ARVADA, Colo. (May 21, 2020) – Community First Foundation has awarded $454,750 in grant funding is to 59 Jefferson County nonprofits through its Jeffco Hope Fund, a fund established to address critical emergency response needs in Jefferson County.

Round 2 awards are focused on Nonprofit Stabilization efforts for Jeffco nonprofits that may not be providing direct services but have been negatively impacted due to suspended programming, canceled fundraising events and/or shrinking or lack of resources to continue their work during this period of social isolation.

The Jeffco Hope Fund was established to meet emergent needs and strengthen and stabilize Jeffco community organizations responding to and impacted by COVID-19. Round 1 awards focused on supporting frontline organizations providing direct services to mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19.  Support the Jeffco Hope Fund.

Round 2 Awards:

• 9Health Fair
• A Little Help
• A Shared Vision: Partners in Pediatric Blindness and Visual
• Adaptive Adventures
• America’s Kids Belong, Inc.
• Animal Assisted Therapy Programs of Colorado
• Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Arvada Visitors Center
• Beyond Home
• Butterfly Pavilion
• Carin’ Clinic
• Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
• Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
• Colorado Mountain Club
• Community Educational Outreach
• David Clifton Ministries Inc
• Dawg Nation Hockey Foundation
• Dominican Home Health Agency Inc.
• Easter Seals Colorado
• Edgewater Collective
• Energy Resource Center
• Epic Experience
• Evergreen Scholarship/Bootstraps, Inc.
• Family Tree, Inc.
• Foothills Art Center
• Girls on the Run of the Rockies
• Gold Crown Foundation, Inc.
• Golden Civic Foundation
• Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver
• Havern School
• Home Builders Foundation of Metro Denver
• Hope House Colorado
• ICAST
• Inner City Health Center
• Jefferson County Library Foundation
• Joyful Journeys Community Enrichment
• Mountain Resource Center, Inc.
• National Sports Center for the Disabled
• Night Lights
• PeaceWorks, Inc.
• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Inc
• Ralston House
• Redistribution Center, Inc.
• Resilience1220
• Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation
• Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association
• Seniors’ Resource Center, Inc.
• Shining Stars Foundation
• Sprout City Farms
• Tesoro Cultural Center
• The Adoption Exchange
• The Arc – Jefferson, Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties
• The Center for People with Disabilities
• The Chanda Plan Foundation
• The Learning Source
• The Salvation Army
• Westminster Legacy Foundation
• Wish of a Lifetime
• Young Americans Center for Financial Education