One of The Colorado Mortgage Team's core values is to give back to our community and planet. Below are of some of the organizations that we have put these values into practice by supporting.
Homes for Heroes
One of our favorite organizations that rewards our true community heroes! This program enables us to cover the appraisal costs for our Firefighters, Law Enforcement, Military, Health Care & Education Professionals whenever they purchase or refinance real estate. Learn more at Colorado Hero!
2016 - $15,155 - 28 families
2017 - $17,150 - 31 families
2018 - $14,025 - 26 families
2019 - $32,525 - 45 families
2020 - $26,555 - 44 families
2021 - $34,550 - 45 families
2022 - $15,100 - 20 families
2023 YTD - $10,814 - 16 families
We all love our fur children and we would do anything for ours as we are sure you would for yours. Unfortunately not all furballs have it so good. DMK Rehoming located in Littleton, CO works to provide vetting, training, and spay/neuter outreach to dogs in need. DMK Rehoming rescues Death Row Dogs and helps them find their forever home through adoption. Learn more at DMK Rehoming
Unfortunately not everyone in the world is as fortunate as us. Did you know that 29% of the world does not have access to clean water. We found A local church running a fireworks stand where 100% of the proceeds went to providing fresh water wells (like this one) to remote villages in the Philippines! Of course we bought extra fireworks for the kids and decided to give towards the cause as well. Check out the photos on Facebook. Philippines Water Wells
SafeHouse Denver serves survivors of domestic violence and their children through an Emergency Shelter, a non-residential Counseling & Advocacy Center and an Extended Stay Program. Learn more and get involved. Experiencing abuse? Call their 24-Hour Crisis & Information Line for support: 303-318-9989.
Having kids ourselves we have always been passionate about helping those less fortunate than ours. Over the years we have actively participated and given to community gardens, ski trips, rally's for the teachers and school lunches for those in need to name just a few.
The Marshall Fire that broke out on December 30th, 2021 shocked us all. As a communitty we came together to help those impacted. We provided books to the local daycare and gift cards from Target, Safeway, and King Soopers for families from the local high school. In the midst of tragedy it was heart warming to see the overwhelming support from the local communitties.
The Wild Animal Sanctuary is the oldest and largest nonprofit Sanctuary in the world dedicated exclusively to rescuing captive exotic and endangered large carnivores, providing them with a wonderful life for as long as they live, and educating about the tragic plight faced by an estimated 30,000 such animals in America today. Visit The Wild Animal Sanctuary to see ways you can help.
As avid hikers and outdoor enthusiats we are passionate about protecting Colorado's natural beauty. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) protects and preserves the natural integrity of Colorado’s 54 14,000–foot peaks —the “Fourteeners”— through active stewardship and public education. Colorado’s Fourteeners contain rare and fragile native alpine tundra ecosystems that are uniquely adapted to living on these high peaks, some of which exist nowhere else on earth. CFI partners with the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and passionate volunteers and donors nationwide to minimize resource damage from hikers. Learn more and get involved at www.14ers.org
The Christmas for Kids fundraiser is an annual event sponsored by the Denver Active 20-30 Children’s Foundation. This event provides underprivileged Denver-area children the opportunity to share holiday gifts with others, which many wouldn’t otherwise be able to experience. The children served face increasing adversity and health, social, emotional, educational, and financial challenges deepened by the pandemic. With help, we’ll make their holidays special and give them something to celebrate.
Too Young to Wed (TYTW) focuses its work in areas where child marriage is most egregious and underreported. They advocate globally and have ongoing program initiatives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya, Yemen, India, Nepal, Nigeria and the United States.
Always Choose Adventures helps people of all ages, backgrounds, skill levels, and physical abilities to access the outdoors, get off the couch and connect with others while doing so. ?They provide tools, training, confidence, and assistance to help members of our community with cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, autism, traumatic brain injuries, asthma, COPD and chronic pain get off the couch and outdoors.
The Denver Rescue Mission has served Denver's homeless population for over 130 years. Meeting basic needs like food, shelter and safety of our communitties most vulnerable. They are helping facilitate change in the lifes of those that need it most. Providing emergency services, rehabilitation, transitional programs, and community outreach.
