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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Colorado Needs the Right Behavioral Health Workforce

Jan 26, 2026

People want providers who reflect their identities, speak their language, and understand the communities they come from. By Lorez Meinhold and Jo Daugherty Bailey Westword Gaby Torres is a student in the first cohort of Building Denver’s Mental Health...

Beyond Survival: What Supporting Meaningful Mental Health and Healing Looks Like for Survivors

Jan 20, 2026

Healing doesn’t begin the moment trauma ends. For many survivors of sexual or domestic violence, trafficking, and other types of interpersonal harm, that’s when the hardest work actually starts—addressing the trauma this violence leaves. Our grantee...

Caring for Denver awards more than $14.5 million to strengthen Denver’s mental health and recovery ecosystem

Nov 25, 2025

News Release [November 24, 2025 – Denver, Colo.]: Caring for Denver Foundation is excited to announce more than $14.5 million in grant funding to 24 community-based organizations dedicated to addressing gaps in mental health and substance misuse care....

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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.