Scholarship recipient and donor reception
There is something special about meeting the people behind incredible generosity and its impact. Both on the receiving side and the giving. This week 80 scholarship recipients and donors had…
Mile High WorkShop prepares people for the next job
If it wasn’t for Mile High WorkShop, Bill Kral said he wouldn’t be clean or alive today. “It was at a time in my life when staying clean was a…
Ways to Engage: Leading & Learning Focus on the 2023 Legislative Session
Thank you for your interest in our Leading & Learning Legislative Session Wrap-Up on June 6. Throughout the 2023 legislative session, The Denver Foundation took positions on several policy proposals.…
Mi Casa Resource Center helps families build generational wealth
When Blanca Sanchez graduated high school, she found herself a first-time mother working at a warehouse. “I would be back and forth from job to job because I couldn’t fit…
Diversifying our supply chains – Community Wealth Building
Catering can get expensive. Jay Whisenton realized that the day of her wedding. So, she thought it could be a good business instead. “I went to school to be a…
Sakura Foundation: An intentional place where different cultures are celebrated
Stacey Shigaya was encouraged her whole life to assimilate. She wasn’t taught Japanese as a child, on purpose. Both her parents were interned in U.S. concentration camps and because of…
Multiplying the Impact – Impact Investing with the Dearfield Fund
Impact investments are a powerful way to support and improve communities—a way to generate financial returns and provide a social or environmental benefit. The Denver Foundation is constantly pursuing new…
Steeped In Community – Prodigy Coffeehouse
Prodigy Coffeehouse serves a strong cup of coffee — and makes a case for the power of philanthropic investment. Since opening in the Globeville neighborhood in Denver last fall, Prodigy…
CEDS Finance invests in entrepreneurs who are pushed out of traditional financing
CEDS Finance was founded to help immigrants, refugees, and other underserved small business owners to achieve financial self-sufficiency. “We work with so many immigrants and refugees who haven’t had the…
The Asian-American & Pacific Islander Giving Circle turns one!
By 2055, Asians could become the largest immigrant group in the United States. Their unique roots connect us to more than 20 countries around the world with dynamic histories, cultures,…