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Caring for Denver Foundation

Denver, CO

Caring for Denver Foundation funds community-informed mental health and substance misuse services, including culturally responsive care, support during care transitions, stronger care systems, and alternatives to jail. Its 2025 grants ranged from $43,950 to $2.79 million, with a median of about $351,000; applicants must be located in Denver and/or serve Denver residents. Whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

Hunger Free Colorado

Denver, CO

Hunger Free Colorado funds Colorado organizations working to reduce hunger, including SNAP outreach, food access, community-led anti-hunger efforts and food-system advocacy. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,302 to $259,941, with a median of $18,935; the profile does not say whether it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

Gary Philanthropy

Denver, CO

Gary Philanthropy funds Colorado organizations and public or intermediary partners working to improve outcomes for children and families, including school readiness and after-school and summer enrichment; school readiness has a stated focus on Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, and Jefferson counties. Its active enrichment grant offers up to $40,000, and it issues a request for proposals once a year. It welcomes opportunities to connect with aligned organizations, but the profile does not say whether it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

High Tech High Graduate School of Education

San Diego, CA

The mission of the High Tech High Graduate School of Education is to activate a global network of change leaders to disrupt the status quo through transformative learning experiences.

The Colorado Trust

Denver, CO

The Colorado Trust funds health equity and the health and well-being of Coloradans, with current priorities in food, housing, and mental and behavioral health; its grantmaking is statewide in Colorado. Grant amounts vary widely: its 2024 grants ranged from $702 to $28.8 million, and it offers event sponsorships of up to $5,000. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests, but posts application details when competitive opportunities are available.

Lifespan Local Inc

Denver, CO

Cultivate community well-being through partnerships with local residents and community champions.

Wend II Inc

Bentonville, AR

Wend II Inc funds racial justice, youth, river stewardship, and community-support initiatives, with 2025 grants ranging from $23,050 to $724,972 and a median of $174,713. Its 2025 grants went to organizations in Virginia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Massachusetts. The foundation funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Hundt Family Foundation Inc

Chevy Chase, MD

The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center

Denver, CO

The Colorado Nonprofit Development primarily supports Colorado nonprofits through fiscal sponsorship and related administrative, financial, and strategic services; its 2024 filing also reports 10 general-support grants of $10,000–$82,500, with a $10,000 median. It accepts inquiries for fiscal sponsorship through an application process; the profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

Bardsley Foundation

Denver, CO

The Bardsley Foundation funds a range of charitable work, including education, youth programs, conservation, health care, and arts organizations; in 2025, most of its giving went to Colorado, with some grants in California, Montana, Massachusetts, and Iowa. Its 14 grants ranged from $500 to $129,000, with a median of $11,250. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Portercare Adventist Health System

Greenwood Village, CO

Portercare Adventist Health System supports health care and community-service organizations, including efforts addressing food access, mainly in Colorado, with some funding in Nebraska. Its 2024 grants ranged from $6,000 to $47,850, with a median of $16,000. The available information does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.