Communities Lead, Communities Thrive
BRIC serves as a vehicle to amplify
the voice of community members, often
unheard around social issues and policies directly affecting them.
Historic Small Community- Based Nonprofit Grant Program
BRIC serves as a community accountability member of the SNGP Committee led by Colorado’s Department of Local Affairs. The Program will distribute 33 million dollars of the ARPA funds in infrastructure grants to over 350 nonprofits serving the Black, Indigenous, Latino, AAPI, LGBTQ, and rural communities of Colorado by the end of 2024.
Grants of up to $100k will support technology needs, professional development for staff and board members, strategic planning, organizational development to build capacity, adapt fundraising, or other services, communications, and existing program expansion or evaluation.
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In early 2022, CLCT proposed Colorado House Bill 22-1356, which requested $35 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to provide infrastructure grants for smaller nonprofits that provide culturally appropriate and relevant services and resources to families and communities. But also, those organizations that have been historically underrepresented, underfunded, under-resourced, and continue to struggle with pandemic recovery.
HB 22-1356 - the Small Community-based Nonprofit Grant Program Bill - was passed by the Colorado Legislature and signed by Gov. Jared Polis on June 3, 2022.
This bill awards grant funds directly to the organizations best equipped to identify and generate community-led and culturally responsive solutions to address their specific needs.
“It’s an opportunity for the state of Colorado not only to say that we are promoting equity, but we are putting in practice equity in the way we are doing better investments for small nonprofits.” ~ Ricardo Perez, CLCT Member and executive director, Hispanic Affairs Project