The Denver Active 20-30 Children's Foundation is a nonprofit service organization for business leaders between the ages of 20 and 39. Chartered under Active 20-30 International, the Foundation has over 50 members representing a diversity of professional backgrounds. The mission of the Foundation is to raise money for disadvantaged children through annual fund-raising events and projects. Since it's inception in 1987, events hosted by the Denver Active 20-30 Children's Foundation have raised over $2 million. The Denver Active 20-30 Children's Foundation benefits organizations that provide better opportunities to children & families.

The Foundation makes grants in four program areas - communities, education, journalism and citizenship. The only program of its kind in the country, the communities program is designed to encourage charitable giving from the public and improve social and economic conditions in 31 communities throughout the United States.

Some of the charities that have received funds from us in the past include the following:

CCH Tennyson Center for Children and Families is an agency dedicated to breaking the cycle of child abuse and neglect. Through residential, day treatment, special education, in-home counseling and family therapy programs, the agency helps struggling families and children, ages 5 to 13, tap into their inherent capacity to heal. Founded in 1904, and located in Denver, CCH Tennyson Center served over 400 children in 1999.

Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation Over 10 members of Denver Active 20/30 participate as tutors and mentors for kids participating in the Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation assisting kids attending Horace Mann Middle School on 42nd and Navajo. This volunteer math and reading after school program helps kids involved in the program stay in school and if they graduate, provides financial assistance and college scholarship funds.

Denver Kids Denver Kids was formed in September, 1993, as the merged organization of Denver Boys (founded in 1946) and Denver Girls (founded in 1970). The youngsters in the program, ages 8-18, are all students in the Denver Public Schools. They represent all races, and all are living at or below, poverty level. The mission of Denver Kids is to enable each child to graduate from high school and become a useful and productive citizen of the community. Each youngster receives one-to-one guidance from a member of the Denver Kids counseling staff, and each is matched one-on-one with a volunteer Friend (mentor).

Emily Griffith Center The Emily Griffith Center is a licensed residential treatment and education facility for boys, ages 10 to 21, situated on a beautiful campus at the foot of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Founded in 1927 by Emily Griffith, the agency's mission is to provide troubled children the environment and opportunities to become healthy, participating and productive members of society. During the past three years, Emily Griffith as served 250 children, expanded service capacity by 50%, and increased admissions by 115%, all while maintaining a successful outcomes rate with the children of nearly 80%.

Project PAVE Project PAVE is a non-profit organization with a 15-year history of providing comprehensive violence-prevention services for Colorado youths and their families. The vision of Project PAVE is to break the cycle of emotional, physical and/or sexual violence that youths experience in relationships. Project PAVE believes that children learn violence as a way to handle conflict. With counseling and education, youths can unlearn violence and replace it with appropriate skills. Counseling clients come from throughout the metro Denver area; primarily Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties. Project PAVE educators also provide education in schools throughout the metro area.

Kids In Need of Dentistry Kids In Need of Dentistry is a nonprofit, health organization, founded in 1912 by a committee of dentists from the Denver Dental Society who were concerned about impoverished children in Denver receiving essential dental care. They opened a clinic in the Denver Public Schools, which is still in operation today, at Morey Middle school in Capitol Hill. Four additional clinics were opened in the 1960's in Tri County and Jefferson County Health Departments in Aurora, Commerce City, Englewood, and Lakewood. The mission has changed very little over 85 years: to provide quality dental care to children up to age 18 from families of marginal incomes who do not receive public assistance and are not covered by dental insurance. Kids In Need of Dentistry reach the children who would otherwise "fall through the cracks" between public assistance and the ability to afford private dentistry.

Family HomeStead Family HomeStead's mission is to provide independent emergency and transitional housing and supportive case management to homeless families with children. Founded in 1978, the agency has grown from 10 emergency units to 35 emergency units and 51 transitional units today. Family HomeStead's goal is to provide safe and secure housing for homeless families with children, protect the integrity and preserve the dignity and autonomy of the family unit and work with each parent to enact a plan resulting in greater economic independence. The ultimate goal is to help overcome each family's current crisis of homelessness and to help them stabilize at a level of functioning appropriate for them. Currently, the program provides transitional and emergency housing for 850 people in 230 families.

Child Assault Prevention Project The Child Assault Prevention Project improves the quality of life of children and adults by reducing the level of interpersonal violence through assault prevention educations. The CAP project, a primary prevention program, served 5,533 children in the 2001-2002 school year. The program teaches children and teens, skills and strategies they can use in potentially dangerous situations to reduce their vulnerability to assault. Through role-playing and guided group discussion, children observe and practice removing themselves from potential assault and seeking help.

Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center The BOEC was founded in 1976 in Breckenridge, Colorado to provide outdoor excursions primarily for visually impaired and developmentally disabled persons and to train instructors who work with special populations. BOEC clients have the opportunity to learn new skills, experience pristine natural areas, challenge themselves and work together to develop their full potential. Participants overcome limitations through experiential outdoor activities that eliminate barriers both physically and emotionally. BOEC served 2,137 clients for a total of 5,512 program days and provided 1,100 participants with financial assistance from the scholarship program.

Denver Inner City Parish The Denver Inner City Parish (DICP) is a grassroots nonprofit agency founded in 1960 to serve low-income residents of West Denver. DICP's primary goal is to provide basic human and educational services to a disadvantaged community that is primarily Hispanic/Latino.

Youth Biz Youthbiz is an organization that helps Denver inner-city teens reach their potential, within themselves and the community, through a focus on leadership, business, academic and computer skills.

Friends in Transition Friends in Transition, a Denver-based prison ministry, assists adult and juvenile inmates by recruiting and training volunteer mentors to bring hope and encouragement in the Spirit of Christ through committed friendship and transition guidance. Overall, we have found that through Friends in Transition mentoring, 80% of released inmates never return to prison. The benefits are real: changed lives; families restored; productive lives regained; hopes renewed.

GRASP Gang Rescue and Support Project (GRASP) of Metro Denver Partners The overall goal and Mission of GRASP is to empower youth to make wise decisions which will enable them to avoid or free themselves from the influences of gang sub-cultures and become productive citizens of society. The services GRASP provides are designed to address the individual risk factor present in the majority of GRASP participants. Many factors put GRASP participants at-risk of gang involvement and other deviant activities including exposure to violence and substance abuse within the family and community. However, GRASP chooses to focus only on that which can be changed. GRASP's goal is to change negative attitude to a pro-social attitude.

Family Pathways Family Pathways of Colorado was founded in 1976 (as "Chicago Creek Roads, Inc.) as a foster home for abused children. In 1981, we began to expand its programming so that now we serve approximately 500 people each year through four distinct programs designed to address issues of child abuse. In addition, our foster care roots have grown to include in-home family counseling, adoption services, and educational programming for children not able to function in a regular school environment.

Anchor Center for the Blind Founded in 1982 by a vision specialist and the Denver Alumnae of Delta Gamma Fraternity, Anchor Center has continued to expand its services and programming to children with vision impairment living in all areas of Colorado. Anchor Center serves, in some capacity, over 70% of visually impaired children birth through age five in Colorado. Families of toddlers and preschoolers are asked to pay nominal tuition; scholarships are available. It is the intent of the Anchor Center to assist all children who are visually impaired, blind, deaf-blind or blind/multi-challenged.

Bennie E. Goodwin Educational Bennie E. Goodwin is a foundation which provides educational assistance to multi-cultural youths and young adults through educational programs, referral services and partnerships with other community-based organizations.

Advocates for Children Advocates for Children was established as a project of the Junior League of Denver in 1985. Originally named Guardian Ad Litem Project of Arapahoe County because of its liaison with guardian ad litem attorneys, the project changed its name in 1988 to Arapahoe Advocates for Children. Every year, more than a million children are abused and neglected by their families and as a result, end up without a home to call their own. These children need help finding safe, permanent homes-something every child deserves.

Children's Museum For almost 100 years, children's museums have succeeded in their mission of stimulating curiosity and motivating learning in young children. These museums complement efforts in schools, child care centers, and homes to enrich the lives and education of children.

Mental Health Association The Mental Health Association of Colorado is celebrating 50 years of promoting compassionate understanding of mental disorders, expanding access to services and improving systems of care for Coloradoans with mental illness.