The Get Grounded Foundation 2026 Grant Application is open for nonprofit organizations supporting the healthy development of children and youth in the Denver or Boulder metro areas. The 2026 cycle focuses on youth mental health, child abuse and neglect prevention, and childhood food insecurity.
Funding: the current 2026 program page states that micro-grants range from $2,500 to $5,000. A currently linked older grantee checklist references a higher historical ceiling, but Atlas uses the current 2026 page as controlling for award range.
Deadline: October 16, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. MT. GroundFloor Media’s current 2026 grant announcement states applications close at 5 p.m. MT on Friday, October 16.
Eligibility and geography: applicants should be nonprofit organizations directly serving children and youth from birth through age 18 in the Denver or Boulder metro areas. The Foundation’s currently linked grantee checklist also asks whether the nonprofit has been operating for at least two years and whether the proposed work is an innovative or entrepreneurial program needing seed funding, or an expansion of a program previously funded by the Foundation.
Program priorities: eligible proposals must directly support at least one of the Foundation’s three current priority areas: youth mental health, child abuse and neglect prevention, or childhood food insecurity. Atlas prioritizes the youth mental-health pathway for Colorado healthcare intelligence.
Eligible costs / procurement controls: the current public materials describe micro-grant seed support for innovative or entrepreneurial programming but do not publish a detailed line-item eligible-cost schedule, medical-device rule, telehealth procurement rule, vendor rule, or subcontractor rule. Any technology, equipment, clinical-service, or vendor expense must therefore be confirmed as allowable before it is represented as grant-eligible.
Match / cost share: no mandatory match or cost-share requirement is stated in the current official public materials reviewed by Atlas.
Submission: applications are submitted through the Foundation’s online Microsoft Forms application linked from the official 2026 grant page. Applicants should use the live application and Foundation page as controlling for all required fields and current instructions.
Issuer/contact: Get Grounded Foundation, established by GroundFloor Media, 1923 Market St., Denver, CO 80202; GroundFloor Media main phone 303-865-8110. The current public grant page does not publish a dedicated grant-program email, so Atlas does not infer one.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 84/100. N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. QC Healthcare / other Dr. Miltie fit: 0/100. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: 0/100.
This is a legitimate, currently open Colorado youth-mental-health funding source with a strong mission match for community behavioral-health nonprofits, but the small award size and program-seed structure do not support a defensible N9+ or QC commercial pathway. Atlas should not force a remote physical examination or clinical-technology fit.
Provisional applicant prospect: Rise Against Suicide — 95/100 applicant opportunity score. It is a Boulder-area nonprofit founded in 2009 that provides fully funded therapy access for youth experiencing suicidal ideation, serves Boulder, Longmont and surrounding communities, and appears on the Foundation’s past/present grantee list. Because prior grantees may pursue expansion funding under the Foundation’s published criteria, this is a credible applicant fit subject to confirmation of the organization’s intended 2026 project and live application requirements. Current organizational contacts include Interim Executive Director Brittny Wilson and Development Manager Kellie Brown.