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The past 10 years’ gifts to The Denver Foundation totaled $9,453,594—a more than 20x increase over the previous decade’s contributions.

We established a corporation to allow The Denver Foundation to receive gifts directly and to manage the endowments we receive. Now, with our own corpus, the foundation directs its own…

Mayor Federico Peña created City Arts III, a program we administered to distribute tax money collected through the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) in support of Metro Denver arts…

Robert E. “Bob” Lee took over as our new executive director, the organization’s third, succeeding our first paid executive director, Patti Jean Harrington, in that role. Lee served as director…

We renamed our Distribution Committee—which had carried that moniker since our founding—the Board of Trustees to more clearly reflect its role. As of 1995, existing members elected all new board…

The past 10 years’ gifts to The Denver Foundation totaled $37,858,044.

We created the Summit of Seven Fund in collaboration with Mayor Wellington Webb to fundraise and advocate for an informal meeting of international leaders from Canada, Japan, Britain, France, Germany,…

David Miller, The Denver Foundation’s fourth director, assumed that role from Bob Lee. Miller became president and CEO in 2002, a role he held until 2016, making him our longest…

A National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy survey recommended that the foundation better connect with the communities we served. We launched a new survey campaign in Denver neighborhoods, with volunteers and…

After listening closely to the community’s recommendations, we created the Strengthening Neighborhoods program, which opened the door to grassroots community organizations that aim to help solve neighborhood issues from within.…