Arts Grants in Colorado Springs: Where Artists and Arts Groups Can Find Funding
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Colorado is a haven for creative types of all stripes, but they can’t live on love alone from their audiences and gallery visitors. Fortunately, the state and our region have resources that assist individuals and visual arts and performing arts organizations so they can keep doing the work they love.
Statewide
Colorado Creative Industries
CCI’s mission is to “promote, support and expand the creative industries to drive Colorado’s economy, grow jobs and enhance our quality of life. The creative economy subgroups are design, film and media, literary and publishing, performing arts, visual arts and design, and heritage.”
Grants and Awards
Colorado Creates Grant
Arts in Society Grant
Colorado Poet Laureate
Governor’s Creative Leadership Award
Folk and Traditional Arts Project Grant
Arts Education
Equity in Arts Learning for Colorado Youth Grant
Poetry Out Loud Competition
Community Development
Call Yourself Creative Program
Colorado Creative Districts
Space to Create Colorado
Colorado Community Revitalization Grant
Colorado Community Revitalization Tax Credit
Professional Development
CCI Summit
Colorado Change Leader Program
Public Art
Art in Public Places
Creative Capitol Exhibition
The Pikes Peak Region
Bee Vradenburg Foundation
The BVF offers several types of grants: general operating, program, capacity-building, challenge, capital projects and outreach. Grantees include Millibo Art Theatre, Knob Hill Urban Arts District, the Manitou Art Center and the Colorado Springs Chorale.
beevradenburgfoundation.org →
Chapman Foundation
The foundation offers grants for performing arts and visual arts in Colorado Springs. It provides funding for general operations, projects and programs, capital needs (brick and mortar, equipment purchases, etc.) and organization capacity building. Amounts range from $1,000 to $10 million.
chapmantrusts.org →
El Pomar Foundation
El Pomar offers competitive grants, El Pomar’s Funds (for specific focus or geographic areas) and invitation-only grants. The grants are geared to support museums, historical associations and community arts programs, among other sectors, all to carry out the mission of Spencer and Julie Penrose.
elpomar.org →
Give Pikes Peak
This organization encourages people to explore ways to make connections; it’s not always about making donations. One of its mottos: “Give an hour, a hand, a hello. 30-plus ways to show up for your neighbors.” In 2025, 1,781 donors gave $881,351 to 74 nonprofits.
givepikespeak.org →
Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation
The Edmondson Foundation supports nonprofits working in various sectors, including the arts. Recipients have included Concrete Couch, the Colorado Springs Conservatory and the Youth Documentary Academy.
jhedmondson.org →
Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage
A small percentage of Manitou Springs’ use and sales taxes goes to this city-administered initiative. MACH distributes 34% of its funds via annual awards and grants to arts, culture and heritage projects and programs in Manitou Springs; the remaining funds go to historic buildings in the city.
manitouspringsco.gov →
Manitou Springs Community Foundation
The MSCF’s mission is to support projects that promote community connections, stewardship and well-being. Funded nonprofits include the Manitou Music Foundation, the Blue Hands Project and Clayfest.
manitouspringscommunityfoundation.org →
Pikes Peak Community Foundation
The PPCF administers the Pikes Peak Fund for the Arts, which aims to enhance culture in the region. Previous grantees include the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region and Rocky Mountain Highway, which organizes the annual MeadowGrass music festival.
ppcf.org →
The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region does not provide funding, but is a valuable resource for programs, collaborations and other opportunities.
The Pueblo Arts Alliance administers the city’s Creative Corridor, promotes events and strengthens collaboration among arts and business organizations. Also in Pueblo, the Creative Consortium of Pueblo promotes the area’s creative arts community.
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