2025 Application Deadlines
Program Support Grant (Deadline 2)
Opens: June 5, 2025
Early Review Deadline: July 30, 2025
Closes: August 20, 2025
Cross-Sector Impact Grant
Opens: August 21, 2025
Early Review Deadline: October 1, 2025
Closes: October 22, 2025
To access the 2025 Program Support Grant Application, please follow this link: 2025 Program Support Grant August Deadline
En español: 2025 Subvención para eventos especiales - Agosto
For more detailed information, please refer to the updated Fort Fund Guidelines.
If you have any questions regarding Fort Fund you can contact Solara Clark at sclark@fcgov.com
Deadlines for the following grants have passed for the 2025 grant cycle:
2025 Special Event Grant (Deadline 1)
2025 Program Support Grant (Deadline 1)
2025 Special Event Grant (Deadline 2)
New Early Review Deadline!
Fort Fund has implemented a new Early Review Deadline. The early review deadline is designed to help streamline the application process. If you submit by this deadline, staff will review your application for eligibility and notify you of any required edits prior to the final submission deadline (e.g., appropriate request amounts, completed budget forms, eligible locations and dates).
Please note that this review is limited to eligibility requirements only—it does not include feedback on content, which is evaluated and scored by the Cultural Resources Board.
Applications submitted after the early review deadline will not be eligible for staff feedback. Any ineligible applications received by the final deadline will not be considered for funding, and revisions will not be allowed at that point.
The Fort Fund Grant Program supports projects and activities that provide arts and cultural programming to the Fort Collins community and visitors. Established in 1989, the program distributes lodging tax revenues deposited in the City’s Cultural Development and Programming Account and the Tourism Programming Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-244 of the City Code.
Fort Fund grants support nonprofit arts, cultural and tourism events that enrich the creative vitality of the community, promote local heritage and diversity, and provide opportunities for arts and cultural participation. The grants help support Fort Collins as a creative center and tourist destination and promote the health and well-being of all residents and visitors. Applications are reviewed by the City Council-appointed Cultural Resources Board before being submitted and recommended to the Fort Collins City Council for final approval. Once the City Council approves the funding recommendations, applicants are notified of the decision via email.
For more detailed information, please refer to the Fort Fund guidelines: https://www.fcgov.com/fort-fund-guidelines
Pautas traducidas al español: https://www.fcgov.com/fortfund/files/pautas-de-subvenciones