$74,500 raised by 292 donors
30% complete
$250,000 Goal
At ECDC African Community Center of Denver (ACC), we believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home. For 25 years, it has been our mission to help refugees and immigrants rebuild safe, sustainable lives in the Denver area.
We welcome individuals fleeing persecution, ensuring they are supported with basic needs like housing, education, employment, and healthcare while on their journey toward meaningful integration in their new community. We believe that helping refugees and immigrants is not only the right thing to do, but that it helps build Colorado into a rich, diverse, and vibrant state.
Since 2001, ACC welcomed over 9,000 refugees and immigrants to Denver from 74 countries who speak over 80 languages.
Today, we face a new and urgent challenge.
Beginning this April under H.R.1, families receiving SNAP (food stamps) are being reevaluated based on green card status. Starting May 1, 2026, many of our newest neighbors, who face USCIS processing delays, will lose their food benefits.
In honor of our 25th anniversary, we have set a goal to raise $250,000 to fill these gaps. Your gift today provides direct assistance and ensures that no family in our program goes hungry or faces homelessness while we navigate these legislative hurdles together.
We need your help to continue providing critical services to our refugee and immigrant community members. We refuse to let these challenges stop us. But we can't do it alone. Now, more than ever, we need YOU.
Every gift, no matter how small, helps make Colorado a home for all.
Helping refugees and immigrants rebuild safe, sustainable lives in Colorado.
ACC was established in May 2001 by our parent organization, the Ethiopian Community Development Council. Our vision is to be an integrative center of multicultural exchange where community members feel a sense of belonging and actively contribute to an inclusive society.
With a diverse staff and the help of faithful volunteers and interns, we conduct educational and social service programs that help newcomers rebuild their lives in their new community, navigate U.S. systems and cultures, achieve economic self-sufficiency, and become confident, thriving, integrated members of society.
ACC's Values:
Belonging: We foster security and trust by building welcoming and diverse communities based on relationships of reciprocity.
Empathy: We offer friendship, compassion, and understanding to individuals from all communities.
Imagination: We are committed to creative pursuits that exceed the status quo.
Integrity: We consistently exhibit honest and just actions that affirm our promises.
Organization name
ECDC African Community Center
other names
Ethiopian Community Development Council
1983
Category
Human Services
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
925 S. Niagara Street, Suite 200Mailing
925 South Niagara Street, Suite 200Headquarters
901 S. Highland StreetDenver County, CO, US
VA, US