CNDC works primarily with charitable organizations that have not yet achieved 501(c)(3) status. This can encompass organizations at virtually any stage of development – from a start-up to transitioning and established community organizations.
Since CNDC also assumes responsibility for all financial and legal liabilities for our projects, it’s important that we ensure the partnership is a good fit for everyone. Our vetting process helps ensure all organizations under the CNDC umbrella are aligned with our goal of implementing innovative solutions to build stronger communities. CNDC looks for Projects that demonstrate an innovative approach to meeting a community need, strong leadership, clear objectives, a realistic budget, and an ability to attract donors.
Once we have determined a charitable organization is a good match for CNDC, they become known as a ‘Project’ under the umbrella of CNDC’s 501(c)(3).
In addition to the services we offer to projects under our 501(c)(3), we also offer certain support services to established 501(c)(3)s. These nonprofits essentially outsource their accounting to CNDC and receive hands-on support in financial management that allows them to focus their time and energy on providing quality services in the community.
Past Projects
- Chalkbeat
- Neighbor Network
- CIVHC
- The Delores Project
- Reach Out and Read Colorado
- Brother Jeff’s Cultural Cafe
- Denver Preschool Program
- WeeCycle
- Love Animals
- CRUSH
Current Projects
CNDC Projects make a big difference in the communities they serve. Many Projects under the CNDC umbrella have been recognized locally and nationally for their contributions to improving the quality of life here in Colorado.
Since our inception, CNDC has supported more than 200 Projects, managed nearly $100 million in Project revenue, and received and administered more than 1,000 grants to benefit Projects. To date, our Projects have generated more than 850,000 in volunteer hours.
To make a donation to one of our Projects, please visit the individual Project’s website.
10.10.10
10.10.10 focuses on identifying and addressing wicked problems within complex systems – health, water, food, energy, learning, infrastructure, waste, security and climate change – problems that cannot be addressed effectively by government, large industry or research institutions.
ADELANTE SAN LUIS
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP GROUP
African Leadership Group helps the African diaspora integrate and prosper by connecting cultures, promote businesses within our communities here in America and abroad, mentor the youth, encourage political participation, bring the African diaspora together.
ANTONITO TOGETHER
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.
A+ COLORADO
The goal of A+ Colorado is to mobilize the broader community to make public education the most important priority for the City and County of Denver.
ASSURING BETTER CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
ABCD enlists community stakeholders to expand the early use of standardized development screening tools amongst health care providers.
AVONDALE RESIDENT GROUP
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.
AVP COLORADO
Through Alternatives to Violence workshops, AVP Colorado gives inmates tools to change their lives, including learning new ways to react to potentially violent situations of conflict and frustration.
BANK ON DENVER
Bank on Denver is an initiative to connect unbanked and under-banked Denver residents to local banks and credit unions to ensure that residents have access to products and services that allow them to maximize opportunities for building assets and improving financial stability.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT I CARE (B.I.O.N.I.C.)
BIONIC was developed in 2004 at Green Mountain High School in response to the suicides of four students, and equips students to reach out to those who are new to their school, students with extended illnesses, students and staff who lose loved ones, and those experiencing bullying and other challenges.
BENEFITS IN ACTION
Benefits In Action is dedicated to improving health care access and economic security to Colorado’s undeserved and military veterans.
BOOMERS LEADING CHANGE
“We mobilize, connect and empower Adults 50+ to utilize your skills, passion and energy to create positive, lasting social change.”
BREAKING SILENCE
BRK engages and inspires communities to take action, and recognize their responsibility for the impact interpersonal violence has on our culture and the lives of numerous individuals annually.
BRINGING MUSIC TO LIFE
BMTL provides economically disadvantaged children throughout Colorado with the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument by collecting and repairing donated instruments, and awarding them to qualifying schools and music programs.
CENTER FOR BRIGHT KIDS
CBK offers K-12 enrichment and acceleration programming for high-interest and high-ability children.
CHALLENGE DENVER
Challenge Denver works to inspire and re-engage Denver Public School (DPS) middle and high school students to their school communities by providing them with the experience of Challenge Day and follow-up programming and support.
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE
Changing the Narrative is a strategic communications and awareness campaign to increase understanding of ageism and to shift how Coloradans think about aging.
https://changingthenarrativeco.org
CHRIS ANTHONY’S YOUTH INITIATIVE PROJECT
The Mission of the Chris Anthony Youth Initiative Project is to improve quality of life by introducing youth to educational enrichment opportunities via the Chris Anthony School Visit Program and Youth Initiative Project Scholarship and filter program.
CINE FE
Cine Fe is an organization dedicated to advancing cinematic art and industry in Colorado. Cine Fe provides project and career support to cinematic artists and professionals of all backgrounds while working with stakeholders across the state to create the conditions necessary for the industry to thrive.
COLORADO AFTERSCHOOL PARTNERSHIP
Colorado Afterschool Partnership facilitates strong out-of-school time partnerships in order to strengthen the quality of after-school, summer, and out-of-school programs in Colorado.
COLORADO AGRIVOLTAIC LEARNING CENTER
The Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center (CALC) advances sustainable land use management and clean energy ideals by engaging the community through educational experiences and community events. They will conduct educational tours of Jack’s Solar Garden in Lafayette, Colorado, featuring the panels, property, and research projects (for K-12 students, university classes, politicians/policy makers, etc.).
COLORADO CENTER FOR CIVIC LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT
The mission of the Colorado Center for Civic Learning & Engagement is to provide access to high quality civic learning, education, and engagement by providing professional development support, curricular resources, and networking opportunities to educators, young people, and civic organizations.
COLORADO CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE ACCESS PROGRAM (CCHAP)
The Healthcare for Every Child program was formed to develop, implement and evaluate sustainable and replicable clinical care systems in the private sector that improve the access, quality, and cost effectiveness of health services for Colorado children of low-income families.
COLORADO INCLUSIVE ECONOMY
Colorado Inclusive Economy has the goal of making Colorado the most inclusive economy in the nation: an economy that works for everyone, especially those who have been overlooked and marginalized. They will work with CEOs/Executive Directors on their own personal DEI journeys so they can return to their orgs to help lead their own teams in this work.
COLORADO OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE
Colorado Open Space Alliance is a statewide organization of publicly funded local and regional open space programs, working cooperatively to share information, create public awareness and foster partnerships needed to protect and preserve the special places of Colorado.
THE COMMUNITY VOICE
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND EQUITABLE EVALUATION
Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation contracts with Change Matrix and CNDC.
DENVER EDUCATION ATTAINMENT NETWORK
DEAN’s mission is to increase college attainment for graduates of Denver Public Schools on the Auraria Campus and Emily Griffith Technical College through a multi-sector collaborative that connects resources and efforts.
DENVER HARLEQUIN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY TEAM
Harlequin Wheelchair Rugby’s goals are to enrich the lives of people with disabilities, offer wheelchair athletes a recreational and/or competitive outlet, and promote disability awareness through educational and community outreach.
DENVER REGIONAL MOBILITY & ACCESS COUNCIL (DRMAC)
DRMAC’s mission is to ensure people with mobility challenges have access to the community by increasing, enhancing, sharing, and coordinating regional transportation services and resources.
DENVER TALENT FUND
Denver Talent Fund brings together public and private funding resources, job training, and educational opportunities to meet the demands of today’s job seekers and employers and to provide Denver citizens with a thriving economy. Their main purpose to is raise awareness and funds to be granted to local providers of innovative workforce training and education in a responsive way.
THE EFSHAR PROJECT
The Efshar Project provides professional development opportunities that serve to increase educators’ skills, attitudes, and knowledge of educationally sound practices in early childhood education (ECE), Jewish ECE, and family engagement.
EL SISTEMA COLORADO
El Sistema Colorado empowers children by providing after-school music programs that teach teamwork, promote self-worth and instill social responsibility.
EMPOWERING COLORADO
Empowering Colorado is an organization with a journalism focus to bring nonpartisan, in-depth education and information on energy issues in Colorado.
ENCORE NETWORK
Encore Network is a coalition of individuals and organizations who serve older adults and help them develop “encores” in leadership, volunteerism, learning, and work. In addition, they aim to change stereotypes about adults 50 and up.
FAITHBRIDGE
FaithBridge is a grassroots, faith-based community action organization with a mission of mobilizing the faith community to improve education in Colorado.
FAMILIES FORWARD RESOURCE CENTER
Families Forward Resource Center enriches entire families through partnership and services that create a safe, healthy, connected community.
FORT MORGAN CULTURES UNITE FOR PROGRESS
Fort Morgan Cultures Unite for Progress will work to create health equity for the citizens of Fort Morgan, Colorado.
THE GANAS NETWORK
The Ganas Network works with Latinx and black graduates of Denver charter schools to enhance soft skills through professional development opportunities, such as workshops, peer-to-peer support, and business leader mentoring so that these individuals can become advocates for the charter school system.
GIRLS ROCK DENVER
Girls Rock Denver empowers girls through music education, creation, and performance, fostering self-esteem, creativity and collaboration.
GOLDEN TRIANGLE CREATIVE DISTRICT
Golden Triangle Partnership will establish neighborhood leadership to implement the projects and initiatives presented in the Golden Triangle Neighborhood Plan designed to bolster the cultural vibrancy of the neighborhood, promote the identity of the Golden Triangle, and promote accessibility to all populations.
GRAND VALLEY RESIDENT TEAM
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.
GROWING UP BOULDER
Growing Up Boulder is a child and youth friendly city initiative originally housed at the University of Colorado Boulder. Their ultimate goal is to expand statewide and grow Colorado to be the most child and youth friendly state (and a model for other states).
HARM REDUCTION ACTION CENTER
The Harm Reduction Action Center empowers, educates, and advocates for the health and dignity of injection drug users and their affected partners in the Denver metro area, in accordance with harm reduction principles.
HIGH ROCKIES HARM REDUCTION
High Rockies Harm Reduction’s mission is to reduce the rates of overdose deaths, new HIV and Hepatitis C diagnoses, and economic costs of the opioid epidemic in rural Colorado by expanding access to harm reduction services. Their work will primarily focus on Garfield, Eagle, Pitkin, and Delta counties.
IN LAK’ECH DENVER ARTS
In Lak’ech Denver Arts brings high-quality community responsive arts education to historically underserved neighborhoods in southwest Denver.
INDUSTRY FOR AMERICA
Industry for America is a national effort advocating for apprenticeship programs to be more widely available, especially to youth who come from families with low incomes. They will build a coalition (of industry, labor, philanthropy, and policy leaders), educate policy makers on the skills gap and diversity gap, and lobby at the Federal level and with targeted states to create policy change.
JEFFCO BRIGHT FUTURES
Jeffco Bright Futures is a community-wide collaborative project, built around the principles of collective impact, designed to align strategies and resources across sectors (public and private) and domains (health, education, and family supports) to deliver improved outcomes for Jefferson County families.
JUNTOS 2 COLLEGE
Juntos 2 College is building a pipeline for DACA recipients to access upward mobility by preparing undocumented high school seniors for career success. J2C supports them through the DACA application process and the entrepreneurial process in order to earn income legally. Additionally, they empower school counselors, educators, colleges, and HR resource groups through professional development so they too can continue their vision of upward mobility for students.
MAKING OLATHE BETTER
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.
METRO DENVER NATURE ALLIANCE
The Metro Denver Nature Alliance (Metro DNA) is a growing coalition of non-profit, government, research, and private sector partners seeking to align nature-based efforts to ensure more equitable access to nature and to promote healthy people, communities, and natural places.
MILE HIGH HEALTH ALLIANCE
The mission of the Mile High Health Alliance is to achieve better health for all Denver residents through collaboration by forming an alliance of stakeholder organizations in Denver dedicated to increasing access to care, better coordinating health care services, and decreasing health care costs.
MIRACLES FOR MITO
MFM provides research and information, focusing on awareness, education, support and advocacy for children and adults to ensure that no individual or family feels alone while trying to understand a complicated mitochondrial diagnosis.
MOMMY ROCKS
Mommy Rocks collects and refurbishes used rocking chairs. The chairs are then given to first-time, low-income mothers and their newborn children.
NONPROFIT CORONA VIRUS RELIEF FUND
Nonprofit Corona Virus Relief Fund distributes federal funds to nonprofits for corona virus relief.
OLIVE YOU ALWAYZ
The mission of Olive You Alwayz is to help children through the grieving process associated with losing a sibling, as well as to raise funds for necessary hospital equipment for children’s hospitals.
OUTREACH FORT COLLINS
Outreach Fort Collins is a community-driven, street outreach program working to maintain downtown Fort Collins as a safe and welcoming place for all community members while connecting our community’s most vulnerable to the services and supportive networks they need.
PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (PERC)
The mission of the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (PERC) is to create collaboration to encourage multicenter research in pediatric epilepsy using a network of pediatric epilepsy centers within North America.
POWER COMMUNITY CENTER
POWER (Preserve, Organize, Work, Educate, Reinvest) Community Center is a community-based hub in Globeville that delivers culturally and linguistically relevant services, resources, and empowers the community to create solutions, giving access and empowerment to the youth and community to help jumpstart a positive direction in their lives.
PROFOUNDLY GIFTED RETREAT
An annual retreat in Denver for profoundly gifted children and their parents across the country, PG Retreat provides the opportunity for profoundly gifted children and families to connect with others like themselves. Parents learn from the experiences of other parents and attend presentations by professionals who specialize in issues related to profoundly gifted individuals.
RESIDENTS UNIDOS
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGER ASSOCIATION
Rocky Mountain Ranger Association is a membership association for rangers in the state of Colorado. They provide networking and training opportunities throughout the year, in addition to hosting an annual conference focused on professional development.
SAGUACHE RESIDENT GROUP – HEART OF SAGUACHE AND KV
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.
SCHOOL CHOICE IS THE BLACK CHOICE
School Choice is the Black Choice is a national initiative designed to rally black parents to take control of their children’s future.
SECURE FUTURES COLORADO
Secure Futures Colorado advances meaningful reform to secure the retirement future of Colorado’s public employees in a manner that is fiscally responsible and sustainable.
SHERIDAN RISING TOGETHER FOR EQUITY
Sheridan Rising Together for Equity will work to create health equity for their community.
SMART COLORADO
Smart Colorado is a volunteer-led organization dedicated to protecting the public health and safety of Colorado youth against the effects of marijuana legalization.
SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS DENVER
Social Venture Partners Denver helps individuals realize greater impact with their giving, strengthening nonprofits and investing in collaborative solutions. SVP Denver’s partners provide pro-bono capacity building service and social impact financing.
SOUTHWEST DENVER COALITION
The mission of the Southwest Denver Coalition is to facilitate collaboration between the Southwest Denver community, local community based organizations (CBO’s) non-profit and the City of Denver. Southwest Denver Coalition promotes community engagement to highlight the neighborhood needs and to efficiently connect constituents to the appropriate service provider.
STARTING FROM SCRATCH
Starting from Scratch empowers adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to discover their untapped talent and passion by developing independent living and workplace readiness skills modeled through cooking. Starting from Scratch advocates for inclusion and provides opportunities for adults to achieve independence at their best.
THE SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK
The Sustainable Neighborhood Network (SNN) provides municipalities, counties and other local governing entities with an impactful model for direct neighborhood action in support of sustainability and climate action. The SNN framework was established in Lakewood in 2013 as a neighborhood-level engagement platform to create change by leveraging resident expertise, passion and resources.
TRENDLINES
The mission of Trendlines is to catalyze change in the social impact sector; to support higher success rates in the skills, education, and employment pipeline; to accelerate our workforce/education systems to a scale worthy of the need; and to support the development of sustainable workforce/education pipeline programs.
WE CREATE HEART
We Create Heart serves the social emotional needs of children (primarily in Mesa County) via creative arts, entertainment, and education. We Create Heart creates curriculum for educators to integrate brain balancing movement into the classroom and provides teacher training.
YOUNG NONPROFIT PROFESSIONALS NETWORK
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network is a member-based professional development organization whose mission is to connect and develop young nonprofit leaders to leverage collective strengths and resources.
YUMA UNIFIED MAKING ADVANCES
Each rural community will work to create health equity for its citizens.