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We brought on our first executive director, Frank Foster, a volunteer who served in that role for three years. Under Foster’s leadership, the foundation invested in training opportunities for its…

For the better part of our history, we provided grants to individuals for medical care, housing, or child care. During this time, our grantmaking shifted away from that and toward…

We look back at 1975 as a critical year for us: It marked our 50th anniversary, and we surpassed $1 million in grants given to the community – grants to…

The past 10 years’ gifts to The Denver Foundation totaled $448,105.

Distribution Committee member Patti Jeanne Harrington was hired as our first paid executive director, and second-ever director. During Harrington’s first year in leadership our total assets grew by 50%, to…

At the time, the foundation supported the War on Drugs Campaign, granting aid to programs training formerly incarcerated individuals to be counselors for youth seen to be at-risk of or…

We formed our first advisory committee focused on health and human services. Before long, we had received $150,000 in unsolicited contributions to augment human services grants. Other advisory committees followed:…

In 1926, wealthy Denver socialite Frances A. Moffat’s last will and testament provided for the lifetime care of her granddaughter. It also directed that any subsequent funds go to The…

We partnered with the Chevron Corporation to create the nearly $1 million Chevron Fund. That fund, the foundation’s first corporate endowment, was dedicated to developing “creative solutions to meet community…

A passion for giving lived on after Irene Rothgerber’s passing, when she left $8 million toward solutions for issues facing Metro Denver families. Irene’s father, Judge Ira Rothgerber, was on…