Get Involved

The GES Community Investment Fund is:

  • A strong network of neighbors holding development accountable to the GES communities

  • Stewards of community funds and benefits

  • Using cooperative and shared leadership structures to do this work

  • Well organized and self-perpetuating

  • Successfully funding projects that are responsive to community wants and needs

  • BY, FOR, AND WITH COMMUNITY

Be a part of community empowerment

photo collage of the Globeville, Elyria, Swansea neighborhoods
photo collage of the Globeville, Elyria, Swansea neighborhoods

Apply TODAY to serve as a member of the

2025 Grants Review Committee.

What is required of a grant review committee member?

  • Attend at least 4 meetings which may include an interview, orientation, facilitated grant review process, and debrief

  • Access to a computer to review grants, score applications, attend Zoom meetings, and share documents

  • Read and score 40+ applications before facilitated grant review

  • Disclose any potential conflicts of interest and abstain from voting 

  • Grant review panelists are provided with a small stipend.

  • Panelists will be provided with a rubric and go through a facilitated process to select.  

  • We estimate that this will take up to 20 hours to fully read all applications, score applications, and participate in required meetings, which includes an orientation and a reviewer meeting where a meal is provided.

About GES CIF

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