Category: Community Impact

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — Denver7 News The Denver Foundation is awarding grants to eight schools impacted by school closures in the Jefferson County School District. Since 2021, nearly two dozen schools…

Latino students represent more than a third of all students in Colorado’s K-12 schools; however, they have some of the lowest graduation rates. Research shows that students who begin kindergarten…

Pictured: Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute. Photo by Armando Geneyro. Congratulations to 103 nonprofit organizations that have been awarded a total of $4.3 million in grants through The Denver Foundation’s Community…

The scope and scale of the work we do together is difficult to quantify and even more challenging to summarize in a way that does it justice. Our fundholders, partners,…

Joanna Rosa-Saenz is “that mom.”   She attends all her kids’ school events and activities; goes to every parent meeting at school and is cheering from the sidelines at every one…

When Jacobo Gracia Meza was first introduced to Movimiento Poder, he was inspired to be an active part of his community.   Gracia Meza is a youth leader both in…

After teaching for more than a decade, Leah Larson wasn’t sure if teaching was something she could sustain.   It wasn’t until her school administrators brought in Glowmundo, that she saw…

“Aligns seamlessly with our shared values of accessibility and excellence.” GUNNISON, Colorado: Western Colorado University is proud to announce a partnership with the Reisher Scholars Program that, starting in the…

          In 2019, our CEO Javier Alberto Soto started the bike tour as a way to get to know the community, to listen and learn about…