Apply for Investment

Every other year SVP Boulder County Partners research the most pressing concerns within our community and then vote on focus areas.  Local non-profit organizations working within the designated priority areas are then invited to submit a letter of inquiry (LOI).  Each winter a team of Partners forms a Portfolio Grants Committee (PGC) and completes due diligence throughout the spring.  LOIs are typically due in January.  Following review of the LOIs, the PGC determines a short list of applicants who are invited to submit full grant proposals. Successful Investees are recommended from grant application reviews and site visits.  The PGC makes recommendations to the full SVP Partnership in May and each Partner votes on grant recipients for the coming year.  Investees are notified in June.

SVP 2012 Grants Cycle  In 2012 SVP Boulder County welcomed Letters of Inquiry (LOI's) in three of our five funding areas: Aging & Seniors, Housing & Homelessness, and Social Enterprise.  LOIs were due in early January.  SVP will not be accepting applications again until Winter of 2013.  Please review our full 2012 Grant Guidelines to gain an understanding of our grants process. 

Investment Guidelines and Criteria

We build long-term partnerships with organizations who share the following characteristics:

• - Clearly articulated mission and a long-term vision
• - Strong, visionary executive and board leadership
• - Commitment to building and strengthening organizational capacity
• - Strategic volunteer opportunities for SVP Partners
• - At least 50% of services are provided to Boulder County residents
• - 501(c) (3) status or an appropriate fiscal sponsor/agent

2012-2013 Focus areas for funding eligibility:

• Aging & Seniors
• Early Child Care & Development
• Health Care Access
• Housing & Homelessness
• Social Enterprise

Please review our 2012 Grant Guidelines for a more detailed sense of who qualifies and the funding process.