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Join us in helping improve the life outcomes of young men and boys of color and increasing the capacity of those who work with them by partnering with schools, other non-profits, law enforcement, and parents through workshops, mentoring, and in-school classes. Learn more at www.sffoundation.org.
What participants are saying about our Working with Boys of Color workshop:
a. This is SO necessary! What an enlightening and powerful opportunity.
b. Amazing, fun and real! This is one for everybody!
c. This workshop highlighted the importance of mentors recognizing that cultural differences must be acknowledged within the mentor/mentee relationship.
d. This training was enlightening, thought-provoking, and challenging!
e. Tough but necessary workshop. You will be challenged, but it's worth it!
f. Acknowledge your privilege, Recognize your power, but understand the amazing opportunity you have to help a youth better themselves.
To design systems of belonging for boys and young men of color by delivering direct programming, shaping public policy, and driving systemic change.
The Sims-Fayola Foundation was founded in 2014 by Dr. Dedrick J. Sims in response to the persistent inequities facing boys and young men of color in schools and communities. After years of leading schools and youth-focused initiatives, Dr. Sims witnessed firsthand how young men were often misunderstood, underserved, or excluded from systems not designed with their strengths, culture, or lived experience in mind.
The Foundation was created to change this. What began as a local effort to provide mentoring, academic support, and leadership development has grown into a comprehensive ecosystem-building organization. Today, the Sims-Fayola Foundation works across classrooms, communities, and policy arenas to ensure boys and young men of color experience belonging, affirmation, and predictable pathways to success.
In 2023, the organization expanded its impact through the development of the Sims Framework, a systems-design approach that guides partners in building environments rooted in Belief, Structure, Practice, Alignment, and Predictability. This framework, now adopted across schools and organizations in Colorado and beyond, anchors all aspects of SFF’s work.
Over the past decade, the Foundation has grown into a trusted leader in youth development, racial equity, and community transformation. We serve as the backbone organization for My Brother’s Keeper Denver, operate high-impact direct service programs across Denver and Aurora, and lead statewide policy and advocacy efforts through the Sims-Fayola Policy & Advocacy Institute.
Through our Vision 2030 strategic plan, SFF is scaling its programs, expanding policy influence, elevating narratives about boys and young men of color, and strengthening systems that support their long-term success. What began as one program has become a movement, powered by youth, families, educators, community partners, and supporters across Colorado.
Our history is rooted in a simple but powerful belief:
When boys and young men of color are surrounded by systems designed for their brilliance, they thrive, and so do their families, schools, and communities.
Organization name
Sims-Fayola Foundation
other names
None
2014
Tax id (EIN)
47-5349323
Category
Youth Development
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
12500 E. Iliff Ave. Suite 200Headquarters
12500 E. Iliff Ave. Suite 200Arapahoe County, CO, US
Denver County, CO, US
Adams County, CO, US