Strategic Investment Grants Partners
Mile High United Way is proud to award $4.5 million in the 2020-2021 Strategic Investment Grants to 105 of the highest-performing organizations in Metro Denver. These selected partners are implementing strategies directly aligned with Mile High United Way’s four Community Impact Goals and demonstrate impact with measurable outcomes.
- Strategic Priorities
- Emergency & Basic Needs
- Collaborating for Impact
Strategic Priorities
Mile High United Way's Strategic Priorities Initiative Areas:
| Ability Connection Colorado, Inc.* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start  |
Adams 12 Five Star Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent  |
ARTS/Baby Haven* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Aurora Community Connection Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado* Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver* Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
| Bright by Three* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Catholic Charities* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Center for Work Education and Employment Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All  |
| Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
Centro San Juan Diego Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
City Year Denver Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
| Clayton Early Learning* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Colorado UpLift Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Colorado Visiting Nurse Association Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
| Colorado Youth for a Change Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
County of Boulder Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Denver Children's Advocacy Center Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Denver Indian Family Resource Center Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Denver Kids, Inc. Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Denver Public Schools Foundation* Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
| Downtown Aurora Visual Arts Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliance Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Early Excellence Program of Denver* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Environmental Learning for Kids Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Family Star* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
First Steps at Monarch Montessori Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Florence Crittenton Services* Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Focus Points Family Resource Center Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Girl Scouts of Colorado Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
| Girls Inc. of Metro Denver* Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Heart & Hand Center* Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
HOPE Center* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Invest in Kids* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Metro Denver Partners Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Mile High Early Learning Centers*
Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Mount Saint Vincent* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Mountain Resource Center Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
New Legacy Charter School Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Reach Out and Read Colorado* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Rocky Mountain Welcome Center Initiative Area: Reading Matters  |
| Roots Family Center Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Scholars Unlimited* Initiative Area: Reading Matters |
Sewall Child Development Center* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| St Vrain Valley School Initiative Area: Reading Matters |
Sun Valley Youth Center* Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Swallow Hill Music Association Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| TEENS, Inc Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
The Bridge Project- University of Denver* Initiative Area: Reading Matters |
The Tiny Tim Center (TLC) Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Volunteers of America* Initiative Area: Reading Matters |
Warren Village* Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Women's Bean Project Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
| WorkLife Partnership* Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
Wild Plum Center for Young Children and Families Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
YWCA of Boulder County Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| YMCA Boulder Valley Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
YMCA of Metro Denver Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
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*These agencies are eligible for the Child Care Contribution Credit. Learn more about tax credits here.
Emergency & Basic Needs
Mile High United Way's Emergency & Basic Needs Initiative Area:
| A Precious Child Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All  |
Bayaud Enterprises Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
| Colorado Legal Services Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Comitis Crisis Center Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Community Services of Broomfield (Broomfield FISH) Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
| Crisis Center Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Hands of the Carpenter Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
Hope Communities Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
| Hunger Free Colorado Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
Family Tree, Inc. Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Food Bank of the Rockies Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
| Growing Home Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
La Raza Services, Inc. Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
| Outreach United Resource Center Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
| SafeHouse Denver, Inc. Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Metro Caring Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
| St. Francis Center Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Sunshine Home Share Colorado Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
The Action Center Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
| The Delores Project Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
The Gathering Place Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
The Inn Between of Longmont Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
| The Senior Hub, Inc. Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
TLC Meals on Wheels Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
Urban Peak Denver Initiative Area: Emergency Basic Needs |
| We Don't Waste Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
Collaborating for Impact
Mile High United Way's Collaborating for Impact Initiative Area:
| Office of Children's Affairs/
Denver Afterschool Alliance Initiative Area: Developing Tomorrow's Talent |
Adams County Youth Initiative Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Arapahoe County Early Childhood Council Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Denver Early Childhood Council Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
Metro Denver Homeless Initiative Initiative Area: Creating Economic Opportunity for All |
The Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
| Early Childhood Council of Boulder County Initiative Area: Giving Children a Strong Start |
