★ upcoming · enrollment opening
Community Grant Rounds
Community-decided grant rounds that put funds directly into the hands of the people doing the work of caring for the Front Range.
CGR
Pillar · Flowing money to the work
SPIRIT raises money so it can flow directly to the local projects this place most needs — with the priorities set by the people who actually live here, not by a distant board.
Anyone can propose a project: a community garden, a watershed restoration, a mutual aid fund, a cultural preservation effort. Our grant rounds use a community-weighted system designed to amplify the voices of many small contributors rather than concentrating power with a few large ones.
This is not a boardroom deciding what’s good for you. It is the people of this place deciding for themselves.
The first round is being designed now. Sign up to hear when applications open.
★ The SPIRIT paths all interconnect
Each program weaves with the others.
Solidarity Suppers build relationships. Commons Teach-Ins build understanding. The Neighborhood Resiliency Program builds capacity. Allocation Rounds put resources in motion. You can enter anywhere.
→ Culturing
Commons Teach-Ins
Free monthly sessions on how communities have actually taken care of land together — past and present. Open to everyone. No prerequisites.
→ Belonging
Solidarity Suppers
Long-table dinners that bring together community leaders, elders, and Indigenous neighbors — with listening circles, storytelling, and the slow building of relationships.
→ Coordination
Neighborhood Resiliency Programs
Free 12-session training that gives a small group of neighbors the relationships, skills, and plan to weather an emergency together — instead of alone.