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.
Thornton Assistance Funds 2021 Accomplishment Reports-Submitted
In 2021 the city of Thornton funded 19 organizations with
Thornton Assistance Funds (TAF) to support nonprofit organizations that help
Thornton residents with their basic needs and become self-sufficient, including
programs and services related to food, housing, persons with disabilities, at-risk
youth, COVID response and relief, and education. 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 17, 2022, these organizations served 35,409 Thornton
residents.
Thornton Assistance Funds - 2022 Awards
City Council approved $150,000 in Thornton Assistance
Funds for 23 service 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. The
Thornton Assistance Funds Committee interviewed each organization that is
working hard fill the needs of our community. The committee
passionately debated how these very important funds should be
distributed. To the right of this page under Thornton Assistance Funds (TAF) is the Resolution for the 2022
TAF Award amounts. We appreciate each
organization that applied for funding and their service to Thornton
residents. We hope that you reapply in
the future.
Organizations that receive funding will need to complete
and submit an Accomplishment Report online by January 13, 2023. Organizations that do not submit a complete
Thornton Assistance Funds Accomplishment Report by the due date will not be
eligible for Thornton Assistance Funds the following year. Guidelines for completing and submitting the
report will be available in November 2022.
Congratulations 2022 TAF Committee Members
Congratulations to the seven
committee members Council appointed for the 2022 Thornton Assistance Funds
program. The committee was recognized by City Council who have provided a
valuable service to the City and the community. This
year’s committee members cumulatively
volunteered more than 368 hours from February through May 2022 to develop a
recommendation on how to award the grant funds. The committee, with guidance
from City Council, reviewed the 39 applications and conducted interviews with
service organizations in order to determine a funding recommendation that was approved by City Council.
NAME REPRESENTATION / WARD
Jessica Garcia Ward 1
Ruth Nester At-Large Human Services
Sarah Tidewell Ward 2
Janel Barrington Ward 3
Geri Lameman Mayoral
Michael "Mike" Robbins At-Large Financial
Franklin "Taylor" Atkinson Ward 4
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.