Rotary Club of Denver Mile High Foundation

A nonprofit organization

$6,385 raised by 35 donors

64% complete

$10,000 Goal

We fund and volunteer for local and global community development projects, collaborating with community organization experts in a number of areas, including:

  1. Peace - We teach conflict management skills in the Reading for Peace program at Ashley Elementary School and with The Conflict Center.  We help refugee families from Afghanistan relocate in the US in partnership with Project Worthmore.  
  2. Disease | Health - We assist mental health depression treatment with adults in Uganda in partnership with FineMind.  We promote mental health skills for youth in Colorado in partnership with BrainWise.   We have assisted community health fairs with 365 Health and vaccinations for COVID.  We are planning a menstrual health program for young women in India. 
  3. Water - We helped improve accessibile water in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Nicaragua communities
  4. Education - We improved and developed libraries in Thailand and Zimbabwe communities. 
  5. Jobs - We helped fund vocational skills for women in Zimbabwe and financed agribusiness storage for farmers in Nepal, working with local Rotary clubs. We are working with the Navajo reservation to develop technology skills and future jobs with area high school students.
  6. Environment - We partner with The Park People to plant trees in Denver parks, canvass low canopy neighborhoods for recipients of low cost trees and help distribute and plant these trees.   We are working in Abuja, Nigeria to develop a community agroforest that also serves as a public recreation area.
  7. Disaster - We provided humanitarian aid for Ukraine in the form of medical equipment and supplies.  We helped with natural disaster recovery in Colorado, Hawaii and Texas.
  8. Life essentials - We help address local food insecurity serving and funding neighborhood distribution centers including Project Worthmore, Village Exchange, and Metro Caring.

Mission

We aim to serve others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through [the] fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Rotary Club of Denver Mile High Foundation

Year Established

1993

Tax id (EIN)

84-1257470

Category

Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, Education, Environment, Health Care, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, Public & Societal Benefit, Youth Development

Organization Size

Small Organization

Address

PO BOX 101471
DENVER, CO 80250

Service areas

Denver, CO, US

CO, US

ZW

UA

US