OUR GRANTEES

Chinook Fund believes communities are best equipped to solve the challenges they face.

By trusting grassroots leadership and providing funding to groups led by and for communities impacted by injustice, we support Colorado’s movements for social justice.

Center for Community Wealth Building

APRI Denver, CO
A. Philip Randolph Institute Denver Chapter – $10,000

A. Philip Randolph Institute Denver Chapter – $10,000

Abundant Black Health – $4,000

Abundant Black Health – $4,000

Alchemy Ritual Goods logo with birds and flowers
Alchemy Ritual Goods – Multi-year, $20,000

Alchemy Ritual Goods – Multi-year, $20,000

Three youth stand with four adults at a medical clinic
Antonito Together – $10,000

Antonito Together – $10,000

Seven people of color sit together at a picnic table
Citizens Project – $10,000

Citizens Project – $10,000

Auditorium with speaker presenting at front of room
Colectivo De Paz – $4,000

Colectivo De Paz – $4,000

Binisha Shrestha
Colorado Nepalese Community – $4,000

Colorado Nepalese Community – $4,000

Five Latinx folks pose for a Christmas themed holiday photo
Conectoras de Montbello – $4,000

Conectoras de Montbello – $4,000

Person walking down city sidewalk with several bags and graffiti in the background
Denver Alliance for Street Health Response – Multi-year, $20,000

Denver Alliance for Street Health Response – Multi-year, $20,000

Four people stand in school gym with poster on the wall calling for less funding for police riot gear and more funding for school arts
Globeville Elyria Swansea Community Investment Fund – $10,000

Globeville Elyria Swansea Community Investment Fund – $10,000

Four Native people pose for a photo outdoors
Indigenous Wellbriety Program – $10,000

Indigenous Wellbriety Program – $10,000

Lideres Latinx
Lideres Latinx – $10,000

Lideres Latinx – $10,000

#Rewrite Black Motherhood
Matrescence – $10,000

Matrescence – $10,000

Mo Betta Green marketplace, collage of images of garden vegetables
Mo’ Betta Green – $10,000

Mo’ Betta Green – $10,000

Montbello Walks, community health programming
Montbello Walks – $10,000

Montbello Walks – $10,000

The Outer Haven
Outer Haven – $10,000

Outer Haven – $10,000

Collage of photos of Asian women in community together through dance, talking circles, and yoga
PABNEEG – $10,000

PABNEEG – $10,000

Group of 5 women pose for a photo
REshape – $4,000

REshape – $4,000

Sister-to-Sister: International Network of Professional African American Women
Sister-to-Sister, Inc. – $4,000

Sister-to-Sister, Inc. – $4,000

TruNorth
TruNorth Foundation – $10,000

TruNorth Foundation – $10,000

Group of 9 Black women gathered for professional headshot style photo
The Black Girl Advocate – $10,000

The Black Girl Advocate – $10,000

Group of African people sit together in a community meeting room
Umoja of Africa Foundation – $10,000

Umoja of Africa Foundation – $10,000

Becoming a leader, text circled by feathers
Wakaska Yuza Native Youth Leaders – $4,000

Wakaska Yuza Native Youth Leaders – $4,000

Youth sits at microphone at front of multiracial room
Youth Empowerment Broadcasting Organization – $10,000

Youth Empowerment Broadcasting Organization – $10,000

Group of protestors gather around a megaphone
Denver Metro Tenants Union – $4,000

Denver Metro Tenants Union – $4,000

El movimiento sigue. The movement continues.
El Movimiento Sigue – $10,000

El Movimiento Sigue – $10,000

Large group photo of Latino parents and children smile at camera
Colorado River Valley Team – $10,000

Colorado River Valley Team – $10,000

Lakota Way Healing Center
Healing Hoop Inc. – $10,000

Healing Hoop Inc. – $10,000

Performers in skeleton outfits on Muertos en Westwood sign
Hecho en Westwood – $10,000

Hecho en Westwood – $10,000

Protesters standing outside camping tents on city sidewalk
Housekeys Action Network Denver – Multi-year, $20,000

Housekeys Action Network Denver – Multi-year, $20,000

Indigiqueer and here! Round button with progressive flag.
Ignacio Out and Equal Alliance – $10,000

Ignacio Out and Equal Alliance – $10,000

Lamar Unidos – Multi-year, $20,000

Lamar Unidos – Multi-year, $20,000

Mahogany Mothers Circle
Mahogany Mothers Circle – $10,000

Mahogany Mothers Circle – $10,000

#MMDR
Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Coalition – $10,000

Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Coalition – $10,000

Four women sewing together
Sheridan Rising Together for Equity – $10,000

Sheridan Rising Together for Equity – $10,000

End ICE protest sign
Shut Down GEO Aurora – $4,000

Shut Down GEO Aurora – $4,000

Slut Walk Denver No-one ever asks for it
SlutWalk Denver – $4,000

SlutWalk Denver – $4,000

Una Mano Una Esperanza – $10,000

Una Mano Una Esperanza – $10,000

Six people of color in hiking gear sit next to a creek
Voices of the Land – $10,000

Voices of the Land – $10,000

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