Summary
Operating support and project grants administered by Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) for Colorado-based 501(c)(3) creative organizations and creative-industries businesses. Grant amounts typically $5,000-$10,000. Funds artistic programming, exhibitions, performances, and public-engagement activities.
Benefit
- Percentage
- —
- Flat
- —
- Duration
- —
- Max annual
- — (taxpayer)
- Max total
- $10,000 (taxpayer)
- Carryforward
- —
Program metadata
- Distribution
- allocated
- Claimant subject
- business
- Refund/transfer election
- none
- Program family
- —
- Effective
- —
- Sunset
- —
- Application deadline
- —
- Transfer discount
- —
Hard requirements (1)
- local_approval_requiredOEDIT (or relevant division — Advanced Industries Accelerator, Colorado Creative Industries, Cannabis Business Office, COFTM, Talent Innovation, Office of Just Transition) must approve the grant award. Application via the OEDIT online portal.
Preference / tiering rules (0)
None.
NAICS industries (0)
Any.
Geo zones (1)
- statewide — · Colorado Statewide
Tags (0)
None.
Source
OEDIT Colorado Creative Industries division
Last verified: 2026-04-30
CO-statewide. Creative-industries focus. Note: the CSV originally bucketed this as OUT-OF-SCOPE-NOT-TAX (per the per-row "tax incentive" filter). Reclassified as in-scope under the expanded "company can apply for money" criterion.