You may have seen the Chase representatives walking around with iPads during Denver Startup Week. After spending the week encouraging attendees to cast their vote, the winners of Chase Community Giving program have been announced. From a pool of 13 non-profits focused on innovation, education and entrepreneurism, six charities were selected by Denver Startup Week participants who voted during events throughout the week. The crowd-sourced philanthropy program, launched in 2009, ran a strategic campaign to award $150,000 in grants to Colorado charities.
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Although all charities were worthy, the following six Colorado charities received the most votes and will share $25,000 each:
Cottonwood Institute's mission is to connect diverse students to the outdoors and empower them to take action to improve their schools, the community, and the environment for future generations.
The mission of KidsTek is to increase the technology literacy of Colorado's underserved children and youth by providing free technology education through innovative after-school project based programs and in-school certification programs.
Mi Casa Resource Center is committed to advancing the economic success of Latino and low-income families. Through integrated program strategy of Career, Business, and Youth & Family Development services
Urban Peak helps young people overcome homelessness and other real life challenges by providing safety, respect, essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-reliant adults.
Women's Bean Project's mission is to change women's lives by providing stepping stones to self-sufficiency through social enterprise and by helping women discover their talents and develop skills through job readiness training opportunities.
Young Americans Center for Financial Education
Young Americans is a non-profit organization for Colorado youth that offers a wide array of hands-on programs and real-life experiences that focus on financial literacy: banking and personal finance, free enterprise, global economics and entrepreneurship.
Chase was a major sponsor of Denver Startup Week, named the largest free entrepreneurial platform in the United States that involves more than 5,000 participants attending over 125 free entrepreneurial events. Denver Startup Week Basecamp was sponsored by Chase, and was last week's epicenter, with more than 2,000 people coming by for leadership programming, mentor sessions, networking and more.
Chase Community Giving was introduced in 2009 as a new way forward for giving. In total, millions of people have helped Chase donate over $30 million to over 500 charities in 41 states. Chase Community Giving is part of JPMorgan Chase’s annual giving, which totaled more than $200 million last year.
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