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Supporting our immigrant neighbors in 2025

Pictured above: Movimiento Poder, photo provided by Armando Geneyro Recently, we activated our Critical Needs Fund—our most rapid response fund—to address the looming crisis impacting our immigrant neighbors who have…

2025 Policy Positions

UPDATED: April 8, 2025. As a community foundation, we are proud to provide grants to nonprofits in the community to advance our mission. For 100 years, we have activated this…

Announcing the Reisher Graduate Scholarship

With spring comes new beginnings, and The Reisher Scholars Program is thrilled to announce a new Reisher Graduate Scholarship opportunity! Reisher Scholars can now apply for a scholarship to complete…

Leaders who influenced The Denver Foundation

Our origins  In 1925, a group of like-minded Denverites—who went unnamed in the original charter— created The Denver Foundation. As part of the charter, they created a “Distribution Committee,” who…

Awareness to Action

Pictured above: LaDawn Sullivan is the executive director of the Black Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) Fund.  This is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of our book, "A Century of Impact:…

Youth Mental Health Matters  

Researcher and author, Dr. Jean Twenge, spoke at our kick-off 100th-anniversary event – Mental Health Matters. Dr. Twenge shared findings from her research on the differences between generations, cultural influences…