An in-depth look at Hope Communities

An in-depth look at Hope Communities

An in-depth look at Hope Communities Hope. Home. Opportunity. These are not just words for the thousands of refugees, asylees, immigrants and humanitarian parolees who have entered the US and Colorado in the last several years. Many have escaped unimaginable...

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MISSION MOMENTS – a window into our Impact: August 2024

MISSION MOMENTS – a window into our Impact: August 2024

MISSION MOMENTS – a window into our Impact August 2024 At the July 15th Board Retreat, members shared inspiring moments that show the Impact100 Metro Denver mission in action. Do you have a Mission Moment to share? Let us know and we will share it in the September...

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Progress on Strategic Goals: July 2023 – June 2024

Progress on Strategic Goals: July 2023 – June 2024

Progress on Strategic GoalsJuly 2023 - June 2024 In July 2023, the Impact100 Metro Denver board gathered to form strategic goals based on theinput of members about what direction they hoped to see our chapter take in the next threeyears. This past month the board...

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2024 We Don’t Waste Update

2024 We Don’t Waste Update

Dear Friends of We Don’t Waste, I am thrilled to share that today is my first day as the new Executive Director of We Don’t Waste, and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve spent the past 7 years as the Director of Development, and I’ve seen firsthand the incredible...

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Impact100 Metro Denver Strategic Framework 2024-2026

Impact100 Metro Denver Strategic Framework 2024-2026

Impact100 Metro Denver Strategic Framework: 2024-2026 [Overarching Goal: To increase our capacity to provide significant funding to a wide range of nonprofits. 1. Infrastructure (funds, technology, staffing) is in place to support growth to 350/400members.2. The...

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Our members Will Surprise Us: Jackie Norris

Our members Will Surprise Us: Jackie Norris

Our members Will Surprise Us: Jackie Norris Impact100 Metro Denver brings together 237 members with an incredibly broad range of life experiences that bring us together in our commitment to collective giving and community impact. From time to time, we will feature an...

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Impact Social

Impact Social

Impact Social: It's for everyone! Join us. We hike, visit museums, take urban walks, drink coffee (and adult beverages) and more. This is YOUR group and your opportunity to get together and get to know each other better.  If you have a special interest, passion, or...

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Imagine our Impact in 2023

Imagine our Impact in 2023

Imagine our Impact in 2023 On Wednesday, June 7th, 93 Impact100 Metro Denver members gathered, along with guests and nonprofit representatives to Imagine Our Impact and announce our 2023 grant awards. Yolanda Webb, Impact100 Metro Denver President, opened the evening...

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Join the Grants Committee

Join the Grants Committee

Join the Grants Committee Being a part of Impact100 is being a part of making metro Denver a better place.  Deepen your involvement and learn about the amazing organizations that serve our neighbors by joining the Grants Committee. The Grants Committee is an essential...

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Frequently Asked Questions: Accelerator Grant

Frequently Asked Questions: Accelerator Grant

Frequently Asked Questions: Accelerator Grant Expect to find additions to these questions as we proceed.  Send your questions to info@impact100metrodenver.org ABOUT THE GRANT:  The Fundamentals A pilot multi-year grant, using trust-based principles to support one...

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We Don’t Waste event dished out HUGE Success

We Don’t Waste event dished out HUGE Success

Impact100 participants in the photo are: Abby Humphrey, Barb Heverly, Patricia Horsch, Marsena Holsopple, Debby Kaufman, Lisa Snead, Joanne Bennett and Alisia Robin.  We Don't Waste event dished out HUGE Success We Don’t Waste (WDW) is a 2021 Impact100 grantee.  On...

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Denver Public Library: Serving Denver Communities

Denver Public Library: Serving Denver Communities

Presentation: How Denver Public Library can Serve Denver Communities Michelle Jeske, Denver City Librarian, received an enthusiastic response from our members at her September 28th presentation on the vital role the Denver Public Library plays in the city’s...

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Growing and Giving Together

Growing and Giving Together

Growing and Giving Together Written by Yolanda Webb Impact100 Metro Denver is fortunate to have several mother-daughter members who engage with and support Impact100. Throughout the month of May, we will feature interviews with mother-daughter members. As a mother and...

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Family Values: Mother-Daughter Duos Make Tremendous Impact

Family Values: Mother-Daughter Duos Make Tremendous Impact

Impact100 Metro Denver is fortunate to have several mother-daughter members who engage with and support Impact100. Throughout the month of May, we will feature interviews with mother-daughter members. An interview with Carrie Morgridge and Michelle Morgridge with...

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What is Trust-Based Philanthropy?

What is Trust-Based Philanthropy?

The following are excerpts from a brief by Philanthropy Together. Philanthropy Together is a global initiative co-created by giving circle and collective giving network leaders to help start new giving circles and existing circles thrive. In 2021 Impact100 Metro...

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Grantee Highlights

An in-depth look at Hope Communities

An in-depth look at Hope Communities

An in-depth look at Hope Communities Hope. Home. Opportunity. These are not just words for the thousands of refugees, asylees, immigrants and humanitarian parolees who have entered the US and Colorado in the last several years. Many have escaped unimaginable...

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Accelerator Grant Awardees

Accelerator Grant Awardees

About the Accelerator Grant There may be some new members who are not familiar with the AcceleratorGrant, which was founded on a trust-based philanthropy philosophy that reimagines the relationship between funders, nonprofits and communities to rebalance the power and...

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Supporting our Former Grantees: SWIC

Supporting our Former Grantees: SWIC

Greetings Impact100 Metro Denver Members! I was honored to be invited to present at your 2024 Grant Year Launch on the evening of February 28th. One thing that continues to ring true for me every time I’m at an Impact100 event, is the extreme value of collective...

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Grantee Spotlight: TOSA

Grantee Spotlight: TOSA

The Other Side Academy (TOSA) is a 2021 Impact100 grantee. They provide a two-year life skills and vocational training program for men and women who have struggled with addiction, incarceration, and homelessness. TOSA used our grant to create a state-of-the-art...

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Grantee Spotlight: Mi Casa Resource Center

Grantee Spotlight: Mi Casa Resource Center

Grantee Spotlight: Mi Casa Resource Center 2022 was a year of reorganizing, restructuring, and rebuilding at Mi Casa Resource Center as the world changed around us. We are so grateful for support from Impact100 Metro Denver, which helped us try new things to meet the...

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Grantee Spotlight: Maria Droste Counseling Center

Grantee Spotlight: Maria Droste Counseling Center

Grantee Spotlight: Maria Droste Counseling Center Maria Droste Counseling Center (MDCC) provides mental health services and counseling to underserved and marginalized populations throughout Colorado. Everyone has a right to mental health, regardless of wealth. In...

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Grantee Spotlight: Work Options

Grantee Spotlight: Work Options

Grantee Spotlight: Work Options 2022 was a year full of challenge, recovery, creativity and helping 243 people move towards sustained employment. It was a year that started with a COVID resurgence and ended with the launch of our Line Cook Apprenticeship program. In...

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Grantee Spotlight: Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado

Grantee Spotlight: Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado

Grantee Spotlight: Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado Impact100 Metro Denver grantee, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC), has already begun to put their grant award to good use in 2022. The nonprofit partnered with six community groups to host 16 health and...

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We Don’t Waste shares new app and volunteer opportunities

We Don’t Waste shares new app and volunteer opportunities

We Don't Waste shares new app and volunteer opportunities We Don’t Waste (WDW) is a 2021 Impact100 grantee and wanted to share some volunteer opportunities for individuals.  Our Impact100 grant supported three technology improvements.  WDW just launched one of the...

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Building our Capacity to Serve Colorado’s Young Adults

Building our Capacity to Serve Colorado’s Young Adults

Building our Capacity to Serve Colorado’s Young Adults It was through the generosity of Impact100 in 2019 that the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center (RMCLC) truly built our Young Adult Legal Advocacy (YALA) work. Through this program, we provide free legal help for...

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The Blue Bench

The Blue Bench

The Blue Bench ​The Blue Bench is metro Denver’s only comprehensive sexual assault prevention and survivor support center.  Impact100 gave The Blue Bench a grant of $36,100 in 2019.  A Blue Bench client recently wrote about the impact the organization has had on her...

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