Reschool Colorado

Help make learning beyond school possible

Families know what sparks their children’s curiosity. RESCHOOL COLORADO helps make those choices possible through resources, relationships, and guidance. Giving now supports that work, helps us understand how young people learn, and prepares RESCHOOL COLORADO for its next chapter.

Start with young people’s interests and family priorities

Young people learn through the people, places, and experiences in their lives: at school, at home, in community programs, and alongside mentors. RESCHOOL COLORADO works to make that wider world of learning accessible to more Colorado families, especially those facing financial and other barriers.

We begin by listening. Families weigh their children’s interests alongside safety, culture, belonging, schedules, and cost. Their knowledge helps shape the resources we develop and the approaches we build with communities:

• Support family decision-making. 

• Design alongside communities. 

• Connect resources with trusted guidance.

Those priorities become meaningful choices when families can find, afford, and participate in opportunities that fit their lives. RESCHOOL COLORADO connects funding, practical guidance, community partners, and shared information so families have support throughout that process.

• Help families take the next steps. Trusted advocates and community partners help families explore options, understand applications and scholarship requirements, and work through challenges such as language access, transportation, schedules, and equipment costs.

• Resource families and the places they learn. Past Learning Dollars work put flexible funding in families’ hands, while Pick-a-Pass memberships made repeat cultural visits possible. Provider Dollars supported community organizations in offering programs shaped by local priorities. Together, these efforts addressed both participation costs and the resources providers need to deliver.

• Make opportunities easier to see and connect. Tools such as Discover Learning and the Denver Learning Ecosystem help families and partners explore community learning options. Shared information also helps providers and funders identify connections and consider where additional support is needed.

Build the next chapter alongside families and communities

Our work alongside families shows why access depends on more than a single program or funding source. RESCHOOL COLORADO brings those lessons into research, partnerships, and conversations with funders and system leaders to help shape more connected, sustainable support for learning beyond school. Your gift helps us continue that work and prepare its next chapter:

• Understand how young people learn. Through Mapping Real World Learning, we follow young people’s experiences over time to explore how relationships, preparation, and participation shape learning, and how young people can recognize and communicate their growth as they move toward future opportunities.

• Establish the Learn Everywhere Fund. Building on our past Learning Dollars work, we are developing a scholarship giving organization (SGO) intended to expand access to learning beyond school. Support for RESCHOOL COLORADO helps prepare the staffing, systems, technology, and operating processes needed to establish that foundation alongside our ongoing work.

Give to support RESCHOOL COLORADO's work

Make a one-time gift or give monthly using the Donate button. Your gift supports RESCHOOL COLORADO's work alongside young people, families, and communities.

Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 8, 2026. Early Giving runs November 1–December 8, followed by year-end giving through December 31.