Colorado Gives Day 2023: Our Nonprofit Spotlights
Spotlight on 2023 Nonprofit Clients of Our Firm and Organizations We Support
As we enter the season of giving, Innovest invites you to consider making a gift to some of the wonderful nonprofit organizations that we have the privilege of supporting and serving.
Agriculture
Colorado Farm Bureau Foundation
Colorado Farm Bureau’s mission is to protect, promote, and enhance agriculture and rural communities. Founded in 1919 by a group of farmers, ranchers, veterinarians, rural doctors, shopkeepers, and tradesmen, the Colorado Farm Bureau sought to protect the Colorado Way of Life and ensure that generations of Coloradans could grow up to know what a special place our state is. Colorado Farm Bureau wants to keep it that way. We work to preserve the Colorado Way of Life.
Website: https://www.coloradofarmbureau.com/foundation/
Arts & Culture
Central City Opera House Association Endowment Fund
The mission of Central City Opera is to sing extraordinary stories to spark imagination, inspire creativity, and open minds to the breadth of the human experience. Founded in 1932, Central City Opera is the fifth oldest professional opera company in the country and is renowned for exquisite world-class productions, competitive and robust young artist training programs, and creative education and community engagement activities.
Website: https://centralcityopera.org/donate-now/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/centralcityopera
Colorado Ballet
Celebrating 63 years, the mission of the Colorado Ballet is to present exceptional classical ballet and contemporary dance through performances, training, education, and community engagement while inspiring and growing an increasingly diverse audience base.
Website: https://tickets.coloradoballet.org/donate/q/annualfund
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/ColoradoBallet
Museum Store Association
The Museum Store Association works to help Museum stores perform integral and multi-faceted supports for their institutions -- from earning income and extending mission-related programs, to visitor engagement and educational outreach through store products, programs, and experiences. Revenues generated by museum stores provide economic sustainability for the museum and cultural engagement for the community. Donations to the Museum Store Association go toward scholarships and other educational initiatives as well as to support advocacy efforts during Museum Store Sunday.
Website: https://museumstoreassociation.org/donate/
Rocky Mountain Public Media, Inc.
Rocky Mountain Public Media exists to strengthen the civic fabric of Colorado. Over a million Coloradans turn to Rocky Mountain Public Media to discover provocative and inspiring local, national, and international programming, find diverse viewpoints, score front row center seats to world-class performances, and experience life-long learning opportunities each month.
Website: https://donate.rmpbs.org/rmpbs/donate
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Rockymountainpublicmedia
Community & Youth
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado
The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado partners with parents/guardians, volunteers, and others in the community and are accountable for each child in the program achieving: higher aspirations, greater confidence, better relationships, avoidance of risky behaviors, and educational success.
Website: https://www.biglittlecolorado.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/bbbsc
Community Foundation of Northern Colorado
The Community Foundation of Northern Colorado fosters collaboration, serves as a catalyst for community projects, and is a trusted steward and service provider to philanthropists and nonprofit organizations. The Community Foundation of Northern Colorado strives to be the regional leader in building a more engaged, philanthropic, and visionary community by strategically connecting donors with the causes they care about most. Donations to their funds are tax deductible and grants from the funds are distributed to public charities, schools, and churches based on the charitable intent of donors. Their staff and board are 100% local, and they have served Northern Colorado since 1975.
Website: https://nocofoundation.org/philanthropists/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/nocofoundation
Families of Character
Families of Character is committed to providing families the best tools to make home the most loving and unified place for children to grow. The goal is for family members to understand that even if their family life feels off course or divided, change is always possible. Families of Character is a leader in character development in families, providing parents resources and simple, real-life solutions that promote the development of good habits in their children. These resources enable kids to reach their fullest potential, so they can withstand whatever the world throws at them. Your donation goes directly to programs, operations, and development of products and resources that help parents strengthen their families - strong families elevate their community.
Website: https://www.familiesofcharacter.com/pages/donate
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/FamiliesofCharacter
Longmont Community Foundation
The Longmont Community Foundation carries out its mission of improving life in Longmont and the St. Vrain Valley by investing in the expertise of nonprofit organizations. In 2020, the Longmont Community Foundation awarded $2.4 million in grants to nonprofit organizations that serve residents of Longmont.
Website: https://longmont.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Longmontcommunityfoundation
Save Our Youth
The roots of Save Our Youth (SOY) took form in 1993 when violence among urban teens was pervading the country. In response, over 100 socially conscious agencies, urban churches, and non-profit organizations in the Denver Metro Area came together as a task force to address the prevailing problem of struggling youth. They recognized that underlying the grim realities of youth violence and drugs were hurting struggling young people who were crying out for wisdom and help for a better future. Like many individuals living in poverty, these at-risk youth displayed openness to encouragement and answers. Most importantly, the task force identified another common thread--that these youth were "disconnected" from caring adults who could provide stability, guidance, encouragement, and accountability. In 1995, SOY was established to provide one-on-one mentoring for at-risk youth in Denver. SOY recruited adults who would guide and grow urban youth toward educational, emotional, and spiritual health.
Website: https://saveouryouth.org/donate
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/SaveOurYouth
YMCA of Metro Denver
The YMCA of Metro Denver is a vital and significant force building strong, thriving, and equitable communities since 1875. They are a welcoming place for all, and their programs reflect that commitment. The YMCA’s mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. The Y is one of only a few non-profit organizations positioned to help address inequity and social determinants of health while also pivoting and responding to changing community needs and environments like affordable childcare and food insecurity.
Website: https://www.denverymca.org/donate
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/DenverYMCA
Westminster Legacy Foundation
Established as a community foundation in 2001, the Westminster Legacy Foundation serves as the leader, catalyst, and resource for philanthropy in the Westminster community. The foundation works to close funding gaps that would not otherwise be met in the areas of basic needs, conservation, and arts and culture, with a focus on projects that that give all Westminster citizens the opportunities they need to thrive.
Website: https://westyfoundation.networkforgood.com/projects/172138-give-where-you-live
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/WestminsterLegacyFoundation
Education
Adams 12 Five Star Education Foundation
The Five Star Education Foundation supports students in Adams 12 Five Star Schools. Through partnerships with the District and the community, the Foundation provides funding for programs that provide students with the skills and experiences needed to succeed in today’s world and for success upon graduation.
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/5starfoundation
Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE)
ACE Scholarships was founded in 2000 to provide low-income parents with the freedom to choose the K-12 schools that are best for their children. The founders’ vision was powerful but simple: that all children have access to great schools. This is the philosophy behind ACE Scholarships, a nonprofit organization that raises money from generous donors and then awards financial scholarships to students from low-income families so they can attend the school of their choice. ACE Scholarships has quickly become an educational success story. In fact, since 2000, they have awarded over 48,000 scholarships worth over $119M, giving children from low-income families the chance to succeed.
Website: https://www.acescholarships.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Alliance-For-Choice-In-Education-1
Arrupe Jesuit High School
Arrupe Jesuit High School is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory school. Arrupe serves economically disadvantaged students from Denver’s inner-city neighborhoods. The school’s unique Corporate Work Study Program allows students to pursue their educational dreams while learning about the corporate community where they will one day work. Each student works one day a week at a local business who in turn pays part of their tuition. Delivering on its promise of opening the doors of opportunity, 70% of all graduates have been the first-generation of their families to graduate from high school, and 90% of graduates became first-generation college bound.
Website: https://arrupejesuit.com/donate/donate.html
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/ArrupeJesuit
Augustine Institute
The Augustine Institute serves the formation of Catholics for the New Evangelization. Through their academic and parish programs, they equip Catholics intellectually, spiritually, and pastorally to renew the Church and transform the world for Christ. The Institute has a graduate school of theology, a Catholic content platform, award winning films, books and audio talks, curriculum for Sacramental prep, and K-8 curriculum for schools and parishes.
Website: https://www.augustineinstitute.org/about-pages/mission-circle
Chadron State College Foundation
The Chadron State Foundation is dedicated to enhancing Chadron State College’s ability to meet its primary educational mission in western Nebraska. The Foundation undertakes fund-raising activities which provide resources vital to the mission of Chadron State College in the areas of instruction, research, service, and scholarship programs.
Website: https://www.csc.edu/foundation/give-now/
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation
The Cherry Creek Schools Foundation is dedicated to impacting all students in the Cherry Creek School District, by investing in innovation in the classroom, and providing opportunities for every student to achieve to the best of their ability. The Foundation provides professional learning communities, mobilizes visionary concepts in the classroom, and funds programs to benefit every type of learner.
Website: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/ccsf
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/CherryCreekSchoolsFoundation
Colorado Christian University (CCU)
Colorado Christian University cultivates knowledge and love of God in a Christ-centered community of learners and scholars, with an enduring commitment to the integration of exemplary academics, spiritual formation, and engagement with the world. CCU envisions graduates who think critically and creatively, lead with high ethical and professional standards, embody the character and compassion of Jesus Christ, treasure the gospel, and who are prepared to impact the world in their callings. Colorado Christian University is committed to equipping the next generation of leaders to impact the world with grace and truth.
Website: https://www.ccu.edu/giving/
Colorado School of Mines Foundation
The Colorado School of Mines Foundation strengthens the relationship between the university and the Mines community by connecting them with opportunities to support the school through gifts of time, talent, and treasure that align with their personal interests. In 2024, Mines will celebrate their 150th anniversary. The Campaign for MINES@150 will elevate the university to a top-of-mind, first choice school for qualified students and guide the next 150 years as a world leader in producing distinctive and highly valued graduates.
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Wearemines
Colorado State University Foundation
The Colorado State University Foundation is dedicated to managing funds in perpetuity to ensure that CSU continues setting the standard for public universities. Colorado State University is one of the nation’s top public research universities and an institution on the rise. In the last decade, CSU has produced record enrollment, built on all-time highs in student diversity and student success; record fundraising far outpacing ambitious goals; groundbreaking research driven by a highly productive faculty; a campus revitalized by a transformational building campaign; and, perhaps most important, an unrivaled learning environment where nine of 10 recent graduates say they would choose CSU again and rate their education as excellent.
Website: https://advancing.colostate.edu/GIVE
Colorado UpLift
Dedicated to building long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth, Colorado UpLift was founded to help urban young people find hope in helpless circumstances. UpLift’s unique, relationship-based approach employs full-time staff who represent the community they serve. Part teacher, part mentor, part life coach, dedicated team members make themselves available 24/7 to build relationships with students. Today, UpLift has a saturation rate of 3.7% within DPS. By 2025, it will be at 25%. This is the critical mass needed to not just transform lives, but to transform the Denver and Aurora Public Schools and their surrounding communities. Transformation can mean a lot of different things, but to UpLift, it means new possibilities from a community that works for everyone.
Website: https://coloradouplift.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/coloradouplift
Denver Public Schools Foundation
Denver and the community are strengthened by each student who graduates ready to lead a successful life. The Denver Public Schools Foundation’s goal is to help make sure every student, in every school, has the tools and resources to reach their highest potential. As the strategic fundraising partner for DPS, the Foundation works together to find and fund the highest impact investments. The Foundation engages the community, educators, and DPS to accelerate progress and helps to find the most impactful ways to empower teachers, fuel engaged learning, and support students and their families.
Website: https://dpsfoundation.org/individual-donations
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/dpsfoundation
Economic Literacy Colorado
Economic Literacy Colorado’s goal is for every Colorado student to be equipped with the economic and personal finance skills they need to be successful. Economic Literacy of Colorado empowers students to achieve a lifetime of economic understanding and financial security by providing economic and personal financial education to students through professional development and classroom resources delivered to teachers, schools, and school districts.
Website: https://econlitco.org/donate
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/EconLitCo
Investments & Wealth Institute
In 1985, eight investment consultants founded the Investment Management Consultants Association® (IMCA®) to broaden public understanding of investment consulting and increase the professionalism of those providing consulting services through education, ethics, and certification. The organization was renamed the Investments & Wealth Institute in 2017. The Investments & Wealth Foundation provides scholarships for underrepresented professionals to pursue the CIMA®, CPWA®, and RMA® certifications. With your support, the Foundation will reduce the financial barrier to certification through scholarship.
Website: https://investmentsandwealth.org/foundation-donate
Jeffco Schools Foundation
The Jeffco Schools Foundation exists as a key partner to Jeffco Public Schools. The Foundation is an independent nonprofit serving Jeffco students for the last 40 years. The Foundation raises funds, supports a variety of programming across schools and educator development, as well as provides a variety of enrichment opportunities for students.
Website: https://www.jeffcoschoolsfoundation.org/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Jsf
Kiddo! Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation
Kiddo!, the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation, is a non-profit organization made up of parents, teachers, businesses, and active members of the community who, since 1982, have raised tens of millions of dollars to supplement our limited school budgets. They fund vital programs and teachers’ salaries at their five elementary schools and middle schools - including art, music, drama, poetry, dance, and teacher grants.
Website: https://secure.kiddo.org/d/index.php?cmd=ac
Littleton Public Schools Foundation
Littleton Public Schools Foundation is the fundraising partner for Littleton Public Schools. Providing a quality education for every child is at the forefront of the Foundation’s purpose. The Foundation is committed to generating financial resources and building community partnerships that enhance student and staff success in all of Littleton’s neighborhood schools.
Website: https://lpsfoundation.com/how-to-help/donate-now.html
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/lpsfoundation
Mullen High School
Mullen High School is a Lasallian, Catholic college preparatory school conducted in the tradition of the Christian Brothers to give a human and Christian education to the young, especially the poor. Mullen belongs to one of the largest educational networks in the world. Lasallian schools educate more than 850,000 students in eighty different countries. The Mullen Fund provides the resources required to enhance the scope and range of our academic, athletic, and co-curricular programs, expand tuition assistance, and sustain the operation and maintenance of the facilities.
Website: https://www.mullenhigh.com/give-back-to-mullen/the-mullen-fund
Regis University
As a Jesuit Catholic university, Regis seeks to build a more just and humane world through transformative education at the frontiers of faith, reason, and culture. A gift to Regis University opens the doors of opportunity for students. Whether a gift is made in support of scholarships, faculty, academic programs, or the greatest needs of the University, it will have a lasting impact.
Website: https://campaign.regis.edu/ways-to-give/index
Seeds of Hope
Seeds of Hope cultivates minds and hearts for Christ by striving to make a transformative Catholic education financially accessible to any family who seeks it. If a family, regardless of their economic or geographical status, desires a quality, faith-based education, it is the mission and responsibility of Seeds of Hope to make it happen. By providing scholarships and tuition assistance, families can choose to send their children to Catholic schools where spiritual, mental, academic, and physical formation is provided.
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/SeedsofHopeofNorthernColorado
South Dakota School of Mines Center for Alumni Relations and Advancement (SDSM&T Foundation)
The South Dakota School of Mines Center for Alumni Relations and Advancement exists to develop and manage private resources to support the mission and priorities of SD Mines; to support the needs of students, faculty, and staff; and to contribute to institutional excellence.
Website: https://cara.sdsmt.edu/donate
Taylor University
The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ’s redemptive love and truth to a world in need. For more than 170 years, Taylor University has stayed true to its heritage, challenging each generation of students to integrate faith with learning and follow Christ’s calling. With more than sixty majors across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, and a Foundational Core curriculum that promotes a broad base of knowledge, Taylor University encourages students to ask tough questions, apply themselves to the tasks at hand, and embrace their callings.
Website: https://www.taylor.edu/giving/give-online
University of Colorado Foundation
For over 50 years, the University of Colorado Foundation has partnered with the University of Colorado to enhance philanthropic support for CU. Private support for the University, given through the philanthropic portal of the Foundation, enables the University to transform lives through education, research, clinical care, and community engagement. There are more than 2,400 distinct funds that benefit people, places, and programs throughout the University of Colorado's four campuses. Some gifts enable talented students to afford CU or bolster academic programs. Others help us recruit and retain top faculty or spur groundbreaking research. All fill vital needs and strengthen CU now and well into the years ahead.
Website: https://giving.cu.edu/fund-search
University of Mary
Founded to prepare leaders in the service of Truth, the University of Mary is distinctive in our education and formation of servant leaders with moral courage, global understanding, and commitment to the common good. As America's Leadership University, they are deeply devoted to our mission. The successes of the University of Mary tie back to the strong foundation and clear vision of the Sisters of Annunciation Monastery. The leadership provided by the Sisters combined with the support of committed students, talented alumni, dedicated administration, faculty and staff, and generous friends and donors have sparked incredible growth for over half a century. This is made possible by the financial support and giving of our generous alumni and friends.
Website: https://www.umary.edu/donors/ways-to-give
University of Northern Colorado Foundation
UNC is all about people. A community of uncommon individuals – alumni, donors, friends, faculty, staff, students, and parents – coming together to invest in something far bigger than one person. Investments in the university will pay forward in common good for generations to come.
Website: https://www.unco.edu/give/?utm_source=hdr&utm_source=hdr
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/UniversityofNorthernColoradoFoundation
Western Colorado University Foundation
The purpose of the Western Foundation is to promote and support Western Colorado University, including any activities which are directly or indirectly related thereto. Western Colorado University promotes intellectual maturity and personal growth in its students and prepares them to assume constructive roles in local, national, and global communities. Western’s distinctive character emerges from its unity among academic and professional disciplines, high standards of scholarship, and a unique environment in the mountains of western Colorado. The university’s small size, unique setting, and low-cost ensures students receive personalized attention, gain hands-on experience, and graduate without taking on excessive debt.
Website: https://western.edu/elevate/ways-to-give/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/WesternColoradoUniversityFoundation
Environment
Platte River Whooping Crane Trust
The Crane Trust exists to protect and maintain the physical, hydrological, and biological integrity of the Big Bend area of the Platte River so that it can continue to function as a life support system for whooping cranes, sandhill cranes, and other migratory bird species.
Website: https://cranetrust.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation-form
Health & Wellness
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Alpha Omega Alpha is dedicated to the belief that in the profession of medicine, care is improved by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others. The Society recognizes and inspires physicians in caring for patients and promoting health through professionalism and leadership.
Website: https://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/contribution/
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) was founded in 1949 to establish a national community for operating room nurses who sought to share best practices for patients undergoing surgery. Today, AORN unites and empowers perioperative nurses, healthcare organizations, and industry partners to support safe surgery for every patient, every time.
Website: https://foundation.aorn.org/aorn-foundation-donation/
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
The Buck Institute wants to end the threat of age-related disease for both this and future generations. The Buck, as the first independent biomedical research institute in the world focused solely on the basic science of aging, had a running start in Geroscience. Since opening its doors in 1999 with a founding president and five faculty, the Buck has grown to include over 200 scientists and staff from 34 different countries, all working with a focus on complex research that accelerates our understanding of aging through science. Now the Buck is ready to put that remarkable headway to the test in human clinical trials of therapies for age-related diseases.
Website: https://www.buckinstitute.org/donate/
Caruso Family Charities
Caruso Family Charities is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting families who have a child, adolescent or young adult being treated in Colorado for a life-threatening disease or life-altering event. Through the Caruso Family Charities’ Funding Families program, the organization hopes to relieve financial pressures, such as rent, insurance payments, energy bills, co-pays, or gas, so the family may focus on caring for their sick child.
Website: https://www.carusofamilycharities.org/
Continuum of Colorado
Continuum of Colorado is a nonprofit agency providing services to people with a wide range of abilities. Continuum empowers individuals to live a meaningful life, achieve their goals, and make their dreams a reality. The services Continuum provides include residential services, day and senior’s choice activities, family caregiving, supported employment, and home and community support. Continuum gives families choice and independence by offering high-quality caregiver support that empowers people of all abilities to thrive in their community.
Website: https://form.jotform.com/211315327785153
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/ContinuumofColorado
Denver Health Foundation
Founded in 1988, Denver Health Foundation raises private funds that support Denver Health and Hospital Authority in its role to sustain and advance the health and well-being of Denver, Colorado, and the Rocky Mountain Region. Since government funding for care hardly keeps pace with the clinical and social innovations needed for this growing city, Denver Health Foundation donors make this groundbreaking work possible. Professional staff at Denver Health Foundation work with donors on opportunities to make a difference in areas such as innovation in health care delivery, school-based health clinics for children, key social and community supports, and economic development through workforce development.
Website: https://www.denverhealthfoundation.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/DenverHealthFoundation
Developmental Pathways
Developmental Pathways is a nonprofit agency serving approximately 8,000 individuals with developmental disabilities/delays and their families. Developmental Pathways connects people to federal, state, county, and private funding in Arapahoe County, Douglas County, and the City of Aurora. Support offered in one’s own home and community exemplifies the principle that full inclusion and participation in community life is attainable by all.
Website: https://developmentalpathways.givingfuel.com/developmental-pathways
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/developmentalpathways
Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards
The first meeting of the chiropractic licensing boards was held in 1919. The Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards became an organization officially in 1926, with several different names over the years. The FCLB serves as a nonprofit clearinghouse and forum for the discussion of important regulatory issues. Their mission is to protect the public by promoting excellence in chiropractic regulation through service to our member boards. FCLB is the premier international resource for information and consolidated services for ensuring the safe and ethical practice of chiropractic care.
Website to learn more (no donation link): https://fclb.org/index.php
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/FederationofChiropracticLicensingBoards
Gold Crown Foundation, Inc. (GCF)
Founded in 1986 by former Denver Nuggets player, Bill Hanzlik, and Denver business leader, Ray Baker, Gold Crown Foundation offers boys and girls basketball, volleyball, golf, and enrichment programs to more than 18,000 youth annually. In 2019, GCF launched the Health Huddle, a program focused on the overall physical and mental health of youth in the community. With specific focus on mental health, healthy habits, and sports performance, the Health Huddle expands GCF’s reach beyond the playing field with help for parents, coaches, and patrons to address the “whole child” in mind, body, and spirit.
Website: https://www.goldcrownfoundation.com/givetogcf/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/GoldCrownFoundation
Hays Medical Center Foundation & Hospital
Hays Medical Center Foundation provides vital philanthropic support to help fund live-saving equipment, special projects, and programs for Hays Medical Center, also known as HaysMed. Located in Kansas, HaysMed’s DeBakey Heart Institute is the first cardiology program to provide cardiac services for the western half of the state. Additionally, the 207-bed facility provides acute and pediatric care along with cardiac, neonatal, and intensive care units; cancer, joint, and spine care, diagnostic imaging, and eye surgery center; emergency department including Level III trauma services, and a sexual assault response team (SART), rehabilitation and hospice. HaysMed also maintains a Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center, Sleep and Neurodiagnostic services, and a Robotic Surgery Program.
Website: https://haysmedfoundation.org/donate/
Inner City Health Center
Inner City Health Center brings the highest-quality, integrated health, and wellness care to all metro area residents, regardless of ability to pay, with the grace and dignity grounded in Christian faith. The mission and function of Inner City Health Center has, from day one in 1983, remained sharply focused on reducing the inequity of health and wellness access and delivery in underserved populations of Denver and the surrounding metro area. The Center serves 22,000 patients annually, half of their patients come from outside the city of Denver. The Center wants to expand its York Street Clinic and extend family-centered services to Wheat Ridge and surrounding communities.
Website: https://innercityhealth.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/innercityhealth
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) is the only global network dedicated to the study and eradication of lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. By hosting global conferences, funding innovative research, and educating the health care community and the public about thoracic cancers, the IASLC works to alleviate the burden lung cancer places on patients, families, and communities.
Website: https://www.iaslc.org/foundation
National Environmental Health Association
This association supports the advancement of environmental health professionals for the purpose of providing a healthful environment for all. In addition to maintaining high standards of practice and testing for our credentialing programs, we provide training and resources for continuing education through courses and textbooks, hosting an annual conference, fostering networking and career growth, and publishing the peer-reviewed Journal of Environmental Health.
Website: https://www.neha.org/donate
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/NationalEnvironmentalHealthAssociation
Weld Legacy Foundation (formerly the NCMC Foundation)
The Weld Legacy Foundation has been supporting the health-related needs of the Weld County community since 1975. First as Weld County General Hospital Foundation and then as North Colorado Medical Center Foundation, with community support our organization has grown and evolved to meet the needs of Weld County residents. Today, our Foundation aims to share the wisdom we have gained from nearly 50 years of fundraising, fund management, and grantmaking. We support health and education-focused nonprofits as well as established endowments and restricted funds with years of history that benefit programs, departments, and patients of North Colorado Medical Center.
Website: https://weldlegacy.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Weldlegacy
The Weld Trust Organization
Through grants to non-profit organizations, The Weld Trust® aims to positively impact the education and wellness of Weld County. The Trust’s funding priorities include indigent healthcare, substance use disorders, chronic disease, suicide prevention, mental health interventions, and education initiatives.
Website: https://weldtrust.org/give/
Mental Health
AllHealth Network
AllHeath Network is a trusted family of mental health and substance use providers. The warm, smart, compassionate clinicians (counselors, therapists, social workers, psychiatrists, case managers, nurses) offer a consistent model of clinical excellence with a focus on personalized goals for treatment.
Website to learn more: https://www.allhealthnetwork.org/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/AllHealthNetwork
Community Reach Center
Community Reach Center is focused on improving the health of the Brighton, Broomfield, Commerce City, Northglenn, Thornton, and Westminster communities by delivering programs and services to all in need, regardless of ability to pay. Through the passion and training of employees, unwavering commitment to evidence-based practices, advanced technology, collaboration with community partners, and provision of services in locations that are most convenient to access, the Foundation provides the quality of mental and physical health services that enhances the lives of clients.
Website: https://www.communityreachcenter.org/how-to-support-us/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/CommunityReachCenter
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Jefferson Center provides mental health care and substance use treatment, suicide prevention, and wellness services. JCMH are experts in treating serious mental illness, addiction disorders, trauma, depression, and anxiety. The goal of the Jefferson Center is to create healthier, stronger communities.
Website: https://www.jcmh.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/JeffersonCenter
WellPower (formerly Mental Health Center of Denver)
WellPower, formerly Mental Health Center of Denver, is a place for recovery, resilience, and well-being, WellPower is known locally and nationally as a model for innovative and effective community behavioral health care. WellPower professionals create extraordinary experiences that improve the well-being of children, families, and adults they serve to assist them in leading meaningful, productive lives.
Website: https://www.wellpower.org/donate-now/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/WellPower
Military
That Others May Live Foundation (TOMLF)
Since 2002, That Others May Live Foundation has proudly served the United States Air Force Rescue Warriors and their families. That Others May Live provides immediate tragedy assistance, scholarships for children, and other critical support of U.S. Air Force Rescue Heroes who are killed or severely wounded in operational or training missions. TOMLF also provides advocacy, critical support, and resources to U.S. Air Force Rescue service members, veterans, and families affected by visible and invisible wounds.
Website: https://www.thatothersmaylive.org/donate/
Resources for the Poor
Energy Outreach Colorado
Energy Outreach Colorado leads a network of industry, state, and local partners to support, stabilize, and sustain Coloradans to afford their energy needs. Energy Outreach Colorado believes everyone deserves affordable access to the vital resources that power their homes. When everyone can afford and maintain their home, then they can focus on living, rather than merely surviving.
Website: https://www.energyoutreach.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/eoc-co
Food Bank of the Rockies
Food Bank of the Rockies provides food and necessities to people in need through signature programs and by teaming up with hundreds of Hunger Relief Partners to serve communities across Colorado and Wyoming. They provide the largest food bank coverage area in the contiguous United States. The Food Bank believes that for a community to thrive, every member must have the resources they need to flourish, and they strive to provide equitable access to proper nourishment for all. Their mission is to ignite the potential in our communities to help our neighbors in need. And the vast majority of our resources— their funding, their food, their operating costs—are donated by incredible individuals and organizations like you.
Website: https://www.foodbankrockies.org/give/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Foodbankrockies
Habitat for Humanity of Colorado
Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all fifty states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat works toward their vision by building strength, stability, and self-reliance in partnership with families in need of decent and affordable housing. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.
Website: https://habitatcolorado.org/get-involved/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/HabitatColorado
Mercy Housing
Mercy Housing is redefining affordable, low-income housing. Mercy Housing aims to build a more humane world where poverty is alleviated, communities are healthy, and all people can develop to their full potential. Mercy Housing is one the nation’s largest affordable housing organizations that participates in the development, preservation, management, and/or financing of affordable, program-enriched housing. Mercy Housing acquires and renovates existing housing, as well as develops new affordable rental properties for those in need.
Website: https://www.mercyhousing.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Mercyhousing
OneChild
OneChild helps children in poverty reach their full potential and discover hope. Their services help meet basic needs, help children recognize their strengths, and encourage children to overcome the challenges they face. OneChild helps kids build resilience in the face of hardship and develop life skills so that one day they will become the teachers, police officers, doctors, and leaders who will transform their communities.
Website: https://onechild.org/how-to-get-involved/ways-to-give/
Paige Foundation
The mission of the Herbert and Judy Paige Family Foundation is to support education, animals, and older adults through their endowment and donor engagement. During their lifetimes, Herbert and Judy Paige were passionate about supporting their local animal shelter and helped struggling older adults to pay their bills. They also generously offered scholarships to young citizens in their community who were unable to afford the costs of a college education. Herb and Judy created the Paige Family Foundation with the strong belief that, “the education of youth is the most efficient and effective method of improving the welfare, condition, and future of all communities, citizens, and families. The basis of all human improvement begins with education.” This ideal drives their educational mission today.
Website: http://paigefdn.org/donate/
Patrick Henry Family Services
The mission of Patrick Henry Family Services is to build communities of faithful relationships that ensure children are safe, and families are restored. Their vision is to have every child in a thriving family, supported by a faithful community.
Website: https://patrickhenry.org/give/
Pikes Peak United Way
Pikes Peak United Way enhances youth success and family stability in the Pikes Peak region by leading and lifting the most vulnerable in the community with mentorship, life resources, and real job opportunities. Signature programs and partner agencies intently focus on connecting youth and their families to resources to ensure access to fundamental needs of food, shelter, and learning resources for all.
Website: https://engage.ppunitedway.org/comm/ArticleArchive.jsp?ArticleType=ShoppingPages
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/PikesPeakUnitedWay
Science & Discovery
Geochemical Society
The Geochemical Society is a nonprofit scientific society founded to encourage the application of geochemistry to improving our understanding of the Earth and solar system. The Society supports an active and collaborative international community of geochemists who are able to explore, learn, and teach geochemical applications and theories.
Website: https://www.geochemsoc.org/programs/donationsandmerchandise
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
SEG is an international organization of individual members with interests in the field of economic geology. The Society’s membership includes representatives from industry, academia, and government institutions. SEG works to advance the science of geology through the scientific investigation of mineral deposits and mineral resources and the application thereof to exploration, mineral resource appraisal, mining, and mineral extraction.
Website: https://www.segweb.org/store/donation.aspx?hkey=463d3afb-590f-471e-b134-83f3a325e22a
Spiritual
Archdiocese of Denver
The Archdiocese of Denver proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ, celebrates His Sacraments, and exercises His works of mercy, so that all might participate in His salvation and discover the lasting joy of a relationship with Him. Gifts to the Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal puts faith in action. Donations directly support church values such as Catholic faith formation, community impact, and future leadership.
Website: https://give.archden.org/#give
Capuchin Religious Support Fund
The Franciscans are referred to as “friars,” from the Latin frater, meaning “brother.” Franciscans are an order of brothers striving to live the Gospel with the same simplicity and fervor as their founder, St. Francis of Assisi. Usually found in the poorer sections of towns and cities, the Capuchins have a special charism for working among the common people and taking those assignments which others refuse. Capuchins can be found working in soup kitchens and homeless shelters, serving as hospital chaplains or prison ministers, confessors, and spiritual directors. Capuchins can also be found in some of the city’s poorest parishes. Financial support allows the Franciscans to continue forming young men in the spirituality of St. Francis who will bear the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the poorest and most neglected.
Website: https://www.capuchin.org/support/
Catholic Charities of Denver
Catholic Charities has served the Denver community since 1927 and now serves tens of thousands of people each year throughout Northern Colorado in seven ministries: Marisol Services; Early Childhood Education; Shelter Services; Archdiocesan Housing; St. Raphael Counseling; Family, Kinship, and Senior Services; and Parish and Community Relations. Are you hungry, are you cold, are you tired, are you sick? Do you need clothing? A place to sleep? Are you pregnant and need help? Those are the questions asked by Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Denver, which serves those with a need to give and a need to receive.
Website: https://ccdenver.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/CCDenver
The Catholic Foundation of Northern Colorado
The Catholic Foundation helps provide long-term financial support of ministries and parishes within the Archdiocese of Denver. The sole intent of the Catholic Foundation is to advance the mission of the Church. Giving to the Foundation supports Catholic parishes, schools, and other charitable organizations.
Dominican Friars of the Eastern Province
The Dominican Friars Foundation is the 501(c)(3) advancement arm of the Province of Saint Joseph. The Foundation unifies the various fundraising efforts that support the Province. Headquartered in New York City, its express purpose is to support the Dominican Friars of the Province of Saint Joseph, especially the aging friars who have fought the good fight and the young who are preparing for battle. With the support of the Dominican Friars Foundation, the Friars work for the salvation of souls and the glory of God in parishes, hospitals, college campuses, and a variety of new evangelization apostolates.
Website: https://dominicanfriars.org/donate/
Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS)
The Fellowship of Catholic University Students is a Catholic collegiate outreach whose mission is to share the hope and joy of the Gospel with college and university students, inspiring and equipping them for a lifetime of Christ-centered evangelization, discipleship, and friendships in which they lead others to do the same. Through Bible studies, outreach events, mission trips, and one-on-one discipleship, missionaries inspire and build up students in the faith, sending them out to spread the Good News.
Website: https://www.focus.org/give/ways-to-give
Focus on the Family (FOF)
Focus on the Family is a global Christian ministry dedicated to helping families thrive. FOF provides help and resources for couples to build healthy marriages that reflect God’s design, and for parents to raise their children according to morals and values grounded in biblical principles. FOF supports families as they seek to instruct their children about God, protect themselves from the harmful influences of culture, and equip themselves to make a significant difference in the lives of those around them.
Website: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/
National Eucharistic Revival
The National Eucharistic Revival is a three-year initiative sponsored by the Bishops of the United States to inspire and prepare the People of God to be formed, healed, converted, united, and sent out to a hurting and hungry world through a renewed encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist – the source and summit of Catholic faith. This eucharistic movement seeks to bring together clergy, religious, laity, apostolates, movements, and parish and diocesan leaders to spur momentum, collaboration, and lasting impact for the renewal of the Catholic Church in the U.S.
Website: https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/donate
The Navigators
The Navigators is a ministry that shares the gospel of Jesus and helps people grow in their relationship with Him through discipleship and creating spiritual generations of believers. Since its founding in 1933, The Navigators has upheld the mission, “To know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same®.” To share the gospel and disciple all people in all places, The Navigators includes a wide variety of ministries and a broad family of missionaries, supporters, and volunteers. The Navigators reaches and disciples people in need of the gospel where they work, live, worship, and play: on college campuses and military bases, in inner cities, workplaces, churches, and local communities, and in hard-to-reach places.
Website: https://donations.navigators.org/s/?sf_ac=W01
Real Life Catholic
Founded in 1967, the Right to Life League is America’s first pro-life organization. The League is an education and service organization dedicated to the support and protection of innocent human life, from conception to natural death. They provide administrative, IT, financial and medical support services to their network of crisis pregnancy clinics, centers, and maternity homes across California.
Website: https://reallifecatholic.com/shop/recurring-gift
Right to Life League
The mission at Real Life Catholic is to share the love of Jesus and help others do the same. This is only possible through the generosity of their Ambassadors of Hope, whose support allows them to share God’s love and hope with the world. We invite you to financially partner with Real Life Catholic to help reach more souls with the JOY of the Gospel!
Website: https://righttolifeleague.org/donate
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Boulder
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church cares for the “least of these” by providing hands-on service, financial support, and gifts in-kind to people in need. Programs at the church include providing housing and spiritual sanctuary, assisting hunger ministries through produce grown in the community garden, supporting refugees from Afghanistan, teaching job skills and helping the poor earn money through a ready to work program partnership with Bridge House Ready to Work, giving emergency family assistance including food, shelter, and other necessities, and driving to deliver Meals on Wheels in the community. The church also provides a meeting space for 12-step groups. The church encourages all people to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.
Website: https://www.standrewboulder.org/giving
Temple Emanuel
All significant institutions of culture and learning require supplemental operating funds, and the Temple Emanuel is no exception. Inspiring worship led by devoted clergy; educational programs for tots, children, teens, and adults; cultural and social action offerings; and the preservation of our magnificent building, all depend on the support of caring individuals. Honor a special occasion or remember a loved one by contributing to one of the funds at Temple Emanuel. Each gift makes possible all that we do today and prepares us for an ever more promising tomorrow. The very future of the Jewish people depends on the strength, vitality, and relevance of their synagogues.
Website: https://www.emanueldenver.org/payment.php
Trinity United Methodist Church
Trinity United Methodist Church, a regional church located in the heart of Denver, has a community mission and historic faith tradition dating back to 1859. Today the church offers welcoming and transforming experiences of worship and service, embracing the Christian message of love for all, and upholding the value and uniqueness of each person. Trinity is committed to becoming a more diverse congregation that reflects the composition of the metropolitan community, where members and visitors feel that their presence matters, and diversity fosters meaningful and enriching participation.
Website: https://www.trinityumc.org/give/
Women’s & Girl’s Organizations
Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women (ENDOW)
Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women unites the Catholic intellectual tradition with intentional community by creating study guides and organizing women into small groups. ENDOW brings women into small group communities that transmit the depth of Catholic faith to awaken each participant’s particular genius and ignite them as luminaries who heal, mother, and prepare families and the world for the love of Christ.
Website: https://www.endowgroups.org/give/give-to-endow/
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, through direct service and advocacy. Girls Inc. programming, in partnership with schools and at the Girls Inc. Center, focuses on the development of the whole girl. A combination of long-lasting mentoring relationships, a pro-girl environment, and research-based programming equips girls to lead fulfilling and productive lives, break the cycle of poverty, and become role models in the community.
Website: https://www.girlsincdenver.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Girlsincdenver
Junior League of Denver (formerly Junior League of Denver Foundation)
The Junior League of Denver (founded in 1918), is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Website: https://www.jld.org/donate/
Colorado Gives Day: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/juniorleagueofdenver
Women First International Fund
Women First developed a unique grantmaking model designed specifically to support and partner with new and emerging grassroots women-led organizations in countries where gender inequities remain persuasive. Through their unique grantmaking program, Women First create impact in two major areas: organizational effectiveness and sustainability, and improved livelihood and financial independence for women, girls, and trans people.