Littleton Awards $81K to 16 Non-Profits For Local Partnerships

LITTLETON, CO – The Littleton City Council announced the awardees of the city's Local Partnership Grants on Tuesday. As part of the city's budget process each year, the council considers requests for discretionary grants from nonprofit organizations serving Littleton residents.

For 2019, the city council granted $81,900 to 16 different organizations:

• Love, Inc. $ 2,500
• All Health Network $10,000
• Arapahoe Community College Foundation $1,000
• Arapahoe County Mayors & Commissioners Youth Awards $ 500
• Arapahoe Rescue Patrol $ 1,500
• Arapahoe Santa Claus Shop $ 500
• Doctors Care $15,000
• Gateway Domestic Violence Services $ 5,000
• Humane Society of the South Platte Valley $ 4,500
• Integrated Family & Community Services $20,000
• Littleton Crabapple Route $ 1,500
• Littleton Public Schools Foundation $ 3,500
• North Littleton Promise $ 5,000
• Rocky Mountain Stroke Center $ 1,000
• Meals on Wheels $ 8,400
• GraceFull Foundation $ 2,000

The largest grant went to Integrated Family & Community Services for $20,000. Founded in 1964, with a $2 million budget, the organization "provides immediate assistance to those facing imminent homelessness and many more combating food insecurity, coupled with other issues associated with poverty," according to their grant application.

You can read the grant applications here.

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