The Get Grounded Foundation
The Get Grounded Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) that provides community grants for innovative and entrepreneurial programs that directly supports the healthy development of youth in the Denver or Boulder metro areas. Since inception, we’ve been able to provide $629,000 in grants from agency profits.
Celebrating 10 Years of Impact
The Get Grounded Foundation marked its 10th anniversary in 2025 with a special celebration of giving. Rather than hosting a traditional grant application cycle, we invited team members to nominate nonprofit organizations they’re passionate about for anniversary grants, of which we awarded $90,000 to 13 organizations in the community. We are returning to our traditional grant cycle in 2026.
Past & Present Get Grounded Foundation Grantees
- A Precious Child
- African Community Center
- Amp the Cause to End Hunger
- Art Students League of Denver
- Augustana Arts
- Aurora Arapahoe Battered Women’s Shelter
- Gateway Domestic Violence Services
- Autism Society of Colorado
- Black Parents United Foundation
- Boulder Voices for Children (CASA)
- The Bridge Project
- Child Advocates – Denver
- CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties
- CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties
- Child and Family Advocacy Program
- Children’s Farms of America
- City Year Denver♥
- CMDance
- Cobbled Streets
- Colorado Coronavirus Relief Fund (CVRF)
- Colorado Dream Foundation♥
- Colorado Family Life Center
- Colorado Humanities
- Colorado Meth Project, Inc.
- Colorado Uplift
- Connect Our Kids
- Denver Adolescent Response Team (DART)
- Denver Children’s Advocacy Center
- Denver City Lax♥
- Denver Indian Family Resource Center
- Denver Inner City Parish
- Denver Kids (formerly Denver Urban Scholars)
- Denver South Giving Grocery
- Denver Young Artists Orchestra
- Developmental FX
- El Sistema Colorado
- Emergency Family Assistance Association
- Envision: You & Mental Health Colorado♥
- Extended Hands of Hope
- Family Tree
- Food for Thought – Denver
- Foster Together Colorado
- Friends of Slavens School (FOSS)
- Girls on the Fly
- Greater Denver CARES
- Havern School♥
- Hunger Free Colorado
- Illuminate Colorado
- Jeffco Action Center
- Judi’s House♥
- The Lion Project
- Mercy Housing Mountain Plains
- MetroWest Housing Solutions♥
- Mile High United Way
- Mirror Image Arts
- Mount Saint Vincent
- Mountains in My Mind♥
- PCs for People
- PlatteForum
- Playworks
- Project 1.27
- Project Helping♥
- Project PAVE♥
- Rachael’s Challenge♥
- Rise Above CO
- Rise Against Suicide♥
- Safehouse Denver
- SECOR Cares
- Spirit of the Sun
- Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters Colorado
- SOAR
- STAR Institute
- Struggle of Love Foundation
- Sweet Dream in a Bag, Inc.
- Tennyson Center for Children
- Thriving Families
- Touch A Life Foundation♥
- The Urban Farm
- Voices for Children, CASA of Boulder County
- Whiz Kids Tutoring
- Youth on Record♥
- YouthSeen♥
- Zuma’s Rescue Ranch
♥ Denotes a grant from The Sam Aden Kindness Fund
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