​Thornton Assistance Funds (TAF) Grant Program

Since 1983, the city of Thornton has provided grant funds to assist nonprofit organizations that help Thornton residents meet their basic needs and enhance their ability to be self-sufficient. Basic needs are identified as food, housing, health and medical, or human services. Nonprofit organizations that help people move from relying on private or public assistance to providing for one's own needs is also eligible for funding. A committee of residents reviews the grant applications and makes a recommendation to City Council.

TAF 2022 Accomplishment Reports - Submitted

In 2022 the city of Thornton funded 23 organizations that help Thornton residents to overcome various barriers, especially the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping them to become self-sufficient.  This gives Thornton residents the opportunity to have access to basic needs, like food, housing, health and medical resources.  Some of the programs and services that were funded were to advance dual-generation work to strengthen families, nurture children, homelessness prevention assistance, Independent Living Services for Thornton residents with disabilities, and to help supply food banks and food programs deliver meals to seniors, or people fighting a life-threatening illness.  Based on the reports that were submitted on January 13, 2023, these organizations served 50,550 Thornton residents.

TAF - 2023 Applications Submitted

Community Connections received 39 applications for the Thornton Assistance Funds. Staff is preparing all applications, reports, and schedules for the Kickoff Meeting on Thursday, February 9, 2023, from 
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.  For the following 10 weeks, the TAF Committee Members will review the 39 applications, interview the nonprofit organizations, and determine a funding recommendation for Council.  Of the 39 applications that were submitted, there is over $486,458 worth of requests and $150,000 is available for funding.  Interviews will start on Thursday, February 16, 2023.

Congratulations NEW 2023 TAF Committee Members

Congratulations to the seven committee members Council appointed for the 2023 Thornton Assistance Funds program.  The committee will spend the next couple of months reviewing applications, interviewing nonprofit organizations, and developing a funding recommendation for Council.

For additional information about the Thornton Assistance Funds Program, you can connect with Tina Kidd by phone at 720-977-5800 or email Connections@ThorntonCO.gov.