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Fundraising Contact Ms. Genevieve Laca Director of Engaged Philanthropy Fundraising contact phone: (303) 300-1790 [email protected]
Physical Address 1009 Grant St Denver, CO 80203
Payment Address 1009 Grant St Denver, CO 80203
55 Madison St. 8th Floor Denver CO 80206 International tel: +
Donation Payable Legal name of organization: The Denver Foundation EIN for payable organization: 84-6048381
The Denver Foundation is the largest and most experienced community foundation in the Rocky Mountain West. For more than 90 years, Denver residents have trusted the Foundation to steward charitable funds to meet today's needs and tomorrow's opportunities. It's a growing legacy and a community-wide effort to build a better future for everyone. A a tax-exempt, nonprofit, philanthropic organization, The Denver Foundation stewards more than one thousand funds established by generous donors. In partnership with the Foundation, our donors make gifts to organizations throughout the seven-county Metro Denver region, across Colorado, and beyond. The Denver Foundation stewards a permanent endowment—The Fund for Denver—made up of charitable gifts from generations of generous people who care about Metro Denver. We invest these gifts for financial growth and use that income to fund our community impact grantmaking and programs.
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Since 1925, The Denver Foundation has mobilized our community’s passion, knowledge, and generosity to build a thriving Metro Denver. The idea of what Metro Denver can become inspires our work. The Fund for Denver, our permanent endowment, supports it.
Population(s) ServedThrough the Community Grants Program, the Foundation invests in resident groups and nonprofit organizations that are reducing disparities and promoting equity for communities, prioritizing people living in poverty, immigrants and refugees, and people of color.
The Community Grants Program funds 501c3 organizations in the following priority areas: Economic Opportunity, Education, Environment, Housing and Homelessness, Transportation. Grant awards typically range from $20,000 to $50,000. We prefer requests for general operating support, but we will consider both general operating and program support.
Population(s) ServedBlack Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) directs resources to address systemic racism and its impact on Black communities across the seven-county Metro Denver region. BRIC is committed to providing financial and other support resources to ensure Black-led and serving organizations are strong, sustainable and positively impacting the communities they serve. BRIC is committed to supporting thriving Black communities equal economic and social stability for everyone throughout Colorado.