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GreenLight partners with the community and the local nonprofit ecosystem to break down barriers to economic mobility by launching and scaling evidence-based programs that open possibilities and meet community-identified needs. Addressing Challenges in Denver 3X Black and Latine children are three times as likely to live in poverty as their white peers 54% of DPS K-3 students are below or significantly below grade level in reading 83% average rent increase since 2005 while home prices grew by 138% Denver Team and Partners GreenLight Denver is made up of a diverse group of changemakers from across the community, working together for positive impact. Team & Advisors Investors What Our Community is Saying “GreenLight is committed to engaging with community residents closest to the challenges to identify unmet needs and bring solutions that work and are additive to our already strong nonprofit ecosystem.” Lola and Rob Salazar Salazar Family Foundation “The University of Denver is excited to be one of GreenLight Denver’s partners. Serving the public good by improving lives guides who we are, and I look forward to what GreenLight Denver and DU can achieve together.” Jeremy Haefner Jeremy Haefner, Chancellor, University of Denver “After learning about the locally-focused approach of the GreenLight Fund, I knew we needed to get involved. GreenLight will listen first and then invest in effective social programs that fill gaps and are complementary to the services already available here. GreenLight can help increase our local problem solving capacity and most importantly, reduce obstacles faced by members of our community navigating poverty.” Pat Hamill CEO, Oakwood Homes “You can either be data driven and focus on goals or you can be really community driven and focus on input. What’s unique about GreenLight’s model is actually the belief that we can do both. You can both have a deeply community driven process that helps us identify the most important outputs we want to deliver and then you can actually insist on really concrete hard outcomes against these community driven designs.” Mayor Mike Johnston City of Denver Team Rebecca Gorrell Rebecca Gorrell Founding Executive Director, GreenLight Denver Garrison Stewart Garrison Stewart Coordinator, GreenLight Denver Jackie Tran Jackie Tran Program Manager, GreenLight Denver Advisory Council Dave Anderson Colorado Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative Mike Cortés Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy, and Research Organization Isabel Cruz Colorado Consumer Health Initiative Isabel Dickson Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment John Farnam Morgridge Family Foundation Jerilynn Francis Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Kaycee Gerhart Metropolitan State University Collin Hiew The Denver Foundation Elsa Holguín Denver Preschool Program Tim Main Mile High United Way Dan Maxey University of Colorado Denver Erika McIntire Bank of America Lorez Meinhold Caring For Denver Foundation Charlyn Moss Working Within Khanh Nguyen Colorado Health Foundation Stephanie O’Malley University of Denver Andrea Perdomo Google Joshua Posner City of Denver Elvis Rubio City of Denver Emily Shamsid-Deen ESD Consulting Wylia Sims The Equity Project Julie Stone Gary Community Ventures Lisa Sullivan LS Ventures Kris Whalen Platte River Equity Aubrey Wilde Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Cindy Willard Impact Charitable Founding Investors The Alpert Family Anonymous George and Kalliope Balafas / Kentro Group Bank of America – Denver Seth and Cody Belzley Bender West Foundation Sarah Burney and Vanessa Ramich / Cresset Capital Mollie Hale Carter George and Christina Caulkins The Clayton Club Jonathan and Aimee Coleman Mark Cordova / Centennial Bolt The Cushman Family Joy and Chris Dinsdale Durand Foundation / Andre and Kim Durand Bob and Lynda Engel Darren Fisk Matt and Brooke Flavin Steve and Yama Foreman Ken Fugate / Signature Bank The Gardner Family Foundation Heather Rule Grady Barbara Grogan Mowa Haile Steve Halstedt Pat Hamill / Oakwood Homes John J. Hanley Dane and Andrea Harbaugh David Harbaugh Robert and Laura Hill Eric Holt Matt and Alissa Joblon Brandon and Wendy Johnson Family Foundation Sam and Nicole Kasparek William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank N.A., Trustee Taylor and Molly Kirkpatrick Bruce K. Lee Steven Lockton Family Foundation Ashley Marks Matthew McCall Eileen and Tate McCoy Brian and Amy McDowell Adam and Ayeisha Mesinger Mile High Five Foundation Scott and Deb Mitchell The Morgridge Family Foundation Leigh and Tyler Nottberg Family Foundation Juan Padro Jake Reagan MacKenzie Scott Stephan Shelanski / Vegas Sports Network Susan and John Simon Greg Sissel and Therese Ivancovich Geoff and Lauren Smart Jeff and Dani Sussman Kent Thiry and Denise O’Leary Gina and Dan Vecchiarelli Kris and Laura Whalen Wiegers Family Foundation Type GreenLight Fund Names Ali Knight as Chief Executive Officer Announcement, News, Press Release GreenLight Fund Names Ali Knight as Chief Executive Officer Apr 16, 2024 GreenLight Fund Launches GreenLight Denver, its 13th Site Announcement, News, Press Release GreenLight Fund Launches GreenLight Denver, its 13th Site Feb 8, 2024 Denver GreenLight Fund Annual Impact Report July 2022 – June 2023 Insights GreenLight Fund Annual Impact Report July 2022 – June 2023 Oct 20, 2023 Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Greater Newark, Kansas City, National, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Twin Cities Join our work in Denver We rely on champions and supporters who believe in the power and potential of community-driven change. 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