Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation 2019 Annual Report

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Leadership Foundation Friends and Partners, The leaders who tap into their passion to take action are making a difference in our community. We’re lucky to have over 5,000 Leadership Foundation alumni who are creating real change.

They’re always asking, “What’s next? How can we make a difference together?” And, this year at the Leadership Foundation, inspired by our alums, we looked toward the future while celebrating our history.

We marked the 45th anniversary of Leadership Denver with the graduation of our 2019 class. It’s hard to believe that the first Leadership Denver class started in 1974 with 38 leaders and now we engage over 1,000 program participants yearly through all of our programs: Access Denver, Colorado’s Civic DNA Fellows, Colorado Experience, Colorado Leadership Alliance, Impact Denver, Leadership Alumni Network, Leadership Denver and Leadership Exchange.

We teamed up with B:CIVIC – an organization focused on elevating business for good. Now we can harness not only the power of individuals but also businesses to do even more good in the community.

We want to create more opportunities to lead and thrive. On our Leadership Exchange trip to San Diego in 2018, we saw how that community is working to help more residents access economic opportunity. Inspired by their efforts, we launched Prosper Colorado with our Chamber family and alumni. This nonpartisan research and communications initiative brings together all sectors to understand the causes of and potential solutions to economic disparity.

We want to pay it forward to the next generation of leaders. This year we awarded $138,500 to students across the state through FirstBank Scholarships and over $87,000 in program scholarships through our Leading Colorado Scholarship Fund. We couldn’t have done it without Southwest Airlines, which challenged our alumni to match their donation of $20,000 – and our alumni answered the call.

We want our alumni to grow their network. Our alumni are connecting and engaging with each other on The Network, an online community created just for them. Discussions around critical issues, advice and more increased by 23 percent last year on The Network.

We do all of this work through the lens of Colorado’s Civic DNA™, employing the values of inclusivity, responsibility, shared vision, collaboration and leadership.

Thank you for all your support of the Leadership Foundation, the Denver region and the future of Colorado.

Best Regards, Dan Lewis, Executive Director Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation Ruth Rohs, 2018-19 Board of Directors Chair VP of Corporate Communications for IMA Financial Group, Inc. and Executive Director of the IMA Foundation

CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY

AND LOOKING TO THE NEXT GENERATION

We’ve been at it a long time!

1974

38

Member Leadership Denver Class

2019

5,000 Alumni

“

Leadership Denver gave me credibility and visibility to grow as a leader. The first class set the tone for the next 45 years … the development of thousands of new leaders through the Leadership Foundation.” – Ed Romero of Romero Consulting and Leadership Denver ’74 alum

And we haven’t slowed down...

1 ORGANIZATION + 8 PROGRAMS

= 1,078

PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR

OUR PROGRAMS

Access Denver Access Denver Colorado’s Civic DNA Fellows Colorado Civic DNA fellows Colorado Experience Colorado Experience Colorado Leadership Alliance Colorado Leadership Alliance Impact Denver Impact Denver Leadership Alumni Network Leadership Alumni Network Leadership Denver Leadership Exchange Leadership Exchange Leadership Denver

“

Colorado’s Civic DNA Fellows has this great introspective part where you’re understanding that in order to honor the community you have to honor the leader that you are … And, one of the best ways to lead through the lens of Colorado’s Civic DNA is to take that opportunity to pause and consider inclusivity, shared vision, responsibility, leadership and collaboration.”

- Ellen Braun of Denver Preschool Program and 2019 Colorado’s Civic DNA Fellow

WE WORK WITH THE LENS OF COLORADO’S CIVIC DNA Inclusivity

Collaboration

Shared Vision

Responsibility

Leadership

Our alumni and participants are making a difference in our community

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COMMUNITY PROJECTS 4,300 HOURS VOLUNTEERING

361

OLUNTEERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY

AND BEYOND

OUR PARTICIPANTS AND ALUMNI HAVE DONE BIG THINGS

ONE

The Other Side Academy:

Impact Denver community project received a

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$3,000 contribution

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from the Leadership Foundation.

council members

Congrats to ACCESS Housing!

Learn more about their project: bit.ly/33kwv1m

$2.8M raised

This project was spurred from LEX ’16 and launched with the work of alumni. Learn more about their work: bit.ly/36iDdqC

AND WE’RE EXPANDING OUR WORK We teamed up with B:CIVIC to support business for good in the community.

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The partnership between B:CIVIC and the Leadership Foundation was the catalyst to ensure that we develop and equip leaders who are personally engaged in our community and understand the importance of corporate social responsibility.”

– Demesha Hill of Janus Henderson Investors, B:CIVIC Advisory Board Chair '17-'19 and Leadership Foundation board member

WE’RE NEVER DONE LEARNING – OR FINDING WAYS TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY INSPIRED ON LEX: SAN DIEGO

Leading with Colorado’s Civic DNA, we’ve joined in the launch of Prosper Colorado, a nonpartisan research and communications initiative that brings together all sectors to understand the causes of economic disparity.

LEX

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WE’RE CREATING PATHS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS

$87,400

awarded in program scholarships

$20,000

awarded by the Southwest Scholarship Challenge

“

Receiving the Southwest Scholarship served as validation that what I saw as obstacles in fact were not. The scholarship allowed my voice to be in the room.”

– Norma Paige of 100 Men Who Cook, Inc., Southwest Scholarship recipient and Leadership Denver ’19 alum

$138,500

in FirstBank Student Scholarships Awarded

INVEST IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS Donate to our scholarship fund at denverleadership.org/donate

PROGRAMS

45%

SPONSORSHIPS

15%

IN-KIND

12%

DONATIONS/GRANTS INTEREST/OTHER

7%

B:CIVIC

7%

PROSPER COLORADO

6%

FUNDRAISING

5%

SCHOLARSHIP FUND RELEASE

3%

FINANCIALS REVENUE RECEIVED

BY THE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

TOTAL $2,385,382

TOTAL $2,675,849

49%

PROGRAMS

22%

ADMINISTRATION

14%

IN-KIND

6%

B:CIVIC

5%

FUNDRAISING

4%

SCHOLARSHIPS

INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY

*The financials reflected are from pre-audited financial statements.

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS CHAMPIONS

LEADERS

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