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Denver Metro Community Impact (DMCI) strengthens communities by centering the voices of residents most impacted by gentrification and displacement. As a Black-led, community-rooted organization, DMCI brings together residents, developers, organizers, philanthropy, and policymakers to create equitable systems that allow families to remain in the places they call home.
Across Denver, families are being pushed out by rising rents, disinvestment, and policies that often overlook community needs. DMCI bridges the gap between community-voiced concerns and systems-level decision-making. Through ethical data collection, resident leadership, and cross-sector collaboration, DMCI turns community insight into action that changes how cities invest, plan, and grow.
By amplifying Black and Latinx voices and connecting data to lived experience, DMCI helps ensure that policies are equitable, culturally responsive, and shaped by the people they serve.
DMCI bridges the gap between community-voiced needs and systems-level policy change by facilitating youth- and resident-led coalitions, civic engagement, and advocacy rooted in data and lived experience.
Denver Metro Community Impact (DMCI) began as Park Hill Collective Impact in 2015, when former Colorado State Senator and current Denver Mayor Mike Johnston convened a group of community leaders to address inequity in Northeast Denver. Using the Collective Impact Framework, they set out to build a model for collaboration that united nonprofits, educators, local government, and residents around shared goals for equity and opportunity.
With early support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Civic Canopy, the initiative quickly grew into a formal nonprofit, and in 2018, James Roy II became its first Executive Director. In 2020, the organization reintroduced itself as Denver Metro Community Impact (DMCI), expanding its reach across the city while continuing to strengthen the Park Hill community that launched its work.
Today, DMCI connects residents, organizations, and policymakers across Denver to drive community-led systems change that ensures families can remain rooted and thrive in the places they call home.
Organization name
Denver Metro Community Impact
other names
Denver Metro Community Impact, DMCI, Park Hill Collective Impact
2018
Tax id (EIN)
82-3928863
Category
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
PO Box 8689Mailing
PO Box 8689Denver County, CO, US