Give Now! These Sites Will Accept Your Donations or Work With You to Make the Best Investment of Your Funds
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Nonprofits improve the quality of life for all of us in Colorado. They serve the needy, bring recreation opportunities and the arts to our communities, help animals and educate our families.
Your contributions to the nonprofit of your choice truly CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, and we're very glad you have decided to lend your support today.
There are so many ways to help. You can give directly to a nonprofit that you already know, give online through one of the many giving portals, donate immediately or at your work place through a United Way or federated campaign, or work with a community foundation that can provide extra guidance regarding your gift. If you’d like professional guidance in making gifts that best meet your personal philanthropy goals, you may want to work with one of these agencies. Colorado and national online giving portals provide you the chance to search for organizations you know of, search by causes; find detailed information about programs and financials of the nonprofit, and make a gift - instantly. Here are some online options for your consideration:
United Ways and federated campaigns are committed to making a sustainable impact and analyze the most critical issues facing the community before distributing funds. These agencies also evaluate the programs requesting assistance, choosing only those that demonstrate best practices for effectiveness.
* Federated Campaigns
* United Ways of Colorado
Community foundations accept gifts from individuals for special initiatives that address the most pressing community issues. Like United Ways and federated campaigns, they are able to pool funds from many to create broad-scale change. They also help those individuals that want to establish an endowment –a permanent pool of money contributed by many to benefit local charities. They offer guidance and administration for donor-advised funds – to ensure proper oversight and stewardship of investments made for specific charitable causes.
ONLINE GIVING PORTALS
After you explore GenerousColorado.org you can visit these other online giving sites to learn about even more opportunities to live everyday generously.
Sites for Giving in Colorado:
Black-Tie Colorado - acts as a vehicle to promote events and activities, provide information to the public about charities, and accept donations on behalf of 501(c)(3) organizatons that complete profiles. There is no administrative fee for donating through this portal. http://www.blacktie-colorado.com
Giving First - an affiliate progam of Community First Foundation, offers extensive profiles of over 250 nonprofits, primarily from the Denver Metro Region. Giving First has compiled program data, financial information and details to help donors determine the effectiveness of the nonprofits they review. The portal allows online contributions to all those nonprofits with a profile, and charges no administrative fee for this service. http://www.givingfirst.org
My Colorado Project - an affiliate program of Community Shares, focuses on engaging younger donors. They facilitate giving circles and options to directly support nonprofits or causes. http://www.mycoloradoproject.org
Sites for International Giving:
Global Giving features organizations and projects to support for nonprofits in the US and internationally. They follow the projects and offer regular reports to let donors and other supporters know the progress being made. http://www.globalgiving.org
Heifer International allows support of global initiatives to end world hunger, address poverty and care for the earth. To learn more, go to http://www.heifer.org
Kiva is more than a donation to a program, contributions are used for micro-loans to change peoples' lives across the globe. http://www.kiva.org
Make the Difference Network works to educate and gain support from the public for organizations, and the projects they choose to highlight – http://www.mtdn.com
Network for Good offers people the opportunity to search for a nonprofit, donate or volunteer. They also offer wize giving tips. http://www1.networkforgood.org
FEDERATED CAMPAIGNS
• Caring Connections - http://www.caringconnections.org
• Community Shares – http://www.cshares.org
• Colorado Combined Campaign – http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CCC/CCC/1184361164218
• Allied Jewish Federation – www.jewishcolorado.org
• First Nations Development Institute – www.firstnations.org
• Black United Fund of Colorado – www.blackunitedfundcolorado.org
• Combined Federal Campaign – http://www.opm.gov/CFC/
• Valley Community Fund (San Luis Valley) – www.valleycommunityfund.org
UNITED WAYS OF COLORADO
United Ways offer workplace giving options in addition to direct donations to serve a particular cause. Funds are then distributed to the nonprofit agencies vetted by the United Way for effectiveness and impact. Mile High United Way, for instance, coordinates the collective strength of more than 50,000 individual donors, 800 local businesses, 100 nonprofit organizations, and numerous community resources.
Pikes Peak United Way – http://www.ppunitedway.org
Moffat County United Way – www.unitedwaymoffat.com
Mile High United Way, Inc. – http://www.unitedwaydenver.org
United Way of Southern Colorado – http://www.unitedway-swco.org
United Way of Eagle River Valley – http://unitedwayeaglerivervalley.org
United Way of Larimer County, Inc. – http://www.uwaylc.org
United Way of Morgan County, Inc. – PO Box 1425, Fort Morgan, CO 80701-1425
United Way of Mesa County – http://www.unitedwaymesacounty.org
United Way of Weld County – http://www.unitedway-weld.org
Foothills United Way – http://www.unitedwayfoothills.org
Pueblo County United Way, Inc.– http://www.pueblounitedway.org
United Way of Garfield County – http://www.unitedwayofgarfieldcounty.org
Routt County United Way – http://www.unitedwayroutt.com
Logan County United Way – PO Box 206, Sterling, CO 80751-0206
COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS
Community foundations accept gifts from individuals that are held in an endowment –a permanent pool of money contributed by many to benefit local charities. They also offer guidance and administration for donor-advised funds – to ensure proper oversight and stewardship of investments made in specific charitable causes.
Aspen Community Foundation – www.aspencommunityfoundation.org
Broomfield Community Foundation – www.broomfieldfoundation.org
Chinook Fund – www.chinookfund.org
Community First Foundation – www.communityfirstfoundation.org
Community Foundation of Northern Colorado – http://communityfoundationnc.org
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County – www.commfound.org
Community Foundation Serving Greeley and Weld County – www.greeleyweldcomfound.org
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado – www.swcommunityfoundation.org
Crested Butte Community Foundation/Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley –http://cfgv.org
The Denver Foundation – www.denverfoundation.org
Grand Foundation – www.grandfoundation.com
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (part of Rose Community Foundation) – www.rcfdenver.org/latinocfc/
Montrose Youth & Community Foundation – www.montrosecf.com
Pikes Peak Community Foundation – www.ppcf.org
Rose Community Foundation – www.rcfdenver.org
Southern Colorado Community Foundation – www.southerncoloradocommunityfoundation.org
The Summit Foundation – www.summitfoundation.org
Telluride Foundation – www.telluridefoundation.org
Vail Valley Foundation – www.vvf.org
Western Colorado Community Foundation – www.wc-cf.org
Women’s Foundation of Colorado – www.wfco.org
Yampa Valley Community Foundation – www.yvcf.org
Can't decide which organization to support? Want to be sure your dollars make the greatest change?
Generous Colorado is here to help! It's easy. Simply enter your zip code in the space below—you can then easily click through to the web site of a funder in your community, where you can make an online donation today. These community foundations and United Ways are experts in channeling funds to organizations addressing the most critical needs in your area.
