Since starting the composting program at our office, we’ve collected and diverted 8,090 lbs of waste!
Which is equivalent to:
🌱Planting 53 trees and letting them grow for 10 years.
🚗Not driving 8,025 miles —about what you’d drive commuting every weekday over 1.5 years.
Happy Earth Day!
We partnered with East Colfax Community Collective (EC3) and Project Worthmore on our community bike tour along the East Colfax corridor.
Grateful for the leadership and work of these organizations. It's exciting to see the tangible impact of our impact investments.
Congrats Denver Tenant Metro Union (DMTU) for your 'Tenant-Led Organizing Award' from the National Low Income Housing Coalition!
We're proud to support DMTU through our Community Grants Program, and our other grant programs supported by The Fund for Denver.
We joined Colorado Climate Week!
@naomiamaha02.bsky.social, our director of policy & government affairs, moderated a panel on community-led resiliency projects that support low-income neighborhoods.
Thank you to the panelists and Women Who Charge for hosting this meaningful discussion.
Our team joined Youth Lobby Day, organized by Movimiento Poder, where young Latine leaders got an opportunity to interact with policymakers and see how they can influence public decisions that affect their lives.
We’re proud to support Movimiento Poder’s work through our Community Grants Program.
Thank you Good Business Colorado, Center for Community Wealth, Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute (RMMFI), and Small Business Majority for making this event possible.
It was great to see all the small business owners and entrepreneurs come together for the 2026 Entrepreneur Day of Action at the Capitol.
Your voices are what help advance policies that strengthen Colorado’s small business community.
We joined Women of Color Making A Difference and Denver African American Philanthropists during a celebratory event to honor their 2025 grant recipients.
Grateful for the work these giving circles and organizations do to support our communities of color.
Our team visited the Clyfford Still Museum—one of our agency fund partners.
Director Joyce Tsai walked us through the "Tell Clyfford I Said 'Hi'" exhibit co-curated with children from the Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington state, where Still lived and worked in the 1930s.
Our team celebrated the Lunar New Year – a major holiday in many Asian countries, including Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and Korea.
We welcomed the distinguished calligraphy artist and educator, Harrison Xinshi Tu, who taught us the history, significance, and art of calligraphy painting.
Nonprofits and elected officials came together at The Denver Foundation to build connections and understand the shared priorities of our community. These relationships are essential to ensure legislative work is centered on the people it affects.
Thanks to everyone who came out to join us.
Learn more about the organizations leading this important work in our community. denverfoundation.org/2026/01/civi...
18 organizations received $387,500 in grants to support their policy and civic engagement work.
These organizations help bring everyday voices into decisions about housing, economic opportunity, youth well-being, and climate, so policies better reflect real needs and lasting change.
Policy is important to us to ensure community voices are part of the conversation where decisions are made. Subscribe to our newsletter to follow our policy work: denverfoundation.org/public-polic...
It’s been a busy week for our policy team—first day of the legislative session, State of the State, and partner meetings.
We're listening to where civic leaders are focusing their attention—especially around economic opportunity, environment, housing, youth well-being, and issues in our sector.
You can now apply to our Community Grants Program! denverfoundation.org/our-grants-p...
Join our workshop on Jan. 27 to learn if your organization is eligible and how to apply: denverfoundation-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
As we welcome 2026, we're also taking a moment to look back at the things our community accomplished together in 2025.
denverfoundation.org/2026/01/what...
Here are a few highlights.
Next with @kylec.bsky.social featured our Critical Needs Fund on Word of Thanks to help firefighters in Colorado in response to last week’s five-alarm fire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTi1...
If you're interested in giving to this week's cause, you can donate here: denver.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
We’re incredibly grateful for all the ways people show up for one another, especially when our community needs it most.
Here are some of the highlights from 2025….
denverfoundation.org/2026/01/what...
Colorado’s first LGBTQ+ Giving Circle is building a space for people to give together, learn together, and support the needs of LGBTQ+ communities.
Since launching earlier this year, the giving circle has already grown to 44 members and awarded a total of $16,000 in grants to eight organizations.
How can we continue to meet the needs of this community for decades to come?
Katie MacWilliams, a leader in Denver’s community, shares her philanthropic journey and how The Fund for Denver came to be the answer to that question.
denverfoundation.org/2025/11/kati...
Scholarship applications at The Denver Foundation are officially open!
If you or a student you know is looking for financial support for higher education, explore our scholarship opportunities. denverfoundation.org/scholarships...
Deadline to apply: Feb. 27, 11:59pm (MST)
This year, two of our giving circles took on a unique grantmaking opportunity.
Denver African American Philanthropists and Women of Color Making a Difference partnered on their first-ever co-grant, awarding $15,000 to two organizations.
Learn more: denverfoundation.org/2025/12/givi...
This #ColoradoGivesDay consider a gift to our Centennial Campaign, an ambitious effort to raise $100 million in our 100th year. Join others in this generous day of giving.
Give now: www.coloradogives.org/organization...
Young leaders pitched policy ideas to improve higher education, health care, and workforce development across Colorado. The winning pitch will be added to the policy agenda for the coming legislative session.
Thanks to all the participantsfor sharing your ideas and helping shape our policies.
We hosted @younginvincibles.bsky.social Colorado’s Second Annual Policy Shark Tank, emceed by @kylec.bsky.social of 9NEWS. This project helps bring young Coloradans into the policy process.
With new tax laws coming in 2026, now is the time to look at your charitable giving strategy. For many people, Dec. 31, 2025 could be an important deadline.
Take a moment to read our quick overview of what’s changing and how it might impact your giving.
denverfoundation.org/2025/10/tax-...
Giving Tuesday is a chance to give back to our communities and organizations that show up for others every day.
For 100 years, we've been investing in people, places, and bold possibilities across Metro Denver and beyond.
Give to our Centennial Campaign today: denver.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
We're heartbroken to hear about the passing of Senator Faith Winter.
We had the honor of working with her on state policies to support affordable housing, increase funding for public transportation, and reduce the impacts of climate change.
Her impact will be felt for generations to come.
The state of Colorado and the City and County of Denver have declared November 30, 2025, our official birthday, as “The Denver Foundation Day”.
Thank you Denver City Council for adopting this proclamation, and to everyone who continues to be a part of this journey with us.