario
$3,000
A culinary workshop and a community empowerment initiative designed to uplift GES residents through skill-building, cultural celebration, and economic opportunity.