2024 Grant Recipients
Grants totaling $100,000 (ranging from $2,500 - $10,000) were recently awarded by Second Century Foundation to these Denver non-profits serving the unhoused and those with food insecurity:
Capitol Hill Community Services
mealsforpoor.org
Capitol Hill Community Services provides reliable, healthy meals to the homeless and poor that will enable a return to self-sufficient life. In addition to very good food, they also serve dignity and respect to their clients.
Delores Project
thedeloresproject.org
The Delores Project provides safe, comfortable shelter and personalized services for unaccompanied women and transgender individuals experiencing homelessness.
Denver Inner City Parish
https://www.dicp.org/
The Denver Inner City Parish loves and supports individuals and families in our community, empowering them to break the cycle of poverty.
Denver Rescue Mission
https://denverrescuemission.org/
At multiple locations throughout our community, we help restore the lives of people experiencing homelessness and addiction through emergency services, rehabilitation, transitional programs, and community outreach.
Habitat Metro Denver
https://habitatmetrodenver.org/
We help families find strength, stability and self-reliance through affordable homeownership.
Haven of Hope
https://www.thoh.org/
With respect, compassion and warm hospitality, Haven of Hope, without judgment, seeks to sustain the lives of people of all beliefs and persuasions while walking with them in pursuit of permanent housing, stable employment, personal financial acuity and stable emotional health.
Mirror Image Arts
https://www.mirrorimagearts.org/
We are a Youth Advocacy organization taking a holistic approach to disrupting the Pipeline to Prison through Restorative Theatre™, Restorative and Transformative Practice, and Reintegration. Our Passion and Purpose is to imagine and create collective liberation for all.
Mile High Ministries / Joshua Station
https://milehighmin.org/joshua-station/
Transformational housing for families rebuilding from homelessness.
Rocky Mountain Refuge
https://rockymountainrefuge.org/
Our mission is to offer dignity to our Denver-area neighbors with terminal illness - who lack the shelter of a home - by providing a stable, appropriate environment for hospice agencies to deliver care.
St. Francis Center
sfcdenver.org
St. Francis Center provides shelter along with services that enable people to meet their basic needs for daily survival and to transition out of homelessness.
Sunshine Home Services
https://sunshinehomeshare.org/
Sunshine Home Share Colorado is a nonprofit organization assisting people above the age of 55 stay in their homes by safely matching them with someone seeking housing. Home sharing creates a mutually beneficial relationship, exchanging supportive services (lawn mowing, household chores, etc.) and companionship for affordable rent.
Urban Peak
https://www.urbanpeak.org/
Urban Peak ignites the potential in youth to exit homelessness and create self-determined, fulfilled lives.
We Don't Waste
wedontwaste.org
We Don’t Waste supports the community and environment by reclaiming and redistributing quality food to those in need.