Denver voters in November approved the arts and culture section of GO Bond funding for locally based organizations and projects.
Nonprofits and arts venues take slice of GO Bond grants
Nonprofits
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 [email protected]
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.
Nonprofit raising $6M to overhaul Globeville campus
Laradon last month opened a $6 million push to fund the first two phases of renovation on its 10-acre campus west of Interstate 25.
Upgrade in the works for old-school printing studio
Letterpress Depot has raised more than $40,000 as part of a three-year, $500,000 push to revamp the Englewood building that houses its 15 letterpress printers.