Nonprofits in Denver
Drivers and businesses on Lunar can pick these nonprofits.
- A Little Help — Connects older adults with volunteer neighbors for rides, chores and friendly visits.
- Alpine Rescue Team — Sends volunteer search and rescue teams into the mountains and foothills west of Denver.
- American Legion Post 1 — Supports veterans through mentoring, a veteran information center and its color guard.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado — Matches kids with volunteer mentors for one-to-one friendships across Colorado.
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver — Runs after-school and summer Clubs where Denver kids learn, play and grow safely.
- Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation — Funds pediatric care, research and family support at the children's hospital in Aurora.
- Children's Museum of Denver — Offers hands-on play and learning exhibits for young children and their families.
- Clyfford Still Museum — Exhibits and preserves the life's work of a major abstract expressionist painter.
- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless — Provides housing, health care and support services for people experiencing homelessness.
- Colorado Symphony — Performs orchestral concerts at Boettcher Concert Hall and runs music education programs.
- Denver Art Museum — Shows art from around the world, with free general admission for visitors 18 and under.
- Denver Botanic Gardens — Grows and shares plant collections at gardens on York Street and at Chatfield Farms.
- Denver Center for the Performing Arts — Produces and presents theatre and Broadway tours downtown, plus classes for all ages.
- Denver Film — Screens independent films year-round at the Sie FilmCenter and hosts a fall film festival.
- Denver Food Rescue — Rescues fresh food by bike and delivers it to free, community-led grocery programs.
- Denver Indian Center — Offers workforce, family and elder programs for Denver's intertribal Native community.
- Denver Kids Inc — Pairs Denver public school students with educational counselors and mentors.
- Denver Museum of Nature & Science — Runs City Park's museum of natural history, science and space for families and schools.
- Denver Public Library Friends Foundation — Raises money for free literacy, learning and job programs at the city's public library.
- Denver St. Patrick's Day Parade — Stages a free downtown parade every March, run by hundreds of volunteers since 1962.
- Denver Urban Gardens — Supports a network of community and school gardens where neighbors grow their own food.
- Denver Zoo — Cares for animals at the City Park zoo and funds wildlife conservation around the world.
- Food Bank of the Rockies — Supplies food to 800+ pantries and hunger programs across Colorado and Wyoming.
- Foothills Animal Shelter — Raises money to shelter, treat and rehome pets at the Jefferson County shelter in Golden.
- Freedom Service Dogs — Trains free custom service dogs for veterans and first responders with PTSD or injuries.
- Girls Inc. of Metro Denver — Runs after-school and summer programs that help girls grow strong, smart and bold.
- Humane Colorado — Shelters, rehomes and gives vet care to pets and horses from its Denver campus.
- Judi's House — Offers free grief support and counseling for children and families after a death.
- Metro Caring — Runs a free fresh food market and programs that tackle the root causes of hunger.
- Mi Casa Resource Center — Helps Latino and immigrant families build careers, businesses and financial security.
- Mile High United Way — Funds and runs metro Denver programs for early learning, youth and economic opportunity.
- Project Angel Heart — Cooks and delivers free medically tailored meals to Coloradans with serious illness.
- Rocky Mountain PBS — Runs Colorado's statewide public TV network and KUVO Jazz, with local news and learning.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver — Gives families of seriously ill children a place to stay near Denver area hospitals.
- Tepeyac Community Health Center — Provides affordable primary and behavioral health care for underserved families.
- The Center on Colfax — Runs Colorado's largest LGBTQ community center and organizes Denver PrideFest each June.
- The Denver Hospice — Provides hospice, palliative care and grief support to patients and families.
- The Gathering Place — Runs a daytime drop-in center for women, children and transgender people in poverty.
- The Greenway Foundation — Restores and protects the South Platte River and its creeks as they run through Denver.
- The Park People — Plants trees and improves parks across Denver through programs like Denver Digs Trees.
- True Companions (formerly MaxFund) — Rescues, treats and rehomes cats and dogs at a no-kill shelter and low-cost vet clinic.
- Urban Peak — Gives shelter, housing, meals and support to young people experiencing homelessness.
- VFW Post 1 — Runs a veterans' community center at the first VFW post, founded in Denver in 1899.
- Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado — Organizes volunteers to build trails and restore parks and public lands across Colorado.
- Warren Village — Provides affordable housing, on-site childcare and coaching for single-parent families.
- We Don't Waste — Rescues surplus food from Denver businesses and delivers it to 140+ hunger-relief groups.
- Youth on Record — Offers free music production, media arts and mentoring for Denver teens.