Our Vision
We envision a society that values the contributions of women, prepares our children for productive and contributing lives and ensures that women and their families are economically self-sufficient.

Our Mission
Chambers Family Fund supports regional and national not-for-profit organizations that create systems change, improve the quality and circumstances of life and reflect our values and interests. We invest time, expertise and funding in organizations that help women become economically self-sufficient, enhance the early care and education of children, strengthen justice, equality and opportunity, and enrich the arts and culture.

Our Methods
We seek opportunities to fund organizations within our priority areas that serve a unique role in the community, state or region. Much of our grantmaking is made through strategic alliances and partnerships with other funders and grantees.

Our approach is based on an engaged-funding philosophy. We invest in systems change to eliminate barriers for people today and create opportunity for future generations. Beneficial change often requires long-term investment, and, to that end, we often provide multi-year general operating support, reflecting the Fund’s commitment to administrative efficiency and flexibility. We build organizational capacity by establishing close, long-term relationships with our grantees and encouraging comprehensive planning and program development. We believe that risk taking and creativity are necessary to effectively address community needs and we are open to unique and unanticipated ideas and projects that fulfill the mission of the Fund. We further believe that sharing knowledge and best practices is an effective way to maximize our grantees’ potential impacts and can often spark innovative thinking, leading to the creation of new frameworks that shape and guide our work.

Funding Guidelines
While we have no geographical restrictions on eligibility for funding, we primarily make grants in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region. We identify organizations and projects for funding through internal research and in collaboration with other grantmakers and colleagues.

We do not accept unsolicited proposals. If you feel your work is well matched with our priorities, you may present your organization and the focus of your work via email to info@chambersfund.org. We may request a grant proposal and encourage all prospective grantees to use the Colorado Common Grant Application (*PDF) and the Colorado Common Grant Report (*PDF).

Update on Our Grantmaking
Like many other foundations, Chambers Family Fund has experienced a decline in its assets. Our first step has been to look inward and reduce our operating budget. In our grantmaking, we have consistently exceeded our payout projections in past years and we will honor grant commitments made in previous years. However, in the coming year, Chambers Family Fund will not make new commitments or fund new initiatives that we otherwise might have considered.

We will work with our grantees to find ways to leverage our creative capital and assist our nonprofit partners withstand these current economic hardships and continue their vital work long into the future.

If you have questions, please contact us via email at .

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