
Gary Community Ventures
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Gary Philanthropy builds & grows solutions for CO kids & families. Gary Ventures, a @BCorporation, uses policy & business solutions to fuel needed change.
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Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC) was honored to join early childhood leaders at the 2025 Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference, hosted by Denver's Early Childhood Council and sponsored by Gary Community Ventures. Grateful to connect with so many inspiring leaders working to build a brighter future.


We're thrilled to see Gary investee Apis & Heritage win the Skoll Foundation Award for #SocialInnovation alongside Community Health Impact Coalition, EarthEnable & Pacto pela Democracia Watch our short film about how A&H is making #employeeownership available to more Coloradans: cocreated.garycommunity.org/restoring-an-a…

MyFriendBen has helped 37K+ Coloradans find out which public benefits programs & tax credits they're eligible to receive in 6 min on average. Now, with the help of Code The Dream & United Way of North Carolina, MFB is helping North Carolinians do the same! Learn more: bennc.org


We're seeing an alarming consolidation of economic power, leaving too many behind. Discover 4 levers & 20+ investment opportunities to empower working people in the Ownership Investing report from our team, The Aspen Institute & @bridgespangroup. Download➡️garycommunity.org/.../new.../ass…

📢 Excited to announce that our rules engine now powers MyFriendBen in North Carolina! This open-source benefits screener helps NC residents discover which programs they may qualify for in just 6 minutes. Kudos to Gary Community Ventures Code The Dream & United Way of North Carolina on the launch!


Apis & Heritage, ResilienceVC & Zeal Capital Partners leverage financial tools to give more households a chance to participate in the upside of America. We were proud to help bring this conversation to #SkollWF in partnership w/ World Education Services and thank Skoll Foundation for the platform!


CCCAP is on an enrollment freeze. For 32K kids who receive childcare thanks to CCCAP, this is a crisis. And it goes deeper. Common Sense Institute Colorado reports CO families w/ an infant & 4-year-old now spend 38% of their income on childcare. It's time to change that. coloradosun.com/2025/04/15/opi…

Colorado's childcare system is financially and structurally broken. It's a deep-seated worry for parents and drag on our economy. This op-ed does a great job of laying out the problems and the solution: longterm public investment. #copolitics #coleg Gary Community Ventures

Excited to announce $720K grants to help Stand for Children Colorado improve support for 9th graders and help Lake County, Pueblo County, CO, Gunnison County, City and County of Denver, Arapahoe County, Adams County, CO & Jeffco Colorado ensure families gain access to public benefits garycommunity.org/solution/grant…


Imagine an economy where everyone has a stake in its success. We think it's possible. Produced in partnership w/ The Aspen Institute, the #OwnershipInvesting report explores 20+ investable opportunities to create #wealth pathways for working people. Read on: garycommunity.org/solution/new-v…


Our organization will sunset in 2035. That makes us an an outlier in the world of philanthropy, but we continue to question the concept of perpetuity at every chance we get. We're thrilled to have Bill Gates & Gates Foundation joining this conversation. gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles…

🚨 $670M in EO fundraising—and one big gap to fill Employee ownership is scaling fast, but institutional capital is still missing from the table. Here's what needs to happen next. The Aspen Institute Sorenson Impact Gary Community Ventures NCEO Project Equity eosector.com/p/bridging-the…



.Mission Investors Exchange is kicking off its ownership-lens investing series with Smitha Das of World Education Services and Santhosh Ramdoss of Gary Community Ventures, Wednesday, June 11 at 3:30pm ET. hubs.li/Q03pD2g00

On average, families increase their annual income by $34K after 3 years of working with Jeffco Prosperity Partners. This represents a cumulative impact of $3.4M in economic growth for Jeffco Colorado on a yearly basis. Read more about the great work JPP is doing: cocreated.garycommunity.org/meet-jessica-h…



🎧 Smit Naik of Sorenson Impact Institute joins Lucas Turner-Owens and Eric Horvath to talk about his previous work as director of impact investing at Gary Community Ventures. "Impact(ed) is part of the #ImpactAlpha Podcast Network. hubs.li/Q03rbvkN0

.Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC)'s new report hits on ways employers, policymakers, funders & investors can bolster our child care system, which include: 🤝Public-Private Partnerships 💵Diversified Loan Capital ⚙️Operating Subsidies 🚧Loan Backstops & Guarantees Read on: epicimpact.org/strong-foundat…
