El Pomar Foundation’s Competitive Grant Process is open on a rolling basis to eligible Colorado nonprofit organizations and government entities. El Pomar’s broad grantmaking scope includes health and human services, along with education, civic/community initiatives, arts and culture. Competitive grants may support general operations, programs and capital projects.
Funding: El Pomar does not publish a formal maximum request amount for the competitive process. Its current guidelines report average grant sizes over the last five years of $2,500-$10,000 for general operating support, $2,500-$10,000 for program grants and $15,000-$25,000 for capital grants. Applicants may request more, but awards are made at Trustee discretion and requests are often funded below the amount requested.
Deadline and timing: There is no fixed application deadline. Applications are accepted year-round. The next published Trustee review dates are September 18, 2026 and December 4, 2026. El Pomar asks applicants to submit a complete competitive or Fund application at least 10 weeks before a Trustee meeting to ensure eligibility for that review; incomplete applications may move to a later meeting. For the December 4, 2026 meeting, that guidance implies a practical target around September 25, 2026, but this is timing guidance rather than a hard deadline. No submission clock time or time zone is published.
Eligibility and geography: Applicants must be active 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or government equivalents, or use a qualified fiscal agent, and the funded activities must take place in Colorado. El Pomar states that Trustees are especially interested in increasing support in Southern and rural Colorado. Metro Denver applicants may apply, but competition is described as substantially stronger there.
Match / cost share: No mandatory match or statutory cost-share requirement is stated for the competitive process. For program and capital requests, El Pomar recommends that applicants have about half of the needed funds secured before applying. Atlas is treating this as a competitiveness recommendation, not a required match.
Allowable request types: general operating support, programs and capital needs. El Pomar does not accept competitive or Fund applications for endowments, individuals, religious-program support, deficits or debt elimination, travel/conferences/conventions/group meetings/seminars, projects to influence legislation or support political candidates, video or other media projects, or scientific research projects/studies. Camps, research projects/studies and most K-12 school requests require prior approval; limited capital requests from non-publicly funded secondary schools may be considered.
Prior-award eligibility rules: an organization funded through the competitive process generally cannot be considered again through that process until at least three years from the Trustee meeting at which the award was made or one year from final payment, whichever is later. An organization declined through the competitive process generally must wait one year from the Trustee meeting date before being considered again.
Submission and registration: applications are accepted only through El Pomar’s online Grants Portal. El Pomar transitioned to a new grants-management system in April 2026. First-time users of the new system must create a new account; existing organizational grant history is typically merged into the new account within one to two business days. Applicants should verify their organization profile and current contact/mailing information before submission.
Contact: Grants Office, grants@elpomar.org, 719-633-7733. Erica Oakley-Courage is Associate Vice President of Grants and Mikayla Jordan is Grants Manager.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 88/100. N9+ Fit Score: 62/100 conditional. QC Healthcare / other Dr. Miltie service fit: 15/100. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: 0/100.
This is a meaningful Colorado rural-health and community-health funding source because health is an express focus area, Southern and rural Colorado receive heightened interest, and capital needs are an eligible request type. A Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform could be a legitimate component of an applicant-led rural access, telehealth-enabled clinical service or healthcare capital project when the applicant can demonstrate local need, sustainability and community support. The fit remains conditional because El Pomar does not specifically identify telehealth or remote-examination technology as a preferred use, and typical capital awards are modest relative to many clinical-technology projects. Device allowability and project structure should therefore be confirmed for each applicant before outreach or package work.
Dr. Miltie, LLC is not an eligible direct applicant because the competitive process is limited to eligible Colorado nonprofit organizations, government equivalents or qualified fiscal-agent structures. Applicant-side pursuits must also verify the organization’s El Pomar competitive-grant cooldown history before treating it as currently eligible.