- December 12, 2025
chfa donates $1.3 million to colorado nonprofits
(DENVER) – Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) is donating $1.3 million to 122 nonprofits working to advance affordable housing and economic opportunity across Colorado this month as part of its Direct Effect Awards.
CHFA’s Direct Effect Awards recognize Colorado nonprofit organizations whose missions align with CHFA’s work to strengthen Colorado by investing in affordable housing and community development. Eligible Direct Effect Award recipients include nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations including public housing authorities, cities, counties, and local municipalities. Funds will support organizations providing shelter to households transitioning out of homelessness, housing navigation services, financial education, food banks and delivery services, entrepreneurship training, and youth mentorship, as well as other mission-affiliated activities.
To date, CHFA has donated more than $9.9 million in Direct Effect Awards to more than 630 Colorado organizations since 2021. The 122 recipients who will receive funds as part of the December 2025 awards include:
| Organization Name | Funding Amount |
|---|---|
| A Precious Child | $ 15,000 |
| A Woman's Place | $ 10,000 |
| Ability Connection Colorado | $ 15,000 |
| Archway Housing and Services | $ 15,000 |
| Arkansas Valley Resource Center | $ 10,000 |
| Art Students League of Denver | $ 7,500 |
| Ascending to Health Respite Care | $ 15,000 |
| Aspire | $ 10,000 |
| Boulder County AIDS Project | $ 15,000 |
| Boulder Food Rescue | $ 10,000 |
| Boulder Housing Partners Foundation | $ 10,000 |
| Bridge Entrepreneurs Network Colorado | $ 10,000 |
| Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County | $ 15,000 |
| Broomfield FISH | $ 10,000 |
| BuCu West | $ 7,500 |
| Business Incubator Center | $ 12,500 |
| CARE Communities | $ 7,500 |
| Catholic Charities Housing | $ 5,000 |
| Center for Work Education and Employment | $ 10,000 |
| Center Viking Youth Club | $ 7,500 |
| Chaffee Housing Trust | $ 10,000 |
| Cheyenne Village | $ 10,000 |
| Clothes To Kids of Denver | $ 5,000 |
| Colorado Beautillion | $ 5,000 |
| Colorado Legal Services | $ 15,000 |
| Colorado Poverty Law Project | $ 30,000 |
| Commún Denver | $ 15,000 |
| Community Food Bank | $ 10,000 |
| Conectoras de Montbello | $ 10,000 |
| Contractor Academy | $ 10,000 |
| Covered Colorado | $ 10,000 |
| Creede Repertory Theatre | $ 6,480 |
| CrossPurpose | $ 15,000 |
| Denver Asset Building Coalition | $ 15,000 |
| Denver Community Ventures | $ 10,000 |
| Denver Metro Fair Housing Center | $ 5,000 |
| Denver Urban Gardens | $ 10,000 |
| Denver VOICE | $ 10,000 |
| Diakonia | $ 25,000 |
| Doors 2 Success | $ 15,000 |
| Eagle County Housing and Development Authority | $ 10,000 |
| Eagle Valley Community Foundation | $ 10,000 |
| Early Childhood Service Corps | $ 10,000 |
| Early Connections Learning Centers | $ 10,000 |
| Extreme Community Makeover | $ 5,000 |
| Family Housing Network of Fort Collins | $ 10,000 |
| Family Learning Center | $ 7,500 |
| FoCo Café | $ 7,500 |
| Focus Points Family Resource Center | $ 7,500 |
| Foster Alumni Mentors | $ 10,000 |
| Full Circle of Lake County | $ 15,000 |
| GES Coalition | $ 10,000 |
| GoFarm | $ 7,500 |
| Greater Denver CARES | $ 5,000 |
| Greccio Housing Unlimited | $ 10,000 |
| Growing Home | $ 15,000 |
| Guided by Humanity | $ 7,500 |
| Haven House of Montrose | $ 15,000 |
| Heartbeat Denver | $ 25,000 |
| Home Trust of Ouray County | $ 10,000 |
| HomesFund | $ 7,500 |
| Homeward Alliance | $ 10,000 |
| HomewardBound of the Grand Valley | $ 15,000 |
| Hope House serving Northeastern Colorado | $ 10,000 |
| Horizons Colorado at Colorado Academy | $ 7,500 |
| Housed, Working, and Healthy | $ 15,000 |
| Housing Resources of Western Colorado | $ 10,000 |
| Imagine! | $ 15,000 |
| Integrated Community | $ 20,000 |
| Jeffco Eats | $ 10,000 |
| Jefferson Center for Mental Health | $ 10,000 |
| Jobs of Hope | $ 10,000 |
| Keep Trinidad Safe | $ 5,000 |
| La Plata County Collaborative Management Program | $ 10,000 |
| LFMG Music Academy | $ 7,500 |
| Lift Up of Routt County | $ 10,000 |
| LIFT-UP | $ 10,000 |
| Lotus Foundation | $ 10,000 |
| Love INC of the Yampa Valley | $ 10,000 |
| Mexican American Development Association | $ 8,000 |
| Mini Money | $ 10,000 |
| Mountain Tots Preschool | $ 7,500 |
| Mountain Valley Developmental Services | $ 12,500 |
| NEWSED Community Development Corporation | $ 30,000 |
| Partners in Housing | $ 15,000 |
| Pikes Peak Elder Justice Center | $ 10,000 |
| Prodigy Ventures | $ 10,000 |
| Project Hope of Gunnison Valley | $ 10,000 |
| Pueblo Cooperative Care Center | $ 10,000 |
| Raising A Reader Aspen to Parachute | $ 7,500 |
| Rising Up | $ 10,000 |
| Riverside Education Centers | $ 7,500 |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation | $ 10,000 |
| Rocky Mountain SER | $ 20,000 |
| Rooted 303 | $ 10,000 |
| Rose Hill Townhouses | $ 3,000 |
| SafeSide Foundation | $ 15,000 |
| San Juan Development Association | $ 10,000 |
| San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition | $ 10,000 |
| Serenity Recovery Connection | $ 10,000 |
| STRiVE | $ 20,000 |
| Sunshine Home Share Colorado | $ 15,000 |
| Tall Tales Ranch | $ 10,000 |
| The Abraham Connection | $ 10,000 |
| The Family Center/La Familia | $ 15,000 |
| The Gathering Place | $ 10,000 |
| The Pinhead Institute | $ 5,000 |
| The Salvation Army (Vail Extension Center) | $ 7,500 |
| UCCS Family Development Center | $ 10,000 |
| United Way of Mesa County | $ 12,500 |
| UpRoot Colorado | $ 10,000 |
| Valley Housing Fund | $ 10,000 |
| Volunteers of America Colorado | $ 15,000 |
| We Don't Waste | $ 10,000 |
| West End Family Link Center | $ 10,000 |
| Westside CARES | $ 15,000 |
| WHALE, Inc. | $ 15,000 |
| Women Partnering | $ 10,000 |
| Women's Bean Project | $ 10,000 |
| Women's Resource Center in Durango | $ 7,500 |
| Yampa Valley Autism Program | $ 10,000 |
| Young Americans Center for Financial Education | $ 5,000 |
CHFA is not a state agency and does not receive any direct state or federal appropriations. CHFA is a self-sufficient, quasi-governmental organization serving Colorado. The Direct Effect Awards are funded by directing a portion of CHFA’s program investments and earnings to provide philanthropic support and strengthen the capacity of mission-aligned nonprofits throughout Colorado.