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Colorado Gives Day 2025 is Tuesday, Dec. 9. Since 2010, Coloradans have come together on Colorado Gives Day to support the nonprofits that make a difference in their lives.
Colorado Public Radio is proud to be part of our state's incredible nonprofit community, and we're in good company! In honor of Colorado Gives Day, we're highlighting three Colorado nonprofit organizations doing great work around the state.
Read more and listen to profiles about each organization below. And if you're interested, head to the Colorado Gives Day website to donate.
Bluff Lake Nature Center
Bluff Lake Nature Center is a nonprofit agency that owns and manages a unique urban wildlife refuge and outdoor classroom in Denver. The refuge is home to an abundance of animals and native plants which thrive in a variety of habitats. Bluff Lake is Denver’s largest open space managed as native habitat, and Denver’s only nonprofit nature center, and they rely solely on community support.
UpRoot Colorado
UpRoot Colorado (UpRoot) increases the nutrition security of Coloradans by harvesting and redistributing surplus, nutrient-dense foods while supporting the resilience of farmers. UpRoot is a part of a grassroots coalition of organizations across Colorado working to address ways to reduce food waste in our communities. Their Volunteer Gleaning Corps harvests surplus fruits and vegetables from local farms — as well as fruit from the trees of backyard and urban gardens — for distribution to food pantries and meal sites along the Front Range and Western Slope.
Fire Adapted Colorado
In an era where wildfires are outpacing efforts, Fire Adapted Colorado (FACO) has been dedicated to supporting Colorado’s wildfire resilience professionals since 2015. Their growing network includes wildfire councils, watershed and fireshed collaboratives, fire departments and districts, and local governments working to advance fire adaptation in their communities and landscapes. FACO also collaborates with many state and federal agencies, researchers, and other organizations that support wildfire resilience. Together, they pursue mitigation, landscape treatments, post-fire recovery, watershed protection, and other wildfire resilience efforts across the state.
