Location: 711 Park Avenue West, Denver, 80205 CO
EIN: 84-0404235
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2020
MHUW understands the power dynamic between funders and nonprofits and exploits it. Their staff are regularly condescending to grantees. Their grant requirements are paternalistic (quarterly trainings on unrelated topics, only certain staff allowed to interact, etc).
Colorado
Current or former grantee
Funded for lesser amount
2020
Bad
They will make themselves available for calls, but are not open with guidance until awarded. Then, feedback or support will be provided, but often in a very condescending way.
Average
Treat grantees with common decency and respect (and ensure all your staff do the same). From there, start reducing the extensive and taxing grant requirements. They don’t improve your outcomes or your grantees’.
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Reviewer 6547 - Grant Applicant - applied in 2018
Get to know the people, and follow the guidelines carefully
Gives more than money, Insightful, "Gets" nonprofits and issues
Colorado
Current or former grantee
Funded for greater amount
2018
Average
The higher you are trying to get on the hierarchy, the less likely you are to have an actual conversation.
Average
I think that they are collecting data, and I expect that eventually they'll release it. But it's hard to say. They're a massive bureaucracy, so a lot of what I learn about them, I learn through rumor.
The requirements after being awarded funds are pretty burdensome. Our grant writer had to attend a workshop on grant writing?
Very bureaucratic, and some good people buried in there.
Great facility with outstanding meeting space - call early to get a reservation, though.
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2016
The process isn't too complicated, however, it's very clear that their funding scope can seem wide but actually be narrow in terms of what gets funded.
Friendly, Responsive
Colorado
Applied and not funded
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2016
Good
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I think that given the environment of Denver (which is very casual) their formality makes them seem somewhat unapproachable. They could also stand to be more progressive with their funding, especially for organizations led by people of color.
Very traditional application and approval processes. They tend towards safer and more established nonprofits, which often means large and mostly-white nonprofits.
They have great availability to the community.
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