Grant Application Process
The Foundation has two annual grant application deadlines: March 1 and September 1. We ask that organizations who have received funding from us before to submit a grant report and schedule a grant report follow up call with our staff before seeking additional funding.
Ideal Grant Seeker
Each application cycle is 18 months. The grant report is due 12 months after the grant
is approved/issued, and will become the basis for the application for the next cycle.
There are 2 cycles each year: one in the spring and one in the fall.
Schedule Grant Informational Call
Click on the scheduling button to schedule an informational meeting.
Please download the application and review the questions to prepare.
FAQs
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Typically, the Foundation only supports organizations with a 501(c)3 in the name of the organization applying for the funds.
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The Kenneth King Foundation has two annual grant application deadlines: March 1 and September 1. Funding applications are accepted by invitation only. To determine your eligibility, please review our eligibility guidelines and contact us to schedule a grant informational call. Invitations to apply for funding are e-mailed to mission-aligned organizations throughout the year, generally about 45 days before the grant proposal deadlines: March 1 (invitations generally sent no later than January 2) and September 1 (invitations generally no later than June 30). From time to time, deadlines change, the web site will always have the most up-to-date grant proposal deadlines. Spring application funding decisions are made in May and Fall application funding decisions are made in November.
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Generally, decisions for application are communicated to grantees and partners 90 days after the grant proposal deadline.
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The Foundation does not accept capital requests. The Foundation supports general operating and program support requests for funding.
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Our application is based on the Colorado Common Grant Application, with a few custom questions added based on our different funding areas.
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The Foundations supports grants and PRI’s ranging from $10,000 – $200,000. An average grant is between $5,000 and $20,000. PRIs tend to range from $50,000 – $200,000.
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Program-related investments (PRIs) are charitable, below-market equity investments or loans to mission-aligned organizations. The terms and structure of PRI’s vary depending on the need and type of organization. The Foundation typically invests in entrepreneurship/job creation programs that have a reliable stream of income to service the loans and/or take on equity investment, however all other programs that meet the criteria for our focus areas could be considered. Click here to learn more about our current program related investments. The Foundation accepts PRI applications on a rolling basis throughout the year.
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There are no Program Related Investment Application deadlines. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. The best first step is to schedule an informational phone call with Foundation staff.
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We typically invest in entrepreneurship/job creation programs that have a reliable stream of income to service the loans and/or take on equity investment, however the Foundation is open to all programs that meet the criteria for our focus areas, including bridge debt for capital campaigns, secured by future grants.
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Given our small staff size, we believe AI can be helpful in analyzing grant proposals and managing the administrative aspects of understanding key ratios of an organizations: size, overhead expense, funding streams and the financial health of an organization. Key prompts we ask AI include financial health, organizational stability, and comparison of the organization's funding with organizations of like-size and mission. Given some of the information provided in grant proposals is not publicly available information, we use a private AI environment
