We invest in the power of community

Founded and funded by and for Denver, we turn our community’s desire to help into action to address Denver’s mental health and substance misuse needs.

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Blog Post: Caring for Denver Staff 2025 Mental Health Playlist

Blog Post: Caring for Denver Staff 2025 Mental Health Playlist

What songs help you heal? Music has a way of meeting us exactly where we are—and sometimes, it’s just the thing we need to lift our spirits, spark joy, or help us heal. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we asked our staff to share the songs that help them...

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Help shape
our work

We listen to Denver’s communities, those with lived experience, and those doing the work to understand how mental health and substance misuse show up in our lives. Your insight and experience helps reveal what data alone can’t. Take this short survey to help shape our funding priorities. We regularly review responses to ensure our decisions reflect community needs.

What we accomplished in 2024

Without you there is no us. Since 2019, we’ve funded organizations that serve every City Council District and neighborhood in Denver to transform mental health and substance misuse care.

95,015

Denverites reached through
Caring for Denver funding

2,711

reduced substance misuse
(across grantees reporting)

4,033

improved mental health
(across grantees reporting)

Denver’s Stories of Progress

Girls Inc. of Metro Denver

Girls Inc. of Metro Denver

Girls Inc. of Metro Denver inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold through mentorship, a pro-girl environment, and research-based programs — helping them build confidence, take risks, and overcome gender, economic, and social challenges.

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Adam’s Purpose

Adam’s Purpose

Adam’s Purpose is dedicated to providing help, hope, and healing to communities of color who are impacted by grief, loss, and trauma.

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From grant opportunities to community listening sessions to sharing your stories of impact, let’s find a way to collaborate.

Juan Escobedo, Program Officer

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our team

We want to hear from you. Take our short survey to help shape mental health care in Denver.

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