Grantee Highlights
Archway Communities
Archway Communities As a finalist for this year’s Impact100 Award, Archway Communities was awarded more than $53,000 to further their mission of providing access to affordable housing and the supportive services Coloradans need to stabilize and thrive. Founded in...
Impact Grantee “Work Options” thrives on change
Impact100 grantee “Work Options” thrives on change By Christine Clayton, Impact100 Metro Denver memberJune 2025 Work Options, formerly Work Options for Women, was Impact100’s second $100,000 grantee. Margaret Prentice, Impact100 Denver Metro Membership Chair, and I...
Hope Communities Shift in Grant Usage
Impact100 Board approves Hope Communities shift in grant funds’ usage Note: This letter was sent to all members on June 19, 2025 Dear Impact100 Metro Denver Members, I hope this message finds you well and that everyone is enjoying their summer. On behalf of the...
$25,000 Accelerator Grants Update
$25,000 Accelerator Grants Update The Accelerator Grant was founded on a trust-based philanthropy philosophy that reimagines the relationship between funders, nonprofits and communities to rebalance the power and decision-making in grant awards. Impact100 Metro Denver...
2025 Impact100 Metro Denver $100,000 Impact Grant Award Recipient
Announcing the 2025 Impact100 Metro Denver $100,000 Impact Grant Award Recipient Awarded June 4, 2025 New Legacy Charter School Located in Aurora, New Legacy Charter School offers a unique two-generational educational approach, serving both high school students...
The Other Side Academy (TOSA) – update from a past Grant Awards recipient
The Other Side Academy (TOSA) – update from a past Grant Awards recipient Submitted by Margaret Prentice, Membership Chair In my second year of membership on the Grants Committee, I learned about The Other Side Academy (TOSA), one of three finalists for our $100,000...
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...
Connecting with our Grantees: How you can support Prodigy Ventures’ mission
Prodigy Ventures' mission is rooted in the idea that through personal development and hands-on learning, young adults build a foundation of mindsets and skills for sustainable lives, economic mobility and, most importantly, to go forth and enrich their city. We serve...
Meet Colorado Safe Parking Initiative
Organization Overview Colorado Safe Parking Initiative was founded in 2020 to support people experiencing homelessness who are living in their vehicles and provide them resources to get into housing as quickly as possible. CSPI was built on the belief that with prompt...
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...
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...
Highlights from the 2024 Grant Year Launch: Impacting the Future with Inclusive and Trust-Based Giving
Highlights from The 2024 Grant Year Launch:Impacting the Future with Inclusive and Trust-Based Giving February 28, 2024By Deb Brackney, Vice President Impact100 Metro Denver On an evening that hinted at spring and was filled with joyful energy, over 80 Impact100 Metro...
Grantee Spotlight and Opportunity to Volunteer: Roots Family Center
Get to know Impact100 Metro Denver Grantee, Roots Family Center Roots Family Center, located in southwest Denver, is one of two nonprofits that received our multi-year accelerator grant in 2023. Roots was created in 2017 to respond to a need in the community for...
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...
A Summer to Remember – Free Summer Camp at Mountain Resource Center
A Summer to Remember – Free Summer Camp at Mountain Resource Center By Ashley Boland, Marketing and Development Coordinator Mountain Resource Center is excited to share that we are launching a new, free weekly day camp during June for local children ages 6-10 years...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...