The Lowry Foundation

The Lowry Foundation – Impacts 2025

• The Lowry Foundation celebrated our Jim Lusche Community Service Award winner, Sally Kurtzman, who was honored for the many ways she supports environmental sustainability and community building in Lowry.
• The historic Eisenhower Chapel drew nearly 400 audience members for diverse musical performances by Voices Rock, Denver Brass and musicians from the Colorado Symphony.
• The Lowry Speaker Series hosted a sell-out evening with Carlotta Walls LaNier, the youngest of the Little Rock Nine.  Carlotta shared her remarkable personal journey as a pioneer of desegregation in 1950s Arkansas and highlighted the unfinished work of the Civil Rights movement.
• The Foundation’s Arts and Legacy Committee completed important restoration work on The Reading Garden as well as repair and maintenance work at the Mike Mancerella Bus Stop, the Erik Johnson Bus Stop and at Great Lawn Park.
• The Foundation installed a new sign at the Eisenhower Chapel and received a grant from the State Historic Fund to replace the Chapel roof.  These projects add to the recent siding replacement project and round out important conservation work on the exterior of the building.
• Historic signs were installed at the Junior Officers’ Housing building and the Brick Barracks-Base Headquarters Building as part of the Foundation’s efforts to ensure there are historic signs marking all stops on the Lowry Walking Tour.
• The Silver Ropes Volunteer Corps participated in numerous outings to Food Bank of the Rockies, New Borns in Need at Denver Health, and Donor Alliance, and contributed additional support to Foundation hosted events at the Eisenhower Chapel resulting in an estimated impact of nearly $7,000.
• The Eisenhower Chapel was the site of at least eight important civic events, including town halls sponsored by Lowry United Neighbors, and several educational events sponsored by various Indivisible chapters.
• The Lowry Foundation has made the historic Eisenhower Chapel available to neighborhood schools for holiday celebrations, academic information sessions, musical performances, recitals, and other assemblies.  During construction at the Schlessman Family Branch of the Denver Public Library, the Foundation has made the Chapel available for after school tutoring as well.  
• The Lowry Foundation provided Starbright grant support to George Washington High School for the completion of a large mural welcoming visitors to campus.

Please join us in our important work to preserve the legacy and spirit of Lowry. If you would like to discuss what giving level is right for you, please get in touch with our Executive Director, Buffy Naake, at 303-929-4759, or buffy.naake@lowryfoundation.org.