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Racial Equity in Grantmaking: Community Foundations Must Lead the Way
Recently, I had the opportunity to be part of a panel at Grantmakers for Education’s national conference focused on internal and external strategies to pursue race equity in grantmaking. The…
Denver Foundation November 2021 Ballot Measure Positions
For the first time in our history, The Denver Foundation (TDF) is creating a framework to guide its approach to engaging in public policy and advocacy efforts across the Metro…
Aligning Assets with Mission
In 2018, The Denver Foundation made an important decision. It would change the focus of its $180 million socially responsible investment pool from negative screens (excluding “sin stocks” such as…
Helping Clients Meet Year-End Charitable Goals
Do your clients serve on boards, or have they expressed interest in charitable giving? There are several ways that you can open the conversation to learn more about your clients’…
Community Voice: Hope Communities Prepares to Welcome Afghans to Metro Denver
When Lailey Hashem moved to Colorado with her family from Jellalabad, Afghanistan in 1982, they were one of only a few Afghan families in the whole state of Colorado. Her…
In Conversation: Leslie Karotkin, Karotkin Consulting
Looking back, Leslie Karotkin recognizes that the day she was laid off, early in her career, turned out to be a good one. She had not found a job within…
Denver Foundation Awards $1.7M in Community Grants
The first round of grants under new Strategic Framework support economic opportunity, education, climate and environment, housing, and transportation in Metro Denver. The Denver Foundation is pleased to announce nearly…
Community Voice: Denver Digs Trees Addresses the City’s Tree Equity Gap
After over a year of pandemic life, with limited access to our usual indoor activities and gathering places, we all have become more aware of the importance of Denver's community…
COVID-19 Arts & Culture Relief Fund wins National Philanthropy Day Award for “Outstanding Foundation”
The COVID-19 pandemic hit Denver’s arts & culture sector incredibly hard due to closures, restrictions and cancelations. Bonfils-Stanton Foundation and The Denver Foundation quickly joined forces and created the COVID-19…
LaDawn Sullivan Named Outstanding Professional Grantmaker of the Year by AFP Colorado Chapter
LaDawn Sullivan, Director of the Black Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) Fund, and long-time Denver Foundation staff member has recently been named the Outstanding Professional Grantmaker of the Year by the…
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