Your gift heals neighborhoods.
Every community deserves clean air, safe homes, green spaces, and young people with pathways forward. We believe communities hold the power to make that possible — and when neighbors, youth, and community partners come together, that healing happens. In Metro Denver, we are proving it, together.
We create opportunities to heal through sustainable practices by developing youth and young adults into environmental leaders and workforce changemakers, and sharing tools and knowledge so neighbors can shape the communities they wish to see.
Make your gift go further: New monthly donors may qualify for the Colorado Gives Day 2026 New Recurring Donation Match, which matches new recurring gifts up to $100 while funds remain available. Whether you give $5 a month or make a transformational one-time gift, you help young people lead, and communities thrive.
What we’ve been growing together:
Here’s what your gift grows:
Youth & Young Adult Leaders: Young people are leaders right now. Your gift supports paid jobs and leadership training where youth and young adults care for neighborhoods across Metro Denver and build skills they carry into their careers and futures.
Community Power: When we come together, we’re strong. With your support, we work alongside residents to identify what neighborhoods need, shape the solutions together, and share what we learn with others.
A Healthier Environment: Your gift supports tree planting, community gardens, clean waterways, graywater systems, and home energy upgrades that make neighborhoods healthier and more resilient.
What community healing looks like:
Any gift moves us forward, together.
Together we are strong. Together we are healing ourselves and our communities. Together we are building environmental justice.
Groundwork Denver advances environmental justice from the ground up through youth green workforce development and community health initiatives that improve home energy efficiency and create green infrastructure.
We envision climate-resilient Denver neighborhoods where every resident has clean air, safe homes, and powerful pathways to thrive.
Our environment is where healing begins.
Groundwork Denver was founded in 2002 by residents, nonprofit leaders, and city agencies who wanted neighbors to plan and build real projects in their own communities. More than two decades later, that’s still how we work: hands in the soil, side by side with youth, young adults, residents, and partners across Metro Denver.
Climate change doesn’t land equally. Neighborhoods that have seen decades of underinvestment often feel the heat, pollution, and high energy bills first, and they also hold the knowledge and leadership to shape what comes next. So we center community leadership, provide free services that make homes healthier today, and build the skills and tools for lasting change.
In 2027, we celebrate 25 years of healing, growing, and building together.
Organization name
Groundwork Denver
other names
GWD, Groundwork Colorado
2002
Tax id (EIN)
71-0909556
Category
Environment, Youth Development, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, Employment, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
3280 N Downing St Unit EDenver County, CO, US
Sheridan, CO, US
Commerce City, CO, US
Aurora, CO, US
Adams, CO, US