COVID Relief & Recovery Fund Impact: Paid Family Leave
Thanks to The Denver Foundation's donor support through the COVID Recovery & Resilience Fund to Together Colorado in 2020, Colorado became the first state to pass paid family and medical…
Open Grant Opportunities from The Denver Foundation
The Denver Foundation is pleased to share four currently open and upcoming grant opportunities from the COVID-19 Arts & Culture Relief Funds, the Black Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) fund, the…
Looking Back on 2020
A difficult year inspired immense generosity. Thanks to the incredible engagement of impact-driven philanthropists, 2020 was a record-breaking year for The Denver Foundation. Giving was up across the board, demonstrating…
Defending Our Democracy and Denouncing White Supremacy Through Civic Engagement
Civic engagement is vital to upholding our country and our local community’s values of democracy, taking action against White Supremacy, and propagating Racial Equity and justice. There's a clear intersection between…
Giving Your Time and Talent – A Reflection on MLK Day
Service. The gift of time. Volunteering is an extremely valuable gift to bestow upon your community. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January as…
Announcing Second Round of Grants from Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund
This fund has provided more than $1.08M in support of legal services to immigrants and their families since 2018. In a second round of grantmaking in December, $328,000 in funding…
A Busy Year for Grants
With the support of donors and in partnership with the community, The Denver Foundation distributed millions of dollars in grants in 2020. Here’s a recap of the final grants of…
Black Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) Fund Announces 2020 Grantees
In the six months since the launch of BRIC, the fund has received over $1.3M in investments from generous donors in our community. Thanks to these gifts, BRIC distributed $467,500…
Building Social Capital For All…For Free
This piece was submitted to Floodlight by the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation (DPLFF). Nicanor, Ricardo, and the Denver Foundation. These names converge in one place - Denver Public Library.…
Congratulations Executive Directors of Color Institute Class of 2020
On Friday, December 4 we celebrated the 2020 graduating class of the Foundation’s Executive Directors of Color Institute (EDCI). This cohort of 14 exemplary leaders has invested two years into…