Caring for Denver Foundation

Caring for Denver Foundation is a new nonprofit formed and supported by overwhelming voter approval to use tax income to fund programs addressing mental health and drug misuse prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and harm reduction in the City and County of Denver.

Lorez Meinhold

Executive Director

Past deals in US Rockies

Colorado Music Bridge

Grant in 2023
Colorado Music Bridge teaches youth detention-specific, trauma-informed musical exercises that help regulate attention and emotional states while expressing themselves and collaborating. They also develop critical social-emotional skills necessary for overcoming trauma and actualizing positive futures.

Stout Street Foundation

Grant in 2023
For over 40 years Stout Street Foundation has been a service leader in and around the Denver community. SSF has helped thousands of individuals over the years and continues to treat over 300 individuals a year.

Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado

Grant in 2023
Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado is a nonprofit organization that helps survivors of an injury to the brain and their families.

Colorado Juvenile Defender Center

Grant in 2023
Colorado Juvenile Defender Center by experienced mental health providers with court advocacy expertise- that aims to work with schools to identify students at risk of or currently facing criminal legal system involvement.

Sidewalk Poets

Grant in 2023
Sidewalk Poets provide mental-health-oriented, trauma-informed creative writing and storytelling workshops to participants in Denver’s Problem-Solving Courts.

SSC

Grant in 2023
SSC provides self-improvement mentoring, addiction and relationship counseling, employment, housing, transportation, and community services. SSC was founded in 2012 and was headquartered in Colorado, United States.

NXT Chapter Foundation

Grant in 2023
NXT Chapter Foundation and case management for clients referred by Denver Parole Office and Denver Women's Correctional Facility.

The Road Called Strate

Grant in 2023
The Road Called Strate provides screening and referral services for justice-involved youth suspected of having traumatic brain injuries and subsequently connects them to appropriate mental health counseling services in the City and County of Denver.

Breakthrough

Grant in 2023
Breakthrough in serving formerly incarcerated or recovering individuals in the Denver area through direct support resource navigation, and integrated informational sessions to further bridge the barriers within the re-entry/recovery community.

Project PAVE

Grant in 2023
Project PAVE is to provide effective, culturally relevant violence prevention education, victim identification, and counseling services in underserved Denver neighborhoods.

Colorado Coalition

Grant in 2022
Colorado Coalition provides housing, integrated healthcare, pharmacy services and lasting solutions to homelessness.

Colorado Gerontological Society

Grant in 2022
Colorado Gerontological Society is a non-profit organization that provides advocacy, information, and assistance to Colorado seniors, as well as education and networking opportunities for aging professionals.

Vivent Health

Grant in 2022
Vivent Health is a leading non-profit organization dedicated to combating HIV/AIDS. It operates the only HIV Medical Home in the U.S., recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, providing comprehensive care including medical, dental, mental health services, pharmacies, and social support. Vivent Health also offers innovative HIV prevention services. With 15 locations across Colorado, Missouri, Texas, and Wisconsin, it serves tens of thousands of individuals at-risk for HIV and over 8,000 people living with HIV annually, helping them exceed national health benchmarks.

Colorado Health Network

Grant in 2022
Colorado Health Network is a non-profit organization that provides information & prevention on HIV, STI and other health conditions.

CrossPurpose

Grant in 2022
CrossPurpose abolishes economic, relational, and spiritual poverty through career and community development in Denver.

Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

Grant in 2022
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment's mission is to protect and improve the health of Colorado's people and the quality of its environment.

Denver Sheriff Department

Grant in 2022
Denver Sheriff Department's objective is to provide safe and secure custody for people entrusted and to carry out all of the duties in a way that is responsive to the needs of varied communities.

The Shaka Franklin Foundation

Grant in 2022
The Shaka Franklin Foundation for Teenage is a non-profit organization created in 1990 to address the terrible problem of teenage suicide in Colorado and around the country.

Denver Health Foundation

Grant in 2022
Denver Health Foundation, established in 1998, is an independent, non-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado. It operates separately from Denver Health and Hospital Authority, with its own board of directors and governance structure. The foundation's primary mission is to raise funds to enhance access to healthcare, improve patient care, and advance medical programs within the Denver Health system. It focuses on community health initiatives and critical health services, with its assets managed by the board of directors.

Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation

Grant in 2022
An award-winning nonprofit organization helping some of Denver's most disadvantaged youth achieve academic success.

Sacred Voices

Grant in 2022
Sacred Voices was an award-winning arts, cultural, and youth development organization in Denver, CO.

Joy as Resistance

Grant in 2022
Joy as Resistance is dedicated to promoting hope and joy for LGBTQIA2+ youth ages 10-24 in the Denver Metro area.

Homies Unidos Denver

Grant in 2022
Homies Unidos Denver's purpose is to promote human rights in immigrant communities in order to prevent violence and foster peace in the neighborhood.

Elephant Circle

Grant in 2022
Elephant Circle was established in 2009 with financial support from the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity.

Denver Public Schools

Grant in 2022
Denver Public Schools is an educational institution dedicated to fulfilling the academic needs of students in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1902, it operates a diverse range of schools, including traditional, magnet, charter, and pathways schools, serving approximately 91,000 students. The organization aims to provide rigorous and enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation, ensuring access to quality education in every neighborhood. Denver Public Schools offers various services, such as family and community engagement, school performance frameworks, and transportation, to support student enrollment and choice. Its commitment to inclusive education reflects a focus on meeting the diverse needs of its community.

AUL Denver

Grant in 2022
AUL Denver is a Denver Public Schools charter high school that serves students aged 14 to 21 from the Denver region.

PlatteForum

Grant in 2022
PlatteForum is an award-winning and creative arts, youth development, and artist-in-residence program launched in Denver, Colorado in 2002.

Mile High United Way

Grant in 2022
Mile High United Way works to improve education, health, and financial stability for all Metro Denver residents.

University of Denver

Grant in 2021
The University of Denver, established in 1864 in Denver, Colorado, aims to develop students into well-rounded individuals prepared for personal and professional success while fostering community engagement. It provides a vibrant student life enriched by a variety of clubs and organizations, including Greek life and outdoor activities through the Alpine Club. The university offers a diverse array of undergraduate and graduate programs, with more than 120 graduate degrees in fields such as Art History, Business Intelligence, and Educational Leadership. The Cherrington Global Scholars program facilitates study abroad opportunities integrated into academic majors. Admissions are based on various criteria including GPA, academic achievements, standardized test scores, and personal character, assessed through interviews. The university also provides financial assistance through merit-based scholarships, grants, loans, work-study programs, and need-based scholarships, ensuring support for students from different backgrounds.

Mile High Health Alliance

Grant in 2021
The Mile High Health Alliance is a member-based nonprofit that is building a coordinated, collaborative, unified voice for the safety net in Denver. We work with our diverse coalition partners to improve access to care and quality of care for the un- and underinsured, as well as for the one-third of Denver residents who are enrolled in Medicaid. The Alliance was established in 2015 through a community stakeholder process, which identified the following priorities: 1) First Access to Care (outreach and enrollment, health and insurance literacy, and entry into care) 2) Specialty Care Access for Underserved Denver Residents 3) High Utilizers of the Health Care System 4) Integrated Physical and Behavioral Health Care

SSC

Grant in 2021
SSC provides self-improvement mentoring, addiction and relationship counseling, employment, housing, transportation, and community services. SSC was founded in 2012 and was headquartered in Colorado, United States.

Colorado Coalition

Grant in 2021
Colorado Coalition provides housing, integrated healthcare, pharmacy services and lasting solutions to homelessness.

CrossPurpose

Grant in 2021
CrossPurpose abolishes economic, relational, and spiritual poverty through career and community development in Denver.

Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners

Grant in 2021
Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners offers crisis care for people experiencing mental health and substance abuse crises that can be assessed, safely and effectively stabilized, and efficiently linked to appropriate follow-up care and services. They provide its telephonic services to Colorado free of charge services like in-the-moment stabilization, early intervention, peer support, first responder triage and support, and referral into ongoing treatment to all Coloradans regardless of geography, income, race, and gender.

Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

Grant in 2021
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment's mission is to protect and improve the health of Colorado's people and the quality of its environment.

Joy as Resistance

Grant in 2021
Joy as Resistance is dedicated to promoting hope and joy for LGBTQIA2+ youth ages 10-24 in the Denver Metro area.

Colorado Health Network

Grant in 2021
Colorado Health Network is a non-profit organization that provides information & prevention on HIV, STI and other health conditions.

Servicios de La Raza

Grant in 2021
Servicios de La Raza provides mental health services for the Spanish-speaking community, Servicios de La Raza embodies the phrase “for the people, by the people”. Since our services have significantly expanded to fulfill the varying and evolving needs of Coloradans.

Stout Street Foundation

Grant in 2021
For over 40 years Stout Street Foundation has been a service leader in and around the Denver community. SSF has helped thousands of individuals over the years and continues to treat over 300 individuals a year.
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