A handful of organizations give out Thanksgiving dinners, a Boston-based group moves into Denver, and several companies kick off holiday giving campaigns.
GoodWorks: Nonprofit roundup for 11.14.17
Nonprofits
Colorado Gives Day lands record-setting donations for 2,300 nonprofits
Run by the Community First Foundation, the philanthropy event broke last year’s record by $2 million.
Nonprofits and arts venues take slice of GO Bond grants
Denver voters in November approved the arts and culture section of GO Bond funding for locally based organizations and projects.
Organ donation nonprofit buys Lowry Field building for HQ
A Denver-based organization spent $12 million to own a building and move its headquarters into the top floor.
GoodWorks: Nonprofit roundup for 11.7.17
A contemporary art museum lands a $5 million donation, a local organization raises funds for hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico, and a group plans a bridge between Globeville and RiNo.
Goodworks: Nonprofit roundup for 10.5.17
Denver’s art museum and zoo both announce new exhibits, AT&T plans a community service project, and a South Dakota nonprofit establishes its local presence.
Thornton’s triceratops fossil begins second life at the museum
Construction crews can get back to work this week on a new public works building after a 66 million-year-old dinosaur was exhumed from the dirt.
Goodworks: Nonprofit roundup for 9.8.17
BusinessDen is starting a new monthly roundup of statewide nonprofit news. In this edition, the Colorado Symphony receives a $75,000 grant and the Boettcher Foundation dishes out $690,000 to 15 organizations. To get your news in our roundup, please email Kailyn@BusinessDen.com.
Denver Zoo holds inaugural event in push for funding
The nonprofit held its first State of Zoo event, reporting that it spent $48 million on operations last year and employed 530 full-time staff.
Easterseals gains much-needed space with a renovation, building buy
The days of staffers working out of closets will end as the nonprofit nears completion of a $4 million capital campaign.