PARTNERS & SPONSORS
CORPORATE PARTNERS
PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS
Denver Economic Development & Opportunity (DEDO)
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Become a Corporate Partner
ELK has a strong, 30-year presence in the metro Denver community, and we are committed to collaborating with many local organizations and businesses to identify community needs, increase organizational capacity, and fulfill our mission. There are many ways that we can partner to engage your employees and make a larger impact on youth in our community.
Opportunities
Every gift made to Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK) helps us fulfill our mission just as every living organism contributes to an ecosystem. Help ELK continue to grow and thrive in any economic climate by becoming a sponsor of one of our programs or events. ELK utilizes a variety of marketing and public relations tools, online and offline, to increase community outreach and awareness of our programs and partnerships. Become a part of ELK’s family and future! Together we can help youth succeed!
Community Clean Up Projects
Join ELK staff, board and youth for a service project at a local park, pond, or in the far Northeast community. Employees and their families will have the opportunity to improve parks, neighborhoods and communities that need it most.
Educational Presentations
- ELK History and Values, led by our Urban Rangers
- Intersectionality between environmental justice and outdoor equity
- Co-Creative outdoor learning spaces
Lunch ‘n Learn
Invite your staff for lunch and a short presentation about ELK. We would love the opportunity to promote your employee giving programs and/or recruit volunteers who love the outdoors, want to make a difference for youth or just want to get outside.
For more information about ELK’s Corporate Partnership opportunities, contact:
Sean Cortes, Development Director
(720) 8657-4390
scortes@elkkids.org
The Impact of Your Gift
$25,000
Allow ELK to expand its program offerings to new communities or schools. This enables ELK to establish programs in two additional schools, and each program serves an average of 25 students, which would result in 50 new participants.
$10,000
The donation might enable ELK to invest in capacity-building efforts. This could involve staff training, volunteer recruitment and training, or enhancing organizational infrastructure. While the impact might not be as immediately quantifiable, it can contribute to the organization’s long-term effectiveness and reach.
$5,000
Helps support ELK’s Urban Ranger youth employment program, helping us to expand the program and hire more youth.
$2,500
Helps support ELK’s Environmental Learning Activities for Families (LEAF) program and can provide the opportunity for 15 families to attend a camping trip.
Rocky Mountain
- Presenting Sponsor at one out of 3 exclusive ELK events
- 1 table of 10 at ELK 'n Eggs Event
- Quarterly meeting w/ Executive Director
- Tabling opportunities at ELK events
- Marketing Opportunities:
- Logo on ELK Lobby TV that reaches an average of 800 guests monthly
- Sponsorship of one of ELK's trademark educational programs
- Logo on ELK Website
- Quarterly social media post - Volunteer opportunities
Sand Dunes
- Tabling opportunities at ELK events
- 1 table of 10 at ELK 'n Eggs Event
- Marketing Opportunities:
- Logo on ELK Lobby TV that reaches an average of 800 guests monthly
- Logo on ELK website
- Bi-annual social media post
Mesa Verde
- Marketing Opportunities:
- Logo on ELK Lobby TV that reaches an average of 800 guests monthly
- Logo on ELK website
- 1 social media post a year
Black Canyon
- Marketing Opportunities:
- Logo on ELK Lobby TV that reaches an average of 800 guests monthly
- Logo on ELK website
ELK DONORS
North American Elk
$10,000 +
Anschutz Foundation
Denver Foundation
Nature Conservancy
Trust for Public Land
Wilderness Society
Alterra Mountain Company
Amazon
Ann and Henry Klaiman
Argosy Foundation
BOGS Footwear
Colorado Health Foundation
Delta Dental of Colorado
Gateway Fund II of the Denver Foundation
Generation Wild NEMC
Groundwork Denver
Honda USA Foundation
Jane Crisman
Kettering Family Philanthropies
Mile High United Way
Patagonia
REI
Resources Legacy Fund
Richard Reed Foundation
Rocky Mountain Conservancy
Scientific & Cultural Facilities District
SmartWool
Strear Family Foundation
U.S. Bank Foundation
Xcel Energy Foundation
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
$5,000 – $9,999
Comcast
David C. Hawley Foundation
PDC Energy
PEAK Foundation Scholarship Fund
Rollie R. Kelley Family Foundation Fund
Williams Companies Foundation
Colorado Blue Spruce
$1,000 – $4,999
Annie Kao
Bob and Tina Bishop
Brendan Flynn Faddick Fund
Bright Funds Foundation
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Canvas Credit Union
Carrol Rhead
Charnell Parker McMullen Bushman
Christopher Gallus
Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife
Community Shares Colorado
Conservation Colorado Education Fund
Continental Divide Trail
Corwin Toyota Boulder
Cosmo Fund
Craig Myles
Daniel P Schwartz
Denver Health
Denver Office of Economic Development
Denver Water
Dr. Keith and Kelsey Connaghan
Effley Brooks
Evolucion Innovations, Inc.
Fellows Group
Fidelity Charitable
First Bank
FirstBank
Fitzsimons Federal Credit Union
Gay Faris and Dave Farmer DAF
Gilmore Construction Company
Great Outdoors Colorado
Hispanic Access Foundation
Holland & Hart LLP
Impact Charitable
Jane Hoffman
Jessica + Gerrit Ostermick
Jim Capecelatro
Judd Rogers
Kara Carpenter
Karla Nugent
Kasih Initiative
Kensington Development Partners
Kirsten Brown
Laird Norton Enterprises
Laurie Troge
Loretta Pineda
Melissa Viscovich
Mercedes Blea-Davis
Mondo West
Montbello Organizing Committee
PEAK Foundation
Quynh Nguyen
RevGen
Sara Carpenter
Schoelzel Family Foundation
Scott Gilmore
Scout Clean Energy
Shannon Jones
Trea Nance
Virginia McAllister
Whitson Strategies
YMCA of the Rockies
