Resources for Donors

Designed especially for The Denver Foundation's donors, this section contains a wealth of continuously updated information to inform your giving and assure effective grant making.

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Click on the links below for articles and resources about a variety of philanthropic issues.

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New Charitable Giving Legislation (H.R. 4)

New Charitable Giving Legislation: Allows Gifts of IRAs The recently signed legislation (HR4) ...


National Insights & Trends
Money to Grow On

"Although many nonprofit donors are talking about strategic investing, few are actually putting ...


Women Give to Women

Women Moving Millions is a partnership inspiring high-net-worth women to write checks for $1 million ...


Mayors Speak to Urban Issues

In video interviews from the recent US Conference of Mayors held in Miami, 11 mayors describe the ...


Speeding the Adoption of Vaccines

Many vaccines are implemented slowly, particularly in developing countries, resulting in millions of ...


Issues That Matter
Checking Out Charities

Philanthropy can be a lot like investing. A good philanthropist needs to check into any ...


Theatre as a Social Commentary...At Last

The recent trend for theatre in this country, the churning out of play after play based on a ...


Engaging Voters on Issues

While the IRS has very strong opinions that non-profit and religious institutions cannot endorse ...


Schwab Charitable Supports Struggling Entrepreneurs

Nonprofit fund Schwab Charitable announced last week a new plan to support microfinance lending in ...


Protections for Board Members

Many people join nonprofit boards envisioning they'll have fulfilling work, a chance to make a ...


Non-Profit Pessimism In Need of Philanthropic Boost

A recent survey by The Center of Philanthropy at Indiana University shows that the floundering ...


The Power of Women's Funds

Perhaps more than ever, the power of mobilizing women around issues is being leveraged. ...


Are We Asking the Right Questions?

It is the day before your board strategy session. The finance staff is polishing off statistics to ...


Reform of Boards Starts at Home

While the country is busy pointing fingers in this most recent financial crisis, corporate boards ...


Giving is for the Bulls

I, like much of the rest of America, have been watching the current Wall Street meltdown with a ...


The Greenest Schools

The Sierra Club has issued its list of the top ten greenest colleges and universities, and the ...


VIDEO - Ana Oliveira on ROI for Foundation Support of Policy Efforts

Want to create significant impact with your donor dollars? Consider incorporating ...


Making College the New High School

That's the objective of one of ThinkMTV's newest initiatives. Digging in to the strategy ...


Mapping the Crowd

As "Crowdsourcing" becomes more and more a part of American vernacular, it seems that the world is ...


The Megacommunity Approach

For the past two days, I have had the privilege of meeting and working with a committed group of ...



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