Locally-Focused Work

Focus on developing social support systems for immigrants and their families through education, outreach and advocacy efforts through three existing programs: Immigration Legal Assistance, Por Ti Misma-Assisting Battered Immigrants and Punto de Vista Education/Outreach Program. Services will be provided to indigent, non-English speakers, where no other services exist.

Food Justice NW Aurora and allied partners will develop a strategic vision, business plan, and operations plan to inform local policies that can support the production of culturally important plant starts and food crops for Aurora's BIPOC, immigrant, refugee, and low-income residents and businesses.

Supporting Investments in the Islamic Community and Beyond with Community Enterprise Development Services (CEDS) PRI + Grant Recommendation

Support the outreach and scaling of CEDS Finance's Sharia-compliant lending and technical assistance across Colorado with a specific focus on East Colfax Corridor, East Africans, and Morgan County, as well as expand and scale the lending and technical assistance to Latinx entrepreneurs in the Denver Metro area, with a specific focus on the East Colfax corridor.

Engage youth through the New American Stories program and address community needs for more diverse arts education and teach dance, theatre, and creative expression and focus mainly on refugee/immigrant youth.

Bring integrated, comprehensive support to help students build SEL skills and personal goals.

Provide culturally-responsive mental and behavioral health education, recreational and social activities, and job readiness training to offer youth healthy alternatives to substance misuse and violence.

Serve as a bridge to Account Receivables for a Locally-Focused Work impact partner. This funding will allow indieDwell, who is owed $2 million and needs cash flow support, to continue operations as it works to collect dollars due from two customers.

Amplify the voices of refugee and immigrant youth, set clear expectations of leaders, and address three specific inequity challenges, transportation barriers, not feeling safe and limited access to sports programs, that perpetuate persistent health inequities stunting their social, emotional and physical well-being.

Support El Alba food entrepreneurs and small business owners to launch and grow a worker-owned cooperative by recruiting, training new members, operating a shared food truck, fundraising and development for project growth, and administrative support including the hiring of an Operations Manager.