Giving in Denver

Overview

HRAC provides naloxone, safer-use supplies and a low-barrier Denver drop-in space. Visitors can obtain overdose-response training, hygiene items, phone and mail access, snacks, testing and service referrals. The project also undertakes outreach and advocacy with local partners.

Cost-effectiveness

We estimate $36K per DALY.^[1] Nonprofit yearly budget is $1.9M.^[2]

Why investigate

Audited project schedules identify full accounting expense without adding sponsor totals again.

Main reservation

Unique annual opioid-risk participants, incremental efficacy, survival and local residence remain judgments.

Organization and research

Overview

Cultivando develops Latino community leadership, environmental advocacy and culturally responsive family support in North Denver and Commerce City. Its environmental work combines community monitoring and coalition participation in toxic-air regulation. Promotora, early-childhood and emotional-wellness programs are additional services, not automatically independent pollution-health cohorts.

Cost-effectiveness

We estimate $360K per DALY.^[1] Nonprofit yearly budget is $1.6M.^[2]

Why investigate

The original 2025 annual report identifies concrete coalition activities and an exact legal recipient.

Main reservation

Implemented local exposure reduction, recipient causal share and 10,000 affected residents remain hypotheses rather than observed outcomes.

Organization and research

Overview

Hunger Free Colorado connects households to food through a multilingual hotline, mobile outreach and statewide partners. It helps households apply for SNAP and navigate food resources, including outreach at clinics and community sites. It also advocates for food policy and Healthy School Meals for All, alongside public agencies and coalitions.

Cost-effectiveness

Up to about $290 to help a household apply for SNAP food benefits.^[1] We estimate $484K per DALY.^[2] Nonprofit yearly budget is $5.6M.^[3]

Why investigate

Matched original FY2025 cost and application-household envelope are explicit.

Main reservation

Applications from HFC and partners are not new approvals, completed nutrition treatment or HFC-only outcomes.

Organization and research

Overview

Rebuilding Together Colorado provides free critical home repairs for low-income homeowners. It makes accessibility and safety modifications, alongside urgent furnace and water-heater work. This is the former Metro Denver affiliate, not the national Rebuilding Together organization.

Cost-effectiveness

About $6,800 to help a low-income homeowner with repairs.^[1] We estimate $586K per DALY.^[2] Nonprofit yearly budget is $433K.^[3]

Why investigate

The original local filing separates 72 homeowners, overlapping repairs and volunteer hours.

Main reservation

No observed RTC utility, net spending displaced or repair durability calibrates the conditional reference.

Organization and research