Programs and Funding

  • This program commissions artwork for people to enjoy in publicly accessible areas inside and outside of state buildings.
  • These loans provide up to $250 million in working capital loans to Colorado small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • This grant helps organizations and communities create art and cultural activities through general operating support funding.
  • This incentive encourages film production in Colorado with a performance-based rebate for up to 20% of qualified expenses.
  • This fund provides helps small to medium-sized businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic get loans.
  • The Community Business Preservation Program provides grants, as well as training and consultation support, to groups of geographically proximate and culturally similar businesses that are facing displacement pressures and that hold cultural, social, or historical significance in Colorado.
  • This grant helps Colorado communities plan economic development projects that create or retain permanent jobs.
  • This program helps Colorado artists by highlighting their work through rotating art exhibitions to the State Capitol building.
  • This grant helps local colleges, universities, and high schools fund a specific film project for students.
  • This program is eight sessions, each lasting 2.5-3 hours, where a professional filmmaker works with high school teachers to cover scriptwriting, production, filming, and editing.
  • This grant provides financial support to help communities start and host successful film festivals in Colorado.
  • This grant provides marketing funds to help rural areas attract out-of-state companies to create new jobs in their communities.
  • The Professional Pathways Program program is a tier based professional networking and development program for film students across the state.
  • Este programa entrega asistencia técnica y pequeños subsidios a pequeñas empresas en Colorado para ayudar a estos negocios a establecerse legalmente en el estado.
  • This grant and tax credit helps new businesses start in or move into rural, economically distressed areas and hire new employees.
  • This grant helps businesses and nonprofits create customized job training for employees.
  • This grant helps small businesses expand internationally by funding international business development activities.
  • The VCA partners with professional fund managers to make seed and early-stage equity investments in Colorado startups to grow Colorado's innovative ecosystem and to create quality job opportunities.