FORT COLLINS - Bohemian Foundation, a Fort Collins-based grantmaking organization, has awarded a total of $522,500 in Pharos Fund grants to 42 local nonprofit groups. The grants, offered twice a year, are to be used to "encourage and enable youth to thrive, empower individuals and families on the path toward economic stability, and strengthen our vibrant community," according to a foundation news release. Bohemian Foundation will begin accepting applications for the next Pharos Fund round in August. Grant funding was awarded to the following groups: Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County, $10,000 Book Trust, $30,000 Break Free Inc., $1,000 Bright by Three, $5,000 CARE Housing, $10,000 CASA of Larimer County, $25,000 College Now Department, Front Range Community College, $10,000 Colorado Health Network Inc., $5,000 Crossroads Safehouse Inc., $22,000 Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Poudre School District, $15,000 Division of External Relations, Colorado State University, $8,500 Early Childhood Council of Larimer County, $15,000 Early Childhood Education Program, Poudre School District, $15,000 Education and Outreach Center, Colorado State University, $5,000 Feeding Our Community Ourselves Inc., FoCo Cafe, $10,000 Food Bank for Larimer County, $30,000 Fort Collins Mural Project, $4,000 Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, $25,000 Homeward Alliance, $10,000 Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain Inc., $5,000 Larimer County Economic and Workforce Development Department, $15,000 Larimer County Partners Inc., $10,000 Launch: Community Through Skateboarding, $7,500 Light of the Rockies Christian Counseling Center, $5,000 Live the Victory Inc., $30,000 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc., $5,000 Neighbor to Neighbor Inc., $30,000 Origins Zoological, $5,000 Partnership For Age-Friendly Communities in Larimer County, $5,000 Poudre High School, $10,000 Project 31:25, $5,000 Project Self-Sufficiency of Loveland-Fort Collins, $20,000 Putnam Elementary School, $22,500 Reach Out and Read Colorado, $5,000 Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center, $20,000 Special Olympics Colorado, $5,000 Sproutin' Up Corp., $5,000 The Community Literacy Center, Colorado State University, $5,000 The Family Center/La Familia, $30,000 The Growing Project, $8,000 Wellington Middle School, $9,000 Young People in Recovery, $5,000 The post Bohemian Foundation offers more than $500K in grant funds appeared first on BizWest.
