Local Partnership Funding and Stadium District Funding

The 2025 grant application is now closed as of July 15, 2024.

Each year the Littleton City Council considers requests for discretionary grants, historically from nonprofit organizations that serve Littleton residents, and awards the grants to the organizations during the budget process. For the 2025 award cycle, the city is including distribution of Stadium District Funding as part of the same application process. Stadium District Funding was a one-time payment to the city related to the purchase of the Denver Broncos Football Club to be spent on youth activity programs. To qualify for these funds, applicants must demonstrate how their use of the funds will benefit youth activity programs in the community. Additionally, local partnership funding is no longer considering arts, culture, and tourism applications, as these applications should be directed to the arts and culture grants supported by the lodgers tax approved by voters in 2022. This is a competitive process as council always receives more requests than it has funds available.

  • Applicants will be notified of funding decisions in October 2024
  • Local Partnership Funding awards will be distributed in January 2025
  • Stadium District Funding awards will be distributed in November 2024 

Application Guidelines

Requests may include operational, one-time special purpose grants, or event sponsorships (in-kind or cash).

Preference is given to:

  • Programs and events historically supported by the city that directly serve Littleton citizens;
  • Programs with greatest community impact;
  • Programs with the highest number of Littleton resident participants;
  • Established service providers within the city

For Stadium District Funding only

Grants will not be awarded for:

  • Debt or deficit reduction;
  • Events outside the Littleton city limits;
  • Capital improvements;
  • For-profit events and/or activities

Other considerations:

  • All applicants must agree to reference the city as a sponsor for programs supported via monetary grants or in-kind sponsorship;
  • Individual awards are capped at $25,000 for most applicants unless the award will directly benefit the youth activity programs in the City of Littleton;
  • Applicants must submit a brief written summary to the Littleton City Manager’s office of how prior years' funds from Littleton, if received, were used and contributed to the community with any subsequent applications in the year the funds were received.
  • For questions about the process, contact the program administrator cmll@littletongov.org

Grant Recipients

'24 Local Partnership Funds

Human Services

  • Acts4 Community Outreach Services, INC dba Love INC of Littleton  - $4,250
  • Acts4 Community Outreach Services, INC dba Love INC of Littleton - $2,750
  • Arapahoe Mental Health Center dba AllHealth Network - $5,800
  • Break Bread - $8,400
  • Doctors Care - $5,050
  • Family Tree Inc - $3,100
  • First Presbyterian Church of Littleton - $1,750
  • Aurora-Arapahoe Battered Women’s Shelter DBA Gateway Domestic Violence Services - $2,050
  • GraceFull Foundation - $1,500
  • HAAT Force South Metro Inc - $6,050
  • Integrated Family Community Services - $4,900
  • North Littleton Promise - $3,800
  • Nourish Meals on Wheels - $7,800
  • Littleton Transportation Network DBA South Metro Community Foundation- $2,450 and In-Kind
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society Particular Council of Denver - $2,400

Community Events

  • Littleton Public Schools Foundation - $1,150 and In-Kind
  • Western Welcome Week - In-Kind

Other

  • Arapahoe Santa Claus Shop - $900
  • CWA Littleton Inc (Cycling Without Age Littleton) - $1,450
  • Humane Society of the South Platte Valley - $2,050
  • Roots Colorado Inc DBA Dirt - $4,000
  • Total of all categories - $71,600

'23 Local Partnership Funds

Human Services

  • AllHealth Network - $7,350
  • Break Bread - $6,800
  • Doctors Care - $7,800
  • Family Tree Inc. - $2,900
  • First Presbyterian Church Littleton - $1,450
  • Gateway Domestic Violence Services - $2,450
  • GraceFull Community Café and Foundation - $1,300
  • Integrated Family Community Services - $4,850
  • Littleton Family Services - $4,950
  • Love INC of Littleton - $5,850
  • North Littleton Promise - $2,500
  • Nourish Meals on Wheels - $8,650
  • Rocky Mountain Stroke Center - $1,850
  • Rotary Club of Littleton/Littleton Rotary Foundation - $1,350, In-Kind
  • South Metro Community Foundation – In-Kind
  • St. Mary Society of St. Vincent de Paul - $1,550

Community Events

  • Littleton High School - $550, In-Kind
  • Littleton Public Schools Foundation - $1,050, In-Kind

Arts, Culture and Tourism

  • Bega Littleton Sister City Exchange (BLSCE) - $700
  • Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum, Inc. - $750, In-Kind
  • Historic Littleton, Inc. - $1,550, In-Kind
  • Littleton Chorale DBA Voices West - $1,750
  • Littleton Fine Arts Guild - Depot Art Gallery - $1,400
  • Littleton Symphony Orchestra - $3,200
  • Littleton Town Hall Arts Center - $3,950
  • Roxborough Arts Council - $1,550
  • Western Welcome Week – In-Kind

Other

  • Arapahoe Community College Foundation - $2,350
  • Humane Society of the South Platte Valley - $2,050
  • Roots Colorado DBA Dirt - $3,400

'23 Stadium District Funds

  • Bemis Public Library - $5,700
  • Binning Family Foundation - $29,300
  • Daniel C. Freng for Calvary Baptist Church of Littleton - $4,500
  • Dr. Shawn Stein Funding Managed by Littleton Public Schools - $62,000
  • Frank Atwood for Littleton High School Chess Club Funding Managed by Littleton Public Schools Foundation - $300
  • Littleton Lions Baseball c/o Lions Sports Booster Club - $54,300
  • Littleton Public Schools and LPS Foundation - Launch East Community Center Project - $200,000
  • Littleton Public Schools and LPS Foundation - Epic Campus Summer School and Camps - $85,850
  • Littleton Public Schools and LPS Foundation - East Community Center Youth Activities - $137,150
  • North Littleton Promise - $48,150
  • Samba Colorado Funding Managed by Boulder County Arts Alliance - $3,000
  • The Littleton Chorale dba Voices West - $950
  • The Littleton Chorale dba Voices West - $1,000
  • Littleton Town Hall Arts Center (THAC) - $19,200
  • YMCA of Metro Denver - $110,000
  • Total - $761,400