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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Elevated Denver

https://open.spotify.com/episode/21chxbd3SsvXifbTIFnn8o?si=0TtprTnJS5yWHVQXwKOnvw In this episode, the last of the season, Elevated Denver digs into the housing and homelessness system, as well as the other systems that intersect homelessness. They also dive into the...

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What More Can We Do for Veterans? 

What More Can We Do for Veterans? 

Tim Cortez, Caring for Denver Foundation Program Officer I am one of the lucky ones. Besides my deployment to Afghanistan being a major disruption in my life and highly stressful, I returned largely unscathed. Moments where I could reflect and decompress through...

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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 2025

88,367

Denverites reached through
Caring for Denver funding

7,198

reduced substance misuse
(across grantees reporting)

4,476

improved mental health
(across grantees reporting)

Denver’s Stories of Progress

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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

Meet
our team