Thornton Assistance Funds (TAF) Grant Program

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.

Congratulations New 2025 TAF Committee Members!

Congratulations to the 3 (in bold) new committee members Council appointed for the 2025 Thornton Assistance Funds program!  Starting in February, the TAF Committee will be reviewing applications, interviewing nonprofit organizations, and developing a funding recommendation for Council. 

2025 TAF Council Priorities

On December 10, 2024, the TAF Committee recommended priorities to City Council intended to guide the TAF Committee’s review of grant applications and recommendations for funding in 2025.  City Council supported the TAF Committee’s recommended 2025 priorities.  The Thornton Assistance Fund Committee shall prioritize nonprofit applications for Thornton Assistance Funds according to the following rank:

1. Housing & Homelessness
2. Food
3. Health & Medical
4. Human Services

Within each category identified above, the Thornton Assistance Fund Committee shall prioritize nonprofit applications that consider the following:

Accessibility: Nonprofits that offer the most accessible services to Thornton residents (e.g., in-home services, nonprofit provided transportation/delivery, location near a bus route/light rail) will be prioritized over those nonprofits that do not.

Percentage of residents served: Nonprofits will be ranked based on the percentage of Thornton residents served of the overall number of people served by the organization.

To read the Resolution Accepting the TAF Committee Recommended Priorities for 2025 click the button below:

Resolution - 2025 TAF Committee Priorities [PDF/880KB]

2025 TAF Applications - Submitted

Community Connections received 39 applications for the 2025 Thornton Assistance Funds (TAF) program. Staff is preparing all applications, reports, and creating the interview schedule for the Kickoff Meeting that is scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 6^th from 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Community Connections (9471 Dorothy Blvd.).  After the initial Kickoff Meeting the TAF Committee will be meeting for the following 12 weeks to review the 2025 TAF applications, interview the nonprofit organizations, and determine a Funding Recommendation for Council. Of the 39 applications that were submitted, there is $660,256.64 worth of requests and $307,800 is available for funding.  The first week of interviews are scheduled to start on Thursday, February 13^th from 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Community Connections (9471 Dorothy Blvd.).

2024 TAF Accomplishment Reports - Submitted

In 2024 the city of Thornton funded 28 organizations that help Thornton residents to overcome various barriers.  By funding these organizations, 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 to deliver meals to seniors, or people fighting a life-threatening illness.  Based on the reports that were submitted on January 15, 2025, together these organizations served 18,522 Thornton residents.