Freda Hambrick Fund

The Freda Hambrick Fund is a fund administered by El Pomar Foundation, a Colorado philanthropic foundation established in 1937 by Spencer and Julie Penrose. El Pomar Foundation states that its mission is to enhance, encourage, and promote the current and future well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to its competitive grant process, the Foundation oversees funds serving particular focus areas or geographic areas. The Freda Hambrick Fund is one of these funds and continues the charitable intent of Freda Hambrick, who devoted significant time and energy to supporting animal welfare organizations and issues throughout Colorado. The Freda Hambrick Fund supports nonprofit organizations working on animal welfare within the state of Colorado. Its stated mission is to support nonprofit organizations that prevent cruelty to animals, provide direct care and medical assistance, and offer educational programs concerning the proper care of and attention to animals. Eligible applicants must be nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax status that support animal welfare issues in Colorado. The Fund expressly does not accept applications from equine organizations. Funding from the Freda Hambrick Fund is subject to an explicit use restriction: no dollars received from the Fund may be used for euthanasia. Beyond this restriction and the stated animal welfare purposes, the provided information does not specify allowable expense categories, grant sizes, minimum or maximum awards, total program funding, number of awards, indirect cost limits, project periods, or cost-sharing requirements. No matching or cost-share requirement is stated in the provided material. The Freda Hambrick Fund has a separate proposal process and timeline from El Pomar Foundation's competitive grant process. El Pomar Foundation accepts applications on a rolling basis. Both competitive and Fund applications should be submitted at least 10 weeks before a Trustee meeting to ensure eligibility for consideration at that review. The Trustees will review the Hambrick Fund on September 18, 2026. Ten weeks before that meeting is July 10, 2026. This date represents the submission timing needed to ensure eligibility for that particular Trustee review rather than a final application deadline, because applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The provided material does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, or other pre-application gating requirement. The source does not provide formal scoring criteria or a detailed evaluation rubric. The available program guidance establishes the central program fit requirements: applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, must support animal welfare issues in Colorado, must not be equine organizations, and may not use Fund dollars for euthanasia. Organizations receiving an award must wait two years from the date of the meeting at which the grant was awarded before they may be considered again. Organizations whose requests are declined need to wait one year from the date of the meeting at which the grant was declined before being considered again. For questions regarding the Freda Hambrick Fund, the source identifies Erica Oakley-Courage and provides grants@elpomar.org and 719-577-7056 as contact information. El Pomar Foundation is located at 10 Lake Circle, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906. The stated Hambrick Fund Trustee review date is September 18, 2026. The source does not state when applicants will receive award or decline notifications, when funded activities begin, or the duration of funded projects. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with applicants advised to submit at least 10 weeks before the Trustee meeting at which they seek consideration.

Establish clear alignment with animal welfare work in Colorado and the Fund's purposes of preventing cruelty to animals, providing direct care and medical assistance, or providing educational programs for proper animal care. Applicants must have 501(c)(3) tax status. Equine organizations are not accepted, and requested Fund dollars cannot be used for euthanasia. Submit at least 10 weeks before the desired Trustee meeting to ensure eligibility for that review.