Become a Partner.
Amplify Your Impact.
SVP Denver Partners are professionals who believe the best way to give back is to show up. You bring your time, talent, and capital to strengthen Denver's social sector and scale the missions that matter. Whether you're just starting your philanthropic journey or deepening long-standing civic engagement, there's a place for you here.
Engaged Philanthropy.
Give more than writing a check.
Partnership with SVP Denver is hands-on and community-driven. Your annual contribution funds critical programming and supports local nonprofits directly. Your time and expertise put that investment to work alongside the organizations doing the hardest work in our city.
We take a personalized approach. From day one, we work with you to understand your goals and connect you with opportunities that fit.
Connect
Build relationships with fellow Partners and Denver's social sector leaders around shared purpose.
Learn
Deepen your knowledge through events, site visits, and learning sessions with local impact organizations.
Engage
Put your professional skills to work directly through pro bono consulting, cohort coaching, and community events.
Invest
Contribute to SVP Denver's collective giving and impact investment work alongside a network of fellow donors.
Who Will You Be Supporting?
SVP Denver works with mission-driven organizations across Metro Denver, most with annual revenues under $3 million, led by people with lived connections to the issues they're working to solve.
Mission-driven organizations (nonprofits and for-profit social enterprises) addressing health, economic, and racial inequities
Most operating at under $3M in revenue
Located in the Denver Metro area
Led by people with lived connections to their communities
Join a Community of Local Professionals Who Care
Our Partners bring decades of professional experience from the business and nonprofit sectors, and they volunteer their time to support social mission organizations in Denver.
Dee Akers
Evaluation & Public Health Professional
Amy Aldridge
Partner at Tributary Real Estate
Alex Aryaan
Founder, The Funding & Strategy Collaborative // Mindful Founders Inc.
Your Partner Commitment
Being a Partner means showing up, not just writing a check.
Making an annual financial contribution to support SVP Denver ensures our programming remains free and accessible for nonprofits and social enterprises
Contributing your professional expertise to at least one engagement per year
Attending events and learning opportunities to stay connected to the community
Approaching the work with curiosity, humility, and a genuine commitment to equity
Your Annual Contribution
Partners make an annual contribution to join the SVP Denver network. We use a contribute-what's-meaningful model, because we believe financial barriers shouldn't prevent engaged professionals from getting involved. Whether you're early in your career or enjoying retirement, we'll find a contribution level that works for you.
How It Works
Step 1: Submit our Partner application
Share a little about yourself with our Partner Engagement team.
Step 2: Talk with us
We'll reach out to set up a conversation about your impact goals and how SVP Denver can help you reach them.
Step 3: Make your impact
Once your partnership is official, we'll connect you with upcoming opportunities and build your impact plan together.
Hear from Partners
Here's what a few Partners have to say about their experience with SVP Denver.
SVP Denver provides a beautiful opportunity to directly contribute to organizations serving this community.
I enjoy being helpful in thinking through things with the organizations.
Non-Profits and Social Enterprises We've Supported
Frequently Asked Questions
SVP Denver typically works with Partners on an annual basis, with the option to keep collaborating as long as you'd like. We're flexible and will work with you to match your timeline and goals.
Your donation ensures SVP Denver's programming remains free and accessible for our city's most deserving nonprofits and social enterprises. This includes thousands of hours of expert training, skills-based consulting, and community events provided each year to 40+ local impact organizations. More Partners means we can reach more organizations.
Yes. SVP Denver is fiscally sponsored by the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, a 501(c)(3), so 100% of your contribution is tax deductible.
Each year, Partners are invited to happy hours and networking socials, learning sessions and pitch events hosted by social impact leaders, and skill-building workshops on topics like facilitation, nonprofit coaching, and communicating across difference.
Yes. SVP Denver offers flexible giving options for early-career professionals through the generosity of our existing Partner community. Reach out and we'll talk through what's possible.