Nonprofit Partners
More than 70 nonprofit organizations have entrusted Community First Foundation to steward their funds. These relationships make us intimately tied to the metropolitan Denver nonprofit network and acutely aware of the community’s greatest issues. Below is a brief summary of their missions. For more details, we invite you to visit GivingFirst.org, an online giving resource, where many of our partners are featured.
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The Adoption Exchange
14232 E. Evans Ave.
Aurora, CO 80014
303.755.4756
www.adoptex.org
The Adoption Exchange recruits families for children who have
survived abuse and neglect, supports adoptive families throughout
every phase of the adoption process, and trains child welfare
professionals. The Adoption Exchange maintains a national training
presence, and connects children in eight member states with American
families living here and abroad.
Mission: Provide the connection between children who wait and families
who adopt.
ALS Association - Rocky Mountain Chapter
1201 E. Colfax Ave., Suite 202
Denver, CO 80218
303.832.2322
To provide services, resources and equipment free of charge to
ALS patients, families, caregivers and healthcare professionals
to aid in the management of the disease.
Mission: To lead the fight to treat ALS through global
cutting-edge research and empower people with Lou Gehrig's
Disease and their families to live fuller lives by providing them
with compassionate care and support.
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
6901 Wadsworth Ave.
Arvada, CO 80003
720.898.7200
www.arvadacenter.org
The Arvada Center offers year-round theater, concerts and
dance; art galleries with changing exhibitions; a historical
museum; and classes in ceramics, dance, writing, acting and
visual arts.
Mission: “We Open Worlds to You.” This is accomplished by
encouraging learning, innovation, and creativity through high
quality arts experiences.
Audubon Society of Greater Denver
9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd.
Littleton, CO 80128
303.973.9530
www.denveraudubon.org
Founded in 1969, Audubon Society of Greater Denver (ASGD)
strives to protect and preserve our natural heritage through
education, research and advocacy. ASGD is an autonomous,
affiliated chapter of the National Audubon Society.
Mission: To protect, preserve and enhance the natural
ecosystems of the South Platte River basin.
Aurora Mental Health Center
11059 E. Bethany Dr., Suite 200
Aurora, CO 80014
303.617.2300
www.aumhc.org
** Child Care Contribution Credit
The Aurora Mental Health Center provides mental health
services of the highest quality to residents of Aurora. A full
array of programs provides award-winning services to people of
all ages and backgrounds. The Center also provides Medicaid
mental health services for Aurora.
Mission: To create healthy and secure communities by
providing the least restrictive service that ensures quality,
appropriate and efficient care.
Blue Sky Bridge
P.O. Box 19122
Boulder, CO 80308
303.444.1388
www.blueskybridge.org
Mission: Blue Sky Bridge facilitates a collaborative approach to
child abuse investigations while providing child victims and
their families with support in a safe, compassionate
environment. Blue Sky Bridge strives to break the cycle of child sexual
abuse through education and social change.
Vision: A world without sexual abuse of children.
Boulder History Museum
1206 Euclid Ave.
Boulder, CO 80302
303.449.3464
www.boulderhistorymuseum.org
The Boulder History Museum, located in a historic landmark in
Boulder, collects, preserves and exhibits the fascinating history
of the Boulder region from 150 years ago through yesterday.
The Museum's collection consists of over 35,000 artifacts, 200,000
photographs and 700,000 documents representing the history of
the Boulder region.
Mission: To foster understanding and appreciation for the
unique history of the Boulder region and the resourceful,
innovative people who have chosen to live here—a living
history that grows with each new generation.
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 100
Boulder, CO 80301
303.449.1343
As Boulder County's home-town professional orchestra, we present
a full range of classical and pops and many educational/outreach
programs annually to our audiences. Our education/outreach programs
include free outdoor summer concerts, a Family Concert, Classical
Concerts in local schools, the Young Artist Concerto Competition,
and Youth Symphony Side-by-Side.
Mission: To entertain and enrich audiences in Boulder County with
inspiring and innovative orchestra music performed by area artists
and renowned soloists.
Butterfly Pavilion & Insect Center
6252 West 104th Ave.
Westminster, CO 80020
303.469.5441
www.butterflies.org
The Butterfly Pavilion offers the first stand-alone nonprofit
butterfly house in the nation. It allows students and adults to be
surrounded with, and part of, a living tropical ecosystem with
invertebrates from around the world.
Mission: To foster an appreciation of butterflies and other
invertebrates while educating the public about the need for
conservation of threatened habitats in the tropic and around the
world.
CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties
100 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 2040
Golden, CO 80401
303.271.6535
www.CASAJeffcoGilpin.com
CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties is a private, non-profit
Court Appointed Special Advocate program serving the 1st
Judicial District of Colorado. Their mission is “to provide trained
volunteers who advocate in court for the safety and well-being
of abused and neglected children." Their volunteers serve as the
trusted adult voice for abused and neglected children as they
make their way through an often over-burdened system.
CWEE: The Center for Work Education and Employment
1175 Osage St., Suite 300
Denver, CO 80204
303.892.8444
www.cwee.org
* Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
A long-term solution to poverty. CWEE prepares single parents
and families for long-term, meaningful employment, enabling
them to achieve self-sufficiency and end their dependency on
welfare. It offers a curriculum of case management, computer
training, skills instruction, and a wide array of employment
readiness classes.
Mission: To provide realistic programs to help low-income
single parents and families develop and expand the skills and
confidence necessary to obtain continuous, meaningful
employment and career advancement.
Children’s Outreach Project
8000 Pecos St.
Denver, CO 80221-3979
303.429.0653
www.childrensoutreachproject.org
** Child Care Contribution Credit
"It’s better to build children than to repair adults" is the motto guiding our
work at Children's Outreach Project. We provide affordable, quality
preschool and therapeutic programming year-round for at-risk and
special needs preschoolers.
Mission: To provide quality, integrated early childhood
education to children ages 2.5 to 6 in the Denver metro area.
Clínica Tepeyac
5075 Lincoln St.
Denver, CO 80216
303.583.0150
www.clinicatepeyac.org
Clínica Tepeyac provides health care, educates the community
about the benefits of preventative health care, and increases
health resources available to the community. All services are
provided in both English and Spanish to poor, working Latinos
in metropolitan Denver. According to the US Census bureau,
the uninsured Latino population in Colorado is 36%,
disproportionately greater than Caucasians (11%) or African-
Americans (22%).
Mission: To serve as the gateway to health for the uninsured.
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE)
15260 S. Golden Rd.
Golden, CO 80401
303.273.9527
The Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE) works to
ensure that everyone in Colorado has the opportunity to learn about the
world around us and experience quality environmental education.
CAEE's programs serve the expanding needs of the environmental
education community and strive to advance environmental education.
Mission: CAEE inspires and supports leadership for a sustainable
future. The organization works with all sectors of the Colorado community
to improve the effectiveness of environmental education. CAEE is
dedicated to supporting and promoting environmental education by
facilitating communication, coordination and professional development.
Colorado CASA
1490 Lafayette St. #207
Denver, CO 80218
303.623.5380
CASA volunteers are appointed to gather information in child abuse and
neglect cases and speak to the court on behalf of the needs of children.
CASA was instituted in Colorado in 1985. Currently there are 17 CASA
programs in Colorado serving approximately 3,000 children.
Mission: Colorado CASA advocates for the best interest of abused and
neglected children by supporting the development, growth and
continuation of quality CASA programs and services to benefit children
throughout Colorado.
Colorado Cancer Research Program
2253 South Oneida St.
3rd Floor, Suite B
Denver, CO 80224
303.777.2663
www.co-cancerresearch.org
Colorado Cancer Research program (CCRP) is a nonprofit
organization founded in 1983 and approved by the National
Cancer Institute. CCRP connects doctors, medical facilities
and cancer patients to cutting edge cancer prevention, symptom
control and treatment trials. CCRP brings these cutting edge
options to communities throughout Colorado.
Mission: The mission of CCRP is to advance cancer research through
cancer clinical trials and to bring the benefits of research to Colorado.
Colorado Children's Chorale
2420 W. 26th Ave., Suite 350 D
Denver, CO 80211
303.892.5600
The Colorado Children's Chorale offers performance training to
children between the ages of seven and 14. The Performance
Program includes a series of self-produced concerts, collaborations
with other professional performing arts organizations, and touring
around the world. Education Programs include School Partnerships,
school workshops and concerts, Youth Performances and
non-auditioned community choirs.
Mission: The Colorado Children's Chorale, through artistically
excellent children's ensembles of unchanged voices, presents
professional concerts and educational programs that provide
unforgettable experiences which entertain and bring joy to
audiences, engage participants, and positively affect individual
lives and communities throughout Colorado, our nation, and the world.
Colorado Council on Economic Education
225 East 16th Ave., Suite 350
Denver, CO 80203
303.832.8480
www.ccee.net
Economic literacy is essential to the future economic well-being
of our country. CCEE offers a wide variety of economics
classes for Colorado’s teachers and provides numerous
curriculum resources for their classrooms. CCEE is an affiliate
of the National Council on Economic Education, a coordinated
nationwide effort to help America’s young people understand
the basic principles that govern a market economy.
Mission: To promote and improve economic literacy in
Colorado’s schools.
Colorado Homeless Families
7447 West 61st Ave.
Arvada, CO 80003
303.420.6634
www.chfrb.com
Colorado Homeless Families gives homeless families an opportunity
to become self-sufficient by placing them in affordable housing, and
provides supportive services for eighteen months to two years.
CHF is dedicated to offering homeless families an opportunity
to work diligently to become self-sufficient.
Mission: To provide transitional housing and supportive
services for homeless families with children, and to help them
become self-sufficient within 18 months to two years.
Colorado Humanities
1490 Lafayette St., #101
Denver, CO 80218
Colorado Humanities strengthens teaching and learning in the humanities
in schools, libraries, museums, and community centers across Colorado
by providing high quality programs in history, Literature, cultural studies,
literacy, youth development and to appreciate our diverse cultural heritage.
Mission: To inspire the people of Colorado to explore ideas and appreciate
our diverse cultural heritage.
Colorado Law Enforcement Officers’ Association
6525 West 52nd Ave.
Arvada, CO 80002-3925
303.420.4290
www.cleoa.org
Colorado's nonprofit law enforcement association serves the
Metro Denver area and the entire state with education, training,
community service, and scholarship programs.
Goals: To advance all areas of the law enforcement profession
to the highest degree possible, elevate the standards of the
profession and its members, and encourage a cooperative and
networking interaction among law enforcement officials
throughout the nation.
Colorado Neurological Institute
701 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 330
Englewood, CO 80113
303.788.4010
www.thecni.org
Colorado Neurological Institute (CNI) is the largest, most comprehensive
neuroscience center in the Rocky Mountain region, specializing in
movement disorders, brain and spinal tumors, hearing, epilepsy,
neurotrauma and stroke. Their world-class physicians and neuroscientists
represent a broad range of expertise and take a team approach towards
patient care. CNI brings knowledge, technology and leading-edge research
to provide superior evaluation, rehabilitation, counseling, education, surgical intervention and drug therapies to patients.
Mission: To enhance the delivery of personalized, comprehensive and
state-of-the-art care to patients with neurological conditions through coordinated
patient care, education, research, and outreach.
Colorado Nonprofit Association
(formerly CANPO)
455 Sherman St., Suite 207
Denver, CO 80203
303.832.5710
www.coloradononprofits.org
Colorado Nonprofit Association is a coalition of nonprofits
whose purpose is to connect nonprofits of all sizes, missions
and locations, lead the nonprofit sector in influencing public
policy and public opinion, and serve members by providing
tools for communication, networking and administration.
Mission: To lead, serve and strengthen Colorado nonprofit
organizations.
Colorado Peace Officers’ Foundation, Inc.
6525 West 52nd Ave.
Arvada, CO 80002-3925
303.420.4290
www.cpof.us
The Colorado Peace Officers’ Foundation (CPOF) promotes the
welfare of police officers within the state who are engaged in
full-time law enforcement work. CPOF provides financial
assistance to the widows and children of deceased law
enforcement officers. Through the Marjorie Childs-Russell
Scholarship Fund, CPOF provides assistance to law
enforcement officers who wish to continue their educations.
Colorado Public Television KBDI - Channel 12
2900 Welton St.
Denver, CO 80205
303.296.1212
www.kbdi.org
KBDI -Channel 12 is a multi-media, public telecommunications
organization serving the Colorado Front Range and beyond. As
part of the PBS family, it seeks to inform, educate, and entertain
with a wide variety of innovative, high quality programming
and related services. It also has a special commitment to address
social issues and public concerns that are not otherwise
adequately covered in the community.
KBDI enriches and strengthens the culture of the region, and
joins with discerning viewers in building a community of civil
discourse.
The Conflict Center
4140 Tejon St.
Denver, CO 80211
303.433.4983
www.conflictcenter.org
"Conflict is inevitable, violence is not!" The Conflict Center
works with schools, youth-at-risk and organizations, teaching
conflict and anger-management and family skills by involving
participants in hands-on exercises which teach communication
skills, consequences, victim empathy, negotiation, values
clarification and decision-making skills.
Mission: To reduce levels of physical, verbal and emotional
violence by teaching and applying skills to help people in a
diverse community manage their everyday conflicts
nonviolently.
The Denver Center for Crime Victims
PO Box 18975
Denver, CO 80218
303.860.0660
www.denvervictims.org
* Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
The Denver Center for Crime Victims (DCCV) provides 24-
hour crisis intervention and counseling, support groups, crime
scene clean-up, and emergency repairs. DCCV has served over
100,000 victims of crime since 1987. All DCCV services are
offered at no cost. DCCV strives to provide culturally /
linguistically appropriate services to meet the diverse needs of
our clients.
Mission: To provide comprehensive and coordinated services
to victims of crime and crime prevention education in Denver.
The Denver Hospice (formerly Hospice of Metro Denver)
425 South Cherry St., Suite 700
Denver, CO 80246
303.388.7949
www.thedenverhospice.org
The Denver Hospice is the largest hospice organization in the
Rocky Mountain region. Serving the Denver metro community
for more than 25 years, it has helped more than 37,000
individuals control their own destinies and experience a peaceful,
dignified end to their lives.
Mission: To provide compassionate care to individuals with
chronic or terminal illness and their families, while advancing
palliative care and community awareness that death and grief
are a natural part of life.
Denver Street School
1567 Marion Street
Denver, CO 80218
303.860.1702
** Child Care Contribution Credit
The Denver Street School is a 501 c (3) secondary school serving
the metro Denver, inner-city community and has been in operation
since 1985 under the direction of Mr. Thomas Tillapaugh. The school
is completely privately funded and accredited by the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools.
Mission: We believe that every student deserves a quality education
and the chance to become a productive citizen. We accept students
who have struggled with, dropped out of, or been expelled from other
schools.
DenverWorks
2828 North Speer Blvd., Suite 103
Denver, CO 80211
303.433.0300
www.denverworks.org
* Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
The need for job-training and placement for entry-level workers
in the Denver community is more evident than ever.
DenverWorks strives to prepare the unemployed and
underemployed for positions in which they might reach their
full potential, find pride in their jobs, and provide for their
families.
Mission: To equip the low-income and unemployed to become
self-supporting and fulfill their God-given design by providing
job preparation, placements and life-skills training.
Doctors Care
191 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 102NE
Littleton, CO 80121
303.730.1313
www.drscare.org
Established in 1988, Doctors Care is a short-term program to
give assistance to the uninsured in Arapahoe, Douglas and
Elbert counties.
Mission: To provide affordable health care, through a coalition
of healthcare providers, to the medically underserved in South
Metro Denver.
Eaton Senior Programs
333 South Eaton St.
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.937.5107
www.eatonseniorprograms.org
Eaton Senior Programs (ESP) manages low & moderate-income
senior housing facilities in metro Denver. ESP’s supportive
housing includes a health and wellness program, social services,
dining services, housekeeping & an on-site ecumenical pastoral
program. ESP is supported by Wellspring Senior Foundation.
Mission: To provide, on a non-profit basis, affordable housing
and services designed especially to meet the physical, spiritual,
social and psychological needs of seniors, and to contribute to
their health, security, happiness and worth, enabling all to live
to their fullest potential.
The Educational Foundation for Technology
9455 W. 37th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
303.422.6477
Advances in technology can dramatically change the way kids
learn. The Educational Foundation for Technology (EFT) works
to promote the use of technology in classrooms in order to
inspire students and enhance the learning experience. EFT also
promotes the re-use and distribution of computer equipment that
has been phased out of service by the business community but is
still useful for economically disadvantaged youth.
El Centro Su Teatro
4725 High St.
Denver, CO 80216
303.296.0219
www.suteatro.org
El Centro Su Teatro is a multi-disciplinary cultural arts center
that focuses on the Chicano/Latino cultural arts.
Mission: El Centro Su Teatro's mission is committed to the
development, presentation and production of the Chicano/Latino
cultural arts.
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
8300 W. 38th Ave.
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
303.425.4500
www.Exempla.org
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center (ELMC) has been serving
patients in the Denver area for over 100 years and remains
deeply committed to the community by providing superior
health care services. With 409 licensed beds, in 2004 ELMC
served over 19,000 inpatients, over 170,000 outpatients, 71,500
emergency department patients, and delivered 2,621 babies.
Mission: To foster healing and health for the people and
communities we serve.
Family Tree, Inc.
3805 Marshall St.#100
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
303.422.2133
www.thefamilytree.org
* Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
Since 1976, Family Tree has provided a broad range of services
and shelter to families and youth of metro Denver to overcome
child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. Each year,
Family Tree provides services to more than 25,000 people,
including more than 26,000 nights of shelter to families and
individuals who might otherwise be homeless.
Mission: To help people overcome child abuse, domestic
violence and homelessness to become safe, strong and self reliant.
The GLBT Community Center of Colorado
1050 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
303.733.7743
The Center operates a Healthy Living program, produces PrideFest
annually, and is starting an Elder Services program. It offers a
community computer lab, lending library and meeting space.
Rainbow Alley is the only drop-in resource center for GLBT youth in
Denver. The Legal Initiatives Program conducts precedent-setting
GLBT legal representation.
Mission: The Center is about engaging, empowering and enriching
lives of GLBT people in Colorado.
Girl Scouts of Colorado (formerly Girl Scouts - Mile Hi Council)
400 South Broadway
PO Box 9407
Denver, CO 80209
303.778.8774
www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org
** Child Care Contribution Credit
Girl Scouts of Colorado is where girls discover, connect and take action,
all alongside good friends and committed, caring adults who make
learning fun. All girls ages 5 to 17 are invited to join our affordable
leadership program.
Mission: Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and
character, who make the world a better place.
The Greatest Generations Foundation
3773 Cherry Creek North Drive
Suite 575
Denver, CO 80209
303.331.1944
The purpose of the Greatest Generations Foundation is to educate
all generations about the extraordinary history of sacrifice and the
noble accomplishments of brave men and women who served our
county in the European and Pacific theaters. The foundation also
seeks to support and fully fund veterans to revisit and remember
their battlefield campaigns so that they may gain the closure they deserve.
Mission:
To honor veterans for their timeless and selfless dedication to duty,
which has ensured our freedoms today.
The Greenway Foundation
1040 South Gaylord St., Suite 201
Denver, CO 80209
303.455.7109
www.greenwayfoundation.org
www.veniceonthecreek.com
* Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
The Greenway Foundation has led the effort to enhance and
preserve the South Platte River and its tributaries throughout the
Denver metropolitan area. TGF provides youth education and
employment program, sponsors free family-oriented special
events and other programs.
Mission: To advance the South Platte River and the
surrounding tributaries as a unique environmental, recreational,
cultural, scientific and historical amenity that uniquely links
Denver’s past and its future.
Hotel de Paris Museum
(The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
in the State of Colorado)
409 Sixth St.
Georgetown, CO 80444
303.569.2311
www.hoteldeparismuseum.org
The Hotel de Paris Museum provides an outstanding glimpse
into life in Colorado’s mining towns in the late nineteenth
century. The Hotel de Paris was established by Frenchman
Louis Dupuy in the mid 1870’s. The collection includes
displays of photos, artifacts and information of the early days of
Georgetown and the history of the Hotel itself. The National Society
of the Colonial Dames dedicated to furthering an appreciation of
our national heritage through historic preservation, patriotic service,
and educational projects.
Jeffco Action Center
8755 W. 14th Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80215
303.237.7704
www.jeffcoac.org
* Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
Since 1968, Jeffco Action Center has been providing essential
stabilizing services to the people in Jefferson County who are in
danger of becoming homeless, or attempting to move out of
homelessness.
Mission: To provide an immediate response to basic human
needs and to promote pathways to self-sufficiency.
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
5265 Vance St.
Arvada, CO 80002
303.432.5100
www.jcmh.org
JCMH is a community mental health center, serving an
estimated 5,500 people annually in the communities of
Jefferson, Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties. Since 1958 we have
helped almost a quarter of a million people. We envision a
community in which there is no stigma, no lack of resources and
no barriers to mental health care, where recovery from mental
illnesses is not only possible but highly probable, and
individuals with mental health problems live a satisfying,
hopeful and contributing life.
Jefferson County Library Foundation
10200 West 20th Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80215
303.275.2240
www.jeffcolibraryfoundation.org
Jefferson County Library Foundation provides the extra help
Jefferson County Public Library needs to open the world of
reading for our children and inspire a lifetime of learning for all.
Mission: To enhance the programs and resources of the ten
Jefferson County Public libraries. Specifically organized to
assist and support financially, and otherwise, services not
available through the Library's dedicated tax-income base.
The Jefferson Foundation
809 Quail St., Building 1
Lakewood, CO 80215
303.982.2210
www.jeffersonfoundation.org
The Jefferson Foundation has the ability to raise money and
fund projects beyond the legal and political capabilities of Jeffco
Public Schools, the largest school district in Colorado. The
Foundation pursues financial support from corporations,
businesses, foundations and individuals through campaigns,
planned giving, special events and grants.
Mission: Supporting Jeffco Public Schools in preparing all
students for a successful future.
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
3201 South Tamarac Dr.
Denver, CO 80231
303.597.5000
www.jewishfamilyservice.org
Jewish Family Service is a community agency that serves
individuals and families regardless of faith or economic status.
JFS is a hub of resources for the elderly, refugees, disabled,
hungry, and emotionally distressed. JFS is committed to the
highest quality service carried out by skilled, compassionate
professionals. JFS operates in a collaborative manner with other
community agencies.
Mission: To restore well-being to the vulnerable throughout the
greater Denver community by delivering services based on
Jewish values.
Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain, Inc.
1445 Market St., Suite 200
Denver, CO 80202
303.534.5252
www.jacolorado.org
Junior Achievement is business leaders and community
members inspiring kids to learn the economics of life through
free enterprise education. In 2006, Junior Achievement will
reach 85,000 young people in 500 schools in Denver, Northern
Colorado, and Southeast Wyoming, and will be supported by
more than 3,000 classroom volunteers.
Mission: To ensure that every child in America has a
fundamental understanding of the free enterprise system.
Life Quality Institute
501 S. Cherry St. #700
Denver, CO 80246
Life Quality Institute is Colorado's premiere provider of palliative
care education to current and future physicians, healthcare providers,
and the public. In addition, Life Quality Institute provides education to
professional and family caregivers to develop personal networks to
support home-based palliative care.
Mission: To educate healthcare providers and the public to advance the
kind of personalized palliative care we wish for ourselves and our loved
ones living with life-limiting disease.
Lutheran Family Services of Colorado
363 South Harlan St., Suite 200
Denver, CO 80226
303.922.3433
www.lfsco.org
** Child Care Contribution Credit
Lutheran Family Services responds to critical social and
emotional needs of more than 10,000 people annually. Issues
encountered daily include crisis pregnancy, family violence,
child abuse and neglect, the impact of natural disasters, older
adult isolation and the plight of refugees.
Mission: Inspired by the compassionate love of Christ,
Lutheran Family Services walks with the vulnerable, through
services that heal, strengthen, and provide hope.
Metro Community Provider Network
3701 South Broadway
Englewood, CO 80113
303.761.1977
www.mcpn.com
MCPN provides medical and health education services to the
underserved. MCPN’s current service area encompasses
Jefferson, Arapahoe, Adams and Park Counties and the Cities of
Lakewood, Arvada, Wheat Ridge, Edgewater, Englewood,
Littleton, Bailey and Aurora. In fiscal year 2005 MCPN
provided health related services to approximately 35,100
patients, totaling more than 226,300 visits. 43% of all patients
seen are school-age children or infants.
Mission: To provide excellent health-related services focusing
on the underserved.
Mountain Area Land Trust (MALT)
P.O. Box 4063
Evergreen, CO 80437-4063
303.679.0950
A Colorado nonprofit organization established in 1993, Mountain Area
Land Trust (MALT) works in a non-adversarial way to facilitate win-win
land preservation efforts. MALT has earned a distinguished reputation
by helping private landowners, citizens and communities permanently
preserve over 10,000 acres of environmentally important natural areas
since its inception.
Mission: The mission of MALT is to preserve open lands and natural areas
of significant environmental, scenic, or historic value in the mountain areas
of Jefferson, Park and Clear Creek Counties.
NAMI Colorado
1100 Fillmore St.
Denver, CO 80206
303.321.3104
NAMI Colorado is a grassroots family and consumer self help, support,
education and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives
of people with mental illness. Our goal is to attain a comprehensive
and effective system of care and treatment for people with these
diseases, to help families cope and to speak out against
discrimination.
Mission: NAMI Colorado is a grassroots organization that provides
education, support and advocacy for people affected by a mental
illness and their families.
Open Media Foundation
700 Kalamath St.
Denver, CO 80204
720.222.0160
Open Media Foundation provides a continuum of services to accomplish
its mission, beginning with accessible high-end services and followed by
the training and access to resources that enable the community to represent
their own voice in the media conversation.
Mission: To put the power of media and technology in the hands of the
people to enable every person to actively engage their community and bring
about the change they wish to see in the world.
Outdoor Lab Foundation
P.O. Box 746626
Arvada, CO 80006
303.841.2699
A nonprofit foundation providing ongoing support to the Jefferson County
Public Schools Outdoor Education Laboratory Schools and the commitment
to experiential learning, stewardship and historical preservation--for now and
into the future.
Mission: To increase community and business involvement in support of the
Jefferson County Public Outdoor Education Laboratory Schools.
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Auxiliary
Volunteer Services
1719 E. 19th Avenue
Denver, CO 80218
303.839.6619
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Auxiliary’s purpose is to fund grants and
charitable donations to worthy nonprofit organizations or purposes within
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in areas that are not covered by
P/SL’s obligatory funding, thus supporting our hospital and the surrounding
community.
Mission: To serve patients, family members, staff and community through
giving and sharing of our time, talents and energy. We are enriched by a
sense of inner satisfaction, fulfillment and joy through dedication and service.
Project Angel Heart
4190 Garfield St., Unit 5
Denver, CO 80216
303.830.0202
Project Angel Heart’s clients receive up to three meals per day, six days per
week, made and delivered with the help of over 3,000 community volunteers.
The program exists to improve every individual’s nutrition and self-sufficiency,
strengthen their ability to fight diseases, and ultimately improve their quality of life.
Mission: To promote the health, dignity and self-sufficiency of people living with
HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by providing nutritious,
home-delivered meals with care and compassion.
Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center
350 S. Dahlia Street
Denver, CO 80230
303.399.2660
The JCC offers sports and fitness, a health club, a tennis center, swimming,
a preschool, theater, arts and cultural programs, summer camp, educational
programs, senior services and more.
Mission: To provide recreational, cultural, educational and social programs to
serve and strengthen the community.
Rocky Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
1800 Williams Street, Ste. 300
Denver, CO 80218
303.388.4876
The Rocky Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program Patient
Assistance Fund (PAF) helps patients who require a transplant and
are faced with severe financial hardship. Since 1991 the fund has helped
patients keep a roof over their head, pay for prescription medications,
keep their insurance and pay for other unexpected expenses.
Mission: the mission of the Patient Assistance Fund is to help people in
need at the Rocky Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program.
Rocky Mountain MS Center
701 East Hampden Ave.
Suite 420
Englewood, CO 80113
303-788-4030
www.mscenter.org
The Rocky Mountain MS Center is a national and international
resource for cutting edge MS information and research. A total
patient view is emphasized with a premium placed on a
multidisciplinary approach. The Center ensures that each patient
and family member receives the most current information and
treatment options available.
Mission: To help people living with MS and their families lead
a quality life by providing individualized care, support,
education and research.
Seniors’ Resource Center
3227 Chase St.
Denver, CO 80212
303.238.8151
www.SRCAging.org
* Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
Seniors' Resource Center provides resources for older adults
and their families which allow them to remain independent
in their home and community. This is accomplished through
services such as adult day and respite care, transportation,
in-home care services, volunteer opportunities, minor home
repair, job training and care coordination.
Mission: SRC works in partnership with older persons and the
community to provide centralized and coordinated service,
information, education, and leadership helping to assist seniors
in maximizing their independence and personal dignity.
Stepping Stones to a Jewish Me
5840 E. Evans Ave., Suite 700
Denver, CO 80222
303.388.1198
www.steppingstonesfamily.com
Stepping Stones to a Jewish Me is an outreach agency of the
broader metro Denver and Boulder areas. Stepping Stones is
dedicated to welcoming, supporting and educating interfaith couples,
children and their families. Their goal is to strengthen marriages and
families by facilitating informed decision-making regarding religious
family identity.
Mission: to welcome, support and educate interfaith couples,
children and their families.
StreetSchool Network
1567 Marion St.
Denver, CO 80218
720.299.3420
StreetSchool Network is working to meet the needs of youth at risk
and reduce the dropout rate by giving students the opportunity
to achieve educational and personal success through our national
network of schools. Member schools educate the "whole student"
through programs encompassing academic rigor, career preparation,
life-skills building, and spiritual development.
Mission: StreetSchool Network is working nationwide to meet the
needs of youth at-risk by developing a network of schools that provide
personalized education, a moral code and toold for self-sufficiency.
Teen Challenge of the Rocky Mountains
2643 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80210
303.744.3986
www.teenchallenge.com
* Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
** Child Care Contribution Credit
Teen Challenge provides residential drug and alcohol recovery
services to men, women with preschool children, and at-risk
teenage girls.
Mission: To provide hope for transformation to those with life-controlling
problems through a comprehensive faith-based recovery program.
Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home
2950 Tennyson St.
Denver, CO 80212
303.433.2541
www.childabuse.org
Changing Lives; Giving Hope. Tennyson Center for Children
is one of the country’s premiere centers for the treatment and
education of abused, neglected and at-risk youth ages 5 - 14.
With over a century of service in the Rocky Mountain region,
Tennyson Center is recognized as a leader in the healing and
protection of children as well as in its efforts to eliminate child
abuse from our society.
Uplift Internationale
P.O. Box 582
Wheat Ridge, CO 80034
303.707.1361
Uplift Internationale aims to provide surgical care to children with
facial deformities in rural Philippines at no cost to the indigent family.
The services are provided by volunteer heathcare experts.
Mission: Uplift Internationale aims to give a life-changing gift to
children with facial deformities by mending faces one child at a time.
Visiting Nurse Association
390 Grant St.
Denver, CO 80203
303.698.2121
www.vnacolorado.org
The Visiting Nurse Corporation of Colorado was founded in
1889 and is the state's oldest home health agency. It provides
high quality and compassionate home and community health
services. VNA provide nursing, rehabilitation and speech
therapies, medical social work and paraprofessional assistance.
Wellspring Senior Foundation
333 South Eaton St.
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.937.5107
www.wellspringseniorfoundation.org
Wellspring Senior Foundation supports Eaton Senior Programs,
a non-profit operating company, in providing affordable
housing and services for low- to moderate-income seniors.
Eaton Senior Programs offers more than housing to its
residents, including health and wellness programs, activities
programs and an on-site ecumenical pastoral program.
Mission: To obtain the resources for Eaton Senior Programs to
provide seniors with a variety of affordable living choices and
to support programs and activities that enrich their lives.
Wheat Ridge Rotary Club
PO Box 616
Wheat Ridge, CO 80034
www.wheatridgerotary.org
The main objective of Rotary is service: in the community, in
the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians build
goodwill and peace, provide humanitarian service, and
encourage high ethical standards in all vocations. The Rotary
motto is “Service Above Self.” The Wheat Ridge Rotary Club
assists our community with a number of programs including its
“Student of the Month” program, “READ TO ME” program,
Youth Development program, and a scholarship program for at-risk
youth.
White Rose Scholarship Foundation
P.O. Box 2108
Denver, CO 80202
The purpose of White Rose Scholarship Foundation, a program of
Rocky Mountain Court Systems, Inc., is to raise funds in support of
legitimate charities, provide social activities for the express
benefit and/or pleasure and entertainment for the community, provide
scholarship funds to any qualified applicants pursuing secondary
education, build alliances with other organizations to further better
understanding of our goals and the court system, and recognize the
importance of volunteerism in our community and reward it accordingly.
Mission: To conduct projects of a public service or charitable nature to
benefit legitimate charities and, in so doing, provide social activities for
the express benefit and/or pleasure and entertainment for the community.
YMCA of Metropolitan Denver,
Susan M. Duncan Family Branch
6350 Eldridge St.
Arvada, CO 80004
303.422.4977
www.denverymca.org
** Child Care Contribution Credit
Live the Y life where they build strong kids, strong families and strong
communities by offering a multitude of programs, classes and activities
for residents in the greater Denver area. From child care to fitness and
youth sports, they have been providing services to the community since
1875.
Mission: To put Christian principles into practice through
programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
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